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Asahi Glass is planning to build a production facility in Hyogo prefecture,Japan,increasing its output for next-generation large glass substrates used in liquid crystal displays by about 20%.The company said it would construct a glass furnace in the grounds of its Takasago plant at a cost of about Yen14bn(US US127.4m).The facility is scheduled to come on-stream by October 2005.