In response to the increasing rate of sheet glass consumption in Iran and after thorough studies conducted by the Bank of Industry and Mines, Ghazvin Glass Factory was established in 1965, with a capital cost of more than one billion Rials. The first plant was constructed on the 3rd KM of Qazvin-Rasht road, on a 260,000 m2 plot of land, with a building area of 100,000 m2 allocated to a production hall, warehouse, administrative office, engineering services and repair workshops. This company has continued to pursue its endeavoursin a structured way, so that GGC’s total production facilities now exceed 3,000,000 m2 in area. In late 2001, GGC released the news of commencing its new project for construction of a float glass plant with the cooperation of Pilkington Company, UK. Comprehensive specification and design works were carried out, followed by the construction works on a 2,000,000 m2 plot of land, 70 km from Ghazvin near Farsejin village, with a building area of 70,000 m2. In 2009 Farsejin Float Plant was officially opened. With the use of Pilkington technology, GGC Farsejin Float Plant is capable of manufacturing high quality float glass in a thickness range 1.8-12 mm in sizes up to max 6500×3600 mm with a total production capacity of 180,000 ton/year. The accurate thickness and flatness of float glass makes it the perfect material for a number of end-products such as automotive glass and mirrors and also an ideal commodity for other industrial uses.
