SA glass bottle manufacturer improves its energy efficiency

Glass bottle manufacturer Consol has significantly reduced the CO2 footprint at its flint glass manufacturing plant in Nigel, Gauteng, South Africa, by adopting a decentralised drive system developed and by supplied by drive engineering company SEW Eurodrive.  

The glass manufacturing process requires a considerable amount of energy and Consol, which has an estimated capacity to produce more than one million glass containers a year, introduced a number of measures in its production process in 2011 to reduce its power consumption.

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