Consol, Africa’s largest glass manufacturer, announced yesterday that it would invest R1.9-billion in building a new glass factory in Nigel, Gauteng.

The new factory would help boost the company’s yearly output by 25%, a rise in annual production of 220 000 tons.

Managing Director, Mike Arnold, said that although the current production exceeded demand, the increased capacity was there to cater for anticipated future growth.

Africa's largest glass manufacturer Consol will build a new R1,9-billion glass factory in Nigel, boosting its yearly output by 25%, the group announced on Monday.

In addition to the Nigel expansion, production capacity in the Western Cape would be increased by a further 10%, or 30 000 t/y.

Reported by Engineering News