# Glas Trösch to build float glass factory in Lommel, Belgium

Swiss Glas Trösch Group announced plans to build a new float glass factory in Lommel, Belgium, on a 35-hectare brownfield site. The investment is several hundred million euros, creating 300 direct and 1,000 indirect jobs, with first production scheduled for 2025.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-06-11
- Where: Lommel, Belgium
- Jobs: 1,300
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: announced
- Capacity: equivalent of glazings for 300,000 housings a year
- Products: float glass
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Glas Trösch](https://endata.com/companies/27831.md)

## Sources

- [glassonline.com](https://www.glassonline.com/glas-trosch-to-build-new-factory-in-lommel-belgium/), 2023-06-11: "The new continuous float factory will supply mainly to flat glass processors & end-users in Belgium and surrounding countries, thus resulting in a significant reduction of CO2 and carbon in transport."

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