INNOVATIVE GLASS MELTING AND THERMAL CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY
Fives Stein is a global leader in the design and manufacture of machinery and process equipment for the glass making industry. Philip Yorke talked to Stephen Sherlock, the company’s sales director, about the launch of its new innovative products and recent rebranding programme.
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a global industrial engineering group Fives designs and supplies process equipment for the world’s largest leading industrials. Located in 30 countries and with over 8000 employees, the Fives Group is known for its technological expertise and competence in executing international projects. Today the Fives Group has an annual turnover of more than $2 billion. Fives Stein Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fives Group and is based in the UK. It specialises in the design and supply of high quality glass melting, conditioning and furnace boosting systems for all types of glass products. Fives Stein Ltd (formerly BH-F Engineering Ltd) was
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founded in the UK in 1993. In 2008 the company merged with Peneletro Ltd, thereby combining two of Britain’s most experienced companies in the glass making industry.
Delivering unique solutions Since 2014 the Fives Group’s different divisions have been rebranded and trade internationally, simply as ‘Fives’. Its tagline ‘Ultimate machines, ultimate factory’ captures its expertise in high quality machines and key process equipment. Fives Stein Ltd, together with Fives Stein SA, France and Fives Stein Shanghai, form the glass group division within the Fives
