Israeli Glass Maker To Be Carbon-Friendly

By Ariel Grossman, NoCamels October 31, 2022 2 minutes

Glass making at the Phoenicia factory in Yerucham. Courtesy

Israeli glass manufacturer Phoenicia will become carbon neutral by converting its emissions to raw materials that will be used in the production process.

Airovation Technologies is an Israeli startup that captures carbon emissions and transforms them into valuable minerals and products. The resulting materials can be used in the food, feed, glass, and fertilizer industries.

Under the new partnership with glass manufacturer Phoenicia, Airovation will create a fully commercial unit that will turn its emissions into minerals. These minerals will enable Phoenicia to be less dependent on imports.

The minerals not used in the production process will be distributed locally.

“By partnering with Israel’s only glass manufacturer, we have taken crucial steps to not only put our technology into action but also toward revolutionizing the glass industry in our home country,” said Gil Tomer, Co-Founder & COO at Airovation Technologies.

“Just earlier this year, Israel approved its first Climate Bill, which aims to drastically reduce carbon emissions in the coming decades.

“We are seeing a real priority from the country and its business industry to adopt encouraging global carbon standards.

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“Additionally, with the extreme supply chain disruption over the past two years, Airovation providing Phoenicia with a complete circular economy in which the factory wouldn’t be so reliant on imports really makes this an ideal partnership.”

Michel Ben Simon, CEO of Phoenicia said: “Phoenicia is thrilled to support an Israeli start-up and to cooperate in the execution of this pilot.

“The pilot represents a crucial step toward turning Phoenicia into the operator of the greenest factory in the State of Israel.

“It is also the country’s only factory capable of recycling broken glass bottles that are collected in accordance with the national deposit law, as well as a factory that works on natural gas, as we have built a natural gas power plant that should start working within two months.

“Already a decade ago, we invested in the establishment of a sophisticated facility to prevent the emission of particles and nitrogen oxides.”

Airovation was founded in 2013, and is based in Ness Ziona. Its technology is based on more than 10 years of R&D at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.