The Gerresheimer plant in Tettau (Germany) manufactures perfume flacons & many other products for the cosmetics industry. The recently modernized glass melting furnace has a melting capacity of around 90/tpd. This, plus an additional production line, has increased the plant's production capacity by around 50M/units to 650 units/pa. It took 150 specialist personnel 46 days to build the new furnace. The investment has created around 30 new jobs. "Our customers not only expect us to produce glass in first-rate quality, but also to be highly innovative & deliver excellent results. The new oxygen melting furnace is a milestone for us. Not only does it enable us to increase our production capacity, but also to set new standards of quality, productivity & environmental friendliness," said Bernd Hoerauf, CEO of Gerresheimer Tettau GmbH. The new glass melting tank is an oxygen furnace that operates with gas, electricity & oxygen. Each one of its 10 burners can be individually adjusted. As a result of this advanced technology, Gerresheimer can even better meet the necessary high quality for the cosmetics market. An additional production line was also installed at the plant, bringing the current total to 5. In the remodelling process, the cold end was completely overhauled & adapted. The new oxygen furnace satisfies all statutory requirements of exhaust gases & air purity, & it has a completely sealed melting basin to improve energy efficiency. In the process of capacity extension, the plant's own oxygen apparatus was correspondingly extended & adapted. The Gerresheimer Group realizes revenues of around EUR 1/BN and has around 10,000 employees at 45 locations in Europe, North & South America & Asia.
