Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) has announced it will expand in Europe with the construction of a new automotive glass manufacturing facility in Sroda Slaska, near Wroclaw, Poland. The new facility's manufacturing focus will be on high-tech, high-content windshields to meet the needs of the EU premium vehicle market, which currently accounts for approximately 60% of EU auto production. "The addition of this state-of-the-art facility in Poland provides PGW the opportunity to significantly increase its scope of business and continue to develop and produce value-added solutions for our EU customers," said J D Wiggins, Chairman/CEO of PGW. The new facility is expected to begin early 2012, and will employ over 170 people, with production including Sungate® and Sungate EP® infrared reflective glass, Solextra® blue glass and SoundMaster® enhanced acoustic glass windshields.
