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Profile: Gurallar Cam Ambalaj GCA continues to grow

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Profile: SGT President Stuart Hakes appointed SGT President

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Profile: Brazilian container glass Glass sector is back on track

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Industry 4.0: FAMA Discussing the future of glassmaking

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Events preview Glassman returns to São Paulo

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Profile: CP Glass Glassmaking newcomer has global plans

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Annealing: Vidromecanica The annealing lehrs cycle

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Inspection: Tiama WEM: a Multi4 detection on the way to success

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Inspection: Iris Positive feedback to smart inspection innovation

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Hot end: Heye International Comprehensive concept solutions

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Medical glass Glass for Regenerative Medicine

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British Glass Resources and waste

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Inspection: Applied Vision Rapid non-contact inspection

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History Showing no reaction

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Events preview: Summit 19 The future of glass packaging

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Inspection: AGR International A combined coating measurement system

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Lubricant: Condat More than lubricants

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Is Brexit the UK’s Vietnam?

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Last month I said I would not talk about Brexit....and then proceeded to devote an entire column to the subject.

This month’s column is along similar lines, but there is a link to glass - bear with me! Nothing has changed in regard to Brexit since last month, possibly even since the vote three years ago.

The same uncertainty for glassmakers remains with no permanent outcome in site. It seems impossible for UK politicians to speak rationally about the subject.

Is Brexit the UK’s Vietnam? It is causing a deep divide between the generations and is a subject that inflames passions.

It is impossible to have a sensible discussion between the two parties without one or the other becoming enraged.

This is reflected in UK Parliament where the sense of civility that used to exist has disappeared. Politicians have stabbed their own leader in the back, and thoughtful discourse about the future and its impact on the lives of millions has descended into chaos. The last few years have not reflected well on the UK. This sense of civility has struck me about the glass industry. In general, it is close and everyone gets on very well. The occasional disputes are nothing like on the scale of other industries.

It is not unknown for glassmakers to invite other manufacturers to their facility to view new equipment, with the aim that the whole industry will progess. Please take note UK politicians!

O-I in $188 million Mexican deal

14-15 Glassman South America Combined exhibition and conference focusing on the latest developments in the glass industry.

Sao Paulo, Brazil www.glassmanevents.com 13-15 DGG-USTV meeting Joint conference between German and French associations.

Nürnberg, Germany www.hvg-dgg.de 15-16 CelSian Advanced combustion and emission A course dedicated to advanced combustion and emissions.

Eindhoven, The Netherlands www.celsian.nl/subscribe/ 22-23 Furnace Design Seminar Conference devoted to furnace optimisation.

Velke Karlovice, Czech Republic www.gsl.cz 21-23 Emhart Summit19 Summit organised by Emhart to investigate future glass trends.

Zurich, Switzerland https://summit.emhart.glass

Owens-Illinois (O-I) plans to acquire the Nueva Fanal container glass manufacturing facility from Grupo Modelo.

The Nueva Fanal facility is located near Mexico City, Mexico and produces 300,000 tonnes per year of glass container from four furnaces.

It makes bottles for Grupo Modelo brands, which include Corona, Modelo Especial and Pacifico.

Grupo Modelo is a wholly owned affiliate of Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI).

The acquisition is a cash transaction valued at approximately $188 million and is

expected to close this year.

O-I expects the business to contribute approximately $140 million of revenue and $40 million EBITDA on an annual basis. Incremental synergies are anticipated.

O-I will also enter into a long-term glass supply agreement to continue to supply Grupo Modelo.

Andres Lopez, Chief Executive Officer, O-I, said: “This investment is in addition to our recently announced nearly 50% acquisition of Empresas Comegua as well as our plans to expand our Gironcourt, France, glass plant.”

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09-14 25th International Congress on Glass (ICG) The ICG provides opportunities for glass scientists and technologists.

Boston, USA https://ceramics.org/event/ icg2019 26-28 Glass Perfomance Days Flat glass-focused conference now in its 27th year.

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Arc Americas appoints Kris Malkoski as CEO

French tableware company Arc has secured a €120 million financial boost from its various lenders.

It will enable the group to implement its Synergie 2020 plan, which aims to strengthen the company’s industri-

al footprint, particularly in France, where it employs more than 5,000 people.

A total of 700 jobs will be lost, buy not replacig staff who retire and reducing the volume of temporary workers.

The funds will make it pos-

sible to finance major investments in the Arques, France, site, especially in the cold end, in order to strengthen its competitiveness.

Arc will repay the loans in 2023 at a 12% interest rate.

Zignago Vetro chooses Messersì Packaging machinery Italian glass packaging manufacturer Zignago Vetro has chosen Messersì Packaging’s machinery for use in two of its Italian production plants.

Messersi Packaging has conceived for a system able to create a compact package, with the film that adheres perfectly to the bottles and isolates them from any hostile environmental condition, without the use of naked flames.

The use of the hood guarantees a rapid and more effective heat-shrinking process, stability, safety and savings but also aesthetic care of the package.

Zignago Vetro has chosen lines that are an ideal format for glass.

They have a composition that includes a squaring device, a horizontal strapping machine stabilising each layer of bottles, a shrink wrapping

machine with four columns and a top pal to make package resistant, protected and compact suitable for and long journeys.

It guarantees energy saving during the packaging production.

The machinery will be installed in the Portogruaro and Empoli plants in the north of Italy.

Beatson Clark apprentice scoops award

An apprentice at Beatson Clark has won an award from his training centre and is hoping to be taken on full time by the Rotherham, UK glass manufacturer.

Alex Bywater, 21, has been a mechanical engineering apprentice at Beatson Clark since October 2016.

He won the Maintenance Apprentice of the Year Award at a ceremony staged by AMRC Training Centre in Rotherham.

The judges said Alex won the award for displaying great passion for his work and for being extremely confident in his role.

Alex will finish his Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship (level 3) later this year and he has already impressed his employers.

Glaston completes Bystronic deal

Finlands’s Glaston has completed the acquisition of Bystronic Glass for €68 million.

Glaston said it will now be a major player in the glass machinery business.

It will provide a product range including tempering, bending and laminating through insulating glass manufacturing and glass handling to automotive and display glass pre-processing as well as services.

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Arc receives €120 million financial boost

Tableware manufacturer Arc has appointed Kris Malkoski as CEO of Arc Americas.

Kris Malkoski was most recently President, Global Business and Chief Commercial Officer for World Kitchen, a $700 million global housewares company.

Nicholas Hodler, Arc President & CEO. “Kris’ knowledge of the global houseware market, expertise in implementing strong strategic commercial and e-commerce programmes, and her leadership qualities will be undeniable assets for Arc Americas.”

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Top 10 stories in the news Our most popular news over the past month, as determined by our website traffic All full stories can be found on our website, www.glass-international.com/news � 1. O-I in $188 million acquisition of Nueva Fanal Mexican glass facility � 2. Arc receives €120 million financial boost � 3. Beatson Clark apprentice scoops award � 4. Zignago Vetro installs Vertech’s SIL � 5. Steklarna Hrastnik in solar power plant plan � 6. Schott to invest $1 billion in pharmaceutical packaging business � 7. AB InBev to provide keynote speech at Glassman event � 8. Shortage of wine bottles in Germany � 9. Kris Malkoski appointed CEO of Arc Americas � 10. Tata Chemicals Europe secures £480 million Lostock plant funding

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Bormioli Pharma plans Italian plant investment Pharmaceutical glassmaker Bormioli Pharma wants to invest in its San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy factory.

The group plans to invest €22 million with the aim of increasing turnover from €20 million to €28 million.

Work will start in August 2019 and reach full capacity by 2021.

The plant may stop prodction of glass tubes and manufacture hollow glass instead.

The number of employees at the plant will rise

from 80 to 125.

Bormioli Pharma was established at the end of 2017 after it was transferred by the Bormioli Rocco group.

It is today owned by the Triton Capital Investment Fund.

Schott to invest $1 billion Schott plans to invest $1 billion in its pharmaceutical packaging business until 2025.

The German glassmaker said it would build production sites, develop lines and manufacture technology as part of its investment plan around the world.

It cited growing global

demand for pharmaceutical packaging, such as vials, syringes, ampoules and cartridges made of Borosilicate glass and polymer as the reason for the investment.

The investment includes the construction of a glass tubing production facility in China and a production

facility for syringes and containers in Germany.

Investment in additional tanks in India, development of the capacity of producing lines in Germany, increased syringe production capacity in Switzerland and the capacity augmentation in its US facility are all planned.

Zippe secures French order Crystal glassmaker Cristalleries de Saint-Louis has ordered a batch plant from Zippe.

Zippe will supply a new batch plant for crystal glass with a performance of seven tons in five hours with manual silo charg-

ing, three container scales and a mixer as well as the transfer to manual transport containers in which internal cullet can be discharged.

Cristalleries de Saint-Louis, based in SaintLouis-les-Bitche, in eastern

France, produces ornate and elaborately decorated crystal glass, mainly for the luxury sector.

Zippe said it was honoured to deliver a batch plant for high-quality crystal glass for a customer with a significant history.

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Zignago Vetro installs Vertech’s SIL

Italian container glassmaker Zignago Vetro has installed Vertech’s SIL equipment on its new furnace.

The equipment was installed on furnace 13 at its Portogruaro plant in Italy. The plant has three furnaces and 10 lines.

Vertech’ has strong relations with Italy, particularly due to its Italian branch established near Turin and more than 15 plants equipped with SIL in Italy.

Ardagh’s sustainable packaging seminar

Ardagh Group’s North American Glass Division hosted a Sustainable Brewing and Packaging event at its Wilson, North Carolina glass manufacturing facility.

The Wilson facility has uninterrupted production of nearly 30 glass bottles every second, and specialises in the manufacture of 100% and infinitely recyclable glass containers.

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Shortage of wine bottles in Germany

A shortage of glass bottles is hampering the German wine industry.

After the best harvest in a decade, vintners are struggling to find enough bottles, and waiting periods have increased to as long as three months. The problem is particularly acute with transparent bottles in the 0.75 litre range, said the German Wine Institute’s Frank Schulz.

These bottles are typically used for Rose and Sparkling wines, he added.

Germany’s wine harvest in 2018 looks set to be more than 2 million hectolitres higher than in 2017. Provisional figures state 9.8 million hectolitres was produced in 2018, up from 7.5 million hectolitres in 2017.

Suppliers would typically resort to imports during production bottlenecks but that is proving difficult after Italy, Spain and France also reported strong wine production.

San Miguel chooses Zippe San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corporation (SMYPC) has chosen a Zippe batch plant.

The plant has a capacity of 300 t/d and is the thirdbatch plant that Zippe has built for

the Phllipine container glassmaker.

The scope of delivery included the batch transport system and the scraping conveyor.

The start-up of the plant took

place in December 2018.

An SMYPC delegation visited Zippe’s headquarters in Wertheim, Germany last summer (pictured).

Ardagh selects Forglass Ardagh Group Germersheim has chosen Forglass for a batch house modernisation.

The batch house will need to be modernised while maintaining production.

Switching over to the new control system and testing the software will have to be completed in windows of only four hours between deliveries.

Forglass will supply several components of the batch house, which must be integrated in the existing control system.

These include: new cullet return line with our crusher and two scraper conveyors with new PLC control, new cullet transport line with weighing conveyor belt, and replace-

ment of one existing Z-Elevator to our bucket elevator.

The main part of the project is converting the cullet return control from the old system of relays to modern software, process visualisation panel and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and upgrading the main PLC’s software – without stopping production.

Tata Chemicals Europe secures £480 million Lostock plant funding

Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) has secured funding for an energy from waste (EFW) plant to be built at its Lostock site in Northwich, UK. The soda ash manufacturer formed a joint venture formed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and FCC Environment Group.

They have formed a joint

enterprise called the Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant (LSEP) which will fund and own the EFW. LSEP will turn residual waste, left over after the recyclable material has been removed, into energy. The plant is set to create jobs as well as supplying steam to Tata’s manufacturing plant on the

site.

The proposals says that LSEP will use 600,000 tonnes of waste annually, which was otherwise destined for the landfill, and will generate renewable energy to power around 110,000 houses and also offsetting 200,000 tonnes in CO2 emissions a year.

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Xpar joins innovation cluster Drachten

Xpar Vision has joined the Innovation Cluster Drachten.

(ICD).

The ICD is an innovation campus in the North of the Netherlands with 20 hightech companies.

These include Philips and Stork and knowledge institutions such as the University of Groningen and ASTRON, a worldwide scientific institute for radio astronomy.

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PT Muliaglass selects futronic control system

Indonesian glass manufacturer PT Muliaglass has asked futronic to modernise the control system for one of its production lines, with potentially more to follow.

The project specifically concerns Line 4, comprised of a glass moulding machine and a welding machine for making glass blocks.

A futronic service engineer recently made the trip to Jakarta where he took a good look at the plant, estimated the effort involved and prepared a quotation.

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Steklarna Hrastnik in solar power plant plan

Slovenian glassmaker Steklarna Hrastnik has installed a solar power plant.

The generated electricity from the plant will be used for the production of hydrogen and help reduce the company’s carbon footprint.

The installation of the solar power plant is part of the OPERH2 project which is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the EU from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

The development of the mentioned technology is in its pilot stage. The hydrogen plant is under construction.

UK-based electric glass melting technologist Electroglass has appointed an agent in Thailand.

Thai-Ger Engineering & Consulting has officially taken on the role as Electroglass’s agent in Thailand with effect from March 2019.

Richard Stormont, Managing Director at Electroglass, said: “We have been supplying our systems and equipment to Thai glass makers throughout our company’s 43-year history.”

The consultancy is based near Bangkok and managed

by Phaophong Sinwat and Ms Pornthip Sinwat.

Electroglass appoints Thai agent He continued: “Now having Thai-Ger Engineering as our local representatives, with their extensive experience in the industry, will help us offer even better commu-

nications, service and support to our customers in the region.”

Electroglass specialises in electric melting, boosting and glass conditioning.

Glass Futures secures UK government grant Glass Futures has been awarded a UK government grant to help develop the bid for the proposed centre of excellence.

The group was awarded an initial grant by the United Kingdom Research and Innovation group (UKRI) to help prepare a feasibility study for Phase 2.

It has received up to £50, 000 early-stage funding from the Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) to develop a full-stage bid.

It is the first time the UK government has publically

announced it would back the Glass Futures project.

Glass Futures is a proposed centre of excellence to be built on two sites in the UK. One is an R&D centre at the University of Leeds, the other is a hot glass pilot plant in St Helens.

Director and Glass Futures Advisory Board member, Richard Katz, welcomed the award but said there were still significant hurdles to overcome.

“We very much appreciate all who have helped us secure this important award and look forward to developing both

our planned hot glass pilot plant and cold glass R&D centre.

“Our aim in Phase 2, where we look to secure significant funding, is to substantially strengthen the principal UK Glass Manufacturing base along the M62 corridor within the Northern Powerhouse.”

The proposed St Helens site will focus on the hot side of glass production, with a large experimental glass furnace capable of producing 30 tonnes per day for windows, bottles or fibre glass.

Jamaica considers bottle factory The Jamaican Government will consider the feasibility of a glass bottle factory as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), reports the Jamaica Gleaner.

Jamaica imports glass bottles used by companies such as Red Stripe Jamaica and J Wray & Nephew in order to distribute their products.

Desnoes & Geddes Limited (D&G), which trades as Red Stripe beer, is not interested in

investing in glassmaking but would consider sourcing its bottles locally, under the right conditions.

There are 60 million D&G bottles in circulation annually. It imports its bottles mostly from Costa Rica and its local beverages are sourced from Trinidad & Tobago.

The Jamaican Government hopes to use the benefits of Jamaica’s SEZ as a selling point

to entice potential investors.

Those benefits include duty-free imports on select items and a 12.5% income tax rate with the option to lower that to 7.75%.

It would take $150-200 million to set up a glass factory, with a potential return on investment in under five years based on the level of bottle imports for alcoholic beverages alone.

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Company profile: Gurallar Cam Ambalaj

GCA continues to grow Gurallar Cam Ambalaj General Manager, Mr Abdullah Gayret, discusses the growth of the Turkish glass bottle and jar manufacturer since its formation four years ago.

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urkey’s Gurallar Cam Ambalaj (GCA) was only formed in 2015 but in four years it has established itself in the glass manufacturing industry. Production takes place at the Organised Industrial Zone in Kutahya, western Turkey where it has two furnaces and four production lines and employs 250 staff.

� Overview of the GCA factory in western Turkey.

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How many glass containers do you produce per year?

We produce between approximately 1 - 1.5 million glass bottles and glass jars per day. This figure is currently at a level we are pleased to see with our production capacity. With this being said, a potential increase in our production capacity is certainly among our long-term plans as we grow every year with our customers. We consider this as an inevitable result of progress and growth, therefore in the short and mid-term we are giving our attention and priority to our Research & Development & Engineering investments. For our company, there is considered to be no limits when it comes to quality standards and thus, we are continuously trying to improve our quality and products with the investments we make. Our group has as a philosophy and corporate mission to take the lead in all sectors we operate in and be favoured in the business world and by consumers as we adopt a pioneering role. As of now, we continue with our business partners by integrating modern technologies into our production processes and rapidly developing our design capabilities.

In your opinion what makes your company successful?

Gürallar Cam Ambalaj has been constantly making investments necessary for quality glass packaging manufacturing. From design to production and sales, our teams work to deliver customer satisfaction, high quality services and products to our customers.

� Next page: GCA General Manager Mr. Abdullah Gayret The company has four forming lines GCA has two furnaces

Services are designed according to the needs of our customers. Gürallar Cam Ambalaj carries out a service innovation in its industry and assigns Customer Project Coordinators within its engineering teams to its customers. The Customer Project Coordinators are the main contact people for our customers and act as spokespersons within our company, bringing the ‘voice’ of our customers to all our corporate functions.

We, at GCA are aware of the significance of offering products in a healthy, high quality and eye-catching manner. GCA provides customers with the products to help this happen. From design to manufacturing, our teams do their best for customer satisfaction and our customers to receive high quality services and products.

Our manufacturing systems have been designed and certified in accordance with the BRC IoP Product Safety System. This certificate guarantees the products leaving the system are offered to business partners directly without any physical or chemical contamination.

Our entire glass packaging manufacturing processes are carried out and supervised in line with the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.

For the purposes of providing the values undertaken by GCA in the glass packaging manufacturing specifications various laboratory tests are undertaken. First a polariscope is used to verify the internal tensions measured in the automatic quality control equipment, then thermal shock resistance, vertical load strength, side impact strength, coat thickness, internal wall thickness distribution of the products are tested and measured in the automatic quality control machines as well as glass colour of the products using a spectrophotometer.

What is the present situation in the hollow glass market in Europe?

Turkey has a high potential in terms of resources

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used in the glass industry and its population growth. Therefore the Turkish glass industry has the opportunity to purchase a high proportion of its raw materials from domestic and convenient resources.

In this case, this may give glass packaging manufacturing companies a competitive advantage in terms of cost of production and quality of raw material. Turkish glass containers are trusted with their reliability and quality not only domestically but also in neighbouring countries.

The availability of resources and consumption enable the volume of the domestic market in Turkey to expand every year. Together with consumer awareness of glass packaging, demand is growing each year.

The glass packaging industry is an energysensitive business. Due to this the domestic fluctuation of exchange rates affects fuel and electricity prices, resulting in difficulties in cost supervision and business complexities.

If the glass packaging production at a European level is reviewed, the industry grew by 1% in volume (tonnes) and by 1% in unit terms in the first half of 2018 compared to the previous half year, according to data published in February by the European Container Glass Federation, (FEVE).

The growth is in line with the Year 2017 data recording a growth by 2% in weight terms and Continued>>

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2.3% in units and comparing favourably with the historical trend since 2012. Between 2012-2017, production increased by almost 1.7 million tonnes (8.3% increase) or 6.4 billion units (8.9% increase).

Generally, all food and beverage market segments experienced a demand growth for glass, and the outlook is positive for the upcoming years.

Due to media and political attention given to the marine littering issue all around the world, not only plastics but all packaging materials are obviously under the spotlight, and consumers are more attentive to the way products are packed.

In fact, this can drive product choice: the Friends of Glass research reveals that 73% of Europeans rate glass as the most ocean-friendly packaging, 78% rank it among top packaging choices when buying their food and beverage products, and 1 in 2 consumers say they use more glass than three years ago.

In Turkey, GCA is taking the lead in communicating the sustainability advantages of glass with its 100% and infinitely recyclable properties.

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Do you expect growth in sales in the coming years?

GCA is a company that provides service quality at a global level, which enables us to be a trustworthy supplier for international companies and countries. We currently carry out export operations in multiple countries and regions, particularly in the neighbouring region of the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

There is no doubt we always try to stay up-to-date with global trends in our industry and increase our market share in international markets.

For this purpose, we participate in several of the most important international food and beverage fairs and trade shows.

