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Laminated safety windshields and tempered side/rear glass for OEM vehicles and replacement; Fuyao Glass (China) controls ~25% of North American OEM supply with a 10% cost advantage over US producers
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Source countries
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Companies
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Goods affected
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Claims on record
What depends on it
1 essential American goods rely on automotive safety glass (windshields & panels) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Who makes it
3 companies produce automotive safety glass (windshields & panels).
World's largest auto glass manufacturer; controls ~22% of global OEM auto glass and ~25% of North American OEM market; entered US in 2014 with 10% cost advantage over domestic suppliers; supplies Ford, GM, Stellantis, Honda, Mercedes
Japanese glass company that acquired Pilkington (UK inventor of float glass process) in 2006. NSG/Pilkington licenses the float glass process to essentially all global producers; receives royalties from ~250 float glass lines worldwide. Major float glass producer in Europe, Americas, and Asia.
French multinational founded 1665; world's largest flat glass and building materials company. Operates 400+ industrial sites globally; major flat glass brands include SGG (construction glass) and Sekurit (automotive glass). Also makes high-performance materials, gypsum (Gyproc/CertainTeed), and insulation.
