European Flat Glass Markets

Published by: Catalina Research

Published: Apr. 1, 2005 - 48 Pages

Table of Contents

SECTION 1 EUROPEAN FLAT GLASS INDUSTRY TRENDS

Summary Of Major Findings

Market Size And Growth

Price Trends

Value-Added Products

Construction Applications

Motor Vehicle Applications

Industry Profit Margins

Shipments To The United States

Outlook

Scope And Methodology

Table 1-1 Value Of Total European Flat Glass Sales, 1997-2010 (euros)

Table 1-2 Quantity European Flat Glass Sales And Average Value Per Ton Shipped, 1997-2010 (short tons and euros)

Table 1-3 European Demand For Value-Added Flat Glass Products By Type, 2004 And 2007 (square feet): Double-Glazed, Low-Emissivity, And Laminated

Table 1-4 Share Of European Flat Glass Industry Sales For The Top Five Companies, 1999-2004 (euros)

Table 1-5 European Flat Glass And Value-Added Flat Glass Product Production And Manufacturing Capacity For The Top Five Manufacturers, 2003 (short tons)

Table 1-6 European Flat Glass Product Sales For Construction And Automotive Applications, 2000 And 2004 (euros)

Table 1-7 Operating Profit As A Percent Of Sales For European Flat Glass Manufacturers, 1999-2004 (percent)

Table 1-8 European Glass Sales And Operating Income For Four Companies, 1999-2004 (euros)

Table 1-9 Volume Of Building Construction Work For Twenty-Five European Union Countries, 2003 And 2004 (index)
Table 1-10 European Motor Vehicle Production By Country, 2000-2004
(number)

Table 1-11 Exports Of Flat Glass To The United States For Twenty-Four European Countries, 2000-2005 (dollars)

Table 1-12 Exports Of Safety Glass To The United States For Thirty European Countries, 2000-2005 (dollars)

Table 1-13 Exports Of Multi-Walled Insulating Glass Units To The United States For Fourteen European Countries, 2000-2005 (dollars)

Table 1-14 Number Of European Glass Plants By Country, 2003 (number)

SECTION 2 COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE: COMPANY PROFILES AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Competitive Advantage

Leading Competitor Market Shares

New Products

New Plants And Expanding Capacity In Growing Markets

Asahi Glass Co.

Glass Operations

European Sales And Profit Trends

Recent Glaverbel Developments

Guardian Industries Corp

Glass Products And Manufacturing

European Plants And Sales

New Products

Kyro Corp

Glaston Technologies

Sales And Profit Trends

Pilkington PLC

Glass Operations

European Glass Operations And Sales

Market Share

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

Glass Operations

Sales And Profit Trends

Market Share

Turkiye Sise Ve Cam Fabrikalari A.S

Flat Glass Operations

Vitro S.A. de C.V

European Flat Glass Operations

Abstract

The Catalina Market Profile on the European Flat Glass Market is a guide to the growth- and profit-oriented opportunities in Europe. This database includes value and quantity shipments, price trends, product and end-use market sales, European construction activity and motor vehicle production, and the number of plants by country. In addition, the leading European manufacturers were profiled to review competitor strengths and strategies.

European sales were estimated from industry sources and company information (Section 1). Manufacturer sales are provided in square feet and dollars, and average prices are calculated as well.

Flat glass data was segmented by value-added product and by automotive and non-automotive markets. Value-added flat glass product sales cover double-glazed, low-emissivity, and laminated. European construction activity and motor vehicle production is provided by country in order to track market gains in central and eastern Europe. The number of plants by country is also provided as an indicator of capacity by region. In addition, exports to the United States are analyzed to track this market niche.

Catalina also profiled the leading European manufacturers as part of an exhaustive effort to provide competitor intelligence (Section 2). Annual reports, databases, and trade journals were searched for growth- and profit-oriented strategies. Sales and profit trends were extracted from this wealth of information in order to calculate market shares and industry profit margins.

Action-oriented executives are urged to use this comprehensive statistical database and competitor information to uncover growing product lines, end-use markets, country markets, and profitable operating strategies. Executives are urged to compute their own company’s market share and compare their company’s operating ratios to the industry averages as part of this process.

This fact-filled profile provides the action-oriented executive with up-to-date information on primary flat glass and value-added flat glass products. Each page will assist the glass product executive exploit growing product lines, review new technologies and new products, penetrate end-use markets, determine country markets, maximize plant profit margins, and plan for 2005 and beyond.

Catalina Market Profiles contain the timely data that allows users to evaluate market size, growth potential, end-use markets, profitability, market share, and the competitive environment. So turn to a Catalina Market Profile when developing strategies to take advantage of the growth in residential and nonresidential sales, foreign market opportunities, and new flat glass products.

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