Verallia Spends €24M On Vauxrot, France End-Port Furnace

Verallia's Vauxrot glass plant in Aisne, France, recently celebrated the lighting of a new furnace in an ignition "match" ceremony. The furnace will supply the site's three production lines that make bottles for the wine, spirits and beer markets, the latter boosted by the trend in micro-breweries. The renovation work lasted three months and involved 600 people. Its end-port regenerative furnace meets energy-consumption and air-emission standards. It can now run on gas, unlike the previous, 100% fuel-powered installation.