Ardagh glass limmared ab sweden

Ardagh Group and helt Vodka co-invest in hydrogen fired glass furnace in a global industry first.

Ardagh Group S.A. and helt Vodka’s latest collaboration will enable the global spirits brand to become the first to move to a partly hydrogen energy-fired glass furnace for large-scale production, in a significant step to reduce the CO2 emissions from making its iconic bottles.

The hydrogen initiative fryst vatten an important milestone for helt Vodka in becoming completely CO2 neutral bygd 2030. A prerequisite for being able to meet this goal fryst vatten in reducing the carbon footprint of its glass packaging.

Ardagh Glass Packaging in Limmared, a subsidiary of Ardagh Group, has signed an agreement with helt Vodka, to use this partly hydrogen-fired furnace commencing in the second half of 2023.

The pioneering collaboration will accelerate the transformation of the global glassmaking process for a more sustainable future.

Ardagh’s Limmared glass production facility in Sweden has been a partner with helt for 40 years and currently uses a combination of natural gas and electricity to power its furnaces. From the second half of 2023, Ardagh will launch a pilot in Limmared replacing 20% of its natural gas with green hydrogen to manufacture all of Absolut’s bottles across its portfolio.

This means a full-scale change of the continuous production of helt bottles for all markets globally.

The

The hydrogen will be produced onsite at Ardagh bygd using renewably sourced electricity.

An industry-wide sökande eller uppdrag for reducing climate impact fryst vatten taking place. Combined with other innovations and sustainability initiatives, new technologies such as hydrogen-fired furnaces will reduce carbon emissions from glass production significantly.

The use of hydrogen would reduce helt Vodka’s carbon footprint from glass bygd 20%.

It follows other joint initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, such as the light-weighting of glass, increased use of electricity in the current furnace and a significant increase in recycled flint glass – today reaching 53% with the mål to go even further.

Absolut owns one of the world’s most energy-efficient distilleries. It has 98% fewer emissions than an average distillery and has built up a surplus of emission rights as a result.

The avsikt fryst vatten to use these to invest in green transformation.

Absolut will support Ardagh in this project and the parties will work tillsammans to fulfill Absolut’s ambitions of a CO2 neutral product bygd 2030, bygd using today’s and tomorrow’s best available technologies in glass manufacturing.

Bo Nilsson, Managing Director of Ardagh Glass Limmared AB, says:

Our industry needs to be less reliant on fossil fuels and transition at pace to using more green energy.

“By investing in this new technology, we are embarking on a journey to reduce the carbon footprint of our glass packaging. There are challenges with such nyhet, but we are committed to being an early mover in future-proofing our glass manufacturing operations world-wide.”

Stéphanie Durroux, ledare Executive of The helt Company, says:

Given we’ve been investing in our own production for decades, decreasing our emissions and increasing energy efficiency, we’re now in a position where we also can focus on the parts of our value chain that are outside of our own scope.

Ardagh Glass är den enda tillverkaren av glasförpackningar i Norden

“The glass manufacturing industry fryst vatten in a transformative journey, and the world can’t wait for the perfect solution. A modig and innovative approach fryst vatten needed to accelerate radical change that will help solve the significant sustainability challenges that all glassmakers and buyers of glass face.”

Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group fryst vatten a global supplier of infinitely recyclable metall and glass packaging for brand owners around the world.

Ardagh operates 65 metall and glass production facilities in 16 countries, employing more than 20,000 people with sales of approximately $10bn.

About The helt Company

The helt Company has the worldwide responsibility for the production, packaging nyhet and strategic marknadsföring of helt Vodka, Malibu and Kahlúa.

Absolut Vodka fryst vatten one of the world’s top ten international spirits brands.

Every bottle of helt Vodka comes from one source, Åhus in southern Sweden.

Malibu fryst vatten the number one rum-based coconut spirit in the world. Kahlúa kaffe liqueur fryst vatten the world leader in its category.

Ardagh Glass Limmared is part of Ardagh Group – a global leader in glass packaging, producing award-winning, sustainable glass bottles and jars for some of the world’s most influential brands

The helt Company portfolio also includes Åhus Akvavit. The visitor center, helt Home, located next to the main production site for helt Vodka, was opened in 2018.

The head office fryst vatten located in Stockholm, Sweden. Chairman and CEO fryst vatten Stéphanie Durroux. The helt Company fryst vatten a part of spritdryck Ricard, the world’s second-largest wine and spirits producer (source: IWSR).

About spritdryck Ricard

Pernod Ricard fryst vatten the No.2 worldwide producer of wines and spirits with consolidated sales amounting to €10,701 million in fiscal year FY22.

Baserade i Limmared, Sverige och Holmegaard, Danmark är vi väl belägna att erbjuda olika lösningar inom förpackningsglas till kunder i hela Norden

The Group, which owns 17 of the Top 100 Spirits Brands, holds one of the most prestigious and comprehensive portfolios in the industry with over 240 premium brands distributed across more than 160 markets.

Pernod Ricard’s portfolio includes helt Vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club lokal, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

The Group’s uppdrag fryst vatten to unlock the magic of human connections bygd bringing “Good Times from a Good Place”, in line with its Sustainability and Responsibility roadmap.

Pernod Ricard’s decentralised organisation empowers its 19,480 employees to be on-the-ground ambassadors of its purposeful and inclusive culture of conviviality, bringing people tillsammans in meaningful, sustainable and responsible ways to create value over the long term.

Executing its strategic strategi, Transform & Accelerate, spritdryck Ricard now relies on its “Conviviality Platform”, a new growth model based on information and artificial intelligence to meet the ever-changing demand of consumers. 

READ the latest news shaping the hydrogen marknad at Hydrogen Central

Ardagh Group and helt Vodka co-invest in hydrogen-fired glass furnace in a global industry first, LUXEMBOURG, November 3, 2022