What is the Historic and Current Scenario of the Construction Glass Market?
The construction glass market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• The market size of construction glass has significantly expanded in the last few years. Its growth is projected to intensify from $121.49 billion in 2024 to $131.16 billion in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0%. Factors like urbanization and infrastructure development, regulations on energy efficiency, population growth coupled with housing demand, government initiatives promoting green buildings, safety and security mandates, global economic patterns, and a surge in renovation and retrofit activities have fuelled this growth in the past.
What Is The Expected Growth In The Construction Glass Market?
The Construction Glass market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• In the upcoming years, the construction glass market is anticipated to witness robust growth, expanding to $180.61 billion by 2029 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.3%.
Drivers of this growth in the forecast period include a consistent focus on sustainable construction and circular economy practices, increasing demand for antibacterial glass solutions, the rise in prefabricated construction techniques, development of smart cities and infrastructure, the introduction of carbon-neutral construction materials, and the need for fire-resistant glass solutions. Some of the major trends likely to be seen in this period are green construction and sustainability, the advancement of smart glass technology, coating innovations, a heightened usage of laminated glass, supply chain issues, and evolving architectural trends.
What Main Forces Are Fueling Expansion In The Construction Glass Market?
The growth of the construction glass market is anticipated to be fueled by a rise in the building construction industry. Building construction involves making additions or upgrades to a property, such as adding rooms or fixing restrooms, and is linked to the demand for construction glass since glass is often used in these engineering and architectural applications. To illustrate, in June 2022, data from Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency, showed that investment in building construction jumped by 2.7% to $20.9 billion. Industrial construction investment also saw growth in the same year, up by 1.7% to $931 million, primarily due to activity in Ontario. Meanwhile, commercial investment rose 1.5% from the previous year to total $2.9 billion in 2022. Consequently, as the building construction industry expands, so does the market for construction glass.
What Are The Primary Segments In The Global Construction Glass Market?
The construction glass market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Product Type: Special Glass, Low-E Glass
2) By Chemical Composition: Soda-Lime, Potash-Lime, Potash-Lead
3) By Manufacturing Process: Float Process, Rolled Or Sheet Process
4) By Application: Non-Residential, Residential
Subsegments:
1) By Special Glass: Laminated Glass, Tempered Glass, Bulletproof Glass, Decorative Glass
2) By Low-E Glass: Soft Coat Low-E Glass, Hard Coat Low-E Glass
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Which Key Trends Are Driving Changes In The Construction Glass Market?
Leading entities in the construction glass market are producing advanced goods like low-carbon glass, in an attempt to conform to the rising demands for sustainability and to decrease the environmental consequences of construction materials. Low-carbon glass, a specially formulated type of glass, minimizes its carbon emissions during both manufacturing and implementation. For example, Saint-Gobain, a company based in France specializing in designing, manufacturing and supplying materials and solutions for construction, mobility, and industrial markets, introduced their low-carbon glass product in June 2023. The low-carbon glass item is specifically intended to make a significant impact towards lowering the overall carbon footprint of buildings. It simultaneously provides added advantages like natural illumination and thermal comfort for the inhabitants of the buildings. This product leverages innovative manufacturing techniques, using two-thirds of recycled materials and renewable energy sources such as natural gas and electricity.
Who Are the Key Players In The Construction Glass Market?
Major companies operating in the construction glass market include:
• AGC Inc.
• Guardian Industries
• Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd.
• AJJ Glass Ltd.
• CSG Holding Co. Ltd.
• Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd.
• GreyGlass Ltd.
• GSC Glass Ltd.
• Luoyang Glass Company Limited
• Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.
• NSG Group Ltd.
• Pilkington
• PPG Industries Inc.
• Schott AG
• Vitro Architectural Glass
• Vitrum Industries Ltd.
• Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.
• Corning Incorporated
• Owens Corning
• SYP Glass Group Co. Ltd.
• S.A. Bendheim Ltd.
• Central Glass Co. Ltd.
• Saint-Gobain SA
• JE Berkowitz LP
• Architectural Glass North America
• Advanced Energy Industries Inc.
• Cardinal Glass Industries Inc.
• Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope
• Euroglas GmbH
• Pilkington Group Limited
What Is The Most Dominant Region In The Construction Glass Market?
Asia Pacific was the largest region in the construction glass market in 2024 and is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the construction glass market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
