PPG restarts fiber glass furnace in North Carolina, USA

PPG Industries’ fiber glass business announced it has restarted a furnace at its facility in Lexington, NC, USA.

The furnace was restarted to support increased demand, particularly in the wind energy and filtration markets, and it is expected to restore about 21,000 metric tons of annual capacity at the plant. The Lexington plant has added 180 employees to support the furnace restart, some of which were recalled from layoffs.