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AGC Glass to reopen shuttered plant

AGC Glass to reopen shuttered plant

Shuttered since 2008, the plant produces clear and tinted float glass serving architectural glass markets.


By By BD+C Staff | April 3, 2012
This article first appeared in the April 2012 issue of BD+C.

Another sign of a better construction economy: the AGC Glass Company North America is restarting its idled G1 float glass line at its manufacturing plant in northeast Tennessee. Shuttered since 2008, the plant produces clear and tinted float glass serving architectural glass markets. BD+C

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