Furnaces International News
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New Tenova EAF for Valbruna ASW Inc.
Italian plant builder Tenova, a Techint company and a prominent force in sustainable solutions for the green transition of the metals industry, recently completed the successful start-up of a new 70t EAF at the Valbruna ASW Inc at a plant in Welland, Ontario, Canada.
16 February 2023 -
Thyssenkrupp Steel's Black Giant blast furnace turns 50!
A blast furnace in operation at Thyssenkrupp Steel's Schwelgern steel mill in Germany, turned 50 years old on 6 February.
13 February 2023 -
Tenova supplies Canadian EAF
Tenova, supplier of sustainable solutions for the metals industry, has recently completed the start-up of the new 70t EAF at the Valbruna ASW Inc. plant, located in Ontario, Canada.
10 February 2023 -
AGC and Saint-Gobain partner for decarbonised flat glass line
AGC and Saint-Gobain will collaborate on the design of a pilot flat glass line that is expected to reduce the companies’ direct CO2 emissions. AGC’s patterned glass production line in Barevka, Czech Republic, will be entirely refurbished into a high performing and modernised line.
09 February 2023 -
Borosil Renewables starts third solar glass production furnace
India’s Borosil Renewables has started trial production of its third solar glass furnace, which has increased its capacity in India to 1,000 tons per day.
06 February 2023 -
UK manufacturing firm acquires major global product line
A range of Variable Area (VA) Flowmeters will now be manufactured in Workington, Cumbria, after McMenon Engineering Services Ltd was chosen by global technology company ABB to make the VA flowmeter product portfolio that had been produced by ABB in Germany.
27 January 2023
Ametek Land optimise combustion
Ametek Land has developed its portable flue gas analyser to aid combustion optimisation and gas testing in glass furnaces.
As glass manufacturing is a highly energy-intensive process, optimising the combustion conditions is essential to minimise energy costs and ensure compliance with air pollution emissions regulations.
BDF supplies furnace to Sotuver
BDF Industries has supplied a 300t/day furnace to Tunisian glass producer Sotuver.
The order for the Italian also technology supplier also included forehearths, automation, equipment, accessories and three IS machines.
BA Glass in €58 million Romanian furnace investment
Portuguese multinational BA Glass is to invest €58 million in a furnace at its Bucharest, Romania production facility. The investment marks the beginning of a new investment cycle in Romania and will also include a 55,000m2 warehouse at the site.
Glassman Europe 2023 Conference Videos
Videos of all sessions from the Glassman Europe 2023 conference are now available.
The two-day conference took place on February 8 and 9 at the Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar International Convention & Exhibition Centre (ICEC) in Istanbul, Turkey.
Vetropack chooses Sorg
Sorg will supply equipment for the hot end of Vetropack’s glass plant in Boffalora sopra Ticino, Italy. The Sorg Group will supply the complete melting furnace from a single source as a turnkey project, including cabling, piping, project management, installation, and commissioning.
