Nippon Sheet Glass

NovaSklo, part of EFI Group, signed an agreement with IFC to build Ukraine's first float-glass manufacturing facility in the Kyiv region. The €250 million plant is expected to be completed by 2028, creating over 300 direct jobs.

Nippon Sheet Glass will invest JPY 40 billion ($365 million) to restart an idle factory in Vietnam (mid-2019) and build a new factory in the US (H2 fiscal 2020) to produce solar glass, raising capacity by about 30%. It will also sign a long-term supply agreement with First Solar.