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PREMIUM PACKAGING
Premium packaging
Glass creates glass packaging
for numerous markets includ-
ing amongst others spirits, beers,
foods and soft drinks.
In recent years,
the company has
made substantial
improvements to
both its manufac-
turing sites invest-
ing in both in tech-
nology, its facilities
and workforce to
ensure a highly effi-
cient operation.

Leeds ing specially
Two furnaces are installed at shaped bottles.
Leeds site, which have a com- The Leeds site
bined maximum capacity of also benefits
520 tonnes of flint glass per day from a sampling
which feed nine production lines. machine which has
the capability to run
Knottingley either single gob or double gob.
Another seven lines are At Allied Glass, the bulk of
installed at the Knottingley facil- production is achieved using
ity which are served by two fur- the blow-blow process, together
naces which have a combined with a small amount of press-
maximum capacity of 450 blow manufacture, which is used
tonnes, one furnace producing to produce wide mouth
white flint glass whilst the second ware at the compa-
produces both extra white flint ny’s Knottingley
and coloured glass. facility. O

MACHINE CONFIGURATION
Allied Glass has invested in
a comprehensive and adaptable
service. Therefore, the company
has a mixture of 6-, 8- and 1-sec-
tion machines operating at both
sites, including 5½in and 6¼in
CD models to achieve enhanced
flexibility, especially when mak-

ALLIED GLASS
CONTAINERS LTD

69 South Accommodation Road
Leeds, West Yorkshire Ls10 1nq
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 - 113 - 2451568
Fax: +44 - 113 - 2449349
E-mail: info@alliedglass.co.uk
www.allied-glass.com

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