Global Impact Resistant Glass Market - 2022-2029

Global Impact Resistant Glass Market - 2022-2029

Market Overview

The global impact resistant glass market reached US$ XX million in 2021 and is expected to reach US$ XX million by 2029, growing at a CAGR of XX% during the forecast period 2022-2029.

Impact Resistant Glass is not impervious to breakage. While a regular window can easily shatter into big, jagged shards of glass that can fly around inside your home at high speeds and cause significant injury, Impact-Resistant glasses are engineered to shatter into smaller, round pieces that stay connected to the heavy-duty frame. The flexible, laminated layer of glass functions as a protective barrier, preventing wind-borne objects from entering your home at a predetermined wind velocity depending on the object's size and weight.

Impact resistant glass is made by connecting two or more panes of glass together with a thin clear layer. The added layer also aids in the retention of the glass, making it more impact resistant. The thickness of this layer and the UV tint or color might vary. Glass pieces attach to the plastic film in the case of a crack or shatter in an impact window. The addition of glass pieces helps to protect huge shards of glass from breaking loose, as well as wind, water, and debris from forcing their way through the window.

Market Dynamics

Global growth in the construction and automotive sector and rising global crime and insecurity are major market drivers for the impact-resistant glass market. Nonetheless, the extremely high cost of these glasses makes them a commodity for the affluent and limits the respective market’s growth prospect.

Rising global crime and insecurity

Violent crime and insecurity are rising globally, especially in developing countries. Various countries in South America, North America, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as Asia-Pacific, are experiencing high levels of crime and insecurity.

In North America, the Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras have become notorious for gang violence. Mexico is another country troubled by drug trafficking and narcoterrorism. U.S. also experiences high violent crime rates in low-income areas of its major cities. In South America, Venezuela has seen an unprecedented rise in violent crime, mainly due to a severe economic crisis that led to state collapse. Colombia, which is a transcontinental hub for drug trafficking, is also experiencing violent crime. Brazil is another country plagued by gang violence, especially in urban low-income areas.

The Middle East is plagued by a raging civil war in Syria and Yemen, as well as cross-border terrorism in Jordan and Iraq. Recently, outbursts of violence are also being seen in gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Africa has seen long-running insurgencies in countries such as Nigeria, Chad, Mali, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a long-running civil war in the Central African Republic as well high violent crime rates in Zimbabwe and South Africa. The Asia-Pacific region has also seen long-running insurgencies in Pakistan, certain parts of India, Myanmar, eastern Indonesia, and the Philippines. The rising crime and insecurity are driving the demand for impact resistant glass for cars and homes. It is an important driver for the growth of the market.

High costs associated with impact resistant glass

Impact resistant glass undergoes a complex manufacturing process. The glass should be able to withstand multiple shots from handguns and rifles. However, the index of refraction must be kept intact between the multiple levels since the glass must be transparent.

High skilled labor is required for the manufacturing of impact resistant glass. Innovative and proprietary technologies are used in the manufacturing process, increasing costs. Impact resistant glass is also made to order; hence each glass panel is customized to clients’ requirements. The only mass production occurs for institutional buyers, such as the police and the military. Since the usage of impact-resistant glass is a life or death matter, the glass undergoes exhaustive testing to conform to the accepted national and international ballistic protection standards. The testing is wide-ranging and complex and therefore adds to the cost of the glass.

Impact resistant glass is heavy hence suitable modifications must be made to cars, armored vehicles and homes to install the glass. Thus, the high costs associated with impact resistant glass only leave well-funded governments with the ability to make mass purchases. Governments and civilians from poor and underdeveloped countries cannot afford the high costs, although they may have the most urgent requirements due to their poor security environment. The high costs associated with impact resistant glass is the key challenge for the growth of the market.

COVID-19 Impact Analysis

The COVID-19 outbreak had a humongous impact on the impact resistant glass industry. The influence of the pandemic on a particular market can be measured in three ways: Lockdowns and regulatory controls imposed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak have limited the availability of raw materials and final product sales.

