Assembly of custom and innovation: Vetropack Nemšov celebrates its a hundred and twentieth anniversary

Press launch, 03.11.2022

This fall, Vetropack Nemšová s.r.o., the Slovakian department of the Vetropack Group, is celebrating a double anniversary. The manufacturing plant in Nemšova was based 120 years in the past, and has been a part of Vetropack for 20 years. A glass manufacturing unit with a wealthy custom thrives and provides vital Vetropack prospects in Slovakia and neighboring European international locations. The anniversary 12 months additionally marks a milestone within the ongoing modernization of the plant. The repurposed recycling line has not solely drastically elevated the capability to course of used glass; it additionally helps obtain important financial savings in power and CO2 emissions.

Though Nemšová is likely one of the smaller Slovak cities with a inhabitants of round 6,500, additionally it is among the many most conventional and fashionable vegetation for the manufacturing of glass packaging in Europe. And for 120 years, since Baron Anton Dreher laid the muse for the glass manufacturing unit in 1902. “There are few locations that may look again on such an extended and profitable historical past in glass manufacturing,” explains Johann Reiter, CEO of the Vetropack Group.

A very powerful employer within the area

To today, Vetropack Nemšová is the most important employer and some of the vital financial drivers within the area. About 425 colleagues work on the facility at the moment, most of them straight in glass manufacturing. “Persons are pleased with the glass manufacturing unit and this high manufacturing,” explains Boris Sluka, director of the enterprise unit Czech Republic and Slovakia. “The excessive stage of experience and dedication of the workforce is central to the success of this web site.”

In 2002, Skloobal Nemšová, which existed as an organization since 1989, turned a part of the worldwide Vetropack Group. It was an vital turning level for the place: “Vetropack opened up utterly new growth potentialities for us,” says Boris Sluka. Common investments in our gear have enabled us to modernize our manufacturing processes and develop considerably over the previous twenty years. This was additionally the case final 12 months, when round 196,000 tons of glass had been produced and processed on the plant with two blast furnaces and a complete of seven strains. In complete, Nemšová achieved internet gross sales of 63.6 million Swiss francs (CHF) in 2021.

Investing in a state-of-the-art recycling line

The positioning goals to keep up this development course within the coming years. Vetropack Nemšová is the unquestionable chief on the home market, and most merchandise are produced for export. Among the many prospects are notable names such because the Carlsberg brewery, for which Vetropack solely produces unmistakable blue bottles of wheat beer Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc in Nemšova.

So as to additional strengthen its market place, Vetropack invested considerably this 12 months within the growth of the used glass recycling line in Nemšova. The prevailing damaged glass recycling line from 2008 was modified to considerably enhance the yield of white glass. Vetropack Nemšová is at the moment the one processor that meets the present and future wants of the Slovak Republic within the recycling of used glass.

The conversion elevated the capability of the recycling line by 50 p.c: the road can now course of round 140,000 tons of used glass per 12 months. On the similar time, this has a optimistic impact on the environmental file of the complete Nemšová manufacturing facility. Elevated use of recycled glass can save 4,100 tons of uncooked supplies and scale back CO2 emissions by 550 tons. “Initiatives that mix technological innovation and ecology present us the way in which to the long run”, emphasizes Boris Sluka. “They’re the subsequent chapter in our web site’s historical past.”

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