Guyana considers container glass plant

Published 9th August, 2023 by Greg Morris

South American country Guyana is considering constructing a container glass facility.

It has appointed the Inter-American Development Bank (CDB) to carry out a feasibility study on whether a glass bottle plant should be constructed to satisfy demand.

President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), Ramsey Ali said the study should take about two months.

There are concerns that a Trinidad-based glass bottle manufacturer would be unable to satisfy regional demand.

Mr Ali said Guyana would have substantial energy capacity from a 300 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara to satisfy electricity demand from a glass bottling plant.

The feasibility study will be carried out by Ernst and Young.

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.