Decarbonization: Pochet chooses Fives to construct their first electrical furnace



The development of the primary electrical furnace at Pochet du Courval’s glass manufacturing website in Guimerville, has been entrusted to worldwide industrial engineering group Fives. The purpose is to make glass manufacturing extra environmentally pleasant.

The Guimerville plant, positioned in Normandy, France, decorates a couple of million glass bottles and jars each day for quite a few status fragrance and sweetness manufacturers.

Specializing in all-electric melting applied sciences, Fives will design and provide an electrical furnace utilizing the Prium® E-Soften cold-top vertical melter expertise. In accordance with Pochet, it is likely one of the most superior applied sciences accessible to considerably scale back CO2 emissions.

This electrical furnace will allow us to supply carbon-free glass to fragrance, skincare and make-up manufacturers that may ship tomorrow’s magnificence,” emphasised Benoit Marszalek, Pochet du Courval’s Chief Operations Officer.

Pochet du Courval, the division of the Pochet Group that has been an professional in shaping and adorning glass for 400 years, has acknowledged an goal to scale back CO2 emissions of its manufacturing by 50% by 2033 providing decarbonized glass to its shoppers.

Fives is dedicated to offering revolutionary options primarily based on our confirmed expertise to impress glass course of. We assist the business companions to fulfill their aims when it comes to decarbonisation, in addition to to coach technicians and operators on the plant stage,” provides Alexandre Brusset, Vice-President of Glass at Fives.