Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe (AGP-Europe), an operating business of Ardagh Group, announced that it will produce the world’s first emerald green bottles from its NextGen Furnace, for long-term customer Jägermeister.
For over two decades, AGP-Europe has been producing the bottles for Jägermeister. Now, both companies are strengthening their collaboration with the goal of significantly reducing the CO2 impact of the distinctive Jägermeister glass bottle.
“Partnering exclusively with Jägermeister, we’re scaling innovation with impact” said Joris Goossens, R&D Project Manager at AGP-Europe. “After successfully producing lower-carbon amber glass in our NextGen Furnace, the next step is to use the same groundbreaking technology to produce green glass – aiming to deliver the first lower-carbon emerald glass bottles to the spirits sector.”
AGP-Europe’s NextGen Furnace in Obernkirchen, Germany, began glass production at the end of 2023. This advanced hybrid technology uses 42 electrodes which enable up to 80 percent electrical heating. The technology has already been proven in the production of amber glass packaging: based on the operating parameters of using 60 percent renewable electricity for glass melting and a recycled content of up to 70 percent, the carbon impact of amber glass packaging has been reduced by 64 percent.
The solar-powered renewable electricity comes from a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Sunnic Lighthouse and parent company ENERPARC, in Germany.
“The signing of a contract for up to 14 million 70cl bottles from the NextGen Furnace in Obernkirchen is a milestone in our long-standing partnership with Ardagh Glass Packaging,” explained Carsten Doliwa, Vice President Procurement at Mast-Jägermeister SE. “The production of our green Jägermeister bottles with this new technology aims to reduce CO2 emissions by an envisaged 64 percent per bottle which, if achieved, will directly contribute to our sustainability goals.”