We are also using digital media intensively, which lets us reach our B2B target audience and increase our brand awareness in our target markets.

What are the other main trends in the hollow glass industry in Turkey?

Global trends are changing at an unstoppable pace in the world, which also applies for Turkey.

As Gürallar Cam Ambalaj, we always try to keep up to pace with the most updated consumer

� It manufactures bottles and jars for the food and beverage industry.

“Today, how well we follow the trends determines the quality of services we provide to our customers who we consider as business

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and market trends. The change of tendencies is even faster in today’s age and the glass packaging industry is greatly affected by them. Today, how well we follow the trends determines the quality of services we provide to our customers who we consider as business partners.

A few of the latest consumer megatrends affecting as well the hollow glass industry in Turkey, would be considered ‘the emphasis on Healthy Living’, ‘premiumisation’, ‘Experience More’ and ‘Ethical Living’.

Glass packaging, which does not interact with any of the ingredients stored inside because of its high chemical resistance, ensures that the taste, smell and flavour of the food and beverage be kept unchanged for a long time.

Therefore glass packaging is preferred by those who care about a healthy life.

Premiumisation is another trend much observed in food and beverage categories.

There are more brands which launch either new product ranges with premium positioning in the market, or new sub-brands positioned under their masterbrands in several sub-segments in the food and beverage categories.

We see an interesting tendency in the bottled water category, with brand owners opting for glass bottles as packaging to position themselves in a more premium segmentation.

Consumers today are not only looking for daily consumption of consumer goods, but expect to get a higher value from their purchase. Thus, they demand brands to adjust their marketing and social responsibility activities accordingly.

Since 2017 we, as a glass packaging manufacturer company, are trying to communicate on behalf of sustainability aspect of glass which is 100% and endlessly recyclable to consumers in Turkey.

We support the Endless Ocean campaign in collaboration with FEVE and its communication channel Friends of Glass. A larger commitment to the concept of responsibility for the environment has a positive effect on the popularity of glass packaging thanks to its nature-friendly structure.

Has Industry 4.0 become a talking point in glassmaking in recent years?

Absolutely, it is a very important evolution for all industries, but for the heavy industry sectors such as glass manufacturing, Industry 4.0 is much more crucial.

It is increasingly a common topic when reflecting upon annual strategies. We have been working on this in order to decide on what next steps should be taken.

There are various projects being undertaken by our Technopark department where our engineers work on several projects relating to issues concerning Industry 4.0. �

Gurallar Cam Amballaj (GCA), Merkez Kutahya, Turkey www.gurallar.com

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Personality profile: SGT President

Stuart Hakes appointed SGT President The UK’s Society of Glass Technology (SGT) has appointed Stuart Hakes, Chief Executive of FIC UK, as its President. Mr Hakes plans to use his industry experience and know-how to forge closer ties with academia and encourage younger people to the sector.

Placement He returned to New Zealand to finish his schooling and investigate a career in the industry.

Four years later he returned to the UK to start a sandwich course organised by Pilkington in St Helens which specialised in glass technology.

The course combined six months of lectures at a technical college with a six month work placement at Key Glassworks in Harlow. It was during this period that Mr Hakes joined the SGT. “In those days the SGT had sections in London, the Midlands, Yorkshire, Scotland and India. There were regular meetings, seminars and site visits so there was a huge amount going on.”

Sadly, due to a combination of factors, the SGT now only has a single branch in the UK, in Yorkshire, located close to the majority of the UK’s glassworks.

It publishes two journals, organises two important industry a year and is a source of advice for industry knowledge. It is re-establishing itself overseas by organising meetings at the Glass Problems conference in the USA as well as having a greater presence at Glassman events.

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he Society of Glass Technology (SGT) has been part of Stuart Hakes’ life since he joined the glass industry as a teenager.

Mr Hakes entered the industry as an 18-yearold apprentice for Key Glassworks in the UK and immediately joined the SGT. He made use of the society’s regular meetings and seminars about glassmaking and benefited from its wide network of contacts across the UK. Now, after a career which has so far spanned 55 years in the industry, he has been appointed President of an organisation which he holds close to his heart.

“I’m absolutely chuffed to bits. When I look at some of the previous presidents there are some really famous names there. To add my name to that illustrious list is a huge honour.”

Those names include Lionel Norton who was the owner of Key Glassworks, John McDonnell, Head of Group Engineering at United Glass and Bill Gregg of Gregg and Co glassworks.

Mr Hakes knew he wanted to work with glass at the age of 14. During a family trip to London from his native New Zealand he attended a John Frost lecture at the Science Museum about glass.

“I was blown away by it and from that moment I wanted to work in glass.”

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“It is still relevant today but does need reinvigorating,” admits Mr Hakes. “It needs a refocus but more importantly it needs to be seen to be relevant and that is the message of what we need to do as a society.

“We’ve been here for more than 100 years so people have worked very hard to make it relevant.

The time is right to make ourselves relevant again.”

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Academia One of the focuses will be on ensuring that academia and industry work closely together.

While the glass industry has struggled to attract enough young talent, academia is awash with youngsters interested in research, states Mr Hakes.

“For fundamental research it’s easy in industry to say it is not relevant but it is. There are little gems there that need to be looked at and disceminated into industry.

“It’s essential because if we don’t get academia and industry listening to each other we won’t get cross fertalisation and we won’t move forward.”

One focus will be to encourage those in academic research to move into industry. Mr Hakes believes the SGT’s Fellows could play a role in helping persuade young people to the industry.

“The Fellows are generally senior people in industry and they have got to talk to senior management to get those smart guys in. We need to blend practical engineers and technologists with a few thinkers.”

Mr Hakes is also keen to expand the accreditation of the SGT’s annual events – its Furnace Solutions conference and its annual meeting held in the autumn. He would like to expand the interaction of the SGT with more conferences but admits the events sector is a competitive one already. The SGT has a number of Fellows based in the USA and in recent years it has had a stand at the Glass Problems conference to try and pull in new members.

Career After a number of years working with Key Glass at its sites in south east England, Mr Hakes enjoyed a career in the glass industry with several manufacturers. His career took him back to New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea and China in roles which became more senior as he worked his way up the ladder. These included batch and furnace supervisor, production manager, manufacturing manager, plant manager and

�Bill Brookes, former SGT President.

general manager, working for companies such as Crown Crystal Glass and ACI. In 1999 he was offered a role at FIC UK, an industry furnace supplier based in Penzance in the far south west of England. It was the first time in his career he had worked for a supplier. Now, 20 years later, he is still working for the company today as its Chief Executive. The company is focused on electrical furnaces as well as electrical boosting systems.

Mr Hakes is a regular speaker at glass conferences discussing the benefits of electrical furnaces as well as the future of furnaces in light of forthcoming European legislation drafted to reduce industrial emissions.

Enjoyment

�The SGT’s annual meeting in Cambridge last year.

He still enjoys the industry after working for more than half a century in it.

“Every day is different, there is the diversity and the new technology. I’m still excited by it because there is a lot going on.

“One of the talking points is CO2 reduction. One of the best ways to reduce CO2 is to apply more electricity to the melting process because that gives you the best value for money.

“I know electricity is expensive but the government knows it has got to concentrate on CO2. With the cost of renewable coming down the only future for high energy users like glass is to eliminate as much of the CO2 as possible and the only way to do it is electricity. Therefore renewables, from whatever source, are critical.”

His role at FIC involves plenty of communication with glassmakers from all sectors, including those from the container, flat and technical glass areas.

He aims to use the skills and experience gained in industry to help persuade more glassmakers and suppliers alike to join the SGT. “We’ve had a run of more science based presidents so perhaps the refocus is good. My predecessor Bill Brookes has done a great job visiting glass plants and raising awareness. Before that Russell Hand (SGT President 2016) did an excellent job during the centenary celebrations.

“But the most important thing is to drum up membership. There are a lot of older people here and we need to renew and reinvigorate them to drag in new members. I want to make it relevant and make people join the SGT.” �

Society of Glass Technology, Chapeltown Sheffield, UK www.sgt.org

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Company profile: Brazilian container glass

Brazilian container glass sector is back on track A number of acquisitions and greenďŹ eld container glass plants has made Brazil one of the most attractive countries. After a lull between 2015 and 2017, above-anticipated growth in 2018 has put the sector back on track. Seema Gahault analyses the Brazilian container glass industry.

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ed by the largest global container glass producer, O-I, the Brazilian container glass industry also comprises of third largest global container producer Verallia, domestic producers Vidroporto, Ambev and five other mid-sized producers.

Brazil’s container glass industry registered sharp growth during the first four years of the decade. But between mid 2014 and mid 2018 it was affected by the economic situation in the country.

Container glass producers were forced to operate at low capacity utilisation due to sluggish demand

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Parameter Population ( million)

2013 2014 2015 2016

2017

201

203

204

206

208

GDP per Capita ( USD)

12,278

12,106

8,785

8,720

9,896

GDP ( USD billion)

2,468

2,455

1,796

1,797

2,055

3.0

0.5

-3.5

-3.5

1.0

3.5

2.3

-3.2

-4.3

1.0 2.5

Economic Growth (GDP, annual variation in %) Consumption (annual variation in %) Industrial Production (annual change in %)

2.1

-3.0

-8.3

-6.4

Retail sales (annual change in %)

4.3

2.2

-4.4

-6.3

2.1

Unemployment Rate (in %)

7.1

6.8

8.5

11.5

12.7

from the food and beverage industry. O-I was forced to idle a furnace for more than three years.

Verallia’s new joint venture container glass plant, which had commenced commercial operations in 2016 also stopped commercial production in 2017.

� Table 1. Factors having a direct or indirect effect on container glass consumption in Brazil.

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Demand The consumer environment in Brazil has been volatile in recent years, leading to erratic demand for container glass. A high unemployment rate and slow recovery of real disposable incomes led to less than expected demand. Last year witnessed some recovery in demand, aided by an improvement in economy and the FIFA World Cup in June.

More than 60% of container glass demand in Brazil comes from the alcoholic beverages segment. Beer and Cachaca are two of the largest components in this segment. Demand from other segments such as food and non-alcoholic beverages has remained stagnant in the past five years, due to the economic slowdown and replacement of container glass by other forms of packaging-notably PET packaging. Demand from the pharmaceutical segment, which accounts for nearly 6% of the total container glass demand in the country has been steady, despite the economic slowdown of recent years.

With production figures of 13.84 billion litres of beer in 2017, Brazil is the third largest beer producing nation globally. According to data from CervBrasil (Brazilian Beer Industry Association), beer production in 2018 stood at 13 billion litres, 8% less than the one recorded in 2014, a record year. The association’s projection for this year is up 3% in volume should the government succeed in speeding up structural reforms in the economy.

Cachaca liquor, which is made from sugar cane juice that is fermented and distilled, is among the largest consumers of container glass. Cachaca is now widely adopted by the upper class, with a premium bottle costing as much as US$750. Brazil produces more than 5,000 different Cachaca brands, ranging from artisan to the industrial.

With production of around 1.5 billion litres per year, Cachaca is the third most produced liquor in the world.

of the worst crisis in its economic history. The economic crisis was coupled with a political crisis that resulted in the impeachment of President Dilma Roussef and in widespread dissatisfaction with the political system.

In 2015, Brazil’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 3.5% due to a drop in salaries, restrictions on credit and a rise in the basic interest rate. In 2016, Brazil’s GDP fell by another 3.5% with reductions across all sectors of the economy. It was the first time since 1931 that the GDP had fallen in two consecutive years.

A 10-day nationwide protest by Brazilian truckers in May 2018 had an adverse impact on the container glass industry. The strike, which brought the largest South American economy to a screeching halt, was by self-employed truck drivers. The protesters demanded a decrease of the price of diesel, exemption from certain tolls, as well as a legal and tax reform related to truck driving. Oil prices increased in Brazil after a 2016 policy change that made oil prices float with international prices. The nationwide paralysis of roads caused a shortage of food, beverages, medicines and oil across Brazil, with long queues of vehicles to petrol stations.

O-I Brazil O-I is the largest container glass producer in the country. The company initially entered the Brazilian market through a joint venture and subsequently expanded its presence through a mixture of organic growth and acquisitions.

Today, the company operates four container glass plants, two tableware glass production plants and mining operations.

O-I Brazil’s management said: “We started our operations in Brazil in 1917, with the creation of Companhia Industrial São Paulo and Rio - Cisper.

In 2010, we acquired Companhia Industrial de Vidros (CIV), to strengthen our operations in the country. Today, we have 2,200 employees and four Pic Source: O-I

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Economic slowdown From mid-2014 to 2016, Brazil experienced one

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factories, located in the cities of São Paulo (SP), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Recife (PE) and Vitória de Santo Antão (PE), as well as a central office in the city of São Paulo and a mining unit in Descalvado (SP).

“Currently, our Brazilian operation represents the largest share of O-I’s business in Latin America, responding for 50% of sales in the region, in which we have subsidiaries in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina. Ambev, Campari, CocaCola, CRS Brands, Diageo, Grupo Petrópolis, Heineken, Heinz, Nestlé and Pernod are some of our customers.”

In March 2019, O-I resumed production at the Vitoria de Santo Antao plant, Pernambuco.

Production at this plant was deactivated in March 2016 and since then only decoration exercise was carried out at this site. The investment has increased the site’s production capacity to 65,000 tons, equivalent to 300 million glass containers per year.

Commenting on the occasion, Rildo Lima, president of O-I South America, said, “The Vitória de Santo Antão unit adds to the other O-I plants and will be an important manufacturing hub for the north and northeast, as well as providing packaging to other regions.”

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Verallia Verallia operates three container glass plants at Sao Paulo (Fabrica Da Agua Branca), Porto Ferreira (Fabrica Da Porto Ferreira) and Campo Bom (Fabrica Da Campo Bom). Located in the South Western part of the country, these three plants are equipped with four furnaces with an aggregate installed capacity to produce 730 million glass bottles for food and beverage industries.

Verallia Brasil is a major supplier to the beer, still and sparkling wines producers in the country.

The company also supplies to the spirits segment – Cachaca, food and soft drinks market.

In 2013, the company also invested in its fourth container glass facility at Sergipe, which was acquired by rival container glass maker Vidroporto in January 2019.

In 2018, Verallia started construction of a new container glass plant in the municipality of Jacutinga. This container glass plant will replace the company’s Sao Paulo facility in the first half of 2019. Jacutinga lies in the state of Minas Gerais, about 200km away from Sao Paulo. This plant will have an installed capacity of 165,000 (452 TPD) tonnes of container glass.

Vidroporto Operating four furnaces at two manufacturing sites (including the latest acquisition of Verallia’s plant in Sergipe), Vidroporto is among the three largest container glass producers in the country with an installed capacity of 270,000 tonnes per year. Vidroporto’s manufacturing plant is located at Porto Ferreira in Sao Paulo.

In the company’s last major expansion in 2012,

Vidroporto

X-Par Vision ( 2018), Zippe, Horn, Bucher Emhart Glass and MSK Verpackungs-Systeme 2013).

Verallia

Zippe, Lizmontagenes Thermal Technologies, Eme Maschinenfabrik Clasen GmbH, Shanghai Precision Dosing

& Weighing System.

Ambev

Emhart, Heye International , Lizmontagenes Thermal Technologies, Tiama, Pneumofore.

� Table 2. Technology suppliers to leading Brazilian container glass producers.

Vidroporto invested about €60 million for the construction of its third furnace. With an installed capacity to produce 510 million glass containers a year, this furnace commenced commercial production in the second half of 2014. This expansion took the company’s installed capacity to 210,000 tonnes per annum. In January 2019, Vidroporto acquired the container glass plant of Glass Industria Vidreira do Nordeste (IVN).

Located at Estancia (Sergipe), this container glass plant was previously owned by Verallia in a joint venture with Brazilian company Ipiaram Empreendimentos e Participacoes. This container glass plant commenced commercial production in April 2016, but it was closed in 2017.

Construction of this plant was initiated by Verallia in 2013 to meet the glass bottle demand of breweries in the neighbouring states of Bahia and Pernambuco. The company also aimed to supply to Bahia’s wine industry and Alagoas’ coconut milk industry from this plant.

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Company profile: Brazilian container glass

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and cosmetic producers. The production plant extends to 86,000m2. Four continuously running glass furnaces feed the 24 production lines, which are designed for 2,100 units per minute, corresponding to a daily production of 300 tons of container glass products.

In 2018, Wheaton Brasil acquired the container glass business of the rival container glass producer Verescence (formerly SGD) for $13.6 million.

The units was located at Agua Branca in Sao Paulo. Post-acquisition, Versecence production equipments and all the machinery, including the bottle painting line and the Verescence moulds were transferred to the Wheaton plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo. The Verescence plant had been in operation since 1896 but was shuttered shortly after the acquisition.

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Ambev Brazil’s largest beer producer is Ambev (the Latin American unit of Anheuser Busch InBev). It operates a container glassmaking plant in Rio-deJaneiro. In addition to Brazil, Ambev distributes and sells beer and non-alcoholic beverages in other countries of South America, Central America and Canada. It holds more than a 50% share of the Brazilian beer market and about an 80% share in the Argentinean beer market.

Its glass production has operated since 2008 with an installed capacity of 350 tonnes per day of container bottles for its parent company’s beer business. In 2018, it invested €30 million to install another furnace with an installed capacity of 350 tonnes per day, taking the overall installed capacity to 700 tonnes per day.

Wheaton Brasil Present in Brazil since 1952, Wheaton Brasil is one of the largest glass producers of speciality container glass in the country, supplying glass packaging to the perfume, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. The production of glass, the decoration and the making of moulds and equipment in its Sao Bernardo do Campo plant (Sao Paulo), enables the company to offer overall solutions to beauty

Stevanato Group Italian specialist pharmaceutical glass producer, Stevanato Group commenced commercial production from its new plant in late 2017.

Located at Sete Lagoas (Minas Gerais) in Brazil, the production plant cost about €30 million. Located on a 40,000m2 site, the plant has 15 last generation production lines (developed and produced by the group itself) for cartridges and ampoules production.

“The decision to realise a production plant in this country was taken after detailed market analysis.

Brazil is the sixth most important pharmaceutical market in the world and it is expected that it will continue to grow with a double-digit growth,” said Marco Stevanato, Vice President of Stevanato Group.

“The expansion of this market in the future will be linked to a general improvement of socioeconomic conditions and to an increase of public and private health expenditure. The construction of the new plant will allow us to strengthen the partnership with the pharmaceutical companies operating in Brazil that are already our customers but also to increase our presence providing our products to the new players that are now facing this market.” �

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the Brazilian container glass market. Before the decision to acquire this plant, we have analysed the container glass market and spoke to key customers.

This acquisition means that Vidroporto is a player that believes in the Brazilian market and invest all the time to improve its participation in the market and improve its technology processes and service.”

The company expects to increase its share of the domestic container glass market to 25%, post this acquisition.

Established in 1955, Vidraria Anchieta produces glass for perfume, cosmetics and food industries from its one furnace based plant in Sao Paulo. The company has an installed capacity of 85 tonnes per day of container glass products. Fragrances and cosmetics represent 75% of Anchieta’s business, which also provides services to the food industry.

Its commercial manager, Luiz Marcelo Genzerico says: “Vidraria Anchieta has been focusing on new technologies to establish a new positioning in Brazil. We have realised we need to be more aggressive in the market for premium products, which has traditionally been served by Wheaton and Verescence.”

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Environment Industry 4.0

FAMA to discuss future of glassmaking Juan S Farias* will provide a presentation titled Machine Learning and and Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Glass Manufacturing at the forthcoming Glassman South America event in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Here he provides a snapshot of Industry 4.0 in glassmaking.

How important is Industry 4.0 to the glass container industry and what benefits can it bring?

Industry 4.0 has made remarkable shifts in the manufacturing industry as well as other industries. As for some statistical data, 98% of the business leaders, including us, concur that their companies will be using this Industry 4.0 in some way, within the next two years.

The glass container industry is no exception to this trend. Ever since the beginning of our times, we have always been measuring process-controlvariables, starting from the melting furnace and going up to the annealing lehrs.

All of these process-variables have received real time adjustments but never middle or long-term follow-up. This is where Industry 4.0 plays a role and makes an impact. With ‘big data’ tools, analytics and Artificial Intelligence systems, we can have a potential identification on deviations before they turn into flaws.

On top of everything, and wrapping up the answer in a single sentence; what we look for with this revolution is quite simple: greater production and a significant reduction in down time.

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How long has FAMA been working on this technology?

the lehr entrance. This offering covers an interconnection among them, making it possible to receive from the cloud, predictive actions and failure detections.

This will not only generate higher process efficiencies but will also benefit the process continuity.

How can FAMA’s digital offering help glassmakers?

The solutions offered by Fama feed data into a cloud that is supported with the proper infrastructure and analytics to satisfy our customer’s needs.

As an example, we can highlight one of our strongest tools that can provide real information from each production line.

Can you give an indication of what a ‘smart plant’ will look like in five years’ time?

