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INVESTMENTS AND MODERNIZATION

VERALLIA Verallia’s new and

recently inaugurated

state-of-the-art installations at its

Everglass site of

technology Rozet-Saint-Albin and

for recycling and Oiry, France, involve

investments of more than
production EUR 7 million and EUR

20 million respectively.

VERGLASS - RECYCLING out of four glass containers) of Thanks to these important
Verallia’s EUR 7 mil- household glass is recycled.
E lion investment has ena- Subsidiary of the manufac- investments, the two
bled an existing flint glass sort- turing group Verallia, Everglass
ing machine at its Everglass site treats over 20 per cent of domes- sites are now equipped
of Rozet-Saint-Albin, France, to tic glass collected in France at
be equipped with laser techno- its two sites in Rozet-Saint-Albin with state-of-the-art
logy, ensuring a higher recovery (Aisne) and Châteaubernard
of optically-separated waste. An (Charente). Modernizing instal- technologies to better
additional optical sorting unit has lations at the Rozet-Saint-Albin
also been installed to optimize the site will optimize the quality of sort collected glass, thus
sorting of infusible solids (por- cullet produced – used espe-
celain, ceramics, etc.) and sepa- cially in the production of glass enabling greater cullet
rate flint from coloured glass. In containers – and in doing so
addition, the installation of an reduce the glass sector’s car- recycling in glassmaking
exchanger now makes it possible bon footprint. Indeed, Everglass
to recover the calories consumed provides its glass manufacturing furnaces at Everglass,
by the waste compressors to pre- customers with quality cullet that
heat the dryer, the most energy- replaces natural raw materials and completely
intensive stage in the process. and releases fewer greenhouse
Lastly, load weighing automation gas emissions during combustion modernizing the
thanks to a storage silo improves in the furnace.
both circulation and safety on The Rozet-Saint-Albin site production capabilities
the site. annually produces around 230
Up to EUR 1.2 million of this kilotons of cullet and has 30
investment is supported by the employees. Work on modern- at Oiry.
Hauts-de-France region (region-
al funds associated: FREME) and
by the Ademe, as well as by VERALLIA
the European Union (EU funds
associated: FEDER) up to EUR An independent group, Verallia is one of the world’s top three manufactu-
0.5 million. rers of glass packaging for food and beverages, and proposes innovative,
Glass is a ‘permanent’ materi- customized and environmentally-friendly solutions. Verallia produced
al: it is infinitely recyclable at 100 around 16 billion glass bottles and jars in 2016. Verallia’s business model
per cent without this operation is based on combining the strength of its global network (manufacturing
altering its intrinsic qualities. In operations in 13 countries, sales locations in 46 countries with 5 techni-
France, 74.6 per cent (i.e. three cal centres and 13 product development centres) and local customer
relationships in all regions. In 2016, Verallia achieved net sales of EUR
2.4 billion.

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