Component
Fiberglass cloth
Woven E-glass cloth melted from silica sand, limestone, soda ash, and alumina. The cloth is later laminated with epoxy to make a circuit board; it is not building insulation.
Criticality
Medium
Unit cost
$1.8K
Quality
55 / 100
US saturation
44.1
Made in US
400,000 tonnes
Current demand
900,000 tonnes
US exports
32,000 tonnes
Opportunity score
60.5
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$300M
Expected extra output: 42,000 tonnes per year
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