Zhejiang Jingtai Glass Technology: Embracing the New Wave of Intelligent Manufacturing, Building New Momentum for High-Quality Development Amidst Industry Transformation

In 2026, China's glass industry is undergoing a profound and comprehensive structural transformation. From the industry signals released at the 35th China International Glass Industry Technology Exhibition in Shanghai, to the continued deepening of the "dual-carbon" goals at the policy level, and the comprehensive reshaping of traditional manufacturing models by the wave of intelligent manufacturing, the glass industry is standing at a strategic juncture of shifting from "scale-driven" to "technology-driven." As a national high-tech enterprise deeply rooted in the field of specialty glass for nearly two decades, Zhejiang Jingtai Glass Technology Co., Ltd. has a profound understanding of this era's changes. With technological innovation as its core, digital and intelligent upgrading as its engine, and green manufacturing as its foundation, it is building new momentum for high-quality development amidst the wave of industry transformation.

Exhibition Perspective: Three Key Indicators Outline a New Industry Landscape The 35th China International Glass Industry Technology Exhibition was held from April 7th to 10th, 2026 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. This industry event, bringing together 889 exhibitors from around the world and covering over 30 application areas including photovoltaics, construction, automotive, and electronic displays, attracted over 33,000 professional visitors on its first day, with exceptionally active business negotiations and technical exchanges. Three major trends presented at the exhibition profoundly revealed the transformation direction of the glass industry.

Firstly, intelligent manufacturing is moving from concept to reality. AI-enabled smart factory solutions became the focus of the event. From logistics and handling to automated production lines and digital management, end-to-end intelligent solutions are no longer just a distant vision, but a reality. The combination of machine vision and AI algorithms makes real-time quality inspection of glass products possible, reducing scrap rates at the source and further improving yield. The successful convening of the 2nd Industry-wide Digitalization and Intelligent Manufacturing Forum marks the entry of the glass industry's digital transformation into a substantial implementation phase.

Secondly, green and low-carbon development has become a core issue for the industry. Focusing on energy conservation, emission reduction, cost reduction, and efficiency improvement, companies are continuously increasing their investment in flue gas treatment, waste heat utilization, and energy substitution technologies. Glass manufacturers are accelerating energy-saving and carbon-reduction transformations, vigorously adopting clean energy, developing distributed photovoltaic power generation, and increasing waste heat recovery and utilization. By 2025, the carbon emission intensity per weight box of flat glass will decrease by more than 4% compared to 2020.

Thirdly, cross-industry integration is creating new growth opportunities. Photovoltaic glass is rapidly evolving towards BIPV integration, accelerating the integration of buildings and energy systems; automotive glass has become an important growth engine, with technologies such as dimming and coating continuously adapting to the needs of new energy vehicles; specialty glass is rapidly expanding into high-value-added fields such as electronic displays and pharmaceutical packaging. Meanwhile, breakthroughs in ultra-thin and flexible technologies continue—Kaisheng Group released 30-micron ultra-thin flexible foldable glass, directly targeting high-end market demands such as foldable screen devices. High-performance energy-saving glass is rapidly evolving towards near-zero energy consumption buildings, with products such as Xinyi Glass's EB89F near-zero energy consumption coated glass providing integrated solutions for building carbon neutrality. These trends reveal not only technological iteration but also a fundamental shift in the logic of industrial development.

Policy Support: Market Expansion and Standard Upgrades Go Hand in Hand

The continued strength of policies has injected strong growth momentum into the specialty glass market. Statistics show that the market size of my country's specialty glass industry climbed from 59.9 billion yuan in 2020 to 102.6 billion yuan in 2024, with a compound annual growth rate of 11.36%, and is projected to reach 110.8 billion yuan in 2025. Entering 2026, the high growth trend continues, with the overall market size expected to grow by 8% to 10% in the first half of the year, higher than the average level of the glass industry.

The continuous upgrading of building energy conservation and fire safety policies is a key engine of this growth. In April 2026, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued the "Opinions on Doing a Higher Level and Higher Quality Job in Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction," explicitly proposing to promote the large-scale development of ultra-low energy consumption buildings and build safe, comfortable, green, and intelligent "good houses." At the same time, the new national standards for GB/T 15763 series of safety glass for buildings have been successively released and will be officially implemented on August 1, 2026, marking a comprehensive increase in the industry's entry threshold.

At the end-user demand level, robust growth in sectors such as new energy, high-end buildings, and automobiles continues to drive demand for specialty glass. Industry forecasts predict that fire-resistant glass production will increase by 12% to 15% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, with demand from the new energy sector (such as energy storage power stations and photovoltaic inverters) expected to grow by 20% to 25%. Energy-saving glass is also performing strongly, with the global market size projected to reach US$35.05 billion in 2026. In China, Low-E glass production is expected to increase by 18% to 20% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, with double-silver Low-E glass production growing by as much as 25% to 30%. Demand for photovoltaic glass remains strong, with double-glass module penetration exceeding 70%, and 2.0mm glass becoming the absolute mainstream in the market.

These policy signals and demand data collectively indicate that the specialty glass industry is shifting from a "scale-driven" to a "technology and quality-driven" phase—only companies with technological innovation capabilities and strict quality control systems can secure a favorable position in the expanding market.

