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EUROPE CONTAINER GLASS COMPANY PROFILE

Allied Glass Containers Ltd

69 South Accommodation Road - Leeds,
West Yorkshire Ls10 1nq - United Kingdom
Tel.: +44-113-2451568 - Fax: +44-113-2449349
E-mail: info@alliedglass.co.uk - www.allied-glass.com

llied Glass is an independently owned premi-
um glass bottle manufacturer which designs,
Adevelops and manufactures luxury glass
packaging. The company aims to be a supplier of
inspirational bespoke glass packaging available to
the entire spirits industry, producing beautiful glass
bottles for a range of iconic international brands
whilst also supporting the very smallest craft pro-
ducers of whisky and gin. Allied Glass offers an
extensive range of general sale containers, cre-
ated to meet the demands of the food, beverage and
spirits sectors, supplying a wide variety of shapes and
sizes.
There are specialised ranges including lightweight spir-
its bottles with volumes from 350ml to 1 litre
and mineral water bottles which range from
330ml to 1 litre. A number of the items come
in multiple ring finishes in order to completely
meet each individual requirement.
At Allied Glass, the focus is on making
and supplying exceptional glass bottles.
Therefore, there is a policy of continuous
investment including the creation of an out-
standing Design function whilst continually ity flint Gicel Glass, the other benefits from a
investing in the latest production technology. feeder colour system.
Innovation and speed to market are both key A mixture of 6 and 8 section IS machines are oper-
to Allied’s successful glass bottle design of- ated at both sites, including an increasing number of
fering, along with a flexible manufacturing capability 51/2in and 6¼in CD models to achieve enhanced
and a bespoke service that provides customers with a flexibility, especially when making specially shaped
personal approach to new product development. bottles.
Allied Glass operates two manufacturing sites, The bulk of production is achieved using the blow-blow
one in Leeds and another in Knottingley. To- process, together with a small amount of press-blow
gether, these two factories have the ability to produce manufacture, which is used to produce wide mouth
13 million units every week. Two flint furnaces ware at the company’s Knottingley facility.
are installed at Leeds, with a combined max-
imum capacity of 550 tonnes per day, feed-
ing nine production lines. Another
seven lines are installed at Knot-
tingley, served by 2 flint furnaces,
one of which produces premium qual-

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