The data collected will turn into the information that will feed data analytic algorithms thus providing proper forecasts on operations and maintenances. � Higher pack-to-melt and reducing the processes’ variability.

� Ability to forecast the prevention of down times and deviations that cause conventional product defects.

You are due to provide a presentation at Glassman South America. Can you indicate some of the highlights of your talk?

I am going to talk about the manmachine interphase and the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the glass industry. We see every day tools that are helping human beings make their lives easier, the smart phone for example. The glass industry has been very conservative in many ways, but I believe that has to change.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence will be the name of the game, and we need to embrace this concept and work towards it before it is too late.

*Managing Director, FAMA, Monterrey, Mexico www.fama.com.mx

� Juan Farias

Fama has more than two and a half years setting the bases to implement a 4.0 platform for our product portfolio. As opposed to many other companies that only include the use of sensors, we apply control systems to provide the variables that will enhance the tools Fama will implement on the cloud in the near future.

Can you describe the company’s digital offering today?

Our digital offering includes all electronic equipment in the production line ranging from the melting furnace onto

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Environment Preview: Glassman South America

Glassman returns to São Paulo Glassman South America returns to São Paulo in May. It is the first time the event has been held in Brazil since 2014 and takes place against a backdrop of growth in the domestic glassmaking industry.

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he Brazilian glassmaking industry is thriving. The sector is home to a number of major glassmakers, many of whom have invested in recent months.

Global glassmakers such as O-I, Verallia and Schott have manufacturing facilities in the South American country while domestic companies including Vidraria Anchieta, Wheaton Brazil and Nadir Figueiredo are also based there.

O-I, Verallia and Vidraria Anchieta are among those to have invested in recent months as a result of increased consumption of glass (see Brazilian overview, previous feature).

Against this backdrop, Glassman South America takes place in São Paulo, Brazil between May 14 and 15.

The combined exhibition and conference brings together all of those involved in the glassmaking industry.

Hot and cold ends

Conference content The accompanying conference has more content than ever before. The Glassman organiser has worked with the Brazilian Glass Commission (ABCeram) to produce a seminar with two themes which will take place over two days.

The Future Glass Forum will focus on the latest trends in glassmaking. It will explore topics related to Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things and Big Data and how they can be applied to glassmaking.

The conference will be preceded by two keynote papers. One is from Abividro, the Brazilian glass association. Its General Secretary Lucien Belmonte will provide an overview about the Brazilian glass industry. The other is from AB InBev’s

Aline Casagrande, who will speak about the company’s sustainability strategy.

Conference speakers will include FAMA, Glass Service of the Czech Republic and Socabelec.

ABCeram The ABCeram conference will address the latest trends in glassmaking.

Speakers include Abílio Tasca, Technical Manager, White Martins Oxygen, who will talk about Oxygen solutions for NOx reduction and energy savings in glass production.

Consultant Mauro Akerman will highlight What is new in glass technical training in Brazil, while AbCeram’s own Edison Toporcov will talk about Industry 4.0 and the challenges it brings on the shop floor.

Air Products Technical manager Renato Pereira da Silva Junior, will highlight Oxygen in glass furnaces before Fabio Bernardo, consultant for Refel and Glass Service will discuss Low Exudation Fused Cast AZS Refractories for Superstructure and Crown of Glass Melting Furnaces.

For more information visit the event website: www.glassmanevents.com/south-america/ *The Glassman South America catalogue, which contains all the information about exhibitors and conference times, is published in this issue on page 61.

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Global technology companies that supply equipment to the hot and cold ends of glass plants will exhibit.

They will travel from all around the world to attend the event.

The companies exhibiting provide technology to all areas of a glass plant.

These include the batch plant, furnace area, the forehearths and forming machines, annealing lehrs, production lines, inspection machines and packaging equipment.

Exhibiting organisations include refractory companies Sefpro, RHI

Magnesita, Sigma and AGC Ceramics, batch groups Zippe and EME, furnace companies Sorg, FIC UK, Horn and Electroglass and forming business such as BDF Industries, Heye International and Bottero.

Annealing lehr providers include Antonini, Pennekamp and Henry F. Teichmann.

The cold end is represented by inspection companies such as Tiama and Iris Inspection, as well as palletising businesses such as All Glass, Emmeti and Sipac, and Zecchetti.

Other notable groups to exhibit which supply a range of engineering equipment are Specialty Rondot, Pennine Industrial, Ramsey Products, MGFS and Fermac.

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Company profile: CP Glass

Glassmaking newcomer challenges the market Poland’s CP Glass has expanded constantly since its formation less than 15 years ago. While new furnaces have been added to its Polish site it has also built a new plant in India. Greg Morris spoke to its CEO and President, Krzysztof Staniek.

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Glass may be one of the youngest container glassmakers but it has already made its mark.

The Polish company was only formed less than 15 years ago but has brought a modern approach to glassmaking. It has sought opportunities in the traditional, conservative glassmaking sector and reaped the benefits.

It does not do the conventional. For example, after successfully establishing its first glass plant in its homeland it made the decision to build a second plant….nearly 6000km away in Aurangabad, India.

This plant was one of the most modern in the country, equipped with the latest technology and designed to meet the needs of large, global customers with bases in India.

Similarly, its unconventional style was highlighted in a recent beer bottle launch. To help meet the growing trend for product differentiation, the flint-coloured bottle is triangular shaped and comes with its own cardboard six pack packaging.

CP Glass CEO and President, Krzysztof Staniek, states: “Because we are newcomers our approach is different and we like to bring as much fresh air as possible to this industry.

“We are not only proud that we can make glass, we are proud that we can convert this industry to a higher level, to be more modern, innovative and offer solutions to customers that were not available in the past.”

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History CP Glass is part of the CanPack group, which was established in 1989 shortly after the fall of communism. From an initial acquisition of one canmaking plant the organisation rapidly grew into an international operation. Today, just 30 years later, it has facilities in 18 countries. Its focus remains in canmaking but it also makes glass as well as caps and closures for the industry as well.

CP Glass was formed when CanPack acquired a bankrupt, government-owned glassworks in the town of Orzesze, near Katowice in Poland in 2005.

When CP Glass acquired the glassworks it was

antiquated and had a single 120t/day furnace.

But between 2006 and 2009 it embarked on an extensive modernisation of the facility, which saw the site completely overhauled. It installed a 360t/ day furnace in 2009, a second oven with a capacity of 240t/day in 2012 and then another 360t/day furnace in 2016.

Today the company can offer bottles in three colours: flint, amber and green. Each furnace has three forming lines, each of triple gob, the majority of machines supplied by Emhart. The lines operate with NNPB technology together with blow blow.

It also lists AGR International, Sorg and Techglass among its suppliers.

The glassworks specialises in the production of premium spirits and beer bottles and 50% of its production is exported, mainly to western Europe.

“We supply bottles to the largest international players in the beer and spirits market,” states Mr Staniek. Bottles manufactured at the glassworks

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2 are exported to 13 countries including France, Germany, Italy and Scandinavia.

Its philosophy is to provide not just glass bottles but to strive to help its customers to sell end products to consumers.

Mr Staniek states: “We don’t perceive ourselves as just a producer of beer bottles, our vision is to help customers sell their products.

“We are much smaller than some of the other

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players in this market so part of our philosophy is to be flexible and agile to meet customer demands.”

The company employs 1100 people in its two manufacturing sites and corporate headquarters in Krakow, Poland.

� The manufacturing site in Orzesze, Poland (image taken before addition of third furnace).

India Its customer-focused philosophy led the company to build a new single furnace manufacturing plant on a greenfield site in Aurangabad, India, in 2012.

It added a second furnace in 2014. Furnace one makes flint glass while the second furnace is for amber and green and is also capable of producing blue glass. Furnace one has four production lines and furnace two three lines, all supplied by Bucher Emhart Glass.

The site was chosen for its strategic location both close to the port of Nhava Sheva and the capability to supply the west of the country. The company cites India as an important market and one that will grow rapidly in future years.

Beer consumption is currently approximately 2 litres per capita, compared to double digit figures in other countries in the region, according to Mr Staniek.

The plant primarily serves the beer and spirits market but has the capability to make soft drinks,

we set a plant up in India and not in Europe or China for example. Before we decided to locate in India, we analysed which states fit the basic product portfolio and from this point of view Maharashtra fits this perfectly. The can operation is also located there so we had expertise of working in this state already.

He added: “The group philosophy is to complement our customers in terms of products that we supply to them.

“So following this idea, we supported our customers by entering the Indian market. The market there has changed with a number of big multi-nationals entering the market. These customers are the same as in Europe and our vision is to strive to help customers to sell their end products, so we thought this was a good move to help customers expand and to be visible in India.”

The company took the same approach to building a glassworks in India as it did in Europe, with the same levels of quality and approach required.

“Part of our success story in India is that while constructing the plant we did not make any local compromises. There were no compromises at all in terms of machinery, infrastructure, quality inspection machines, not at all. It gives us a competitive edge.

“This means we have built the same glass works as we would build in Western Europe. We kept the same procedures, processes, and staff skills as we have in Poland to provide the same level of quality.”

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medicine bottles and jars. The majority of its production is distributed domestically but it has exported less than 1% of its goods to neighbouring countries.

Mr Staniek states: “People often ask us why did

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The company is focused on innovation. It has three departments - R&D, implementation and construction – which work together to offer customers solutions.

It also has a ‘Book of Ideas’ which contains 43 different types of bottles the company is able to produce.

“We try to be up front and identify the needs of the consumers for our customers,” states Mr Staniek.

One popular industry concept of recent years has been that of lightweighting. The company will launch its own Smart Bottle later this year, which will be a 33cl bottle with a weight of 145 grams. The smart bottle is designed for beer and can withstand the high internal pressure required by beer products.

“The intention behind this bottle is to find that compromise between a nice shape and to go down to 145 grams. We want to lightweight as much as possible but you have to compromise – a light bottle can cause a lot of problems to the customer.

We are trying to find the right weight rather than just a light weight.”

Its Triangular bottle was launched as a differentiator, designed to appeal to millennials and those who want a more personalised beer bottle.

It was launched after a discussion with a customer, who could only imagine it from a hypothetical sense. CP Glass took up the challenge and made it on the production line. It has received good feedback so far.

“This gives customers the idea we can do atypical bottles,” states Mr Staniek. “It can help stimulate their thinking for niche products or promotional bottles.”

As a result of the increased requirement for differentiation, the group has seen the number of job changes on the production line rise in recent years.

“It’s become a trend to have more job changes now. We have specified job change teams with a designated scope of tasks including the efficiency of the job changes.

“Customers started differentiating several years ago. So rather than having one bottle used for several brands, they prefer to have every brand connected with a different shape of bottle.”

Sustainability CP Glass is located in a small town of just under 20,000 people. As a result it has a local responsibility for its staff and the surrounding environment.

It is also an environmentally conscious company. In 2015 it clad its office building with photovoltaic solar panels, ensuring the building is self sufficient in meeting its electrical needs.

It has also invested in an electrostatic

participator in its chimneys to control its particulate emissions. The company also recovers waste heat from the furnace and converts it to compressed air. It has reduced its energy use by 10% as a result.

“Most companies would typically convert heat into electricity but we do compressed air. It is a much more efficient way of converting heat.

“By using compressed air we naturally reduce our electricity use because we don’t need to use as many compressors that we would use if we didn’t have this technology.”

Industry 4.0

The Triangular bottle.

A talking point in the sector in recent years has been Industry 4.0 and the digitalisation of glassmaking. Similar to other glass manufacturers CP Glass is engaged with this and has its own definition of the term.

“We understand that the benefits to a glasswork come from more sophisticated communications between different part of the processes and providing feedback.

“So it is not one-way communication but provides feedback and leads to changes in the machinery. It’s a direction to which we are working and is a recent development.”

The company uses a robot to transport bottles from the forming line to the lab. The robot communicates with the hot and cold end and gives constant feedback, without any human intervention. The company regularly hosts sessions with its suppliers to develop, design and test Industry 4.0 features Mr Staniek has worked for the company for 17 years. After studying law and qualifying as an attorney, he joined the group’s legal department.

In 2009 he moved to the metal closures division as manager before joining the glass division in 2015.

“I never thought I would work in the glass industry when I was training,” he says. “But I find it an extremely interesting industry. The beauty of the glassmaking process is that it is a difficult process, you cannot ever stop production yet there are always challenges that need to be solved on a working line.”

The next step is for the company to expand.

Growth is in the DNA of the CanPack group, which has facilities all around the world and has opened four new beverage can facilities in the past two years alone. CP Glass is analysing potential greenfield and brownfield opportunities.

“We are ready to expand, the market trend is for glass at the moment and, following this trend, there is an opportunity for us to grow,” adds Mr Staniek. �

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The annealing lehrs cycle Glass is described as a mineral product obtained by a melting process that cools without crystallisation and finally takes a solid state. This definition provides the basis of the annealing process. Vitor Maia* discusses.

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very glass type (soda lime, borosilicate, etc.) is characterised by a different batch composition and, consequently, a different temperaturedependent viscosity and expansion coefficient.

During melting, the batch passes continuously from a solid to a liquid state.

At forming it is brought back to a solid, passing the various ‘plastic’ stages and characterised by different viscosities.

These define the characteristic points of glass annealing, such as working, softening, annealing and strain points and annealing range (the temperatures between softening, annealing and strain points). Through knowledge of the annealing range, temperature limits for each stage have been established.

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Permanent Stresses There are two types of residual stress: Permanent and temporary. Annealing is in fact a cooling process.

Glass has poor temperature conductivity and although this property can be advantageous in some instances, it is an inconvenience in annealing.

To explain the origins of stress, consider that glass is made up of a series of distinct layers, lying parallel to the surface.

Heat loss from the glass depends on the transfer of heat from layers in the body of the glass to those at the surface.

These layers are interdependent and in different states of expansion. As the external surface cools faster, it reaches its final shape while the centre is still in expansion. All the molecules are intimately bound and their reciprocal

action will create compression stresses once the inner layers have cooled and contracted.

There is a necessary balance to maintain between compressive and tensile stresses.

Imbalances create varying degrees of destruction in the glass thickness but if cooling is achieved sufficiently slowly, the layers will not be submitted to disturbance and stress generation will be avoided.

All stresses created at this point remain permanent and annealing is important because mechanical and thermal resistance are conditioned by it.

Temporary Stresses When being cooled below the strain point, glass can still be submitted to thermal

influences creating temporary stresses and distortions that disappear slowly.

However, unless cooling is controlled, unbalanced stress levels could lead to breakages. Of course, controlled and strong cooling to generate high stresses makes toughening desirable in some instances. Increasing the compression stress on the surface gives the glass high mechanical and thermal resistance.

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� Fig 3. Example of annealed bottles of 5.5metre width.

stress. Glass must be reheated or cooled to assure homogeneity above the annealing point.

The amount of time glass is maintained at this temperature is determined by time-thickness calculations.

Precisely controlled cooling is required during the annealing phase until the strain point is reached. The cooling gradient is given by calculations depending on glass thickness and type.

Finally controlled, rapid cooling is necessary to bring the glass to ambient temperature. This process must also be maintained within calculated tolerances to avoid breakages resulting from temporary stresses (Fig 2).

Conclusion Annealing is an important element of the glassmaking process and is more complex than it may first appear. Consequently, thorough knowledge of the process is becoming increasingly necessary.

A number of scientists have developed theories and established rules that are relatively easy to use, including Adams and Williams (widely used), Shand (Corning Glass); Owens (the most widely used and easy-to-use curves); and

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Redstone and Stanworth (mainly used for optical glass). Neutral annealing, avoiding the creation of stresses, is not necessarily the ultimate goal to attain.

In certain instances, the introduction of controlled stresses to the glass can be advantageous.

Design flexibility has certainly been an important requirement for lehr builders such as Vidromecanica over the last three decades, providing customers with readily adjustable heating and cooling equipment. Vidromecanica manufactures thermal equipment (for annealing, decorating and toughening); equipment for coating treatment (hot and cold end coating) and cullet recycling equipment.

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Inspection

WEM: a Multi4 detection on the way to success Denis Freydière* discusses a detection system dedicated to exposing wire-edge and overpressed flaws.

Operating Principle The WEM’s purpose is to measure the height of all glass protrusions in the inner part of the finish.

Thanks to dedicated mirrors inside a patented optical system, it is possible to combine several views of the finish to analyse and sort out the container with defects, giving the exact value of the height of the defects to each container.

New HD cameras, designed and produced by Tiama, offer to this system twice as many pixels than the highest resolution used before for finish inspection. This change was an important step for Tiama and it gives the ability to the system to measure the height of the protrusions in µm and to compare this precise measure to the acceptable

threshold set by the customer.

Tiama also conceived a standardised optical system always placed 8mm above the finish and worked to make the mechanic part easy to set up.

The inspection zone will be automatically positioned into the finish and, finally, the operator only has to configure two parameters to set the

� Fig 1. Overpress finish-inner glass protrusion exceeding the finish top surface.

threshold for height and covered angle.

There is no need for long, complex settings anymore.

WEM was first designed for the beer industry. Its possibilities and performance were extended this year to cover a wider range of finishes. It is now also effective equally on bottles with finishes from 20 to 30mm diameter, on fruit juice bottles finish from 30 to 60mm diameter and on jars with finish diameters from 60 to 90mm.

To improve detection on flint glass and on narrow neck bottles with threaded finishes, Tiama decided to start using a new LED lighting that delivers high power in a specific wavelength adapted to any glass colour used in the industry.

The WEM has been created to be installed on a MULTI4 and is compatible with MULTI3 upgraded into electronics (MULTI3.4). It can also be installed on the cold end inspection line as a standalone machine.

Smart Factory Compliant At glasstec 2018, Tiama launched its Smart Factory Concept called YOUniverse, explaining how its five fields of expertise (Monitoring, Traceability, Inspection, Service and Intelligence) were all connected to move towards a Smart Factory.

The WEM is fully in line with this development strategy. A reader displayed in the MULTI4 allows the association of measures collected by the WEM inspection to a mould number or a Datamatrix code.

These high value data can then be sent into Intelligent Supervision systems such as Tiama IQ scan. Before the association of this information, the customer could only detect the defects and sort out

� Fig 2. Wire Edge finish-inner glass protrusion not exceeding the finish top surface.

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lassmakers consider wire-edges as critical defects and these small flaws have always been an issue for bottlers and glassmakers.

It can cause serious injuries to the final customer and the settings to detect them are always difficult to find with an acceptable number of good wares lost.

This is why Tiama worked on its latest finish inspection device called WEM, (Wire-Edge Measurement), dedicated to both wire-edge and overpressed defects.

Tiama worked on its design to make it easy to set up. Just few seconds are required to position the WEM above the finish and a few additional seconds to set the algorithm parameters.

In addition, it offers real time defect identification based on height measurement and covered angle. To complete the picture its efficiency is not dependent on the glass colour, as its performance is unique on the glass market, even on flint glass. The WEM is a patented function and will solve this critical issue.

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good bottles and bad bottles which meant a pack-to-melt decrease. Now, thanks to the data association and the precision of measures, the customer can be informed in real time of an increase in height of inner protrusion. This way he can anticipate production drifts at their early stage and act immediately on the concerned cavity, even before a relevant defect occurs.

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Positive feedback Since its launch in mid-2017, Tiama has sold and installed almost 100 WEM devices to customers with a lot of positive feedback.

Tiama recently launched a feedback campaign to analyse the WEM user experience. Among these exchanges, customers reported that they acquired new capabilities such as the integration of wire edge defects in random tests.

Several endurance tests with real defects were tried by customers, challenging the machine at different levels. These gave satisfying results regarding its repeatability and technical reliability.

The low rejection rate of good wares was also part of the feedback received.

Fevisa San Luis in Mexico was one customer which reported on its experience. The glass plant installed a WEM more than a year ago when it invested in new Tiama machines. It confirmed its satisfaction towards the detection, stability and accuracy. They think it is a good tool for their process.

The precision of the measures allows the system to make the difference between a stepdown and a defect (Wire Edge or Overpress), which is also an important part of what they like about it. They concluded by the fact that the false rejection rate of good wares was very low with a WEM. Tiama will keep pushing innovations not only for vision machines but in its five ranges of products to respond to customer’s needs.

Before the WEM launch, glassmakers had trouble with wire-edge defects.

Now, it is a defect managed like any others thanks to Tiama and its system.

“We hope to count you soon among the many glassmakers who have adopted this system in a record time,” said Tiama’s Marketing Manager, Pascal Leroux. �

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Inspection

Positive feedback to smart inspection innovation Hung Han, Asia Sales Manager at IRIS Inspection machines* reflects on the recent launch of Evolution NEO series smart inspection technology and the positive reaction generated among international glass container producers to date. of statistics by defect type. Local trend analyses are produced on the machine, with information presented in a userfriendly format. Importantly, reduced dependence on human intervention was a key goal for this strategic initiative, which brings the smart factory much closer to reality.

