An insight into decarbonized melting technology
Fives offers advanced decarbonizing technology to help reduce emissions, increase efficiency, and make glass production more environmentally friendly.
Verallia, the world’s third largest producer of glass packaging for food and beverages, entrusted Fives to design and supply an all-electric furnace capable of producing high-quality glass bottles in its Cognac plant. It is the first electric furnace for Verallia and is the largest all-electric furnace for food packaging in the world. The new furnace is in line with Verallia's decarbonization commitment to halve its carbon emissions.
Fives was also entrusted to provide a hybrid furnace to O-I, a leading glass bottle manufacturer. The furnace will be installed at O-I's Veauche plant in France and will be 70% electric-fired with the remainder fired from combustion. The new hybrid furnace will drastically decrease CO2 emissions and increase flexibility for the plant.
Discussing decarbonization technology
In a recent interview with Glass International, Alexandre Brusset, Vice President - Glass, discusses the transition to greener glass production along with the benefits of advanced decarbonizing technology.
“We at Fives are pushing this type of change and technology because we trust in decarbonisation," Alexandre Brusset, Vice President- Glass.
To see how sustainable technology can impact your process, read the full interview here.