Intelligent Manufacturing Upgrade: From Equipment Automation to Digital Factory

In this round of industry transformation, Zhejiang Jingtai Glass Technology Co., Ltd. has embraced the wave of intelligent manufacturing with a proactive attitude. Located in Quzhou City, the company covers an area of ​​60.16 acres and boasts over 30,000 square meters of modern standard factory buildings and supporting facilities. In recent years, the company has continuously upgraded its production lines, equipping them with advanced domestic tempering production lines, fully automated insulated glass production lines, bulletproof glass production lines, and laminated glass production lines, covering all processes including cutting, edging, tempering, lamination, insulated glass, and screen printing.

From raw material inspection to finished product delivery, the company has established a quality control system that runs through the entire production process. Relying on a provincial-level high-tech enterprise research and development center, the company continues to accumulate technology in the field of precision glass processing. In November 2025, the company obtained an invention patent authorization for "A Glass Edging Machine and Edging Method." This invention, by setting up a polishing and dust removal component, can effectively remove glass powder adhering to the glass after polishing, ensuring the cleanliness of the glass surface and reducing the pressure on subsequent cleaning processes. As of 2025, the company had accumulated 86 independent intellectual property rights, covering multiple technical dimensions such as glass manufacturing processes, production equipment improvements, and product testing methods.

Notably, the company began its foray into the field of smart dimming bulletproof glass as early as 2023, and obtained a utility model patent authorization in 2024. Recently, the company also jointly applied with Quzhou University for an invention patent for "a method for preparing Nb and Ce co-doped WO3 photonic crystal special electrochromic glass," actively building forward-looking technological reserves in the cutting-edge field of electrochromic smart glass. These technological deployments are highly aligned with the industry's path towards intelligent and functional upgrades.

Green Manufacturing: Taking the Path of Sustainable Development

Guided by the "dual carbon" goal, green manufacturing has become a core competitiveness of the glass industry. The carbon dioxide generated by the high-temperature melting process in glass manufacturing accounts for approximately 0.3% of global anthropogenic emissions. Decarbonization in the industry is no longer simply about fuel substitution, but a comprehensive restructuring of the entire kiln system engineering. All-electric melting technology and hybrid kilns are entering the stage of large-scale implementation, posing new technical requirements for grid capacity and green electricity supply. High-proportion recycling of waste glass has become one of the most direct and effective carbon reduction pathways; the industry's waste glass blending rate has increased to over 60%, and every 10% increase in blending rate can reduce energy consumption by an average of 3% and CO2 emissions by 5%.

Zhejiang Jingtai Glass Technology integrates green environmental protection concepts into the entire process of production, operation, and product research and development. The company is committed to reducing carbon emissions throughout the product lifecycle by optimizing production processes, reducing energy consumption, and improving raw material utilization. On the product side, the company's Low-E insulated glass and nano-energy-saving glass product lines effectively meet the diverse needs of green buildings in terms of lighting, heat insulation, and energy saving, providing efficient and energy-saving material solutions for green building certification. The company will continue to promote green manufacturing practices, actively respond to the national "dual-carbon" strategy, and continuously enhance its green competitiveness in energy conservation, emission reduction, and carbon emission management.

Looking to the Future: Technology and Quality as Dual Drivers

Looking ahead, the high-quality development path of China's glass industry will unfold along three main lines. First, glass deep-processing enterprises are transforming from single-product suppliers to system solution providers, with end-to-end digital management becoming a core competitive advantage. AI-driven predictive maintenance systems and digital twin technology are rapidly being implemented, providing new possibilities for lean operations in glass manufacturing. Second, market demand for high-end and specialty glass products continues to grow, especially high-value-added glass products in emerging fields such as photovoltaics, automobiles, and electronic displays, which are becoming the main engine of industry growth. Third, driven by both "dual carbon" targets and green building policies, the green and low-carbon transformation of the glass industry will continue to deepen.

Standing at the forefront of this era of industry transformation, Zhejiang Jingtai Glass Technology Co., Ltd. will continue to uphold its quality policy of "technology leadership, quality as the foundation, continuous innovation, and satisfactory service," using intelligent manufacturing as its engine, green development as its foundation, and technological innovation as its core, continuously increasing its R&D investment and capacity upgrades in the field of specialty glass. The company will actively respond to the national call for high-quality development policies, continuously expanding the application boundaries of specialty glass in emerging fields such as photovoltaics, new energy, and high-end buildings, contributing "Jingtai strength" to promoting the transformation, upgrading, and sustainable development of China's specialty glass industry.

About Zhejiang Jingtai Glass Technology Co., Ltd.

Located in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Jingtai Glass Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2007 with a registered capital of 12 million yuan. It covers a total area of ​​60.16 acres and has over 30,000 square meters of modern standard factory buildings and supporting facilities. The company is a national high-tech enterprise, a Zhejiang Province "Specialized, Refined, and Innovative" SME, and a Zhejiang Province Innovative SME. It is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research, development, production, sales, and service of safe, environmentally friendly, and energy-saving specialty glass. The company possesses advanced domestic tempered glass production lines, fully automated insulated glass production lines, bulletproof glass production lines, and laminated glass production lines, among other core equipment. It has passed a series of certifications, including ISO9001 quality management system certification, and has a provincial-level high-tech enterprise research and development center. It has accumulated 86 independent intellectual property rights and led the formulation of the "Zhejiang Manufacturing" standard 0277-2017, "Lightweight High-Transparency Bulletproof and Impact-Resistant Composite Glass," which has passed the Zhejiang Manufacturing Quality Mark certification. The company's main products include fireproof glass, bulletproof and impact-resistant composite glass, Low-E insulated glass, smart dimming glass, nano-energy-saving glass, and tempered glass, among other specialty glass series. The products have passed the national mandatory product certification "CCC" and the EU CE certification, establishing a good corporate image and brand reputation.

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