By the beginning of the 20th century, a trend followed the emergence of glass processing companies. Foshan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Zhangjiagang and other concentrated industrial areas have appeared. Its development area has expanded from the Shandong Peninsula to the Bohai Rim area and spread to many cities in the interior. More than 50% of the glass cold processing equipment in China is manufactured in Shunde, Guangdong.
As of 2014, the development of China's glass machinery is highly dependent on the international market.
The good development prospects of the fine glass processing industry will enable the Chinese glass edging machine industry to maintain a rapid development trend. It is estimated that from 2011 to 2013, the annual growth rate of demand for automotive and construction laminated safety glass in the Chinese market will be about 30%. This means that the glass machinery industry has huge development potential and endurance in China.
Architectural and automotive glass and glass products, as substrates, play an increasingly important role in the development of diversification, bringing opportunities and challenges to glass production and processing equipment. The flexible production technology and multi-functional production equipment in 2014 is the development trend of the world glass processing industry. They require glass processing equipment to be highly repeatable and accurate. Automobile and architectural glass has been working to reduce the thickness of glass to meet market needs, which puts higher requirements on glass deep processing technology. Many glass deep-processing companies have begun to increase the efficiency of production lines, integrating all aspects of glass deep-processing. This will become the future development trend of glass deep processing industry.