Advanced inspection intelligence Evolution NEO is engineered to meet the distinct needs of the glass container inspection market, helping customers to improve performance and save valuable time during the manufacturing process. In particular, the introduction of advanced inspection intelligence is high on the list

of benefits that have been widely valued by glass plant personnel in the first few months of machine operation.

NEO Intelligence is a machine learningbased software, incorporating the latest, well-proven technologies applied to inspection. Performance is enhanced via the power of artificial intelligence and already ‘smart’ features have been made even more accurate via the inclusion of an Image Processing Accelerator (IPA).

As a result, Evolution NEO machines can now recognise and more accurately detect critical defects, without having to set advanced settings manually.

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ince introducing the Evolution NEO series of smart inspection machines at the glasstec exhibition last October, more than 150 equipment installations have either been completed or are planned. This immediate level of acceptance illustrates the impact made by the technology’s advanced inspection intelligence and its long-term market potential throughout the global hollow glass manufacturing community.

In excess of six man-years of work by R&D engineers at Iris Inspection machines led to the introduction of the Evolution NEO machine, delivering an innovative defect approach that relates to defect identification, as well as the creation

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Reduced dependence The introduction of greater automation has reduced the inspection equipment’s dependence on human skills, another factor that has already been widely appreciated by customers.

This AI-powered machine is able to recognise a defect, leaving the operator to decide whether it is acceptable or not. Furthermore, the specially conceived interface design is responsible for the delivery of a better user experience.

Traditionally, every time a production change is initiated, it has been necessary for the operator to adjust all parameters for the new article, set the inspection zones etc. With Evolution NEO, a library of settings is available for faster, precise and repeatable adjustments. The Evolution NEO machine recognises the article, its exact shape and automatically draws the inspection zone. Consequently, each job change is simplified for the operator. This reduces the possibility of human errors significantly.

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Data-driven inspection Inspection data created by the Evolution NEO is available not only on the machine itself but remotely for plant managers to monitor performance and initiate changes where necessary.

In addition, defect images are available to hot end personnel, with the ability to share critical defect characteristics and defect images in real-time, alerting IS machine operators to instances of critical defect detection.

A series of web-based trend analysis tools can be accessed to provide graphical views of defects in real-time, to assist glassmakers to understand the causes of defects, to simplify the adjustment of settings and to reduce false rejection rates.

Customer-focused innovations The Iris R&D Department is constantly investigating the latest advances in technology to keep its camera-based, non-contact inspection machines at the forefront of innovation. Working closely with customers, the company is keen to understand daily tasks, identify which functions are unnecessarily timeconsuming and help them to save time and money.

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Comprehensive concept solutions Wilfried Seidensticker* discusses the importance of pursuing a perfectly co-ordinated concept, rather than individual machinery in isolation.

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he development of increasingly large machines with higher production speeds requires careful consideration to be given to other production elements at the hot end of the glass container manufacturing process.

Heye International’s hot end development activities are aimed not only at high performance machinery but at the introduction of sophisticated concepts, as the company strives to offer customers a comprehensive overall solution, without weaknesses.

When a customer asked for Heye’s assistance to produce one million long neck beer bottles per day on a 20 section Triple Gob tandem machine, substantial demands were placed on the IS machine with regard to reliability and short downtimes.

In addition, the project placed high demands on the ware handling equipment between the IS machine and annealing lehr. Heye met these transport challenges with a combination of adjustable dead plate cooling, modern servo pushers with up to three axes, a high performance ware transfer and an efficient and stable three-axis servo lehr loader. With these co-ordinated components, the Heye team was able to successfully fulfill the customer’s requirements.

Apart from the challenges posed by this case study, however, Heye recognises the industry-wide demand for increased daily tonnages, even with machines of lower section numbers. This in turn places

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additional demands on the performance of the feeder, the feeder mechanics and its controls.

Only recently, a daily output of 140-150 tonnes was considered high but today, 180 tonnes and above are standard.

Via the introduction of the type 575 feeder (capable of 200 tonnes/day performance levels), Heye has responded to customer and market demand. The design incorporates proven features from earlier feeder types, including dual motor

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shears, servo plunger, rotor mechanism and rotating tube. In this arrangement, the control of these feeder mechanisms offers established options such as assortment production, where gobs of different weights can be produced on a single IS machine simultaneously. With this option, weight differences of 215g have already been achieved in containers weighing 825g and 610g, without any gobs lost.

The conditions outlined above demonstrate the importance of pursuing a perfectly co-ordinated concept, rather than individual machinery in isolation.

As a result, the glass container industry’s increased requirements for enhanced daily tonnages and flexibility can be achieved.

*Wilfried Seidensticker, Hot End Product Manager at Heye International, Obernkirchen, Germany.

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Glass for Regenerative Medicine Prof Julian Jones* of Technical Committee 4 of the ICG discusses the role of glass in medicine and healing injuries.

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ho would have thought that a glass was the answer to longstanding surgical problems in bone trauma repair? The first synthetic implant materials were being rejected by the human body and grafting operations were problematic in terms of limited supply of bone and infections at the donor site. Materials that are not toxic, but are passive, are pushed out of the body by a scar-like fibrous capsule that isolates the implant from the host tissue.

In 1996, a product named Perioglas was launched by USBiomaterials. It was able to bond to bone and encourage bone that had been lost in the jaw, under the teeth, to grow back. Bone bonding was through the formation of a bone-like mineral layer on the surface of the glass after implantation. Perioglas is a Biolgass powder, a soda-lime-silica-phosphate glass with just less that than 50% silicate.

The mineral layer formed as a result of corrosion of the glass (classic cation exchange followed by calcium phosphate

deposition on the silicate rich layer).

Perioglas prevented loss of healthy teeth and regenerated the bone, where it would otherwise have continued to decay.

At the turn of the Millennium, scientists discovered why Bioglass worked so well.

They found that the dissolution ions (corrosion products) not only produced bone mineral but also provoked new bone growth by signaling bone cells to produce more bone. Orthopedic products followed and now Bioglass has been implanted in more than 1.5 million patients.

Since the discovery that the dissolution products of Bioglass can have therapeutic properties, many of the elements of the periodic table have been investigated as therapeutic additives. An example is strontium, which has been used as an oral drug for osteoporosis, a disease that affects us as we age, as bone producing cells slow but the remodeling cells remain active. The problem with oral drugs is that the cargo goes everywhere and can cause side effects. A biodegradable Bioglass can

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deliver the active ions to where they are needed. This could be in a 3D printed scaffold to Repair large holes in bone or as a tiny nanoparticle that can pass through the body undetected until it reaches its target. The nanoparticles could be administered to those with osteoporosis to prevent fractures. The benefit of the glass is that the ions are released as the glass dissolves, which is determined by the composition design.

Bone can heal on their own when fractures are small but when they are large the body needs assistance. Bioglass can provide that assistance but for large bone defects, a scaffolding, rather than a powder is needed. Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) techniques can be used to print glass powder, in a carrier, but the composition must be tweaked to enable the glass to be sintered without crystallisation, following the printing process.

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Skin can also heal itself with a small cut. However, skin wounds can become chronic, a particular problem for diabetic patients, who are at high risk of amputation, and larger bone defects do not heal. Infections compound the problem. While dressing and drugs have been developed that can promote healing, they cannot heal chronic wounds. Bioglass isn’t just useful for bones, recently a revolutionary device reached the market that can heal chronic wounds in diabetic patients that had not healing for more than one year. When a bioactive glass is the form of fine cotton wool was administered, the wounds healed completely in a matter of weeks.

Glass nanoparticles can also be loaded with other ions for other therapies. Copper is antimicrobial and may reduce the need for antibiotics. Copper and cobalt can tell the body that blood vessels are needed, which can help would healing. Zinc ions have selectively killed cancer cells while leaving other cells unharmed. Lithium has been found to improve osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis is another disease that affects everyone who reaches a certain age as cartilage wears out and is very difficult to repair. Surgeons do not have a synthetic alternative yet. They do have a technique that can regenerate cartilage sports injuries in young (under 35) patients: they dig into the underlying bone marrow to liberate the bone marrow that contains stem cells. It bleeds into the cartilage, and the stem cells produce cartilage.

Unfortunately, it is scar-like fibrocartilage that does not last. A new derivative of Bioglass could help guide the cells to produce articular cartilage while protecting the damaged site. A new ‘bouncy Bioglass’ has been developed that can be 3D printed into a device that can act as a smooth bearing surface and attract the stem cells and instruct them to produce articular cartilage before biodegrading away. While this new material animates the cells to produce new tissue it can also intrinsically self-heal. It does so by hydrogen bonds and mobile polymer chains bridging cracks as they form.

These types of materials are some of the foundations of the concepts of Advanced Materials for Regenerative Medicine, overlap of two key aspects of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy. The use of controlled delivery of active ions from glasses in the form of nanoparticles, cotton wool or strong scaffolding can treat diseased and damaged bone and cartilage but also cure wounds and treat cancer and perhaps even dementia as alternatives to conventional drug therapy. �

*Professor of Biomaterials, Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK julian.r.jones@imperial.ac.uk http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/julian.r.jones

Jones was Chair of Technical Committee 4 (TC04) - Biomedical Glasses - of the International Commission on Glass, from 20092018 and now serves on the Coordinating Technical Committee.

He and current TC04 Chair, Prof. Delia Brauer, and Dr Qiang Fu (Corning, USA) are organising a symposium on Glasses in Healthcare 10th – 11th June 2019 at the 25th International Congress on Glass, Boston USA, which celebrates 100 years of the ICG and 50 years of Bioglass. Jones presents on both days on 3D printed bioactive glass and therapeutic glass nanoparticles. TC04 has a YouTube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCNKc2if3dCNM1a1ynoFEh1A

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British Glass

Dave Dalton, CEO

Resources and waste A variety of work is constantly undertaken at membership and lobbying organisation British Glass to understand and give expert advice on important industry issues. This includes the latest Government policies, progress on energy efficiency, and what the future of the industry looks like.

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he organisation is currently studying the Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy, and three associated consultations - Extended Producer Responsibility, the Deposit Return Scheme, and consistent Local Authority collections – in order to draw up a detailed response to inform its members.

British Glass CEO Dave Dalton said: “We are reviewing the strategy and its evidence base, and we look forward to providing our critique of the methodology and proposed implementation in due course.

“British Glass has, and will continue to, present the experience, views and concerns of our membership, and we will be working with our members and other key stakeholders to formulate a detailed response and suggest appropriate changes, based on our expert knowledge, research and findings.”

The Resource Waste Strategy focuses on: � Developing the current kerbside collection infrastructure to increase the quantity of glass collected, and at the same time decrease contamination; � Encouraging further investment in the re-processing sector to increase the quality of cullet available for re-melt; � Placing incentives in the system to discourage used glass going into nonremelt recycling (aggregate); � Agreement and adoption of ambitious but achievable recycling targets by 2030; and � Increasing consumer awareness of the value of glass as a material.

Energy efficiency Energy efficiency is an important arm of work at British Glass, and work on crosssector construction waste continues through the FISSAC project, including an in-depth look at flat glass recycling.

Over the year links have been built with the construction supply chain to understand the market and identify the best way to increase post-consumer glass recycling. A consistent theme which has been identified is a lack of knowledge of glass recycling processes.

To address this, British Glass representatives have spoken at international and national conferences to architects, academics and construction engineers. FISSAC is also collaborating with engineering consultancy firm Arup on an educational video that will document the refurbishment of 35,000m2 of double glazing being recycled back to re-melt.

Environment specialists are recording renovation work at the Burrell Art Gallery in Glasgow, currently closed for a £66million refurbishment.

This includes 3000m2 of double glazing, which will be replaced with more efficient triple glazing.

The listed gallery houses an eccentric collection of items amassed by Sir William Burrell, a wealthy Glaswegian shipping magnate, designed with large areas of glass allowing visitors to appreciate the collection in its woodland setting.

British Glass is filming each stage of the year-long task to remove the glass and recycle it, and will use the video to promote a sustainable recycling message to domestic and construction users. It will show best practice for flat glass recycling and should generate discussion in the wider construction sector.

Work also continues on a software platform designed to allow effective mapping of industrial processes. The longterm objective is to find relationships through which wastes can be used by or sold by the glass industry for more sustainable resource consumption.

New technologies A key British Glass function is to foster and generate progressive thinking about new technologies for the sector.

We welcomed a wide array of exciting ideas and an impressive array of speakers from across the industry to our ‘Future energy options for glass melting’ seminar.

They included Olu Fasan of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), who outlined the Government’s £315million ‘Innovation’ programme designed to accelerate the development of clean energy technologies. Experts also discussed the melting technology the glass industry will need to adapt to meet the 2050 decarbonisation goal.

Decarbonisation With decarbonisation high on political and business agendas, British Glass is driving forward its ‘Roadmap’ decarbonisation and action plan. A working group is advising on areas of interest and continuing the good progress that has already been made in many areas.

The four main areas of focus currently are: � Increasing recycling rates; � Encouraging greater uptake of energy efficiency through revision of building regulations; � Creating a communication strategy to promote the environmental benefits of glass; and � Supporting decisions for low carbon choices.

British Glass has developed a strategy to take these forward, and a wider communications/political strategy is planned. �

British Glass, Chapeltown, Sheffield, UK www.britglass.org.uk

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Non-contact cold-end Inspection Amir Novini* states it is time to go non-contact at full speed in cold end inspection.

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s a technologist and engineer, I learned quickly in my career to be ‘successful’, one must continually keep the customer in mind while developing and designing solutions for their problems. Despite holding degrees from various prestigious schools, I chose to spend the first several years of my career not just developing solutions at my desk but also installing them at customer sites while learning their manufacturing processes, needs, and level of aptitude in absorbing and accepting new technology on their factory floor. Those half dozen years of ‘hands-on technology implementation’ and understanding the needs and reasons for the required sophistication of the inspection machines taught me a lot. Here is a quick summary: 1- Understand the manufacturing process of your customer as much as possible.

2- Learn what are normal and accepted process variations versus what are considered defects.

3- No two lines in the same facility making the same ware operate the same way - let alone at different plants.

4- What the corporate group wants will most likely not match that of the manufacturing facility – a tough lesson for sure!

5- Develop technology not for the sake of technology but for that of the customer.

6- Do more listening than talking.

7- Make the machine easy to set up and use by factory-floor personnel.

8- Make your machine safe, reliable and robust.

9- Insist on training onsite as well as at your facility for less distraction. Invite customers for continuous training.

10- Spend extra time to ensure your customer is familiar with new technologies.

Despite the list above, I still see and hear our competitors selling machine features over benefits, touting the number of cameras they use or the type and speed of their processors. Then they insist on customers challenging other suppliers

to meet the same misleading criteria. In today’s technology ‘rich’ manufacturing world, all hardware tools are readily available to all so what is important is how technology is applied and results produced. In other words, finding troublesome defects while not rejecting perfectly good ware, and identifying causation so it can be fixed to increase yield and reduce spoilage. These are the important measuring sticks - not the number of cameras and cables.

Let me restate our company’s glass inspection approach and mission and how we plan to achieve it: 1- Non-contact inspection of glass containers wherever possible or if necessary minimum contact -- at full production manufacturing line speeds in random orientation on non-round ware.

2- Inspection of complex shaped, patterned and colourful decorated containers in random orientation, including labels.

3- Provide useful classification of defects while making them traceable to their origin so problems can be identified and solved in real time.

4- Utilise a wide section of the electromagnetic spectrum well beyond visible light. This range includes, but is not limited to soft X rays, ultra violet radiation, visible light, infrared, radio frequencies and sound waves. Through this approach, we have been able to solve (and are solving) complex problems that were previously not possible.

5- Use the latest computer hardware and software technologies available to solve complex problems while making the systems easy to set up and operate by plant personnel.

Non- or minimum-contact One major issue facing glass manufacturers for decades was cold-end inspection equipment speed restrictions.

The glass manufacturing lines are normally split into several lines after the lehr annealing oven only to allow some cold-end inspection equipment to ‘grab and rotate’ the ware to find flaws in the

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containers. This practice takes up precious space in the manufacturing facility and increases cost and spoilage. Therefore, non- or minimum-contact with the glass will have a huge positive impact on productivity. That’s why we’ve made this our priority in inspection equipment design.

We provide inspection equipment to the glass manufacturing industry at potential line speeds approaching 1000 containers per minute in the following areas: sealing surface; base; bottom-up mould number reading; stress for base and sidewall; non-contact plug gauge with accurate dip and saddle inspection; and complete sidewall inspection. All of these inspection types are achieved through non-contact with limited highspeed side-grip conveyor when needed.

This has no negative effect on overall line speeds. The inspections are achieved through the use of multi-spectral solidstate illumination, high speed and high resolution cameras.

And now, the final frontiers of wall thickness and check inspection. Once we solve these challenges, we may finally release manufacturers from the grips of Continued>>

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Glass Wall Thickness Approximately 30 years we were approached to develop a glass wall thickness inspection method.

This was to be used particulalry on non-round ware such as salad dressing containers that were susceptible to ‘shoulder thin spots’ and would tend to break during manufacturing or worse, during the filling process. This was about the same time glassmaking was changing from blow & blow to the press & blow.

At this time, the preferred wall thickness inspection was the ‘touch-capacitance’ method that sampled usually in three spots but only on round containers.

I began experimenting with low power lasers and cameras gauging the two laser projected spots or lines to get reflections from the top surface and from the inner surface to detect thin spots.

Unfortunately, other industry priorities came along so this important work was put on hold.

But now, a mere 30 years later and after a ‘resurgence’ of our strategic direction to re-enter the glass manufacturing industry directly as opposed to through the OEM market, it was again time to investigate wall thickness.

To my amazement, the cold-end inspection industry had not changed

much, just slight improvements here and there. Wall thickness was still being examined with capacitance methods of laser spots on round containers only.

We explored new concepts featuring non contact, full container coverage as opposed to isolated spots, on any container shape in random orientation.

This was a ‘tall order’ but we did it. In approximately one year, we went from concept to live demonstrations at glasstec with great acclaim from glassmakers who are now anticipating live product by the end of 2019. This inspection system, trademarked as Neutron, utilises the latest in multi-spectral invisible and visible radiation and can see thin spots just about anywhere on the container-based image signature analysis.

The accompanying photo #1 shows a container under normal lighting conditions while image #2 shows the image processed through our Neutron system.

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Check Detection Check Detection has been another area of trouble in the glass industry and for suppliers of inspection equipment.

A check is essentially an internal fracture in a glass container that can appear just about anywhere on the container.

The details of what causes checks is beyond the scope of this article but generally its random existence can be maddening for manufacturers and inspection suppliers alike.

Check formation is usually associated with glassmaking pressures and temperatures during the manufacturing process. Checks can be serious flaws weakening the structure of the container.

What ‘eludes’ the human eye or the inspection equipment is the fact that a check is only visible at certain angles when the illumination hits just right.

The good news is that with powerful solid-state lights, excellent high resolution sensors and powerful computers, the days of stopping and rotating the part are gone.

Applied Vision’s concept of check detection is a holistic top to bottom inspection on round as well as nonround containers in any orientation which allows us to find checks anywhere from bottom to sidewall; to shoulder and sealing surface.

The details of how this inspection works is the subject for later articles but we now have the technology to bring this to reality. Image #3 shows a flawed container under normal lighting while #4 shows the result of a non-contact detection by our Volcano system. The production unit will be ready to ship by year’s end. �

*CEO, Applied Vision, Ohio, USA www.appliedglass.com

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rotary wheels, feed-screws and those nasty piles of change parts that cost money, speed and productivity. Sometimes I can’t help but think some of our competitors don’t really want to solve these problems because those change parts and feedscrews are a substantial source of income, just like ink cartridges in printers! Now let’s discuss what we’re doing to cross those last two frontiers and go ‘no touch’.

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History

Prof. John Parker

Showing no reaction Prof John Parker discusses the durability of glass containers used in medicine.

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n early application of glass was to contain things securely and it did this very effectively, being nonporous and unreactive. So expensive perfumes and potions were preserved in attractively coloured glass vessels with a long shelf life. This tradition goes back to the Egyptian Pharaohs. Durability was also an important aspect of the art of alchemy in the Middle Ages, where complex glass vessels were used for the extraction of active elements with curative properties from the natural world. It remains today a unique selling point of glass containers.

By the 17th century alchemists though were questioning how inert their glasses really were. Boyle (of Boyle’s Law) realised that water distilled from a flask left behind a white precipitate and this process could be repeated ad infinitum.

He interpreted this using the then current concepts of alchemy, arguing that fire and water gave earth. A hundred years later the French scientist Lavoisier realised that the flask lost weight equal to that of the white powder deposited and this led to a deeper understanding of chemical durability. Modern instrumentation now confirms that measurable leaching occurs but of ions such as sodium present in any off-the-shelf mineral water. While normally safe, biological systems are particularly sensitive – an interesting example was reported by Benecke a century ago. A form of mildew aspergillus niger grew only as a vegetative form in the absence of potassium ions but grew in a reproductive form if potassium was present. He observed that if the container was a potassium rich glass this behaviour was switched on. Alkali ions leached into solution can induce crystallisation of certain active ingredients in drug preparations and also catalyse organic chemistry reactions.

