Arglass Builds Second Furnance

April 30, 2024

Valdosta, GA--Local and state leaders joined Governor Brian Kemp and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to celebrate the groundbreaking of a second furnace at the Arglass facility on its Valdosta, Georgia campus. The $230 million expansion will produce up to eight glass container types simultaneously for maximum flexibility, enabling small production runs, faster action to market demands, lower inventory levels, and reduced investment in molds.

Construction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2025. Once operational, the facility will produce more than 350 million sustainable glass containers annually, helping pave the way for a greener, more eco-friendly tomorrow. The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility will embody the future of glass manufacturing with a fully integrated production network driven by AI-integrated real-time data monitoring, predictive modeling, and fully automated closed-loop production and quality assurance systems.