Production expansion project in Brazil
One of Brazil’s leading glass container producers, Vidroporto has confirmed plans to expand manufacturing capacity in Brazil and has contracted the Fives industrial engineering group to undertake an important part of the project. The glassmaker intends to increase production to 370 tons/day at its Indústria Videira do Nordeste (IVN) site in Sergipe, Estância, north east Brazil. The project includes design, equipment and engineering services from Fives to upgrade the furnace’s electric boosting capacity, while also incorporating an additional high speed production line.
Fives will supply transformers and equipment for the e-boosting system and a complete Prium BH-F 400 Series T-Tandem forehearth system to distribute thermally conditioned molten glass efficiently to the tandem 8-section IS machines on the new line. According to Edson Rossi, President Director at Vidroporto, this ambitious project represents the glassmaker’s first installation of a triple gob IS machine with 16 sections. In addition, a swabbing robot will be installed.
