Saint-Gobain Oberland furnace repairs

Published 2nd October, 2012 by Greg Morris

Saint-Gobain Oberland, known under the brand Verallia, is preparing to idle two furnaces for repairs.

Furnace #3 in the Neuburg plant will be taken out at the beginning of this month (October) for a scheduled rebuild.

Furnace #1 in the Essen plant is scheduled to be rebuilt from the end of the year onwards, with the restart planned for Q2 2013.

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.