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March 2, 2021
Officials from Canadian Premium Sand Inc., or CPS, announced a shift in the company’s business strategy to focus on developing its Wanipigow, Manitoba, silica sand deposit into a sustainable float glass manufacturing and coating facility.
The proposed CPS float plant would be the only glass manufacturing site in Canada. Plans for a previously announced Canadian float plant in Ontario from Xinyi Glass Canada have been indefinitely suspended in the wake of community pushback and deferred action from the local city council.
“Today there is not a single float glass manufacturing facility in Canada,” said Glenn Leroux, president and CEO of CPS in a company release. “Every pane of glass utilized in this country is imported. … Current dynamics in North America show a manufacturing supply deficit demonstrating the requirement for up to four additional float glass facilities by 2025 for North America to be self-sufficient. Establishing a float glass facility in