Verescence, the global specialist in luxury bottles for the perfume and cosmetics industry, and Fives, an international engineering group, have formed a partnership to replace an existing furnace.
The project involves replacing an existing furnace with a new oxy-gas hybrid technology at the Verescence site in Mers-les-Bains (80). According to the glassmaker, this will be the world's first hybrid furnace dedicated to cosmetics applications.
"This innovative project is part of Verescence's ambitious decarbonization roadmap, which is accompanied by major investments to electrify the industrial technologies and equipment used on our sites, including our furnaces, feeders and annealing arches."says Thomas Riou, President of Verescence.
"We are very proud to be carrying out this major project at our flagship Mers-les-Bains site. This is an important milestone for our French sites, in addition to all the actions taken by our teams since 2016 to reduce our CO2 emissions by 70 % by 2030".stresses Hélène Marchand, General Manager of Verescence France.
The new Prium Eco-Flex hybrid furnace will produce up to 150 tonnes of glass per day. It will run on a combination of oxygen-gas and electricity, replacing up to 80 % of fossil fuels with electrical energy. This configuration will drastically reduce carbon emissions while maintaining high-quality glass production.
The new furnace will be equipped with an HRA (Heat Recovery Area), developed by Fives, which recovers heat from flue gases directly in the furnace.
This solution improves the furnace's energy efficiency by preheating the load in a lowered section of the superstructure, generating additional efficiency gains.
"Our hybrid furnace technology has been designed to help glassmakers achieve ambitious environmental targets. It combines flexibility, energy efficiency and reduced emissions, for an ecological transition without compromising on glass quality."explains Alexandre Brusset, Glass Director at Fives.
