# Glass Futures to build £54m glass R&D centre in St Helens

Glass Futures secured planning permission for a 160,000 sq ft Global Centre of Excellence in St Helens, UK. Bowmer & Kirkland is the main contractor. The £54m facility will host R&D on decarbonising glass production, with construction starting July 2021 and completion by December 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-05-26
- Where: St Helens, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Value: $76.0M (54.0M GBP)
- Starts operating: Dec 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 30 tonnes of glass per day (experimental furnace)
- Products: glass R&D, decarbonisation technology
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [theconstructionindex.co.uk](https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/bk-cleared-for-54m-glass-research-centre), 2021-05-26: "The research, innovations and energy efficiencies we deliver here can be shared and harnessed by all glass applications including packaging, glazing and glass fibre"

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