# Wiegand-Glas to invest over EUR 50M in Glaswerk Ernstthal plant

Wiegand-Glas will invest more than EUR 50 million in its Glaswerk Ernstthal plant in Thuringia, Germany, including a new melting furnace with 360 t/d capacity, production and inspection technology, and two new halls. The project is to be finished in the first half of 2019.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2018-03-12
- Where: Thuringia, Germany, Germany
- Value: $61.5M (50.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 360 t/d (melting furnace)
- Products: glass containers
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Wiegand-Glas](https://endata.com/companies/30708.md)

## Sources

- [glassonline.com](https://www.glassonline.com/wiegand-glas-to-make-major-investment-in-glaswerk-ernstthal/), 2018-03-12: "Wiegand-Glas intends to invest more than EUR 50 million in its Glaswerk Ernstthal plant, involving a new melting furnace, as well as production and inspection technology."

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