Glass Futures Agrees Strategic Partnership with North West Business Leadership Team 8th, August, 2022 The North West Business Leadership Team (NWBLT) has welcomed Glass Futures as a strategic partner. Glass Futures brings together a […]
STEELWORK COMPLETED ON £54MILLION GLASS FUTURES’ DEVELOPMENT 22nd, June, 2022 Work is on schedule at the £54million Glass Futures Global Centre of Excellence in St Helens with the steelwork structure […]
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 […]
Glass Futures partners with C-Capture on project awarded £1.7m in BEIS funding to demonstrate feasibility of next generation, low-cost carbon capture solutions in hard-to-decarbonise industries 2nd, June, 2022 Glass Futures along with one of their member sites, Pilkington UK Ltd (part of NSG Group) are involved in a […]
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 […]
ST HELENS CHAMBER TO OFFER FUNDING, TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR A GREENER, SUSTAINABLE LOCAL INDUSTRY THROUGH ‘TOGETHER TO ZERO’ INITIATIVE 31st, March, 2022 Valuable investment has been secured via the UK Government’s Community Renewal Fund scheme to support the local community in a […]
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 […]
Glass Futures’ latest opportunity to showcase your newest technologies, R&D and training at the Global Centre of Excellence 19th, January, 2022 Open call for an IS machine supplier to partner with Glass Futures in the development of innovative technologies for the […]
GLASS FUTURES SHORTLISTED AT THE ST HELENS BOROUGH BUSINESS AWARDS 21st, September, 2021 Glass Futures has been shortlisted for the Green Business of the Year at the St Helens Borough Business Awards. The […]
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 – […]
BARCLAYS PROVIDE BANKING FACILITIES TO DEVELOP GLASS FUTURES RESEARCH FACILITY 1st, April, 2021 Plans for a new state-of-the-art experimental glass making facility in St Helens are progressing thanks to a new banking facility […]
THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED £350M UNDER INDUSTRIAL ENERGY TRANSFORMATION FUND 19th, March, 2021 The UK Government has allocated £350 million under the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Scheme. The first round of funding was […]