The Park Cam factory is located in the Bozüyük Industrial Zone near Istanbul and supplies glass across Europe, including to the UK.
The new furnace increases the plant’s production capacity by 50%.
Gökhan Şen, CEO of Ciner Glass, said: “This significant milestone is a monumental accomplishment and positions the company perfectly to help expand our production capacity to serve the growing European glass market.
“I want to thank the team for their dedicated hard work in ensuring the build was delivered successfully and on time.
Having officially been opened last week, the furnace is now slowly heating up and is expected to be running at fully capacity by the end of May.
Park Cam will now be able to produce 1,500 tonnes of glass every day.
This will equate to nine million glass bottles to customers in Turkey and wider Europe daily.
The new furnace will grow Ciner Glass to command a 25% share of the Turkish glass market.
Şen added: “Ciner Glass has been a proud contributor to the Turkish glass industry for over a decade, and this expansion marks another step in our journey of unprecedented growth.
“We look forward to continuing our legacy of developing high-quality glass bottles, and we are excited about the opportunities this expansion brings for our customers and stakeholders.”
The company has been operating in Turkey for over a decade and first Bozüyük Industrial Zone in 2011, opening its first production line in 2013 and completing its second line in 2015.
Ciner Glass is in the process of developing a £390 million glass container manufacturing facility at the Rassau Industrial Estate, South Wales.
The facility was approved by Blaenau Gwent county borough council in June 2022 and is expected to be operational by the end of 2026.
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