In 2015, Luigi Bormioli, one of the world-leading producers of tableware and perfumery glass container, contracted Fives Group for the enlargement of one of their existing electric-furnaces for its glass plant located in Parma, Italy. Fives was in charge of the design, engineering and commissioning of the furnace. This cold top all-electric furnace, Prium® E-melt CTVM, incorporates Fives latest design features that offer a specifically engineered furnace structure as well as an steelwork-integrated cooling system in order to improve glass melting/refining performances and reduce refractory wear rates. Fives successfully commissioned the all-electric furnace with a capacity of 80 tons per day in October 2016 making this furnace one of the deepest furnaces in the world (3.7m). The expected furnace lifetime will be 8 years.