Pharmacopeia produced in many countries began to specify not only which medicines were

permitted but also which containers could be used.

The demand for more durable glasses led to a flurry of developments in the 19th and early 20th century. Glasses acceptable for drugs were called ‘neutral’ because they were deemed to be unreactive – water in long-term contact did not become either alkaline or acidic. Most neutral glasses contained substantial levels of boric oxide in addition to the standard soda, lime and silica but enhanced levels of zinc oxide and alumina were also often present. Standard testing procedures were devised so that the results from different laboratories were more easily reproducible and comparable. Appropriate sample preparation was the first step. Analysts realised that the durability of surfaces depended on their previous history and therefore fresh surfaces were required for testing. Samples were created by crushing and, to give a controlled surface area, they were sieved to a standard size. Testing involved treatment at an elevated temperature (98°C) in a standard volume of liquid typically for 24h to give a measurable result. The weight loss occurring was a simple indicator of stability but analysis of the leachant e.g. by titration with an acidic solution provided additional valuable information.

Over the years such testing was honed by comparing the results from different laboratories. Developments initially in individual laboratories were expanded to countrywide comparisons under the auspices of glass societies set up for example in the UK, Germany, the USA, Italy and Spain in the early part of the 20th century. Eventually such collaborations led to still wider comparisons and the formation of the International Commission on Glass in 1933. Among its first formal Technical Committees was one to agree international standards for chemical analysis and chemical

durability testing (officially from 1958); this ICG committee (TC02) has operated ever since.

While the compositions of glasses have evolved to optimise their chemical durability, tighter controls mean that lesser problems have become important.

Concerns have arisen with parenteral drugs, that is ones introduced into the body by routes other than digestion, such as intravenously or by injection. For example, bottles filled with parenteral medication such as a saline drip are sterilised at 120°C in a pressurised autoclave. During such treatment a silica gel layer forms on the inner surface of the bottle by leaching of alkali ions and this layer then separates from the underlying glass and rolls into cylindrical structures, spicules that float in the contained fluid – a process termed delamination. This issue while not new, Volf writing in ‘Technical Glasses’ in 1961 describes it, has become a concern to glass makers and ICG Technical Committee 12 has recently developed protocols for testing the susceptibility of different glasses to this mode of attack and identifying ways to eliminate it.

With the increase in sensitivity of analytical equipment the reality that even highly durable glasses can leach small quantities of active ingredients is also being appreciated. Many modern drugs, for example some used in the treatment of cancer, can be ultrasensitive to minor impurity concentrations. One innovative solution has been to coat the inside of containers (ampoules) with silica using a CVD process. Our ability to observe ever smaller effects continues to drive our capacity to control them. �

*Curator of the Turner Museum of Glass, The University of Sheffield, UK www.turnermuseum.group.shef.ac.uk j.m.parker@sheffield.ac.uk

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Environment Events preview: Summit 19

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summit organised by Bucher Emhart Glass will explore the future of glass packaging.

Summit19 is aimed at leaders in the glass industry and will investigate what the future holds for the sector.

The conference will take place between May 21-23, 2019 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Day one will examine what the future will look like in general and focus on the global economy, new automation, Generation R, and new legislation.

It will also discuss packaging from various other aspects such as health, sustainability and waste.

Speakers include Heineken’s Ruben Griffioen, Tim Croxson COO of Croxsons, and Nigel Dart, Vice President at Gallo Glass.

Day two will be targeted at the glass industry specifically and examine topics such as melting and the CO2 problematic, and how suppliers can support the glass plant of the future.

Summit organiser, Marlen Debrot,

Group Communication Manager at Bucher Emhart Glass, said: “Glass industry leaders are always interested in what the future holds, so we decided to organise this event.

“We organised a similar summit in 2013 which was a great success. Since then a lot has changed and we believe now is the right time to host this event again.”

Industry leaders from Chile, Thailand, Guatemala, Africa, UK and Germany have already registered. Company owners,

CEOs, procurement directors and other senior executive level glassmakers are the intended audience.

Ms Debrot said: “We want to give people more confidence about the glass industry in the future. The industry will change so this gives a sneak preview into how we see the industry changing.” �

For more information visit the conference website at https://summit.emhart.glass

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Cromogenia Units, innovation and quality accompanying its customers Cromogenia Units is a chemical company with a journey of more than 75 years that has become a leading company within the development of products that are designed for the production of glass, especially lubricants. Its direct contact with the client enabled it to get to know the sector’s needs at

first hand and this has been the key to create specific high-quality products.

We talked to Ignasi Pi, Export Key Account Manager at the Division of Metalworking to get to know the progresses of lubricants designed for the glass sector.

A long experience in the glass manufacturing sector Which are the latest contributions of Cromogenia Units to the production of hollow glass?

In 2018, we presented TADALSINT LUB 280, a lubricant oil that incorporates a UV traceur to detect leaks and prevent leaks inside the IS and rotating machines what avoids the clients being affected by considerable economical losses.

And TADALGLAS A 125 MHL, a soluble oil for the drop shearing that among other advantages can be used both for graphoidal and conventional systems with concentrations between 0,08 to 0,15%.

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Which is the added value that Cromogenia contributes to its clients of the glass sector?

I am glad that you ask this question because Cromogenia is not only a company that offers good products, but we also emphasize the support we offer our customers so that they feel accompanied and have a reference that can solve their technical doubts.

Which product of Cromogenia might be pointed out because of its versatility? w w w. c r o m o g e n i a . c o m

TADALGLAS B 5 has accomplished big results for various European clients that have converted

this reference into one of the products of greatest acceptance on the market as it permits its use for cutting functions and as accelerator of the shear drop.

And for its innovation?

In Cromogenia we are not satisfied only with a continuous innovation improving already existing formulas, but we also like to bet on an innovation of a disruptive type. That’s why our R&D Department puts its focus also on risky proposals that make us think about new scenes which in more than one case have lead us to great profits.

How do you approach the elaboration of a new product?

We usually start from a customer’s need. That means we share our knowledge with their user perspective and in this way we advance together towards the best version of our lubricant.

Where does the investigation of the sector of glass industry lubricants head up to?

Always towards a close collaboration with our customers. In addition, this investigation is also emphasizing products that are more respectful with the environment tending towards a zero impact.

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he correct combination and amount of coating is vital to the integrity of a glass bottle. With the rigorous production and filling processes, along with the ever increasing production of lighter weight bottles, the coating application is more important than previously considered.

Coatings on bottle sidewalls play a critical role in helping maintain bottle strength and in reducing the amount of friction during the bottle to bottle contact that occurs on the filling lines. The improper amount of coating on the finish area of the container can also lower the quality of the bottle when it comes to capping. Managing the application of this coating is a necessary part of producing high quality bottles.

While a consistent amount of the metal oxide coating applied to the bottle sidewall in the hot end helps reduce friction, it also acts as a primer for the cold end coating application and adhesion.

Without the necessary hot end coating, the cold end coating on bottles could simply wash off during the process – leaving the bottles exposed to potential scratches, reduced lubricity and possible further damage from bottle to bottle contact. The metal dioxide coating is not desired, however, on the finish area of the

� The CCMS measures the presence of coating in the finish region of a bottle with high accuracy.

� Agr’s new Combined Coating Measurement System (CCMS) performs hot end coating measurement on the bottle sidewall and finish in a single operation.

bottle. The spray-on application of the hot end coating often makes it difficult to ensure the appropriate amount of coating reaches the sidewall of the container all the while avoiding application to the

finish area.

Agr’s new Combined Coating Measurement System (CCMS) offers a means to ensure the proper amount and combination of coating is where it needs to be on a bottle. The CCMS provides an accurate and efficient way to measure the coating that has been applied to the bottle sidewall and any over spray that may have reached the finish area. The device utilises two separate measurement heads to perform measurements on both the sidewall and finish regions of the bottle, in a single, fully-automated operation. Each head is specially designed and dedicated for either sidewall or finish measurement.

Using its advanced electronics and specific heads, the CCMS can measure the heavy coating levels on the sidewall of the containers as well as the small amount that can be found on the finish. The amount of coating that has been applied is quickly measured and documented by the CCMS. The single operation test saves time and labour, while providing the necessary data to manage the coating application process.

The optimised measurement head for the sidewall of the bottle is designed to measure coating thickness up to 100 CTU, with an accuracy of ±1 CTU, on flat and/or contoured areas. To accomplish this accuracy, incorporated into the head are an array of sensors as well as a servo-controlled positioning system that vertically scans the surface to determine the optimal measurement point. The dedicated head allows the sidewall of the bottle to be measured consistently and repeatably at any location.

While confirming that the proper amount of coating is being applied to the sidewall, it is equally important to determine the amount of coating reaching the finish area. Too much or Continued>>

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Karen Marcellus* discusses a container sidewall and finish coating measurement in one unit.

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too little coating on the finish region can adversely affect the bottle closure. This region proves to be more challenging due to the complexity of its surface area, along with the presence of small amounts of coating.

The CCMS incorporates a finish measurement head specifically designed with a compact, low profile tip to measure the region near the threads or on the contour surface of a crown finish.

The motorised positioning system for this head automatically adjusts the head both vertically and horizontally, aligning the head at the precise normal point in each direction to ensure that peak readings are taken. With a precision of ±1 CTU, the finish measurement head is configured to identify and accurately measure the presence of very low amounts of coating up to 32 CTU. In addition to its accuracy and repeatability, the CCMS is efficient with its fully automated operation. Once the jobs are created, the measurement sequence begins with the positioning of the head then progresses to container rotation and the capture of the measurement data. The single measurement progression requires no operator involvement during the test.

Jobs can be set to measure sidewall or finish areas separately or as a combination of both.

The CCMS system offers two test modes – a spot test mode and a jobbased test mode. To quickly verify the coating presence and thickness on a single bottle at a specific height, the spot test would be used. To perform this test, the operator places the sample on the test table, selects either sidewall or finish measurement, manually positions the proper measurement head to the desired location and then starts the test. The measurement is automatically performed and the test data captured. With the jobbased mode, an operator can simply select a previously created job to perform the

test on multiple containers of the same type. This mode offers the capability to perform routine and repetitive tests.

Up to six vertical measurements and 10 angles at each height can be predefined and measured when using the job-based test. Each test is then performed at these locations on every container in the set.

Once the job is selected, the operator places the container on the test table and begins the test, the measurement heads are then precisely guided by the positioning system to each predefined location and the data is captured.

The collection of data is key to performing the necessary checks for the quality team. With the CCMS, measured values are automatically collected and displayed in an easy to read colour-coded graphic format for each test in progress.

With a glance, operators can quickly realise measurements outside acceptable ranges. Results are also available in numeric format, detailing the min, max, average data for each measurement that is completed on every container.

Coating trends over the last 100 samples are also available for operators to quickly visualise.

The CCMS is the latest generation in a long line of coating measurement devices supplied by Agr for the glass container manufacturing industry.

Two heads are better than one when it comes to measuring hot end coating.

The ability of the CCMS to automatically measure sidewall and finish coating applications with one device, along with its accuracy and throughput, saves bottle manufacturers time and labour, while providing the necessary data to ensure proper coating levels. �

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ondat has developed a strong understanding of its customer’s constraints and offers the glass industry global solutions. For example, it has developed a perfect association of lubricants and equipment for shear spray operations. Glass manufacturers want to improve their cost ratio (consumables + capacities) and performances (machine efficiency, rejection rate). This issue shapes in two major needs: � The minimum consumption of consumables according to the glass article produced. � Limit the quantity and nature of the waste to be treated.

To answer the shear spray operation’s needs, Condat has developed the Bioglass range. Each solution contained in the range offers varied performances depending on the challenges manufacturers encounter. BIOGLASS TW 100 is a best seller in the range as it has the following advantages: � Eco-designed product: made of a bio-sourced based oil, this product used renewable raw material and drop out biocides in its formulation. Its Health Safety and Environment impact is thus limited.

To maximise the performance of Bioglass TW 100, Condat suggests glass manufacturers use the right dosing equipment.

Microdose (pictured) is a unit suited for glass and the dosing of low concentrations.

Using volumetric dosing, it creates the solution in real time without accumulation, preventing the development of bacteria and fungi and the deterioration of the blend.

It is ideal for achieving and maintaining HACCP standards on production lines. Its advantages include: Enables customisation of lubrication on each production line, a small footprint allowing close installation to shear spray, designed to withstand harsh environments (up to 80°C operating, smoke, oil splash) thanks to its cooling system and waterproof case. � Improve the performance of lubrication products: the dilution is carried out at the last moment so there is no risk of deterioration of the product (bacteria). � Limit harmful consumables: as the dilution is made closer to the shear spray, it avoids adding biocides � Limit costs: lubricant consumption is decreased by two and stops biocide consumption. �

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TUESDAY 14 MAY 2019 11.00 - 11.30 An overview of the Brazilian Glass Market, Lucien Belmonte, Secretary General, Abividro 11.30 - 11.50 ABI's Sustainability 2025 strategy, Aline Casagrande, Circular Packaging Global Manager, AB InBev 11.50 - 12.10 WENSPECT: a cold end alliance towards Smart Manufacturing, Jean-Luc Logel, CEO, Iris Inspection Machines 12.10 - 12.30 Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Glass Manufacturing, Juan S Farias, Managing Director, FAMA

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 2019 14.10 - 14.30 The Future of Glass Furnaces and the role of model predictive control, Gabriel Noboa, Senior Technical Support, Glass Service www.glass-international.com

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TUESDAY 14 MAY 2019 14:00 - 14:20 Techniques of characterisation and identification of the main mass defects in glass, Dra. Cátia Fredericci, PhD on Technical Research Institute 14:20 - 14:40 Oxygen solutions for NOx reduction and energy savings in glass production, Abílio Tasca, Technical Manager, White Martins Oxygen 14:40 - 15:00 What is new on glass technical training in Brazil, Mauro Akerman, Glass Consultant 15:00 - 16:00 Relative care for building and operate glass melting furnaces crown, Pierre Frisch, Glass Consultant

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY 2019 10:30 - 10:50 Oxygen in glass furnaces, Renato Pereira da Silva Junior, Technical Manager, Air Products Oxygen 10:50 - 11:10

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Challenge on floor labour and 4.0 Industry, Edison Toporcov, Glass Consultant, ABCERAM 11:10 - 11:30 Test lots for glass articles, making easier innovation and increasing future business for large glass producers, Paulo Marcelli, Marketing Manager, Multiglass 11:30 - 11:50 Low Exudation Fused Cast AZS Refractories for Superstructure and Crown of Glass Melting Furnaces, Fabio Bernardo, Glass Consultant, REFEL and Glass Services

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FUTRONIC D23 GIANCARLO PEREGO S.p.A. D21 GLASS INTERNATIONAL TBA GLASS MACHINERY PLANTS & ACCESSORIES A11 GLASS SERVICE A.S B02 GLASSMAN EVENTS TBA HEAT UP LATIN AMERICA S DE RL DE CV C20 HENRY F. TEICHMANN, Inc. B21 HEYE INTERNATIONAL GmbH D10 HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG C14 INTERGLASS, SA DE CV E04 IRIS INSPECTION MACHINES C01 ISIMAT GmbH SIEBDRUCKMASCHINEN E25 KOENIG & BAUER KAMMANN GmbH E20 MAGNECO/METREL, INC D30 MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V. C20 OFFICINA MECCANICA SESTESE S.p.A. A07 PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD SE04 PNEUMOFORE C02 POCO GRAPHITE E12

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POCO GRAPHITE INC. an Entegris Company PYROTEK INC RAMSEY PRODUCTS REFEL S.p.A RHI MAGNESITA S.B. AUTO EQUIPMENT AGENCY S.I.G.MA GROUP SATINAL S.P.A SEFPRO – SAINT GOBAIN SIPAC S.p.A. SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY SOMEX SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GmbH & CO KG SPECIALTY RONDOT STRUTZ INTERNATIONAL SVA INDUSTRIE FERNSEH GmbH TECNO5 DIVISION OF CERVE S.P.A. TECO GROUP, The TIAMA WALTEC Maschinen GmbH ZECCHETTI SRL ZHENGZHOU XINGUANGSE REFRACTORY ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

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AGC CERAMICS CO LTD C20 AGR INTERNATIONAL INC D22 All GLASS Srl B11 ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER San. Tic. Ltd. B22 AMETEK LAND (LAND INSTRUMENTS INTERNATIONAL) E30 ANTONINI S.R.L. E15 BDF INDUSTRIES S.p.A. E11 BOTTERO GLASS TECHNOLOGY E24 CNUD-EFCO C20 CONDAT F13 DURA TEMP CORP. E04 E.W. BOWMAN B21 ELECTROGLASS LTD D11 EME GmbH B01 EMMETI S.p.A. D20 ERNST PENNEKAMP GmbH & Co OHG E04 F.I.C (UK) LTD B02 FAMA C10 FERMAC D14 FIVES STEIN LIMITED C12 FLAMMATEC B02 FONDERIE VALDELSANE S.p.A. D03 FORMA GLAS GmbH D23 FUSIONTEC SRL E31

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AGC CERAMICS CO LTD Stand C20 Mr. Kosuke Sunahara 4-1-23, Shiba, Minato-Ku, 108-0014 Tokyo, Japan Phone: +81-3-5442-9185 Email: kosuke-sunahara@agc.com Website: http://www.agcc.jp AGC Ceramics Co Ltd (also called “AGCC”) is a recognised refractory manufacturer and one of the proven suppliers in the world that can provide complete furnace engineering services together with complete refractory supplies and solutions. AGCC is a member of the worlds biggest glass manufacturer ‘Asahi Glass’. AGCC can propose an excellent furnace concept in terms of energy-saving and environmentally friendly technology with reasonable and economic refractory selection. This combination of material technology and engineering knowledge places AGCC in a unique position in the glass industry. AGCC has been appointed, by many customers in the world, as one of the best partners in terms of single responsibility on furnace projects.

AGR INTERNATIONAL INC Stand D22 Marta de la Torre 615 Whitestown Road Butler, PA 16001, United States Phone: +34/609-243523 Email: mdelatorre@agrintl.com Website: http://www.agrintl.com Agr International offers a variety of equipment and services specifically designed to meet the quality assurance needs of the global glass container manufacturing, filling and packaging industries. Agr’s products include high throughput, on-line inspection and process monitoring systems for containers and packaging products, automated laboratory products and a variety of manual gauges for use in the laboratory or on the production floor. Agr products play a significant role in the quality and safety of containers and packaging used around the world. Agr’s Sampling Pressure Tester, the SPT2, pushes the boundaries of throughput, pressure generation, handling versatility and measurement precision to levels previously thought impossible. In this product, Agr has married the rugged and reliable performance of previous Agr pressure testing systems with the latest pressure and volume measurement technology. This combination has resulted in a device that can perform highly

accurate, hands-free pressure and volume tests on bottles at a rate of up to 270 bottles per hour. As an industry leader for over 90 years, Agr is committed to provide the glass container industry with the most technologically advanced products and services available for quality control and productivity improvement. Agr products can be found in over 120 countries.

ALL GLASS SRL Stand B11 Via Cesare Sarti 20 - 43029 Traversetolo (PR), Italy Phone: +39 0521 340810 Email: info@allglass.it Website: www.allglass.it All Glass S.r.l. of Italy is a leader in coldend conveyors and palletizers. All Glass is recognised as a worldwide leading supplier of conveying lines and palletizers in the cold-end area of the glassworks industry. The numerous references in such installations for the most important international glassworks allowed All Glass to make a name for himself as reference partner in this sector. In last years all the most important glassworks chose All Glass gaining a full satisfaction in terms of excellent performance, efficiency and service. Considering that the production of glass furnace never stops, in its machinery All Glass uses first-class components and long-term tested elements only. All Glass technical structure is organized to guarantee a constant assistance during all the steps of design, assembling and start-up and to assure a prompt after-sales support during the maintenance periods. Making use of consolidate synergies, All Glass is the ideal partner to entrust the service of complete engineering for turn-key new solutions and for retrofits or relocations of existing installations. The keys of All Glass team’s success are the constant research in direct symbiosis with Clients to develop taylor-made customized solutions, and the natural bent to after-sales assistance and support, which makes All Glass be the ideal partner in terms of performance.

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ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN TIC LTD STI Stand B22 Mr. A Altingoz Yeni Mahalle, Ciftlik Cad. No:2 Cayirova, Kocaeli 41420, Turkey Phone: +90 262 7436373 Email: info@atestugla.com Website: http://www.atestugla.com Since 1977, Altingoz Ates Tugla Refrakter Ltd. has been in Refractory market and providing various types of refractories for Glass industry. In our factory we have cutting, drilling and polishing facilities and this enables us to shape the refractories as per customer needs and also refractories are pre-assembled in-house according to the orders. Our products can be listed: Fused Cast AZS/Alumina Refractory Blocks, High Zirconia Fused Cast Blocks, Zircon, Zircon-Mullite, Andalusite, Silimanite, Silica Bricks and Refractory Mortars. We have delivered Refractory products and complete forehearth refractories to many glass factories all around the world by road, air or by sea.

