Under the downturn market situation of glass products, glass machinery industry is also experiencing cold winter period with decreasing amount of exports. There are thousands of glass machine manufacturers in China now, while most of them are medium-sized and small enterprises faced with problems of unreasonable industrial structure, huge industrial energy consumption, low output rate, weak technical innovation ability and backward management level. Development of Chinese glass machinery market mainly rely on international market, domestic enterprises should build brand of “Glass Machinery made in China” and get out of the difficulties.
The good development prospect of glass fine processing industry also help glass edging machine industry keep rapid development trend. It’s expected that annual rate of growth for auto and architectural safety laminated glass in China is around 30% during 2011 to 2013, which means that there is great development potential and endurance for Chinese glass machinery industry.
As the base material, architectural glass, auto glass and glassware products are playing more and more important role in diversified development, it also brings challenge and opportunity for glass production and progressing equipment industry. Flexible production process and multifunction of production facility is the developing trend for global glass progressing industry, it needs highly repeatability and accuracy for glass progressing equipments. Auto glass and architectural glass are striving to produce glass products thicker to meet market demand, which presents higher requirements for glass progressing technology. More and more glass progressing enterprises begin to improve production efficiency and integrate all aspects of glass progressing. The change will also drive new development trend for glass progressing industry.
