Gerresheimer Plans Hybrid Technology for Latest Glass Manufacturing Furnace

Gerresheimer plans to cut emissions from the glass manufacturing process when it starts a hybrid furnace for white glass at its Lohr production facility in 2023.The glass manufacturer has submitted a funding application to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment for this project.This pioneering technology project serves to strengthen Germany as an industrial and glass location.

“We will set new standards in terms of sustainability and avoidance of emissions with this innovative technology," said Andreas Kohl, who is responsible for worldwide container glass production and its technical development in the Gerresheimer Group.

Gerresheimer produces more than one billion glass containers annually for the pharma and food industries with two melting furnaces for clear and amber glass at the Lohr plant.Glass can be recycled an infinite number of times. However, high temperatures are required for glass melting. This costs energy and generates corresponding CO2 emissions.For more than a decade, the Gerresheimer Group has workied on using no more energy than absolutely necessary for the sustainable production of its glass containers for the pharma, cosmetics and food industries.

The resource-saving production of glass plays a important role in this. The innovative technology planned for the plant in Lohr is pioneering in this respect.