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AMETEK LAND (Land Instruments International)

Stand E30 Mark Bennett Stubley Lane, Dronfield Derbyshire S18 1DJ, United Kingdom Phone: +44(0)1246417691 Email: land.enquiry@ametek.com Website: https://www.landinst.com/ AMETEK Land is a specialist in the design and manufacture of monitors and analysers for industrial infrared non-contact temperature measurement, combustion efficiency and environmental pollutant emissions. AMETEK Land has supported the global industrial community for over 70 years with innovative and reliable products and solutions. AMETEK Land will showcase the benefits of its NIR-B Glass, a new thermal imaging Near Infrared Borescope, designed specifically for use in glass-melt tanks with an optional auto-retract version for additional instrument protection. It will show how the NIR-B Glass provides continuous real-time temperature data, combined with a crystal clear thermal video image, allowing a single solution to replace

the traditional approaches of visual cameras and periodic hand-held pyrometry. AMETEK Land will also showcase: - Cyclops, highquality portable non-contact thermometer, providing precision spot temperature measurement with unmatched accuracy and reliability. - LSP-HD, infrared linescanner, for detection of small temperature differences across the width of the glass product providing optimum product quality through improved process control. - Lancom 4, portable combustion and stack emissions gas analyser, offering the best accuracy available from a portable gas analyser, achieved by using an advanced sample conditioning system.

ANTONINI S.R.L. Stand E15 Via Medaglie d’Oro della Resistenza, 2 50053 Empoli - Florence, Italy Phone: +39 0571 93221 Email: com@antoninisrl.com Website: http://www.antoninisrl.com Antonini srl is an Italian Company working since 1946 in the branch of hollow glass.

Antonini supplies annealing and decorating lehrs, tempering lines, mould prehating kilns, thermal shock lehrs, cold end coating spray and dosing unit. The Company is very active also in upgrading and reparation of second hand lehrs of all brands. Low consumption and zero maintenance are the strong qualities of Antonini’s equipment, together with the post sales service, made by high specialised technicians. All equipment is made in Italy and all materials are high quality, to keep the standard in a top level. Up to today more than 1600 new lehrs have been installed.

BDF INDUSTRIES SPA

Stand E11 Via Dell’Industria 40, Italy Phone: +39 0444 286 100 Email: BDF@BDF.IT Website: http://WWW.BDF.IT BDF Industries is an Italian Company with headquarter based in Vicenza (ITALY) and has 111 years of history and tradition of mechanical and automation competence.

Serving Glass Manufacturers all over the world for more than 60 years lead us to a deep knowledge of glass processing

equipment (both forming and melting).

Our experience in design, manufacture, installation and start-up of turn-key projects, together with our dedication to fulfil customer requirements, represent our core skills.

BOTTERO GLASS TECHNOLOGY Stand E24 Via Genova, 82, 12100 Cuneo Italia, Italy Phone: +39 0171310611 Email: bottero@bottero.com Website: http://www.bottero.com Bottero Hollow Glass offers solutions for small to medium company up to design and construction of entire production lines for international groups delivering innovative glass containers solutions from the glass conditioning to the transport of wares. The Hollow Glass Unit designs and realizes electronic and mechanical gob feeders, for different production needs, forming machines for every kind of glass containers and a complete set of controls and automation systems.

CNUD-EFCO Stand C20 Robert Lamy Noorderlaan 30, 1731 Zellik, Belgium Phone: +32 2 481 88 00 Email: info@cnudefco.com Website: http://www.cnudefco.com CNUD-EFCO International is the world’s number one in Annealing lehr and tin bath solutions. Since 1957 we have built over 900 glass production lines for all of the leading glass manufacturers. Since we have opened-up our metal construction facilities for general and civil projects we have conducted several projects in a broad range of industries. CNUD-EFCO international is part of the BMT group. BMT Group is an industrial, family-owned holding company with a glass and a gearwheel division, with various companies that are global market leaders Last year CNUD-EFCO International has signed a financial participation agreement with the owner of GFT. GFT is a highly reliable partner recognized for implementing improvements in float glass and cover glass production processes. GFT has several breakthrough innovations and patents to its name.

CONDAT Stand F13 Jérôme Charvet 104, Avenue Frederic Mistral 38670 Chasse-sur-Rhone, France Phone: +33478073711 Email: info@condat.fr Website: https://www.condat.fr Involved for more than 30 years in the glass-industry market, Condat is offering a complete range of lubricants dedicated to the flat and container glass industries.

Its products portfolio covers cutting fluids, emulsions, coolants, swabbing compounds and much more... More than just a supplier of lubricants, Condat is keen on bidding equipment solutions that improve lubricants consumption and customer productivity. To answer the shear spray operation’s needs, Condat has developed the BIOGLASS range.

In this range, BIOGLASS TW 100 is a best seller as it shows following competitive advantages: • Eco-designed product: made of a bio sourced based oil, this product used renewable raw material and drop out biocides in its formulation. Its Health Safety and Environment impact is thus limited.

• Economical: it is the best value for money thanks to a good cost and high lubrication of blades performance ratio. To maximize the performance of its BIOGLASS TW 100, Condat suggests glass manufacturers to use the right dosing equipment. Microdose is a special unit suited for the glass industries and the dosing of very low concentrations.

Altogether, Condat offers through this lubricant + equipment combination the best Health Safety and Environment solution with less biocides and lessrisks for operators.

DURA TEMP CORP. Stand E04 949 S. McCord Road, Holland, Ohio 43528 United States Phone: +1-419-866-4348 Email: sales@duratemp.com Website: http://duratemp.com/ Dura Temp Corporation é um destacado fornecedor na indústria de vidro, que oferece soluções para o manejo de recipientes quentes para vidrarias em todo o mundo. Desde a formação da gota até a enforna, Dura Temp oferece experiência técnica que brinda excelentes resultados na área quente para vidreiros, materiais superiores, montagens e peças de troca rápida.. Dura Temp segue avaliando as mudanças nas necessidades da indústria do Continued>>

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Electroglass Ltd Stand D11 Mr Richard A Stormont 4 Brunel Road, Manor Trading Estate, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 4PS, United Kingdom Phone: +44 1268 565577 Email: info@electroglass.co.uk Website: http://www.electroglass.co.uk Electroglass is an independent specialist in all-electric glass melting, conditioning, electric boosting and related systems.

Based on decades of experience and ongoing technical development, Electroglass provides the most up to date technology for Electric Furnaces, Forehearths and Boost Systems for all glass types, as well as Precision Control Bubblers and ancillary equipment, such as Glass Level Sensors, Throat Heating and Drain Systems. Our scope of supply includes design and specification, equipment supply and installation, plus commissioning of individual specialised equipment or complete system packages. All Electric Furnaces ranging from 200kg to over 250 Tonnes/day provide operating economy and glass quality assurance. High efficiency Convection Current Control Boost systems improve furnace pull and glass quality and enable significant tonnage increases with simultaneous reductions in electrical consumption. All Electric Forehearths for both volatile and non-volatile glasses offer substantial energy cost savings compared with other all-electric and gas-fired designs. Electroglass high quality, insulated, water-cooled electrode holders are available for horizontal and vertical applications. Based in south east England we offer world-wide service to our customers in all five continents with local representation in many regions.

EME GmbH

Stand B01 Jens Rosenthal, Managing Director Wockerather Weg 45 41812 Erkelenz, Germany Phone: +49 2431 9618-0 Email: contact@eme.de Website: http://www.eme.de EME is a leading global supplier of batch preparation plants, cullet handling equipment and batch charging technology to the glass industry. Customized solutions ranging from single component supply to complex turnkey batch plants.

EMMETI SPA Stand D20 Domenico Tarantolo Via G. Galilei 29 42027 Montecchio Emilia (RE), Italy Phone: +39 0522 861911 Email: emmeti@emmeti-spa.it Website: http://www.emmeti-spa.it Established in 1982, Emmeti is one of the leading suppliers of palletizers and depalletizers to the global glass market.

The synergy between Emmeti and its associated company Sipac allows to offer a complete range of palletizing, depalletizing and conveying lines – either semi or fully automatic, sweeping or gripping, high or low level solutions. Emmeti can also design, in conjunction with Sipac, complete cold end and packaging lines manufactured, assembled and tested entirely at its own plant. Customers deal with one supplier only for the integration of all the equipment.

ERNST PENNEKAMP GmbH & Co OHG Stand E04 Königsfelder Str. 38-42 58256 Ennepetal, Germany Phone: +49 2333 605-0 Email: info@pennekamp.de Website: http://www.pennekamp.de The company was founded by Mr. Pennekamp an engineer for the glass industry specialised in melting and annealing. The company developed fast in the area of annealing lehrs by introducing new technologies, high quality and innovative designs to increase performance.

F.I.C (UK) LTD

Stand B02 Stuart Hakes Longrock Industrial Estate Penzance, Cornwall TR20 8HX United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1736 366962 Email: general@fic-uk.com Website: http://www.fic-uk.com F.I.C. (UK) Limited design and supply all-electric furnaces as well as boosting systems for a wide range of glass types and manufacturing processes including float, fibre, container, and borosilicate.

In addition we offer a number of glass conditioning options such as our Isothermal unit for glass conditioning in the forehearth or distributor to eliminate top-tobottom and side-to-middle temperature differences. This system will significantly improve thermal homogeneity in coloured glasses and high productivity forehearths in flint glass. We also offer heat extraction systems to extract heat out of the glass to aid glass conditioning and reduce gas consumption by the use of removable water-cooled bubblers. These tubes can be placed anywhere from the throat through to the back of the forehearth. Within the range of electrode holders manufactured

by FIC is our unique High ‘Q’ holder in which the cooling circuit is replaceable in under 10 minutes. Our Maxi ‘Q’ holder is a weld-free type with no critical welds within the furnace refractory structure.

We can supply all-electric forehearths offering major energy savings as well as other glass conditioning options such as our Isothermal unit for glass conditioning in the forehearth or distributor to eliminate topto-bottom and side-to-middle temperature differences.

FAMA Stand C10 Keramos 225 pte, Colonia del Prado, Monterrey, Mexico Phone: +52 (81) 8863 2822 Email: ventasfama@vitro.com Website: http://www.fama.com.mx/ FAMA has more than 70 years of experience serving the glass industry. Now we expand our products and services worldwide offering integral solutions for glass manufacturers. We have a specialised workforce and high quality standards and services that will bring solutions to

enhance our customers’ success into their operations. Our wide range of products and services can be classified into five categories: Molds, Machinery, Special Equipment, Automation and Engineering Services.

FERMAC

Stand D14 Alessandro Ghirardini Via La Spezia 162/1, Parma 43126, Italy Phone: +39-0521-989056 Email: sales@fermac.it Website: http://www.fermac.it Fermac designs, manufactures and installs equipment and complete lines for decoration of hollow glass items. Based in Parma, north Italy, is offering its services since 1993. The product range includes semi-automatic and automatic machines for screen printing of tumblers, bottles, jugs, cups, pots, ashtrays, and cosmetic items. Technologies are different; from the consolidate screen printing with ceramic enamels, to more environmental friendly UV range, up to latest development with digital ink jet decoration on odd shape items . Fermac carries out its activities in 55 different countries worldwide with more than 400 units installed and operating in different market segments.

FIVES STEIN LIMITED

Stand C12 Mr Remi Pujol Regional Sales Manager Americas 4A Churchward, Southmead Park, Oxon OX11 7HB, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1235 811 111 Mobile 07467 955178 Email: Remi.Pujol@fivesgroup.com Website: glass.fivesgroup Fives Stein Ltd, part of the Fives Glass Division, is a leading equipment supplier for high-quality glass melting and conditioning of all types of glass. With over 100 years Continued>>

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vidro e adapta suas soluções para atender a essas mudanças. Dura Temp tem satisfação em oferecer: - Suporte Técnico para o desenvolvimento de novos produtos - Tempo de resposta rápida para ordens e plano de entrega - Produtos padronizados e soluções sob medida - Suporte em mercados locais através de uma extensa rede de Agentes e Distribuidores.

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proven expertise worldwide in the supply of gas, electric and mixed-fuel furnace, boost systems, ancillary plant, working ends and forehearths. The company is able to tailor its equipment to best match the production requirements and provide glass producers with a comprehensive range of furnace and foreheath related services. Fives Stein Ltd is the glassmakers’ partner offering a dedicated range of services in automotive, architectural, ultra-thin, container, perfume, fibre, crystal and special glass processes.

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FLAMMATEC Stand B02 Erik Muijsenberg Rokytnice 60, 755 01 Vsetin, Czech Republic Phone: +420 571 498 566 Email: info@flammatec.com Website: http://www.flammatec.com FlammaTec, spol. s r.o. (Czech Republic) and its daughter company FlammaTec GmbH (Germany) have become leading suppliers of advanced burner technology for glass furnaces. FlammaTec was founded by two partner companies (STG Combustion Control GmbH & Co KG, and Glass Service, a.s.) as a joint venture. The long term know how of how to supply optimal and flexible heat into the glass can be found back in the advanced burner concepts. After 8 years since its start in 2008, FlammaTec has already supplied well over 2500 burners to over 120 projects on float, container, tableware and special glass furnaces. Such a strong reference clearly shows the benefit of this innovative combustion technology that offers high performance solutions to the FlammaTec customers. FlammateTec burners improve heat transfer from combustion to the glass melt and thus also improve furnace efficiency and lower emission when replacing conventional burners. FlammaTec offers the following advanced LoNOx burner types: • Underport Gas Injector, Flex or Freejet • Underport Gas/Oil Dual Injector, Flex of Freejet • Underport Heavy Oil Injector (also can be used for backup solutions) • Sideport Gas Injector, Flex • New Oxy/Gas Burner For more information look at www.flammatec.com

FONDERIE VALDELSANE SPA Stand D03 Strada di Gabbricce, 6 53035 Monteriggioni (Siena), Italy Phone: +39 0577 304730 Email: com@fonderievaldelsane.com Website:http://www.fonderievaldelsane.com

Fonderie Valdelsane is internationally acknowledged as the most experienced and specialised firm in the production of rough glass moulding components. Its specific focus on training of the staff, who have grown up with the Company, continuous modernisation of the plants, and enhancing the quality of special alloys, have been rewarded with the achievement of increasingly ambitious goals. Today as in the past, the identity of the Foundries is strongly linked to the production of glass: a pure, immutable and safe material, which is also synonymous with environmental sustainability. The material of the future, rooted in the distant past, just like Fonderie Valdelsane.

FORMA GLAS GMBH

FUSIONTEC SRL

GIANCARLO PEREGO S.p.a

Stand E31 Mr.Pietro Agnetti - Export Manager Via Mario Carraro, 9/11 36075 Montecchio Maggiore - Vicenza, Italy Phone: +39 342 3942907 Email: p.agnetti@fusiontec.eu Website: http://www.fusiontec.eu FUSIONTEC is a Revimac company that has been founded with the purpose to integrate under one roof all activities related to the industrial manufacturing of refractory materials for the glass industry, including design and supply of furnace/working end and forehearths. Revimac and Fusiontec may offer a complete package including high quality material refractories and equipment for the full control of the glass melting & conditioning process.

Stand D21 Mr. Leonardo Perego Via Marchesina 58 20090 Trezzano sul Naviglio ( Mi ), Italy Phone: +39 02 48400060 Email: gperego@gperego.it Website: http://www.gperego.it Production of moulds for glass industries​.

FUTRONIC Stand D23 Salzburgerstraße 5145 Neukirchen an der Enknach, Austria Phone: +43 7729 20299 Email: info@formaglass.com Website: www.info@formaglass.com Forma Glas is an innovative manufacturer of glass production machines for stemware, tumblers and press articles from Austria.

With more than 120 years of experience, we build individually machines and complete production plants. Production lines for Stemware production, Tumbler production, Vases and bowles, Ophthalmic lenses, Car headlights, Thermos flasks, Laboratory glass articles, Lamp bulbs, Press glass lines Glas processing machines Blowing machines IBS with 8 up to 32 stations for stemware bowls,tumblers, laboratory articles, lamp bulbs, thermos flasks, vases and bolwes etc. up to 60/pc. /min. Presses type ISP with 8 up to 20 stations hydraulic or servo for the production of stems for stemware (with bottom), ophthalmic lenses and smaller pressed glass articles. Double stations presses up to 14 double stations (ISP 14/2) Presses type RPH, hydraulic or servo, with 6 up to 16 stations for the production of pressed table glassware.

Presses for the production of technical glass (car headlights) Servo Gob Feeder Cold processing machines Automatic crackingoff, grinding and polishing machine type ASA with 13, 26 or 39 stations for the finishing in standard cut-off process or laser cutting.

Washing and drying belt, Fire polishing machine, Tableware inspection machine.

Stand D23 Tolnauerstr. 3-4, D-88069 Tettnang Germany Phone: +49 (0)7542 5307 0 Email: info@futronic.de Website: www.futronic.de The German company futronic GmbH - a subsidiary of the German Jetter AG - attained an exceptionally well reputation as a hightech electronics engineering company world-wide. futronic holds the experience of more than 45 years developing, manufacturing and commissioning electronic control systems for the hollow glass manufacturing and tableware industry, i.e. Electronic Timing Systems for various range of needs, Synchronous Drive Systems, hot end reject systems for stuck and down ware, gateways to integrate components from other suppliers, cold end coating systems, controlling of proportional valves, automation of the lehr, training systems and various, useful software packages. The new generation of timing system is called ”FMT 24S”. This Flexible Modular Timing System for a maximum of 24 sections offers a high degree of flexibility and could be adapted to any type of I.S. Machine. Customer satisfaction and constantly improved quality are the focus of futronic´s activities, what reflects in fast delivery, comprehensive pre- and after-sales support, training and remote maintenance service.

GLASS INTERNATIONAL

Stand TBA Quartz House, 20 Clarendon Road Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QX United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1737 855000 Email: glass@quartzltd.com Website: www.glass-international.com Glass International offers readers the latest news from across the hollow, container, flat, and speciality glassmaking industry and is the official media partner for the global Glassman events. The magazine focuses on industrial, economic and environmental issues affecting the industry and includes articles discussing the latest developments and challenges in glass manufacturing.

Regular features comprise of global news and events, company and country profiles, and previews and reviews of important industry conferences and exhibitions.

GLASS MACHINERY PLANTS & ACCESSORIES Stand A11 Luciano Molina Via Antonio Gramsci 57 20032 Cormano, Italy Phone: +39-02-66306866 Email: luciano.molina@glassonline.com Website: https://www.glassonline.com Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories is one of the leading international magazines for glass manufacturing, and is targeted at glassworks involved in the production and processing of hollowware and special glass (bottles, containers, household, lighting, technical, scientific, industrial and medical glassware). GMP&A is a bi-monthly periodical with about 100 pages of product Continued>>

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GLASS SERVICE A.S Stand B02 Erik Muijsenberg Rokytnice 60, 755 01 Vsetin, Czech Republic Phone: +44 420 571 498 511 Email: info@gsl.cz Website: http://www.gsl.cz Glass Service (GS), headquartered in the Czech Republic with offices in the Netherlands, U.S.A, China and Slovakia, is a leading consultant in the field of glass melting, furnace control, operation, troubleshooting, and optimizing furnace designs. GS programmers have developed in-house mathematical modeling software enabling the optimization of glass melting and combustion processes in glass furnaces and forehearths. More than 700 different projects have been completed using GS software. Presently a new version of furnace modeling software (GFM 5.0) is being developed. GFM 5.0 uses a new generation of non-orthogonal mesh which enables proper representation of all geometric features and local refinement. GS has its own laboratory for glass defect analysis and analyzes more than 2,000 defects yearly.

Additional testing capabilities utilize basic and applied research in the field of glass melting, GS has invested considerable effort into developing a new technology called a “Supervisory Advanced Control System” using our proprietary software known as the Expert System - ESIIITM. More than 190 installations have been successfully deployed worldwide. GS supplies high quality selected raw materials to the glass industry. For more information look at www. gsl.cz

the hollow glass sector of the industry. With three events a year, these exhibitions bring together international experts, hollow and container manufacturers and businesses that use glass containers, to discover the latest innovations which include energy efficiency, quality control, packaging, logistics and decorative possibilities.

HEAT UP LATIN AMERICA S DE RL DE CV Stand C20 Hans Mehl Nueva Inglaterra 505-B, Lomas de Cortés Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Phone: +52 1 777 267 6666 Email: hans.mehl@heat-up.mx Website: http://www.heat-up.mx Heat Up Latin America is a Mexican based company supplying services and products for the glass industry in North, Central and South America. We are specialized in Furnaces Heat Up, Expansion control, Dust Free Cullet Fill, Furnace Draining with complete water recycling, Thermal Regenerator cleaning and Hot Drilling (Bubbler, Thermocouple, Electrode Holders) for all kind of glass melting furnaces.

