Appleton Specialty Glass (Taicang) Limited has been officially recognised as an Innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (Innovative SME) of Jiangsu Province under the 2025 evaluation programme announced by the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology.

The Innovative SME programme is an important part of China's national cultivation system for high-quality SMEs and recognises companies with strong capabilities in technological innovation, research and development, and sustainable growth.

Founded in 2006, Appleton is a specialised manufacturer of architectural glass products, focusing on:

• Low-iron U profiled glass (Channel Glass)
• Tempered channel glass
• Low-E coated channel glass
• Ceramic frit and digital printed channel glass
• Solar rolled glass products

Under its Uniprof™ brand, Appleton supplies architectural channel glass solutions for commercial buildings, cultural projects and façade applications worldwide.

In recent years, Appleton has continuously increased investment in product development, process improvement and intellectual property creation. The company has also actively participated in the revision of industry standards.

In 2025, Appleton became one of the principal contributors to the new Chinese industry standard:

JC/T 867-2025 Architectural U Profiled Glass

Drawing upon its long-term technical cooperation with European channel glass manufacturers, Appleton helped introduce international experience and European technical requirements into the revision process, promoting higher quality standards for the Chinese U profile glass industry.

Appleton is also among the few Chinese manufacturers capable of simultaneously complying with both:

• JC/T 867-2025 Architectural U Profiled Glass

• EN 572-7 Glass in Building – Basic Soda Lime Silicate Glass      Products – Channel Shaped Glass

  
  

The recognition as an Innovative SME further demonstrates Apple's commitment to technology-driven manufacturing and continuous innovation in architectural glass.