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BANGKOK GLASS glass division will generate including four float glass
around 50% from the lines. Bangkok Glass
FLAT GLASS BUSINESS current 85%.” “Packaged contributes about 8%
products may no of the revenue for its
One of the largest glass. Slowdown and longer be the focus of parent company, Boon
container glass producers intense competition in our business. Glass Rawd Brewery. With
in South East Asia, domestic and regional containers are facing stiff the commissioning of
Thailand-based Bangkok container glass industry competition in the country float glass, Bangok Glass
Glass, is diversifying into has prompted Bangkok from alternate forms of expects to contribute to
the flat glass industry. Glass to invest in flat glass packaging.” 13% of the revenue for
The BHT 5 billion segment. According to the Bangkok Glass partnered Boon Rawd Brewery.
new float glass plant at President of Bangok Glass with Europe based Glass Bangkok Glass and Boon
Prachin Puri is currently Pavin Bhirombhakdi, Trösch Holding AG, a Rawd Brewery have an
under construction and “We expect that in five specialist in value-added off take agreement for
likely to be completed years from now, we float glass for technology about 50% production of
by third quarter of the will generate 40% of transfer to set up the Bangkok Glass. Container
year. The 600 tons per the total revenue in our float glass plant. Glas glass sales volume of
day plant will produce glass business from the Trösch Group operates Bangkok Glass dropped to
high quality float, float glass division. In about 70 glass processing 890,000 tons in 2016 from
printed and speciality contrast, the container plants across Europe, 980,000 tons in 2014.

MOMENTUM RECYCLING

NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART COLORADO FACILITY

Momentum Recycling’s and help the state of Construction, Owens 63%, while non-deposit
new facility marks the first Colorado move towards a Illinois and CDPHE — states (like Colorado) only
bottle-to-bottle recycling goal of zero waste.” Solid Waste Division, reach about 24%.
plant in Colorado Momentum Recycling to help move Colorado In Colorado, over
and is located near currently recycles glass towards a goal of better 320,000 tons of glass
Northwest Parkway in from communities recycling practices and bottles and jars were
unincorporated Boulder. all around Colorado zero waste. thrown away in 2015,
The new Colorado facility including Boulder In 2013, in the US, 34% with only 20,000 tons
is the Salt Lake City-based County, Larimer County of all glass containers were recycled, which means
company’s first facility and Denver County. In recycled, equivalent to only 6.25% of glass
outside of Utah, and will addition, Momentum taking 210,000 cars off the bottles and jars were being
drive the glass recycling Recycling has partnered road each year. However, recycled in Colorado.
rate in Colorado to over with companies such as these numbers are Momentum Recycling’s
three times its current Waste Management, Eco skewed by the high glass Colorado facility will
level. Cycle, Alpine Disposal, recycling rates in states recycle an additional
“We’re excited to be Bestway Recycling, with container deposit 49,000 tons of bottle glass
opening this truly Iron Woman laws. States with container each year, thus increasing
innovative facility, deposit legislation have an the glass recycling rate in
especially in Colorado, a average glass container Colorado from 6.25%
state that has put such a recycling rate of just over to 21.65%.
significant focus on strong
recycling practices,” said
John Lair, President and
CEO of Momentum
Recycling. “This facility
will produce high-quality
recycled glass for use by
local bottle manufacturers,