The Société Camerounaise de Verrerie (SOCAVER), part of the Boissons du Cameroun group, decided to invest in efficient and modern tools to increase productivity and to meet new requirements in terms of performance and innovation. This major project, which required the complete shut-down of the furnace No. 1, was carried out from March 2021 to July 5, 2023. This furnace comes in addition to furnace No. 2 inaugurated in 2019.
XAF 3.5 billion (EUR 5.5 million) is the investment in this state-of-the-art industrial equipment that will increase SOCAVER’s production capacity by 50 percent, to approximately 100,000 bottles per day, a production intended to meet the needs of Cameroon and the sub-region, whose deficit is estimated at around 10,000 tonnes of glass.
More than fifteen local companies were involved in this project, supported by experts from SORG, Bucher Emhart Glass, TIAMA and All Glass.
With an annual melting capacity of 15,000 tonnes, the start-up of this new furnace will contribute to reducing the glass imports of companies established on the territory.
Furthermore, the Société Camerounaise de Verrerie, the only glass factory in Central Africa, is more than 90 percent part of the circular economy, one of the objectives of the energy and ecological transition and one of the commitments for sustainable development.