世界上最早生产U型玻璃的国家之一是奥地利，该国的Moosbrunner Glasfubrik公司从1957年开始生产底宽为262mm的U型玻璃，在此前后，比利时的Glaverbel公司、法国的Saint-Gobuin公司和Boussois公司、英国的皮尔金顿公司、原联邦德国的BauglassindustrieAG公司、美国的LOF公司和AFG公司、加拿大PPG工业公司和日本板硝子也先后建起了U型玻璃生产线。

东欧国家以前苏联为最早，1965年，俄联邦的首条U型玻璃生产线在波尔斯克玻璃厂投产，年产量为3万m2。随后，在鲍尔玻璃厂、红五月玻璃厂、切尔尼亚金玻璃厂、古雪夫玻璃厂、莫斯利石棉隔热材料联合公司等11家企业先后建起10多条U型玻璃生产线，到了1975年，前苏联的U型玻璃产量已达到400万m2。

前民主德国以及罗马尼亚、匈牙利、南斯拉夫、葡萄牙等国的U型玻璃生产，也大多始于60年代后期。

阿尔及利亚奥兰玻璃公司一窑双线的U型玻璃于1992年年底投产，开创了非洲U型玻璃生产之先河。

在我国，介绍U型玻璃的资料出现于70年代末期。因为玻璃生产企业和有关建筑部门对这种玻璃都十分陌生，所以这种新型建筑玻璃一直没得到开发，更谈不上推广和应用。随着我国国民经济的持续发展和人民生活水平的不断提高，在我国建筑和装饰设计部门、生产部门和流通领域等各方面的共同努力下，这种新型建筑玻璃在我国一定能够得到推广和应用，取得快速的发展。

One of the first countries in the world to produce u-glass was Austria, where Moosbrunner Glasfubrik began producing u-glass with a width of 262mm in 1957. Glaverbel of Belgium, saint-gobuin and Boussois of France, pilkington company of Britain, BauglassindustrieAG of the former federal Germany, LOF company and AFG company of the United States, PPG industry company of Canada and Japan sheet glass also successively built u-shaped glass production lines.

In 1965, the first u-shaped glass production line of the Russian federation was put into production in polsk glass factory, with an annual output of 30,000 m2. Subsequently, in the ball glass factory, red may glass factory, chernyagin glass factory, gushev glass factory, mosley asbestos insulation materials and other 11 enterprises have built more than 10 U glass production lines, to 1975, the former Soviet union U glass output has reached 4 million m2.

U-glass production in the former GDR, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Portugal and other countries also began in the late 1960s.

The u-shaped glass of Algerian oran glass company was put into production at the end of 1992, which was the first u-shaped glass production in Africa.

In China, the introduction of u-shaped glass data appeared in the late 1970s. Because glass manufacturers and related construction departments are very unfamiliar with this kind of glass, this new type of architectural glass has not been developed, let alone promoted and applied. With the continuous development of China's national economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, with the joint efforts of China's architectural and decorative design departments, production departments and circulation fields, this new type of architectural glass is sure to be popularized and applied in China and achieve rapid development.