Japan-based Asahi Glass has decided to establish its fifth Taiwan-based glass substrate plant at the Tainan Technology Industrial Park (TTIP) while moving the production lines of glass processing and cutting from the Tree Valley Park industrial park in Kaohsiung to TTIP, according to the Chinese-language Commercial Times.
The maker decided to move the lines to TTIP since construction of related facilities may be postponed due to a government environment assessment team recently saying that the Tree Valley Park industrial park is not suited for development, the paper reported.
Since Asahi Glass already has three glass substrate plants in the Yunlin Technology Industrial Park (YTIP), with a new plant at the park to start operation by year-end, the maker has decided to choose TTIP, which is only four kilometers away from Tree Valley Park, to stay close to customers, which includes Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), the paper noted.
Article translated by Carrie Yu and edited by Eric Mah
