Danbury industrial gas supplier Praxair announced Tuesday it had started up an oxy-fuel plant for the Oklahoma location of the world’s largest glass container manufacturer.
Owens-Illinois of Muskogee, Okla. will use oxy-fuel combustion technology to energy efficiency in the glass melting process and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The technology replaces a conventional air-fuel glass furnace.
Financial details on Praxair’s long-term contract to supply oxygen to the facility were not disclosed.
Praxair had 2014 sales of $12.3 billion, making it the largest industrial gases company in North and South America.
