Maltha Glassrecycling Invests In New Plant

Maltha Glassrecycling is to invest 4.5M/Euros on upgrading its production lines at its Heijningen, Netherlands site. Maltha is a subsidiary of the Van Gansewinkel Group, and said the upgraded factory will enable it to increase the amount of raw material it recovers from waste glass by 11% and further improve the quality of recycled cullet. The Heijningen site is the company's largest. Conversion work will start in March 2015 and take several months to complete. Maltha specialises in recycling glass waste from businesses, local authorities and households, which it processes to create new raw materials for the glass and glass wool industry. The company processes over 1M/tonnes of glass waste each year.