Ciner Glass has signed machinery equipment contracts for a new greenfield container glass plant in Lommel, Belgium. The €600M plant will have two furnaces with a total capacity of 1,300 tonnes per day, creating over 500 jobs.
E2Pack srl, a subsidiary of Bottero spa, has acquired the business unit of Ems Group, a packaging machinery manufacturer. The deal secures continuity for 60 workers transferring to the new company, with incentives for up to 100 others, and potential future hiring.
PCL Constructors has joined an EPC consortium to provide design and pre-construction engineering for a $400 million patterned solar glass manufacturing facility in Selkirk, Manitoba.
UK glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has invested £3 million in Bottero's IS bottle forming machines for two production lines to speed up production and improve quality.