Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) has confirmed the start up of its Gizaz glass container manufacturing facility.

The trial operation of the plant began on 15th June 15, 2024 as per the approved plan and in coordination with Falorni Tech, the Italian company responsible for designing, supplying and installing the equipment and production lines.

The first step was heating the melting furnace using natural gas, which continued for 12 consecutive days to ensure that the temperature inside the furnace reached the required temperature for melting the raw materials, which is 1 million degrees Celsius.

After that, feeding of the raw materials started gradually and forming the molten glass into the required containers started.

The operational trials are planned to continue for about one month. After completion and ensuring that the required results and production quantities are achieved, the commercial production phase of the factory will begin.

The plant will operate at full capacity, and sales to both local and foreign customers will commence.

This is expected to begin at the start of next August.

The factory is the first of its kind in Qatar and specialises in the production of glass containers used for bottling water, soft drinks, juices, various food products and other materials.

The factory will help support and develop many existing consumer industries and reduce their production costs by providing their needs for glass containers instead of importing them from abroad.

The production capacity of the project in the first phase is about 200 tons/day, or about 1 million packages/day.

In the future, a second oven and additional production lines will be added, which will raise the production capacity to about 400 tons per day.

This expansion is expected to improve the financial results of the project and increase its profitability.