Funding helps fuel hydrogen project in push for net zero 2nd, June, 2022 The British Ceramic Confederation (BCC) is delighted to announce that £300,000 of Government funding has been awarded for a project […]
PARLIAMENTARIANS AND DIGNITARIES GATHER AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS TO PROMOTE GLASS PAST AND FUTURE IMPACT 6th, April, 2022 A Glass Industry and supply chain centric lunch was held at the House of Lords on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 […]
GROUND IS BROKEN AND DELIVERY UNDERWAY OF £54MILLION GLASS FUTURES DEVELOPMENT IN ST HELENS 7th, February, 2022 Glass Futures, Network Space Developments, St Helens Borough Council, Liverpool City Region, MPs Marie Rimmer and Connor McGinn welcomed UKRI […]
REVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH SETS OUT TO FIND LOW CARBON FUEL ALTERNATIVES 31st, January, 2022 Research trials into low carbon alternative fuels for glass furnaces are currently ongoing as part of Glass Futures’ Government funded […]
ST HELENS’ GROUND-BREAKING GLASS FUTURES TAKES THE STAGE AT COP26 4th, November, 2021 Glass Futures will put the Liverpool City Region at the forefront of decarbonising the global glass industry, an event at […]
GLASS FUTURES REMEDIATION WORK WELCOMED 1st, September, 2021 Positive and visible progress with essential preparatory work for the ground-breaking £54m Glass Futures development in St Helens has been […]
INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY HAS DEEP IMPACT IN CARBON REDUCTION FOR ENCIRC 1st, July, 2021 Leading glass container manufacturer, Encirc (a Vidrala company), is set to reduce its carbon output in its Elton, Chesire, facility […]
GLASS FUTURES DELIVERS ON RECRUITMENT COMMITMENTS WITH LATEST KEY APPOINTMENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 24th, June, 2021 Glass Futures’ Global Centre of Excellence, the proposed research and development and training facility, continues to deliver on employment commitments […]
PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED FOR £54MILLION GLASS FUTURES DEVELOPMENT 26th, May, 2021 St Helens Borough Council Planning Committee has today granted planning permission for delivery of the £54million global glass research and […]
GLASS FUTURES CONFIRM TENDER SUCCESS FOR WORLD-FIRST R&D FURNACE 4th, May, 2021 Glass Futures has appointed Italian glass engineers Stara Glass S.p.A to design its 30tonne/pd experimental Research & Development furnace – […]