French container glass industry stabilising in 2010

After having suffered from partly heavy slumps in production and sales in the crisis year 2009 the French container glass industry took a breather in 2010. According to the Paris-based French federation of glass industry associations Fédération des chambres syndicales de l’industrie du verre (Fedeverre), last year production and sales increased slightly by about 1.7% and reached €2.385m or 3.432m t. The number of employees within the French container glass industry continued to decline to 14,140 while the number of factories remained unchanged with 22 facilities.