British Glass Unveils Glass Futures Project

Plans have been unveiled for a £20m global centre of excellence in glass at Magna in Rotherham, UK. The Glass Futures project, the brain-child of British Glass in Sheffield, is backed by a consortium including Owens-Illinois (O-I), Guardian Industries, Siemens and Leeds University. At the heart of the project will be a furnace producing 30/tpd for windows, bottles and fibre glass. Work on the project is expected to start later this year and when fully operational the facility will employ around 100 people.