Being backed up by our mother Hotwork International (Europe), apart from the refractory services, Heat Up Latin America has also an experienced engineering department, providing Combustion Technology Solutions. Our combustions systems include all types of gas and oil burners, for underport, sideport and throughport firing, as well as, all types of Oxygen Burners for furnace and forehearths.

Heat Up Latin America is the preferred partner in the glass industry when it comes to Energy saving and NOx reduction.

HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC.

GLASSMAN EVENTS

Stand TBA Quartz House, 20 Clarendon Road Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QX, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1737 855000 Website: https://glassmanevents.com The Glassman Events portfolio focuses on the glass manufacturing sector, specifically

Stand B21 Sam Leaper 3009 Washington Road, McMurray PA 15317 United States Phone:+1 7244389550 Email: info@hft.com Website: http://www.hft.com Since 1947 Henry F. Teichmann, Inc’s engineering, technical service, purchasing, construction and project management

teams have been committed to providing turnkey services for batch plants, complete glass plants, container glass furnaces, float glass furnaces, fiberglass furnaces, foam glass furnaces, sodium silicate furnaces, pressed glass melting services, hand glass processes, tableware & lighting products.

In their 70 plus years the engineering staff have provided furnace designs utilizing regenerative package furnace, cross-fire furnace, end-fire furnace, electric furnace and oxy-fuel melting technologies, and have serviced over 1,000 projects worldwide.

HFT’s vast construction experience has led to them gaining a formidable reputation throughout the world for their outstanding record of safe, on-time and under budget performance for the construction of glass manufacturing plants and furnaces. HFT’s highly trained and experienced project managers and supervisors, having a diverse range of experience and skills are among the most respected in the industry. World famous Lehr supplier E.W. Bowman is now part of HFT. Bowman specializes in the supply of container glass Annealing Lehrs, Decorating Lehrs, Mould Pre-Heating Kilns, Belt Cleaning rushes, Lehr process consultation & Lehr overhauls.

HEYE INTERNATIONAL GMBH

Email: yvonne.walker@hornglas.de Website: http://www.hornglass.com With more than 130 years of expertise in the construction of glass melting furnaces Horn is well known as specialist and expert in the glass industry. However, over many years HORN has continued to extend its capabilities and has grown from being a glass melting furnace builder into one of the leaders of the industry in technological plants. Subsidiary companies in China, Malaysia, India, Croatia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic add value to global customers. Almost 80% of the products are exported from Plößberg, located in Upper Palatinate Bavaria, to more than 61 countries worldwide. HORN offers its customers full support and a helping hand at all times. Due to a very high level of vertical integration of all products HORN is able to propose tailor-made solutions and at the same time has ventured into unknown areas, e.g. in the construction of their own tin baths and associated equipment. HORN manufactures a large number of products in its own workshop in Plößberg and is the service provider for the realization of customer visions and projects in the field of glass and supports its customers from the first draft through the implementation process, to permanent production support on site.

INTERGLASS, SA DE CV

Stand D10 Jens Langer Lohplatz 1 31683 Obernkirchen, Germany Phone: +49 5724 26 452 Email: sales@heye-international.com Website:http://www.heye-international. com Heye International – Being the One – for project management, production optimizing and high performance equipment. Being the One stands for market leadership and complete solutions. We are Glass People – with experience and passion heading for highest results. Our mission stands for customers’ satisfaction, our experience in glass and for the glass experts at Heye International.

HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG Stand C14 Yvonne Walker Bergstrasse 2, 95703 Ploessberg, Germany Phone: +49 096369204142

Stand E04 Aldo Chanón Lateral Sur Periférico Norte 559, Parque Industrial Belenes Norte, 45150, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico Phone: +52 3793 8800 ext. 4303 Email: sales@interlub.com Website: http://www.interglass.com.mx/ esp/index Interglass é uma empresa líder no desenvolvimento de lubrificantes especializados para a indústria de vidro.

• Lubrificantes para lâminas de corte.

• Lubrificantes e revestimentos para equipamento de entrega. • A mais ampla gama de compostos desmoldantes. • Lubrificantes especializados e de alto desempenho. Nossos produtos permitem otimizar os diferentes processos de fabricação dentro da indústria vidreira, reduzindo custos de manutenção, aumentando a produtividade e eficiência de sua empresa. Lubrificantes especializados para Embalagens, Cristaleria, Vidro plano, Tubo de Borosilicato e Vidro Automotivo.

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news, current world news, focus on..., technical articles and dossiers, worldwide exhibitions, glassworks in the world, Yellow Pages, etc. GMP&A is supported by glassonline.com, the most visited international website for the glass industry.

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IRIS INSPECTION MACHINES Stand C01 Z.I. du Chêne 14 rue du 35ème Régiment d’Aviation 69500 Bron, France Phone: +33 (0)4 72 78 35 27 Email: contact@iris-im.com Website: http://www.iris-im.com IRIS Inspection Machines is a leading provider of turnkey sorting solutions for glass containers of any shape or color, including wine, beer, Jars, liquor and Champagne bottles, pharmaceuticals, perfumes and food containers. A team of dedicated Research and Development engineers has evolved a performing range of equipment to match the industry’s demanding requirements and satisfy the quality needs of key international brands.

IRIS Inspection Machines is known for its EVOLUTION 12 sidewall and sidewall stress inspection equipment, for its EVOLUTION 5 base, base stress, finish and mold reader machine. But IRIS has recently introduced two new equipments dedicated to the perfume, high value liquors and flaconnage industry, EVOLUTION Ultimate for transparentdefects and EVOLUTION Dim for precise dimensional on line. The company has based its development on a long-term partnership with glassmakers in the field of glass defects detection, as well as on an exceptional know-how in the most innovative vision technologies. IRIS was the first to develop and propose a 12 camera inspection machine. The success of IRIS is due not only to the exceptional efficiency of its Evolution machines range but also to the excellent support provided by engineers worldwide.

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ISIMAT GMBH SIEBDRUCKMASCHINEN

Stand E25 Rindelbacherstraße 36-40 73479 Ellwangen, Germany Phone: +49 79618860 Email: info@isimat.de Website: www.isimat.com ISIMAT is the expert in complex, fully automatic printing machines and your

go-to choice for efficient, high quality and exceptional glass and plastics decoration.

Whether ambitiously shaped hollow articles, jars or tubes, we develop tailored solutions precisely aligned to your needs, and combine them with comprehensive support. Only here you will find a complete lineup of printing technologies, including screen printing, flexo printing, digital printing, hot-stamping and inLINE FOILING®, merged into one single machine. As a manufacturer of advanced printing machines with technical knowhow and enormous innovative capacity, we will break new ground together with you in the finishing of exceptional packaging. Our machines are in use all over the world. We export within Europe, Asia, Australia, Northand South-America. We provide a full-time service and supporting our customers via remote maintenance in order to maximize the machine availability.

KOENIG & BAUER KAMMANN GMBH Stand E20 Andre Tiesmeier Bergkirchener Str. 228 32549 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Phone: +49-57345140-0 Email: tiesmeier@kba-kammann.com Website: http://www.kba-kammann.com Koenig & Bauer-Kammann GmbH, Germany is the leading supplier of fully automatic CNC controlled screen and digital printing machines for the decoration of glass bottles, drinking glasses and cosmetic glass packaging with almost no limitation to article shapes. These state-of-theart printing machines can be combined with other decorating systems e.g. hotfoil stamping, pad printing, labelling etc. Koenig & Bauer-Kammann GmbH machines are available with up to 12 printing heads. Traditional ceramic inks and UV-curable inks can be used. Modern camera based article pre-register systems and “Single Captured Tooling” guarantee best colour-to-colour print accuracy.

Koenig & Bauer-Kammann GmbH printing machines are easy to use and set-up with extremely short change-over times.

LWN LUFTTECHNIK GMBH Stand A01 Hühndorfer Höhe 7 D - 01723 Wilsdruff, United Kingdom Phone: +49 176 127 08506 Website: http://www.lufttechnik-lwn.de ​LWN Lufttechnik is a worldwide market

leader in cooling systems for glass industry.

The company produces not only high efficiency fans but also valves (up to 1000 CO), air ducts, nozzles, electrical cabinets and automatic control systems. With its innovative colling system for mould cooling of IS machines, it’s possible not only to save energy but also to increase production speed. It is the first complex control system of mould cooling of IS machines, built as combination of fans, fans automatic control and control of mould temperature, the entire system is supported by thermal calculations of the moulds. LWN cooling systems for container glass are successfully installed and used in over 50 countries all around the world including the biggest container glass producers (i.e. Ardagh, Vetropack, CanPack, Veralia, Ambev) LWN produces also a furnace cooling system for both container and float glass plants. Companies like AGC, Euroglass, Saint Gobain in float and Sorg, Horn, in container uses with success our furnace cooling equipment all around the world. From 2014 LWN provides also FEM calculations of thermal distribution on moulds for IS machines, air glow and pressure losses in air ducts and cooling nozzles. We will cool Your glass!

MAGNECO/METREL, INC Stand D30 Luis Diaz 223 W. Interstate Road Addison, Illinois 60101, United States Phone: +1(630)543-6660 Email: ldiaz@magneco-metrel.com Website: http://www.magneco-metrel.com Magneco Metrel, Inc. (MMI) es fabricante de una familia de productos monolíticos refractarios de marca “Metpump” para su aplicación en los Hornos de Vidrio. La formulación única, 100% libre de cemento y de liga cerámica tipo sílica coloidal de los productos Magneco / Metrel ofrecen una alternativa a la tecnología de los refractarios tradicionales utilizados en el horno de vidrio. Los productos Metpump poseen excelentes propiedades de resistencia al choque térmico y pueden ser utilizados en diversas aplicaciones para reparaciones en caliente y en frío, pars emergencias y también mantenimientos planeados.

Construcción completa y reparaciones mayores en áreas como: regeneradores, tanque de fusión (cualquier zona) y cámara de refinación. Reparación en caliente de todas las áreas del horno de vidrio Piezas cerámicas prefundidas, presecadas de cualquier geometría: mirillas, bloques de quemador, bloques de superestructura, etc.

Magneco/Metrel, Inc. (MMI) has developed a family of refractory products referred to as “Metpump” for Glass Furnace Applications.

MMI’s unique cement-free colloidal silica bonded monolithic refractory products offer an alternative to traditional refractory technology used in the glass furnace.

Metpump products have excellent thermal shock capabilities and can be used in many different applications for hot or cold repairs for emergencies or scheduled maintenance.

MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V. Stand C20 Hans Mehl Nueva Inglaterra 505-B, Lomas de Cortés Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico Phone: +52 1 777 267 6666 Email: h.mehl@mglassfactoryservices.com Website:http://www.mglassfactoryservices .com M-Glass Factory Services is dedicated to offer the best services for the glass industry. As a unique supplier we combine international well re-known companies in our profile, allowing M-Glass Factory Services to offer the complete service from the unloading of raw materials and their processing till the Gob. It operates since 2011 with highly qualified, dedicated engineers being backed up by our Expert Hans Mehl with over 30 years of experience in the glass industry world wide. Besides the supply of equipment, the company is specialized in providing specific services such as the Supervision of Furnace Construction (Steel Structure and Refractory), Furnace Operation and Technical assistance, Audits of Furnaces along with refiners and forehearths as well as taking care of our clients problems and offering tailor made solutions.

OFFICINA MECCANICA SESTESE SpA Stand A07 Mr. Claudio Cerutti Via Borgomanero, 44, Italy Phone: +39.0322.541411 Email: ccerutti@omsspa.com Website: https://www.omsspa.com/ Established in 1949 and based in Paruzzaro, 50 km west of Milan. OMS Group has a long-established tradition of designing and manufacturing world-class strapping, wrapping and hooding systems for endof-line packaging of palletized products.

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WHERE THE HOLLOW GLASS INDUSTRY MEETS TO DO BUSINESS

THE EUROPEAN HUB FOR THE HOLLOW & CONTAINER GLASS MARKET Join us in Lyon for the biennial Glassman Europe event focusing on this important market for hollow and container glass manufacturers. This regular, popular event gathers together leading suppliers to demonstrate their latest innovation, products and services.

In 2017, there were over 800 attendees from 25 countries, including representatives from O-I, Verallia and Ardagh. The press coverage from the event included a wide range of articles in national and regional business media.

TO FIND OUT MORE CONTACT:

We are looking for producers, manufacturers and service providers within the following fields to exhibit their products and services:

• Raw materials

• Processing machinery

• Batch Plants

• Laboratory services & analytical equipment

• Melting furnaces • Combustion equipment • Refractories • Feeders & forehearths • Hot end handling materials & systems • Annealing & decorating lehrs • Cold end handling materials & systems

• Decoration materials & equipment • Instrumentation/process control systems • Turnkey plant construction services & technical assistance & training • Software providers

• Tempering/laminating plants

Ken Clark, Sales Director t: +44 (0)1747 855117 e: kenclark@quartzltd.com Manuel Martin Quereda, International Sales Executive t: +44 (0)1737 855 023 e: manuelm@quartzltd.com

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Its packaging equipment as well as its end-of-line systems are used worldwide by a variety of industries. OMS GROUP is a world leader in the development and production of equipment and systems for the glass industry. In addition to the Italian headquarter, the group consists by 12 subsidiaries located in Italy, Europe, USA, Asia and Oceania. The GROUP’S competence and experience in the field of integrated systems for packaging lines and facilities, accumulated in more than half a century, are without equal. OMS constantly develops and updates its technological platforms aimed at customized and innovative solutions for its customers, offering the benefits of better performances and cost savings. A complete production of end-of-the-line packaging machines for glass sector: complete strapping stretch and shrink film hooding.

Our machines’ reliability is guaranteed by years of experience, a qualified staff and a structure which exploits the most modern organizational criteria.

PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD Stand E04 Manor Croft House, Commercial Road, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 9DT, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1484 864 733 Email: sales@pennine.org Website: http://www.pennine.org/ Pennine Industrial are a market leader in the manufacture of Silent Conveyor Chain and Sprockets. Having in excess of 30 years experience, we are focused on assisting our customers with every aspect of Hot End Glass Conveying.

PNEUMOFORE

InBev - Modelo Group, Crown, Carib Glass, Vidrio Formas, Glass & Glass and more, Pneumofore compressors and vacuum pumps are found worldwide, whenever customers require extraordinary reliability and constant performance. Leader in Rotary Vane technology, Pneumofore solutions focus on efficiency, durability, minimal Life Cycle Cost, and high environmental respect.

POCO GRAPHITE Stand E12 300 Old Greenwood Road Decatur, Texas 76234, United States EUROPE: Poco Graphite, SARL 1 rue des Vergers, 69760 Limonest, France Phone: USA +1 940 627 2121 Europe: +33 (0)4.72.52.00.40 Email: pocoeu_sales@entegris.com Website: www.poco.com At Glassman, Poco Graphite will display precision ware handling solutions and unique GLASSMATE® graphite materials that improve performance in container glass production, reduce machine downtime and increase yields. POCO is known for its designs, particularly precision holders and inserts that allow fast accurate machine setup and insert replacement. Standard steel holders are available in several types and sizes. Inserts are available as semi-finished blanks, or can be precision machined to a specific finish. Application specialists can assist in the selection of the optimum graphite grade based on pickup, application, and length of the production run. Featured products will be POCO’s new Interior Locking Spring System (ILS™) 18 and 22mm holders, which significantly reduces foreign object debris and targets smaller bottle manufacturing.

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POCO GRAPHITE INC. an Entegris Company Stand C02 Mr. Francesco Amati, Sales Engineer Via N. Bruno 34, 10098 Rivoli, Italy Phone: +39 011.950.40.30 Email: info@pneumofore.com Website: http://www.pnuemofore.com Founded in 1923, Pneumofore manufactures vacuum pumps and air compressors for industrial applications worldwide and supplies the hollow glass industry with centralized vacuum and compressed air systems, designed for the pneumatic requirements of the IS machines. With references in Latin America such as O-I, AB

Stand E04 300 Old Greenwood Road, 76234 Decatur, TX United States Phone: +1 940 393 4296 Email: lavon.hayes@entegris.com Website: http://poco.com/ Com a variedade de materiais disponíveis no mercado atual, o uso do grafite desenvolvido para aplicações específicas assegura uma ótima vida útil, melhora a eficiência de produção e o custo benefício.

Entegris produz uma linha de materiais especificamente desenhados para o manejo do vidro. O processo dos materiais patenteados da POCO GLASSMATE permite

a diferenciação sobre materiais de grafite convencionais minimizando os defeitos na produção que diminuem a rentabilidade.

A produção única dos materiais POCO, empresa da Entegris Inc., fornece material para o manejo do vidro com alta resistência, baixa condução térmica e uma consistente microestrutura que diminui o desgaste e aumenta a vida útil, comparado com materiais de grafite convencionais do mercado. Nosso produto mais destacado é o Porta Insert ILS para Garrafas Pequenas.

O desenho ILS elimina os parafusos que poderiam vibrar ou se danificar, causando desgaste prematuro dos inserts. Os Inserts ILS incluem molas de aço inoxidável localizadas entre o insert e o interior do porta insert. As molas permitem trocar o insert mais facilmente e a manutenção é muito simples. Passe em nosso stand e permita que um de nossos Especialistas em Soluções demonstre como POCO pode otimizar seu custo benefício.

speed power transmission chain. Ramsey’s RKO tool provides for easy connection and disconnection of Wear Protected chains and holds a US and a European patent.

Other Unique Products: Wear Protected Chains: Lifeguard - with three US patents and a European patent, and Allguard FX feature recessed pin heads for maximum wear protection. R-Select, with highly wear resistant chromium alloy links only in the parts of the chain that wear the most, holds a US patent. Other industry favourites: Ultralife and RPV silent chain exemplify Ramsey’s focus on developing conveying chain products that serve the exacting requirements of glass production. Visit Stand B13 to learn more about our chains.

REFEL S.p.A

PYROTEK INC Stand E13 705 West 1st Avenue Spokane, WA 99201, United States Phone: +1 717 240 4186 Website: https://www.pyrotek.com/ Pyrotek is a global engineering leader and innovator of technical solutions and integrated systems design for container glass, flat glass, metals and other hightemperature industries. Learn more at www. pyrotek.com/glass.

RAMSEY PRODUCTS Stand B13 Bryan Johnson 135 Performance Dr. Belmont, NC 28012 , United States Phone: +1 704-394-0322 Email: bryan@ramseychain.com Website: http://www.ramseychain.com Ramsey Silent Chain. Ramsey is a worldwide leading manufacturer of silent chains (inverted tooth chains) for conveying and power transmission applications. Ramsey offers the world’s widest range of top quality silent chain products, the highest level of service, and competitive prices.

Ramsey works with glass manufacturers in every part of the world, providing conveyor chains that can run at faster speeds, operate more smoothly, and deliver longer life than ever before. New Products: Sentry chains combine the best features of Ramsey’s established wear protected chains with features developed for high

Stand D12 Roland Heidrich Via Pescopagano 12, Z.I.P.R., 33078 San Vito al Tagliamento (PN), Italy Phone: +39 0434 849111 Email: info@refel.com Website: http://www.refel.com The Refel brand has been standing for high-quality refractories and customeroriented services for the glass industry ever since it was created. Refel is one of the world’s leading producers of fused cast AZS, thanks largely to a team of highly qualified specialists who have dedicated more than five decades to the research, development and production of these materials which are so essential to the glassmaking industry.

The focus on quality and technologically sophisticated materials meets market needs, such as the demand for longer glass furnace service lives, enhanced specific furnace performance, ever higher glass grades and complex geometries, as employed in the special glass industry.

However, Refel is not merely a supplier, but a partner with an extensive knowledge of its customers’ technical requirements, able to provide support of the highest quality. The implemented quality assurance follows the product from the initial design phase right up to the final delivery, thus enabling Refel to guarantee its products’ safety and reliability.

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Stand C30 Lori Whalen 3956 Virginia Avenue Cincinnati OH 45227, United States Phone: +1 513 527 6178 Email: lori.whalen@rhimagnesita.com Website: http://www.rhimagnesita.com RHI Magnesita is the result of the merger between RHI and Magnesita to form the global leading supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and services which are indispensable for high-temperature processes exceeding 1,200°C. RHI Magnesita supplies to a wide range of industries, including steel, cement, non-ferrous metals, and glass. With a vertically integrated supply chain, from raw materials to refractory products and full performance-based solutions, RHI Magnesita serves more than 10,000 customers in nearly every country around the world. The company’s unmatched global presence includes more than 14,000 employees in 35 main production sites, and more than 70 sales offices. RHI Magnesita intends to use its global leadership position, complementary product portfolio, and diversified geographic presence to revolutionize the refractory industry. We have an experienced and dedicated team providing commercial and technical expertise in the glass industry, ready to serve the glass producers of the world in all market segments.

