PPG to Make SOLARPHIRE AR Anti-Reflective Glass from Oregon Plant

PPG to Make SOLARPHIRE AR Anti-Reflective Glass from Oregon Plant

Coater up grade will expand Gulf Coast capabilities pertaining to PPG solar glass
PITTSBURGH -- PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) chiseled glass business reported that a coater at their Salem, Ore., glass plant currently is being upgraded to enable the manufacture of SOLARPHIRE(S) AR anti-reflective and 2XAR two-sided, anti-reflective glasses.

Rich A. Beuke, PPG vice president, flat glass, said investment in the Salem factory, together with new production of ultra-high light-transmissive wine glass at PPG's Fresno, Calif., factory, is a component of PPG's continuing resolve forpersistance to serving the West Coast's expanding solar power industry.

"With the latest capabilities at Salem along with Fresno, we can now create Solarphire PV (photovoltaic) glass at Fresno then mail it to Salem for that addition of an anti-reflective coating," Beuke said. "That enables us not just to speed up internal production, however to respond more quickly together with a broader product selection to solar marketplace customers throughout the european U.S. You'll find it enables solar consumers to further reduce the h2o and footprint of solar panel manufacturing."

The Salem plant will be expanded and individuals added to accommodate enhanced production volume. "We have become pleased to be adding to our workforce like green jobs america needs to help improve the particular economy and further minimize our dependence on dangerous oil," Beuke increased.

Scott Follett, global director, PPG Pv Performance Group, declared shifting part of PPG's sun glass production with the East Coast to the Western Coast will make it easier for customers to manage their production and products requirements. "Our goal is to fulfill most typical and in-stock orders regarding Solarphire PV and Solarphire AR spectacles by the next day around California, Arizona along with Nevada," he explained.

The Salem plant will construct Solarphire AR and Solarphire 2XARglasses. Solarphire AR glass offers PPG's highly durable anti-reflective coating on one surface of some sort of Solarphire PV glass substrate, and generates solar transmittance involving 93.6 percent inside a 3.2 mm thickness. Manufacturers regarding crystalline-silicon modules that changed their units' cover clothing with Solarphire AR glass noted typical power productivity increases of up to 7 watts.

Solarphire 2XAR glass capabilities PPG's anti-reflective coating on both factors of a Solarphire PV wine glass substrate. With solar transmittance associated with 96.3 percent, Solarphire 2XAR cup may help even more in comparison with Solarphire AR glass to make centred solar photovoltaic (CSP) modules more efficient.

For more information pertaining to Solarphire AR and 2XAR glasses, and also PPG's entire collection of innovative glasses and surface finishes for the solar power field, visit com or maybe call 1-888-PPG-SUN1 (774-7886).

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