Edition 57 (Jan-Mar, 2020)

Company News
Şişecam Group inaugurates new plant in
Manfredonia, Italy
Şişecam Consolidates Leadership In Europe With Second Flat Glass
Production Facility
The inauguration of the facility, which had become operational two months ahead of
schedule, was attended by Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy, and Murat Salim Esenli,
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in Italy, as well as local government representatives
and the employees.
Şişecam Group, one of the leading
global players in business lines
including all main areas of glass
industry such as flat glass, glassware,
glass packaging and glass fiber, as well
as soda and chromium compounds,
launched the Manfredonia plant, its
second flat glass investment in Italy,
in record time. The Group, which
had acquired and incorporated the
Porto Nogaro plant in northern Italy in
2016, also completed the acquisition
of the Manfredonia plant in Monte
Sant’Angelo in June last year.
Italian Prime Minister Conte said
in his speech at the ceremony that
the government always supported
foreign investments. “When we refer
to Şişecam Group, we are talking
about an international company which
is the leader of flat glass market in
Europe and also one of the top five of
the world. Şişecam has come with a
sustainable project both economically
and environmentally, and taken an
important step by putting this facility
into operation. Şişecam Group will
also be pleased with this investment,”
Conte said.
Şişecam Group Vice Chairman
and CEO Prof. Ahmet Kırman stated
in his speech that they continue to
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