Major Upgrade At Us Speciality Plant

PPG Industries has begun a $15m upgrade and melting tank rebuild at its Perry, Georgia, USA, speciality glass plant. The rebuild is aimed at improving production yields. Glass production at the plant, which entered service in 1990, will be suspended for around two months while new refractories are installed in the melting tank. The work is being carried out by the plant's 175 employees together with outside contractors.