Verallia Spain awards electrode holder contract to Fives

Published 17th September, 2019 by Greg Morris

Verallia in Spain has awarded Fives the supply of 21 Prium VariCool electrode-holders for its plant of Azuqueca de Henares, Spain plant.

A furnace reconstruction will take place at then beginning of next year and Fives will supply and install the electrode-holders.

Fives installed 30 holders at Verallia’s Burgos plant in Spain last year and which have been in successful operation since.

Fives said the Prium VariCool equipment is the latest generation of holders available on the market and allow a variable and high cooling capacity.

It has installed electrode-holders for more than 20 years and said its equipment was known to be robust and reliable.

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.