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COMPANY PROFILE CONTAINER GLASS EUROPE

Vidrala Group

Barrio Munegazo 22 - 01400 Llodio – Alava – Spain
Tel.: +34 - 946 - 719714 - Fax: +34 - 946 - 719764
E-mail: secretaria.direccion@vidrala.com
www.vidrala.com

ince it was installed in Llodio, (Alava – Spain), Year 2005 was marked by the acquisition of plants
Vidrala Group has kept on growing, incor- from BSN Glasspack at Castellar del Vallés (Spain)
Sporating the most recent technological develop- and from Avir at Corsico (Italy), as a result of the
ments to its manufacturing processes and finished strategic plan and reaching a production capacity of
product control, becoming an obligatory reference in 805.000 tons for the Iberian Peninsula and 950.000
the sector of glass production. tons for the whole Group. Valvitrum S.A. and Corsico
Its manufacturing activity began in 1966, under the Vetro S.r.l. was put into operation.
name of Vidrierías de Álava S.A, with one furnace, Vidrala S.A. has a Share Capital of € 25,290,227.82
two machines and a yearly output of 25,000 tons with comprised by 24,794,341 ordinary shares with a uni-
only a dozen models. tary par value of €1.02. The shares are listed in Ma-
The beginning of press and blow production of light drid and Bilbao Stock Exchanges.
bottles enabled Vidrala to become the technological Productive process of the company with glass is very
leader of the national market, reducing the average accurate, through this steps:
weight of its containers. U Raw materials: component can be found in na-
In 1981 production reached 130,000 tons per year, ture, like “sand” or “soda ash”;
and the company began to transform its two furnaces U Melting: the batch mixture is heated in furnaces at
obtaining an energy saving of 50%, although produc- about 1,500 °C, creating molten glass;
tive capacity is maintained. The corporate name was U Forming: the gobs are louded into moulds where
changed to Vidrala S.A. they are blown to get finished shape of the container;
In 1989 Crisnova, a 100% subsidiary of Vidrala, U Lehr: to guarantee the strength of the container
started its activity in Caudete (Albacete) with one fur- they pass through the lehr where they are firstly re-
nace and a production capacity of 95,000 tons per heated and gradually cooled down slowly;
year. Vidrala Group thus achieved an annual capacity U Inspection: every container undergoes strict au-
of 225,000 tons with three melting furnaces. tomatised quality control;
A third furnace was built up in 1995, increasing an- U Packaging and expedition: the containers are
nual production capacity by 110,000 tons, totalling palletised and wrapped hermetically so they can be
340,000 tons per year for the Group. delivered to the customers in the best condition.

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