Ambev completes Brazilian furnace rebuild

Published 3rd September, 2021 by Greg Morris

Container glass manufacturer Ambev has completed the rebuild of its furnace number 1 at its Rio de Janeiro site, Brazil.

The 360t/day end-fired furnace has three production lines and has been in operation for 14 years.

A heat up ceremony took place on Wednesday this week with members of the Ambev team as well as members of Horn, the German furnace engineering company.

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.