The French glassmaker plans the electrification of one of the furnaces dedicated to luxury bottles and jars at the Pochet du Courval - Guimerville plant. Scheduled for 2024, this technology shift is part of the company’s global Decarbonation plan, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% by 2033.
A highly energy-consuming process, glass bottle manufacturing has a big environmental footprint, in particular in terms of CO2 emissions. The production of a single 100-ml bottle typically.
Last January, the glassmaker Verescence announced the acceleration of its energy transition with the progressive electrification of its various furnaces around the world, starting with the furnace in Mers Les Bains, France, as of 2025. This approach is in line with the decarbonisation roadmap set up by the Group and detailed to Premium Beauty News by Thomas Riou, CEO of Verescence.
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The French-based global producer of high-end and premium glass bottles for the perfumes and cosmetics aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 40% by 2034 and to be able to net zero-carbon glass by 2050. The electrification of the group’s glass melting furnaces is a key step of this strategy. Verescence will start the works at the Mers-les-Bains historic production site in France.
Verescence has unveiled the first steps of its decarbonization roadmap, which should enable the group to reduce its.