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COUNTRY PROFILE
Country profile
MEXICO

and its fast-growing

container glass

industry

Mexico has emerged as one of the fastest

growing container glass industry in the South
Americas in last ten years. Spurred by the growth

in the Mexican non-alcoholic beverage industry

and rising exports to the US, the glass industry has
seen huge investments and capacity expansions

in the last five years. Glass Machinery Plants &

Accessories presents a detailed overview of

the sector and factors spurring its growth in this

country profile.

Rajeev Jetley
M EXICO’S CONTAINER Mexican container glass industry tion of Vitro’s container glass
GLASS INDUSTRY
has been able to register steady
business in 2015 and the setting
Comprising of 16
plants in the last three years.
years. The country’s container
container glass producing plants, growth rates in the past recent up of three new container glass
with global leader Owens Illinois glass landscape has seen major The Mexican container glass
(O-I) leading the pack, the changes, such as O-I’s acquisi- industry has benefited from the

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