# Bowmer & Kirkland selected for £54M glass research centre in St Helens

Bowmer & Kirkland has been appointed as stage 1 contractor for the construction of a £54 million Glass Futures centre of excellence for glass manufacturing on the former United Glassworks site in St Helens, UK. The 160,000 sq ft facility will include an experimental glass melting furnace and is subject to planning approval.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-02-05
- Where: St Helens, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Value: $74.0M (54.0M GBP)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 30 tonnes of glass per day
- Products: glass research and development, experimental glass melting
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Bowmer and Kirkland](https://endata.com/companies/31070.md)
- [Glass Futures](https://endata.com/companies/8015.md) (customer)
- [Network Space](https://endata.com/companies/53079.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [theconstructionindex.co.uk](https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/bowmer-kirkland-picked-for-54m-glass-research-centre), 2021-02-05: "The planning submission is a great step forward in creating a facility that will deliver innovative technologies to make glass net zero."

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