The Challenge For Softech
Quinn Glass Plant stands as one of the largest glass bottle manufacturing and filling facilities globally, having commenced operations in the early part of 2006, operating incessantly 24 hours a day, 365 days a year since its inception. Situated adjacent to the Hooton – Helsby line, Quinn Glass sought continuous enhancements to its site and operations. Softech proposed to build a new rail siding for the delivery of raw materials, such as sand and lime, by rail instead of by lorries on the road. We successfully developed options, scheme plan and detailed designs for this rail siding. After which we also undertook the installation, test and commissioning. As a result, we saved nearly 1,000,000 cubic metres of carbon emissions every year!

Softech implemented new GSP (Ground Shunter’s Panel) along with new points and Signals to establish communication system facilitating shunting operations to-from new Siding.
