Glass packaging oven with the largest capacity of the world from Ciner

Glass packaging oven, which will have lowest energy expenditure per ton within its own technology and has the largest capacity of the world, will be available in glass packaging plant to be established in Organized Industrial Zone of Bilecik/Bozüyük.

INVESTMENT HAVING ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY WILL BE PUT INTO USE IN 2012

Ciner Holding rolled up its sleeves to produce glass package after its investments on mining, energy and media. Environmentally-friendly healthy glass package will be produced within the plant that was purchased in Bilecik/Bozüyük Organized Industrial Zone and will be established on a land of approximate 224 acres by Park Cam Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. that is one of the subsidiaries of Ciner Holding.

CONSTRUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE PLANT IS READY

Gürsel Usta, Chairman of the Board of Park Cam Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., stated that Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report of the plant anticipated to expand horizons in glass package production was approved by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and that incentive investment for the plant was provided. Gürsel Usta, stating that there will be 4 ovens in total each of which has 500 tons/day in the future within the factory whose construction infrastructure is ready, said that “Production capacity to occur when 4 ovens are completed will correspond to approximate 40 percent of total glass packaging production capacity in Turkey”.

Gürsel Usta, Chairman of the Board of Park Cam Sanayi, stating that glass packaging production will be started at the last quarter of 2012, said the followings: “Each oven within the plant will make net production of 150 thousand tons per year. Oven, which will be established in the first stage with capacity of 500 tons/day, is rear-fired and will be glass packaging oven having largest capacity of the world and having lowest energy expenditure within its technology per ton”.

Machines will be brought from Europe

Consortium, occurring under the leadership of Italian Bottero Company, will provide production machines of glass packaging plants that will start production in 2012. Finnish Lahti Company will supply blending systems of the plant, English Tecoglas Company will supply oven systems, French MSC&SGCC Company will supply cooling end equipment and Italian EMMETI&SPA Company will supply palletizing machines.

Glass raw material is challenging in soda ash production

Ciner Group had brought its soda ash production plants in Beypazarı into service with an investment of 375 million dollars in March, 2009. Ciner Group, having annual natural soda ash production of 1 million 100 thousand tons with natural methods from trona ore located in Ankara Beypazarı, acquired a Company having operating license for natural trona reserve of 1 billion 650 million tons within the field having size of 19 thousand 500 hectares in Ankara Kazan region, in January. Ciner Holding is planning to produce firstly soda ash of 1 million ton in Kazan and then of 2 million tons per year.

Soda ash, obtained from thorium mine, is one of 10 main raw materials of industry. Soda ash is produced especially by glass industrialists and for around 200 productions.