£30m Investment Secures UK Glass Supply

Saint-Gobain Glass' Eggborough Factory.

Saint-Gobain Glass has commenced a £30m investment in its glass manufacturing factory in Eggborough, East Yorkshire.  

The company is carrying out a major construction programme to completely re-build and install a new state-of the-art float glass furnace, as well as upgrade other areas of the factory, which will secure the long-term supply of consistently high-quality, high-performance glass in the UK.

The project represents the largest industrial investment in the UK by the Saint-Gobain Group since the Eggborough plant was built in 2000.

 

Summer completion

Due to be completed by late summer, the installation of the enlarged capacity furnace will replace the existing furnace that has reached the end of its design life.  The new furnace will use less energy and will help the company to optimise manufacturing efficiency, increase production capacity, and further enhance Saint-Gobain’s environmental and sustainability credentials.

 

 “This is a major milestone in the history of our business.  It demonstrates our commitment to the long-term future of glass manufacturing in the UK and our confidence in the wider construction industry.”

– Steve Severs 

Managing director, Saint-Gobain Glass

 

For UK market

"The new facility is designed to manufacture high-performance products developed in the UK to meet the specific needs of the UK window industry,” continues Saint-Gobain's severs. "The project has been several years in development and planning to ensure continuity of supply for our customers throughout the construction process. This has involved a high level of stock build-up in advance and imports of glass from our Saint-Gobain sister plants in Europe which will help to fulfil orders throughout the process.”

 

Planitherm

During the engineering works the glass coating line and lamination line at Eggborough are continuing to operate as normal to produce the Planitherm range of products including Planithem Total+ and Planitherm One T.

Supply of solar controlled glass such as the SKN and Xtreme ranges, as well as patterned glass, mirrored products, self-cleaning glass, tinted products and lower-iron glass are also unaffected as these are already manufactured at Saint-Gobain Group plants across Europe.

Picture: Saint-Gobain Glass' Eggborough Factory.

www.uk.saint-gobain-building-glass.com/en-gb 

 

Article written by Cathryn Ellis
29th April 2021

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