Second, making impact-resistant glass necessitates a number of industrial operations, which have been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic's lockdowns and government regulations. As a result, the majority of impact resistant glass operations have closed or reduced their capacity. Further, demand for impact-resistant glass fell due to the general decline in end-user activity, causing demand-supply dynamics to shift. Nonetheless, the planned rise in the building industry, as well as rising global crime and insecurity, are expected to revitalize the respective market's economy.

Segment Analysis

The global impact resistant glass market is classified based on interlayer, end-user, and region.

Increasing violence and natural catastrophes across the globe boost the sector

For optimal protection and safety for humans, impact resistant glass is increasingly being employed in building constructions. Office buildings, hotels, shopping malls, public walkways, hospitals, museums, airport terminals, houses, apartment complexes, and noise control applications employ impact-resistant glass. For security and maximum human protection, high-security locations such as banks, embassies, and defense facilities, among others, employ high impact resistant glass. Hurricanes and tornadoes produce tremendous winds and air pressures hence impact. Resistant glass is also utilized near coastal locations to protect people from them. It's used indoors on windows, screens, and shutters, among other things. It also helps to block over 99% of damaging UV radiation and minimizes outdoor noise.

The increasing demand for top-priority security, the growing necessity to protect government and people's assets, and the advancement of glass technology for environmental catastrophe prevention. Favorable development trends in developing nations are driving infrastructure expansions. These factors will drive the market for impact-resistant glass in the coming years.

Geographical Analysis

Growing violence against people and increasing instances of home and automobile invasion

Asia-Pacific, followed by North America, leads the impact-resistant glass market. The market in Asia-Pacific is rising because of a growing focus on infrastructure modernization in countries such as Thailand, India, and China. Furthermore, the increasing production of automobiles in Asia-Pacific will increase the demand for impact resistant glass. The glass protects passengers in the event of an accident and also protects official vehicles from manual attacks. Automobile production in the Asia-Pacific area has grown steadily over the last five years, according to the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles. The respective factor is considered one of the reasons for an increase in the demand for impact-resistant glass in automobiles.

Competitive Landscape

The global impact resistant glass market is highly dynamic in terms of the number and strength of global and local producers. Because of many manufacturers such as Schott AG, Central Glass, Sisecam Group, Taiwan Glass, Xinyi Glass, Cardinal Glass Industries, Euroglas GmbH, Saint Gobain, Scheuten Glass, and Syracuse Glass, the market is classified as fragmented. To achieve competitive advantages and recognition in their particular markets, significant market stakeholders use market techniques such as mergers, acquisitions, product launches, contributions, and collaborations.

Saint Gobain

Overview: Saint-Gobain S.A. is a French multinational firm formed in 1665 in Paris and headquartered in La Défense and Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. Though the company began its venture as a mirror maker, it has expanded to include construction, high-performance, and other materials. Saint-Gobain develops, manufactures, and distributes construction, mobility, and industrial materials and solutions, which address the rehabilitation of light construction, public and private buildings, and the decarbonization of construction and industry through a constant innovation process, sustainability and performance in everyday life. The corporation has 167,552 employees and operates in 72 countries.

Product Portfolio:

Tempered glass: The product is primarily utilized in buildings and all modes of transportation, including off-road vehicles. Compared to ordinary glass, the product undergoes a regulated heat treatment to strengthen its strength (6 times more). The exterior surfaces are compressed after the heat process, while the interior surfaces are in tension. Furthermore, the danger of injury is reduced because glass breaks into small, round fragments rather than sharp, jagged shards.

Key Development:

On October 4, 2021, Vetrotech Saint-Gobain, the leading expert in fire safety and high-security glass solutions, announced the company’s newest addition to bullet-resistant glass solutions. The product is a bullet-resistant glass, a 65mm thick, developed, tested, and certified in India against Level 3 bullet resistance as per the NIJ standard. The product is designed to protect from bullet strikes from an AK-47 rifle. The new range is manufactured at the state-of-the-art production facility in Chennai, India.

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