Sisecam progresses with Hungarian glass packaging facility talks

Published 5th November, 2021 by Greg Morris

Sisecam executives met with Hungarian politicians this week to discuss the proposed glass packaging plant in Kaposvár.

Turkish glass manufacturer Sisecam has progressed with its plans to build a glass container facility in Hungary.

A delegation of company executives met with Hungarian ministers this week to discuss the two-furnace glass packaging plant.

Announced in June this year, the first furnace of Şişecam’s first European glass packaging plant investment is planned to start operating in 2023 and reach full capacity by 2025.

Once complete, the facility will have an annual net production capacity of 330,000 Tons. Şişecam’s Kaposvár plant will respond to the growing glass packaging demand of both Hungary and Europe across a wide geography

Its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kırman, Şişecam, CEO Görkem Elverici, Chief Production Officer, Abdullah Kılınç; and Invesments and Business Development Director Selim Kalkan met with Peter Szijjártó, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Karoly Szita, Mayor of Kaposvár to discuss the project.

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.