The global leader in luxury packaging for the perfume and cosmetics industry is stepping up its decarbonization efforts.
With this in mind, Verescence and Fives, an international engineering group, have entered into a strategic partnership to replace an existing furnace with a new hybrid oxy-gas technology at Verescence’s Mers- les-Bains site. It will be the world’s first glass hybrid furnace for cosmetics applications.
The new Prium Eco-Flex hybrid furnace will be able to produce up to 150 tonnes of glass per day. It will run on a combination of oxy-gas and electricity, replacing up to 80% of fossil fuels with electrical power. According to Verescence, this configuration will drastically reduce carbon emissions while maintaining the production of high-quality glass.
The furnace will be equipped with an H.R.A.TM (Heat Recovery Area) system, developed by Fives, which enables the recovery of heat from waste gas directly into the furnace. This solution increases the furnace’s energy efficiency by preheating the batch in a lowered superstructure section, leading to further efficiency gains.
“This innovative project is part of Verescence’s ambitious decarbonization roadmap, which includes significant investments to electrify the technologies and industrial equipment used in our sites, notably our furnaces, feeders, and lehrs,” says Thomas Riou, CEO of Verescence.
“We are very proud to lead this major project at the Mers-les-Bains factory, the flagship site of our group. For our French operations, this marks a significant milestone, building on the actions undertaken by our teams since 2016 to reduce our CO2 emissions by 70% by 2030,” adds Hélène Marchand, General Manager France of Verescence.
