AGC begins electro-boosting installation at German glass site

Published 11th October, 2023 by Greg Morris

AGC has began installation of electro boosting at its Osterweddingen, Germany, glass manufacturing facility.

The installation of electro-boosting is now ongoing in AGC’s site in Osterweddingen, Germany.

A major challenge for the team, as it requires drilling operations in the floor (bottom refractories) of a hot furnace in operation, and this in very hot conditions.

Thanks to efficient teamwork involving the team in Osterweddingen, Engineering, Purchasing, Sustainability, Technical Coordination, R&D and many supplier companies, the job is currently being done.

AGC celebrates the successful installation of electro-boosting by our people on running float lines as a major achievement.

Electro-boosting is the direct use of electricity as a source of melting energy.

It is one of the innovative breakthrough technologies, developed at AGC’s Technovation Centre, that are essential to reducing our direct emissions by 30% by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

Direct emissions are the emissions caused when melting raw materials in the furnace with fossil fuels.

Read more on electro-boosting and the company decarbonisation journey in the “AGC roadmap to carbon neutrality”.

Greg Morris

Glass International Editor

Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.