On the afternoon of October 14, the signing ceremony of the AGC vehicle curved display glass production base project was held at the Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee. Han Jiang, member of the Party Working Committee and deputy director of the management committee of the park, and Shihe Xiji, executive director of AGC, attended the ceremony.
AGC Group is the world's largest integrated glassware manufacturer with a business scope covering four major fields of glass, electronics, chemicals, and industrial ceramics. In recent years, it has gradually expanded to cutting-edge industries such as life sciences, intelligent driving, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence. With the tremendous changes in the automotive industry such as smart cars and autonomous driving, AGC, as a leader in automotive glass, keenly captures the trend of automotive display glass toward large-scale, complex shapes, high-functional development and market demand, and continuously develops and produces The world's first high-quality automotive display glass.
At this time, the contracted automotive curved display glass production base project is currently the only one in the world that AGC has the mass production capability of this product. The total investment of the first phase of the project is 132 million US dollars, with a construction area of about 28,000 square meters. It will introduce the most cutting-edge technology from various optical film coatings to decorative printing and complex curved surface integration. It is expected to officially start sales in 2022. With the launch of new projects, the company will continue to enrich the headquarters function and R & D function of the Suzhou Industrial Base in the next step to comprehensively upgrade the level and comprehensive contribution capabilities.
Since the listing of the Suzhou area of the China (Jiangsu) Pilot Free Trade Zone, the Suzhou Industrial Park has actively seized opportunities for national strategic overlays such as the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pilot Free Trade Zone, further relaxing foreign investment access, attracting foreign investment, optimizing foreign services, and protecting The legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors, building a new pattern of all-round high-level opening, creating a new high ground for international opening and cooperation, and constantly launching new policies and measures have further strengthened the determination and confidence of investors, and effectively promoted high-quality development with high-level opening.