# Saint-Gobain reaches halfway milestone on £30M glass furnace project

Saint-Gobain reached the halfway stage of a £30m project to build a new state-of-the-art glass furnace at its factory in Eggborough, UK. The furnace will have increased capacity, greater automation, and is scheduled for completion in late summer 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-06-23
- Where: Eggborough, North Yorkshire, UK, United Kingdom
- Value: $42.0M (30.0M GBP)
- Starts operating: Q3 2021
- Status: under construction
- Products: glass
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Saint-Gobain](https://endata.com/companies/1801.md)

## Sources

- [glassglobal.com](https://www.glassglobal.com/news/print/default.asp?ID=31418), 2021-06-23: "We have reached the half-way stage of the £30m project to build a new state-of-the-art glass furnace at our factory in Eggborough."

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