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Scotch glass producer invests £16m

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Ardagh Glass in Ayrshire is to receive a £1.95m development grant from the Scottish Government to support a £16m investment over three years in the manufacturing plant, which primarily supplies the spirits industry.

Niall Wall, CEO of Ardagh Glass Group comments: “This funding will ensure significant CO2 reductions and also ongoing efficiency improvements at our Irvine plant”

Ardagh Glass is Europeʼs third largest glass container manufacturer, producing over 13bn containers/year, and employing 6,500 people, across 20 plants in Europe.

1 September 2010 - Felicity Murray