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The Industry may have not yet aware of the use of recycle PVB for manufacturing laminated windshield in China to export to North America.
There are about 1 million pieces laminated windshields were produced by using recycle PVB per year that that may have been exported to North America market from Guangdong, southern part of China.
price of scrap of PVB has risen from USD300 to USD1000 per meter ton during last two years, as the demand was huge. recyle PVB by using scrap PVB, its cost is only 25% of the price sold by Sekisui, Solutia or Dupon.
The trick is most windshield distributor dont have windshield "impact test" equipment, and they can't find the problem when those auto glass makers control well on "cleanese" of scrap, it look same as those three sources', but quality is not there.
three makers so far are known as XINYI GLASS(XYG), Peaceful city(DKG) and a Guangzhou factory, based my soucre, the sources also claim that 0.38mm PVB is also used for making laminated windshields to unknown market.
Re: recycled PVB are used for laminated windshield
Welcome to "free trade" No rules & the rich do better and the workers and consumers will get the shaft. Even counterfit UL stickers are showing up. Greed will over come?