Affordable housing plan

Combining energy efficiency and affordability

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Clean industrial deal

Ensuring the competitiveness of strategic advanced materials

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Discover the Flat glass and glazing sector

A journey through our Value Chain

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FLAT GLASS RECYCLING

Recycling is a priority of the flat glass sector

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Welcome to the World of Flat Glass

Comfort

The transparency of glass makes it a unique material. Be it in cars or in buildings, it is made to look through and to connect us to the outside environment.

Sustainability

Made from natural and available resources, glass is an inert material, which can be endlessly recycled into new glass products.

Safety

Glass is designed to last for decades, to endure all weather conditions and usages while always maintaining its resistance and safety properties.

Innovation

Innovation in glass is most often invisible, yet we benefit from itevery day.

Energy

Clean energy in all its facets is intertwined with glasstechnologies.

Design

Glass brings a unique aesthetics while allowing you to seefurther.

Our news

October 2, 2026

Glass for Europe contributes to the consultation on the Housing Simplification package

As part of the Affordable Housing Plan, the European Commission announced the Housing Simplification Package...

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October 1, 2026

European Vehicle Glazing Innovation Summit 2026: Discussing circularity with the entire automotive glass value chain

On 28 and 29 September, more than a hundred actors of the automotive glass value...

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September 30, 2026

Glass for Europe launches #MoreThanYouSee campaign

Over the past two weeks of September, Glass for Europe launched its new #MoreThanYouSee campaign...

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September 29, 2026

Glass for Europe published a Q&A on the fundamentals of flat glass recycling

The flat glass industry’s priority is to increase the quality and quantity of crushed flat...

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September 18, 2026

Glass for Europe welcomes a European Commission’s delegation to AGC Glass Europe’s plant in Moustier

On 17 September, Glass for Europe, in collaboration with Glass Alliance Europe, organised a visit...

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September 10, 2026

EU Public Procurement Act proposal is published: implications for the flat glass sector

On 9 September, the European Commission published its proposal for a Public Procurement Act (PPA),...

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September 9, 2026

Glass for Europe attends a roundtable organised by the European Commission’s DG ENER

On 8 September 2026, Glass for Europe took part in a roundtable on energy organised...

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September 8, 2026

Changes to PRODCOM Classification Affect Several Flat Glass Products

The transition from the GP19 to the new GP26 production statistics classification system introduces several...

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August 25, 2026

Imports of mirrors from Russia are now banned
A review of EU import bans on flat glass products from Russia and Belarus

On 23 July, the European Union enacted a ban on imports of mirrors originating in...

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Glass Performance Days, June 10-12 2025 in Nokia Arena/Tampere, Finland

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