In 2025, Glass for Europe is joining a new industry alliance to promote manufacturing investment, innovation, job creation, and economic growth in Europe. Flat glass manufacturing in Europe is currently facing record-low demand due to economic downturns in both the construction and automotive sectors. At the same time, the industry’s global competitiveness is being eroded
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On 12 February, AGC Glass Europe and Saint-Gobain officially launched the Volta production line at AGC’s Barevka plant in Dubí, Czech Republic. The century-old Barevka glass site is taking a leap into the future with ground-breaking technology that combines both electric melting and oxy-fuel combustion. Supported by the EU ETS Innovation Fund, the Volta project
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Today, Glass for Europe has published a position paper discussing the rules on declaring environmental characteristics of construction products under the new Construction Products Regulation (CPR). The paper: Highlights the issues with current plans to use ‘worst-case’ scenarios both in terms of impact on the quality of the data and the burdens for the flat
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On 29 January, the European Commission unveiled its Competitiveness Compass, a strategic roadmap marking the first major step of its new mandate. Designed to bolster EU competitiveness, the Compass aims to drive industrial decarbonisation, bridge the innovation gap, reduce excessive dependencies, and enhance economic security. This initiative confirms the Commission’s commitment to ensuring Europe remains
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In anticipation of the European Affordable Housing Plan and to contribute to the Parliament’s Special Committee on Housing Crisis, Glass for Europe presents its recommendations to ensure that efficiency is considered as an enabler of affordability, not a constraint. Between 2015 and 2023, house prices in the EU surged by an average of 48%. At
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This Tuesday January 28th, Glass for Europe had the pleasure of visiting SOLTECH’s facilities accompanied by French Member of the European Parliament, Marina Mesure. Ms Mesure sits in the Industry & Energy committee of the European Parliament and during the last term worked on the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. SOLTECH is a
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Glass for Europe is thrilled to announce that we have moved to a new location! Our new offices can be found on the 6th floor of Avenue des Arts 3-4-5. After 15 years in our offices in Rue Belliard, we are very excited to be moving to a new, bigger and brighter home. It is
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Ahead of the publication of the Clean Industrial Deal – expected on 26 February – Glass for Europe presents its recommendations for this initiative, which should link the EU’s industrial climate transformation to ambitious competitiveness. The Clean Industrial Deal was announced by the Commission President at the start of her second term. This initiative is
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Glass for Europe is excited to announce the release a new video highlighting the contribution of its members all throughout the value chain of flat glass manufacturing. The video aims to explain the variety of actors involved in the sector, from global leaders to small businesses. Particular focus is paid to the thousands of SMEs
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A new study run by Compass Lexecon, the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition, and the Enel Foundation confirms that the decarbonization of flat glass manufacturing through energy still faces many economic and technological challenges. The study categorizes glass as a ‘hard-to-abate’ industrial sector, though potential solutions are being developed and tested by
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The new Construction Products Regulation (CPR) was officially cited in the Official Journal of the European Union on December 18. The full text, available here, is meant to solve certain deadlocks in the CPR-related standardisation process and align the sector with EU digital and sustainability objectives. The CPR will enter into force on 7 January
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On 18 December, the plenary session of the European Parliament approved by a large majority the creation of a special committee to address the growing housing crisis across the European Union. This decision reflects the urgent need to tackle challenges related to access to decent, sustainable, and affordable housing – a priority that the flat
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