R&D Facility

Name

Fuyao Technical Center

Overview

-The technical center currently conducts its R&D activities in 10 divisions: the automotive glass research center; construction glass research center; float glass research center; the research center for cutting-edge technology; CAE/CAM application research division; technical information and patent division; inspection and testing center; planning and project management division; production equipment technology center; and dies and jigs research and development center. -The center was certified as a national level research facility in September 2006. -The total investment in 2009 was 87.4 million yuan; and that in 2010 reached 155.17 million yuan.

Product Development

- The Company began mass-production of its Low-E glass for use in automotive windshields. The company has filed a patent application for this Low-E glass coating technology it had developed on its own. The single- and multiple-layer, silver-coated Low-E glass offers a visible light transmission rate of 75 percent and above and a solar transmittance rate of 43 percent or lower, both achieving high international standards. (From a press release, January 28, 2010)

Capital Investment Projects

(As of Dec. 31, 2010)

Projects	Planned amount of investment (million  yuan)	Amount invested in 2010(million yuan)	% so far invested of the total planned  investment amount(%)	Status
Constructing two new production lines to manufacture automotive float glass at Chongqing Wansheng Float Glass Co., Ltd.	680.0	286.1	46%	Under construction
Improving a production line to manufacture automotive float glass at  Fuqing	386.8	173.4	89%	Under construction