Çağdaş Cam has reached the final stage of installing its new solar glass production line at Manisa Organised Industrial Zone. The line, scheduled to start production on 2 November 2026, will make 1.6 mm solar glass in Türkiye with domestic capabilities for the first time, and will raise the company’s annual solar glass capacity 2.8-fold, from 5 million m² to around 14 million m².
The investment was launched by a decision of the company’s board of directors dated 1 September 2025. In a disclosure to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP), Çağdaş Cam said the technical installation had reached its final stage. The new line is expected to add around USD 22 million in annual revenue.
Thinner glass for domestic module supply
Already Türkiye’s first producer of 2 mm solar glass, the company will also become the first domestic producer of 1.6 mm solar glass with the new line. Running on fully automated lines and AI-assisted technologies, the plant aims to add to the domestic glass capacity needed by solar panel manufacturers in Türkiye.
Pirinç says the company will lead the way again
Çağdaş Cam CEO Serdar Raşit Pirinç said: “We plan to commission our line in November, which will contribute to the production of 1.6 mm solar glass with domestic and national capabilities for the first time in Türkiye. With this investment, we aim to increase capacity and also take our technical capabilities in solar glass production further. In the past, we took a pioneering step in the sector as Türkiye’s first 2 mm solar glass producer. Now we will achieve another first.”
Sources
Çağdaş Cam press release, 22 September 2026 (via Bahar Ünal İletişim).
Image: Çağdaş Cam / press release
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