# Tecnoglass plans $160M float glass plant in Galapa, Colombia

Tecnoglass, through a joint venture with Vidrio Andino (a Saint-Gobain subsidiary), will build a $160 million float glass plant in Galapa, Colombia. The plant will have a capacity of 750 metric tons per day and is expected to be completed in 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-01-23
- Where: Galapa, near Barranquilla, Colombia
- Value: $160.0M
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 750 metric tons per day
- Products: float glass
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Tecnoglass](https://endata.com/companies/22691.md)
- [Saint-Gobain](https://endata.com/companies/1801.md) (investor)
- [Vidrio Andino](https://endata.com/companies/36647.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [glass-international.com](https://www.glass-international.com/news/tecnoglass-plans-160-million-colombian-float-glass-plant), 2019-01-23: "Tecnoglass has purchase of a minority ownership interest in Vidrio Andino, a Colombia-based subsidiary of Saint-Gobain. It means Vidrio Andino will now build a $45 million float glass plant in Colombia."

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