S.B. AUTO EQUIPMENT AGENCY Stand F10 Sustain Sarkar Tower 7th Floor, Suite No.A-7 ,1103 B.Nag Lane Goshaildanga, Opposite of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA Gate No: 2), Chittagong Branch Office: Jahan Building No: 3, 79 Agrabad C/A, Chittagong, Bangladesh Tel: +88-018-31568021, +88-018-19366707, +88-017-11312644.

Bangladesh Phone: +88-031-2518128 Email: sbautoequipment@gmail.com Website: www.sbautoequipment.com

S.I.G.MA GROUP

SIPAC SPA

Stand F15 Via Delle Grigne 12/A, Locate Varesino Como 22070, Italy Phone: +39-0331-823.195 Email: sigmaref@tin.it Website: http://www.sigmaref.it/en/ With two manufacturing facilities, S.I.G.MA. Group has specialised in the production of refractory materials for the glass industry since 1990. It operates on five continents exporting more than 85% of its production.

Thanks to continuous investments, Sigma Group has improved already widely used products like the specially grooved tube, the bonded high alumina for channel blocks and a high grade mullite as well as engineered a new structural design for the regenerator chambers.

Stand D20 Tommaso Riccardi Via Berettinazza 25 43010 Fontevivo (PR), Italy Phone: +39 0521 611811 Email: sipac@sipac.pr.it Website: http://www.sipac.pr.it/ SIPAC designs and produces bottle and package conveying systems, accumulating solutions, elevators, lowerators, lane dividers, optical detection system for noround or special container orientation and other package transportation systems.

Sipac and Emmeti, together, can provide full service engineering, manufacturing and commissioning of production lines, as well as any type of revamping lines, in order to best suit the customers’ demands. Along with the systems designed and produced by Emmeti, Sipac can incorporate equipments from sub-suppliers for turnkey projects.

SATINAL S.P.A Stand D14 Leonardo Pirazzoli Via Del Lavoro 1, Italy Phone: +39031870573 Email: leonardo@satinal.it Website: http://www.satinal.it Satinal Spa is a leader company in the production of Machinery and Chemicals for the Frosting/acid etching of the hollow and flat glass, an outstanding package of services unique in the glass world. Our frosting machinery are the ideal solution for all companies that looks for efficiency, flexibility, durability and security and can be divided in: Manual Etching Machines or Automatic Etching Machines . Together with our Frosting Machinery, we supply a wide range of Chemical Frosting Powders of our own formulation and manufacturing, able to produce an high quality frosting effect on the glass surface.

SEFPRO - Saint Gobain Stand E10 P.O. Box 60025, 84276 Le Pontet Cedex 2539 Route de Sorgues - Bat. L, 84131 Le Pontet Cedex, France Email: sefpro.communication@saintgobain.com Website: http://www.sefpro.com Sefpro is the only refractory group worldwide fully dedicated to and streamlined for offering top-of-the-line refractory solutions specifically to the Glass Industries. Thanks to our 85 years of experience, we are able to understand your requirements and to provide you a complete range of solutions for each application.

Line’ or Laboratory, Internal Pressure Test, Pendulum Impact, Vertical Top Load, Internal Volume/Capacity. Our instruments have been validated and are used by most of the large glass container manufacturers.

We recognise our customers operate in a cost sensitive industry, Somex is trusted by our customers for providing value for money instruments and reliable after sales support.

If you are upgrading existing inspection equipment or considering future automation projects for inspection equipment I would look forward to discussing.

SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GMBH & CO KG

Stand A10 Christine Brown 9 Churchill Way, Sheffield, S35 2PY United Kingdom Phone: 44 (0)114 263 4455 Email: christine@sgt.org Website: http://www.sgt.org The Society of Glass Technology is a non-profit making organisation serving a worldwide membership. We publish journals and text books; organise meetings and conferences on glass related topics; coordinate the activities of special interest groups and technical committees.

Stand B01 Dr. Hartmut Hegeler Stoltestr. 23 97816 Lohr am Main, Germany Phone: +49 9352 5070 Email: nsorg@sorg.de Website: http://www.sorg.de Sorg has been serving the glass industry continuously since 1872. Together with our group of companies, we offer total solutions from raw material delivery through glass conditioning with the services to keep our equipment running long and reliably. Sorg solutions provide our customers the lowest total cost of ownership over the life of their investment. Sorg is the leading worldwide supplier of glass melting and conditioning technology, engineering, equipment and services for float, containers, flat glass, fibers, tableware, solar glass, etc. We serve customers in over 70 countries. Innovations include a new burner mount to make burner adjustments simple. This eases optimal combustion setup with the minimum amount of NOx emissions. The integrated angle adjustment setting allows easy adjustment of the burner angle via hand spindles or optionally with a motor from the furnaces contol room.

SOMEX

SPECIALTY RONDOT

Stand A02 Brian O Keeffe Udaras Industrial Estate Ballyvourney, Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland Phone: +353876682919 Email: bokeeffe@somex.ie Website: http://www.somex.ie Manufacturer of automated instruments for glass container manufacturers, ‘On

Stand B12 30 Montgomery Street, Ste 240, Jersey City Hudson 07042, United States Phone: +1 201 434 3600 Email: info@specialtyrondot.com Website: www.specialtyrondot.com Specialty Rondot, a RISE Group company,

SOCABELEC SA Stand C03 Rue Emile Vandervelde 56 B-5190 Ham-sur Sambre, Belgium Tel: +32 71 750 210 E: info@socabelec.com www.socabelec.com

SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY

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specializes in servicing the container glass industry through the supply of unique products and customized engineering solutions. The product range comprises original products manufactured by RISE Group companies such as Graphoidal Developments, Rondot, Sonicam and Sheppee International. Additionally, Specialty represents leading OEMs, among them Pennine Industrial Equipment and Heat-Up. Experienced engineers are available to visit you and discuss your requirements as well as potential efficiency and quality improvements. CAD design services are offered for bespoke customer solutions or modifications to standard equipment. Products: - High speed Stackers, Ware Transfers and Cross Conveyors Multi-line Shear Spray Systems, - IS Spare parts and accessories - Multi-Zone Machine Lubrication Systems - Mould Temperature Measuring Equipment - Mould Volume Measuring Equipment - Mould Polishing and Plunger Polishing Machines - Conveyor Chains, Lehr Belts - Cold End Coating Bridges - Cold End Coating Dosing Systems - Furnace Inspection cameras

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STRUTZ INTERNATIONAL Stand B13 John M. Zwigart 440 Mars-Valencia Road Mars, PA 16046 U.S.A. ,United States Phone: +1 724-625-1501 Email: engineering@strutz.com Website: http://www.strutz.com Strutz International is the world’s leading manufacturer of high speed, high quality bottle decorating equipment. Since the introduction of the CLS-200 Chainless decorator, it has become the worlds top selling high speed bottle decorator. Strutz introduced the New CLS-175 which uses the same chainless technology but can decorate larger bottles. The CLS-200 is a revolutionary design that has replaced the carrier conveyor chain or “link system” with precision cams and can decorate a typical 12oz beverage bottle at speeds up to 200 BPM with ultra high precision. They are available in Left to Right, or Right to Left configurations which can conserve floor space and manpower when multiple decorators are used. A typical CLS-200 has one extra station which can be used for either seam registration or an additional decorating station. This provides customers with a simple and economical means if in the future an additional color station is required, without seam registration. This is something that our competitors do not

offer. Both the CLS-200 and the CLS-175 come standard with user friendly touch screen control panels. Strutz International also manufactures and supplies ancillary equipment. Lehr loading Stackers: Push Bar, Pull Bar, Dual feed Stacker Systems Strutz Conveyors: Single Liners, Lehr Cross Conveyors and Dual Cross Conveyors Systems Automatic Color Feeding Systems: ECD-DSL-1 and ECD-DSL-2 with dual single loop accurate temperature control.

SVA INDUSTRIE FERNSEH GmbH Stand C13 Miles Juergens / Axel Juergens Marie-Curie-Strasse 11 D 40721 Hilden, Germany Phone: +492103335500 Email: info@sva-hilden.de Website: http://www.sva-hilden.de For nearly 50 years SVA Industrie Fernseh GmbH is working at the field of firing chamber monitoring systems. Our cameras are needed for different operative ranges worldwide glass industry, float glass industry, steel industry, cement industry, garbage incinerating plants, and utility industry. By permanent monitoring of the hot area, processes can be carried out better and with less environment load. Spoilage production can be reduced to a minimum.

In addition to the chamber monitoring SVA is engaged in the field of professional video monitoring technology. Digital visual recording and image processing can be used as well as matrix control for the complete monitoring of the plant.

TECNO5 DIVISION OF CERVE S.P.A. Stand E21 Enrico Andreozzi Via Micheli 13 43056 - San Polo di Torrile (PR), Italy Phone: +39 0521 317.200.

M: +39 3497580672 Email: tecno5sales@cerve.it, enrico. andreozzi@cerve.it Website: www.tecno5.it Tecno5 produces direct screen-printing machines for hollow-glassware. The range covers semiautomatic to fully automatic CNC servo-controlled machines and accessories. Tecno5 is now a fully integrated part of Cerve S.p.A., a leading Italian decorating company producing up to 2 million pieces per day. All Cerve factories use Tecno5 equipment which stem from 66 years of practical experience and know-

how in both screen-printing and machine engineering. We offer not only a flexible, highly qualified customer service but also a prompt worldwide assistance that covers most aspects of the screen printing process. http://www.tecno5.it/company/ http:// www.cerve.it/en/tecno5/

Tiama: your co-pilot on the way to the Smart Factory www.tiama.com

WALTEC Maschinen GmbH

THE TECO GROUP Stand E32 60 Savile Street East Sheffield, S4 7UQ United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 114 275 9020 Email: sales@tecoglas.com Website: http://www.teco.com As part of the TECO Group, Toledo Engineering, Tecoglas and KTG Systems can offer complete capabilities in glass furnaces of all types, with KTG Engineering supporting this facility as glass plant equipment manufacturers. Zedtec are the TECO Group specialists in forehearths and working end technology. EAE Tech are the latest addition to the TECO Group providing high quality industrial automation engineering services and custom control systems.

TIAMA

Stand D32 Mrs. Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Britta Hoefer Kronacher Str. 2a 96352 Wilhelmsthal, Germany Phone: +49 9260 9901-0 Email: info@waltec.de Website: http://www.walte.de We design, construct, manufacture and supply machines for the glass industry.

Production programme: fully automatic production lines with PLC/CNC electronic control for tableware, spinning articles, stemware, press-blow articles, blowblow articles, toughening/tempering, microwave and technical articles, washing machine glasses, cold light reflectors, glass insulators, glass blocks Quadruple Gob lines Triple Gob lines Double Gob lines Single Gob lines Spinning lines Stemware lines Press-Blow lines Blow-Blow lines Toughening/Tempering lines.

ZECCHETTI SRL Stand B10 Oscar Gomes ZA des Plattes - 1 Chemin des Plattes 69390 Vourles, France Phone: +33612310163 Email: j.isnard@tiama.com Website: http://www.tiama.com/ Tiama is a global provider of real-time process and quality control for glass packaging industry. 50 year’s expertise for a one-stop-shopping: - Process monitoring solutions with the new range “Tiama HOT systems” (HOT mass, HOT move, HOT form & HOT eye) - Traceability solutions: laser code engraving and readers - Article quality control: vision and carrousel technologies such as MCAL4, MULTI4 and MX4 - IT intelligence tools for analysis and management of plant performances: “Tiama IQ range” - Laboratory systems with TIAMA HOT lab & TIAMA COLD lab - Complete range of service activities: simulators, online courses, training, tooling, repairs, refurbishment… All our expertise combined help preparing the arrival of Business Intelligence also called “Industry 4.0”.

We are developing Big Data capabilities.

Stand E22 Miriam Garimberti Via Galileo Galilei, 1-1/A 42027 Montecchio Emilia (RE), Italy Phone: +39 0522 867411 Email: m.garimberti@zecchetti.it Website: http://www.zecchetti.it Zecchetti proposes conveying/palletizing turnkey lines for empty glass containers, from Lehr discharge up to finised pallet warehousing. The lines can cope with almost all kinds of articles and with a very wide range of speeds. The long experience and the cooperation with the biggest glass factories has located Zecchetti among the worldwide leader manufacturers. The ability to propose, manufacture and supply the AS/RS Warehouse system as well, allows Zecchetti to act as supplier for the complete empty container cold end section. A feature of Zecchetti is to make customers lives easier, namely by studying with them and then realising ‘made-to-order’ solutions.

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ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

Stand B23 Mr Günther Mlynar - Managing Director.

Mr Philipp Zippe - CEO Alfred-Zippe-Str. 11, 97877 Wertheim Germany Phone: +49 9342 8040 Email: zippe@zippe.de Website: http://www.zippe.de Zippe had dedicated all its activities to the international glass industry. Acting as a partner in the area of melting material preparation, the design, manufacturing, installation and commissioning of plants, on turnkey basis if required. Zippe offers: batch plants; engineering; control and automation technology; modernisation of existing plants, mechanical and electrical; modernisation of electronic control and weighing systems; recycling plants for factory cullet, post-consumer glass and special glass waste; batch chargers; glass level controllers; batch preheating; maintenance & service. Zippe is a competent and reliable partner not offering only delivery of equipment but also consulting and engineering. In-house educated engineers and supervisors install and commission the plants.

Container forming machinery/components

PNEUMOFORE

Annealing lehrs/kilns CNUD-EFCO ERNST PENNEKAMP GmbH & Co OHG FORMA GLAS GmbH FUTRONIC HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG

Batch chargers BDF INDUSTRIES SPA ELECTROGLASS LTD EME GmbH HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

BDF INDUSTRIES SPA BOTTERO GLASS TECHNOLOGY FAMA FONDERIE VALDELSANE SPA FORMA GLAS GMBH FUTRONIC GIANCARLO PEREGO S.p.a HEYE INTERNATIONAL GMBH LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH POCO GRAPHITE RAMSEY PRODUCTS

Control systems, cold end SVA INDUSTRIE FERNSEh GmbH TIAMA

Batch plant

Control systems, forming

EME GmbH MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V. ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

BDF INDUSTRIES SPA BOTTERO GLASS TECHNOLOGY FORMA GLAS GmbH FUTRONIC

Coatings, hot/cold end ANTONINI S.R.L. ERNST PENNEKAMP GmbH & Co OHG INTERGLASS, SA DE CV

Combustion equipment BDF INDUSTRIES SPA ERNST PENNEKAMP GmbH & Co OHG FIVES STEIN LIMITED FLAMMATEC HEAT UP LATIN AMERICA S DE RL DE CV LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GMBH & CO KG

Control systems, hot end BDF INDUSTRIES SPA BOTTERO GLASS TECHNOLOGY FORMA GLAS GMBH FUTRONIC GLASS SERVICE A.S HEYE INTERNATIONAL GmbH LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH SVA INDUSTRIE FERNSEH GmbH TIAMA

Control systems, melting BDF INDUSTRIES SPA ELECTROGLASS LTD F.I.C (UK) LTD GLASS SERVICE A.S SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GMBH & CO KG

Cullet handling systems EME GmbH ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GmbH

Decorating equipment, flat glass SATINAL S.P.A TECNO5 DIVISION OF CERVE S.P.A.

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Stand D13 Maggie Ma Songzhai Industrial zone, Xinmi City 452376 Zhengzhou, xinmi, China Phone: +86 371 86122276 Email: info@chinasgs.cn Website: www.xinguangse.com Zhengzhou Xinguangse Refractory Co., Ltd. (SGS) is a Chinese company founded in 2002 with foreign investment from P.T. Sibalec, Ltd (Indonesia). SGS is the largest completely independent AZS Supplier.

With high flexibility and efficiency we’ve cooperated with each type of glassmakers (hollow glass/flat glass/decorative glass/ foam glass/fibre glass/lighting glass) all over the world in the past 15 years. Looking into the future, we truely believe with our high quality, customised service, reliability and precision, we’ll be a good choice of yours for partnership.

Air compressors

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Decorating equipment, hollow glass

Handling & packaging equipment, cold end

FERMAC ISIMAT GmbH SIEBDRUCKMASCHINEN KOENIG & BAUER KAMMANN GMBH STRUTZ INTERNATIONAL SATINAL S.P.A

EMMETI SPA OFFICINA MECCANICA SESTESE SpA PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD SIPAC SPA ZECCHETTI SRL

Engineering/plant design services

Inspection equipment, hollow glass

ALL GLASS SRL EMMETI SPA

AGC CERAMICS BOTTERO GLASS TECHNOLOGY EME GmbH FAMA F.I.C (UK) LTD FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE A.S HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GMBH & CO KG THE TECO GROUP ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GmbH

AGR INTERNATIONAL INC FAMA HEYE INTERNATIONAL GmbH IRIS INSPECTION MACHINES SOMEX

Plant utilities

Feeder mechanisms BDF INDUSTRIES SPA BOTTERO GLASS TECHNOLOGY FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE A.S SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GMBH & CO KG WALTEC MASCHINEN GmbH

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Fire polishers

Lehrs, annealing/decorating ANTONINI S.R.L. CNUD-EFCO ERNST PENNEKAMP GmbH & Co OHG HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V.

Lehr loaders/unloaders ERNST PENNEKAMP GmbH & Co OHG POCO GRAPHITE PYROTEK INC WALTEC MASCHINEN GmbH

Lubricants

WALTEC MASCHINEN GmbH

CONDAT INTERGLASS, SA DE CV

Forehearth assemblies

Melting furnaces

AGC CERAMICS ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN TIC LTD STI ELECTROGLASS LTD FIVES STEIN LIMITED FUSIONTEC SRL GLASS SERVICE A.S SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GmbH & CO THE TECO GROUP

AGC CERAMICS ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN TIC LTD STI BDF INDUSTRIES SPA ELECTROGLASS LTD F.I.C (UK) LTD FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE A.S HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V. REFEL S.p.A SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GMBH & CO KG THE TECO GROUP

Handling equipment, hot end ALL GLASS SRL BDF INDUSTRIES SPA DURA TEMP CORP. HEYE INTERNATIONAL GmbH PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD POCO GRAPHITE INC. an Entegris Company PYROTEK INC RAMSEY PRODUCTS SPECIALTY RONDOT

Mould maintenance equipment FAMA GIANCARLO PEREGO S.p.a POCO GRAPHITE INC. an Entegris Company

Oxy-fuel technology FLAMMATEC GLASS SERVICE A.S HEAT UP LATIN AMERICA S DE RL DE CV SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GmbH & CO KG

Palletisers

HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG PNEUMOFORE

Pollution control systems BDF INDUSTRIES SPA F.I.C (UK) LTD FLAMMATEC

Process control equipment AGR INTERNATIONAL INC CNUD-EFCO GLASS SERVICE A.S HEYE INTERNATIONAL GMBH SVA INDUSTRIE FERNSEH GmbH TIAMA ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GmbH

Project management services HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. THE TECO GROUP ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GmbH

Raw materials FONDERIE VALDELSANE SPA GLASS SERVICE A.S

Refractories

Tableware forming machinery LWN Lufttechnik GmbH WALTEC MASCHINEN GmbH

Technical assistance/ training CNUD-EFCO ELECTROGLASS LTD EME GmbH FLAMMATEC GLASS SERVICE A.S LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH POCO GRAPHITE WALTEC MASCHINEN GmbH

Temperature measurement equipment AMETEK LAND (Land Instruments International) MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V. SORG - NIKOLAUS SORG GMBH & CO KG SVA INDUSTRIE FERNSEH GmbH TIAMA

Trade publications GLASS INTERNATIONAL GLASS MACHINERY PLANTS & ACCESSORIES SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY

Turnkey glass plant construction BDF INDUSTRIES SPA HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG THE TECO GROUP WALTEC MASCHINEN GmbH ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GmbH

Vacuum pumps PNEUMOFORE

AGC CERAMICS ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN TIC LTD STI FUSIONTEC SRL MAGNECO/METREL, INC MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V. PYROTEK INC REFEL S.p.A RHI MAGNESITA SEFPRO - SAINT GOBAIN S.I.G.MA GROUP

Shrinkwrapping equipment OFFICINA MECCANICA SESTESE SpA

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KAMMANN GmbH

DIGITAL / SCREEN PRINTING HOT STAMPING FULLY AUTOMATIC UNIVERSAL DECORATING MACHINES

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Bergkirchener Straße 228, 32549 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany kammann.de

E20

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Long Rock Industrial Estate Penzance, Cornwall, TR20 8HX, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1736 366962 general@fic-uk.com www.fic-uk.com

HORN Glass Industries AG Bergstrasse 2 95703 Ploessberg Germany www.hornglass.com

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B21 3009 Washington Rd. McMurray, PA 15317 USA

F.I.C. (UK) Limited

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D32

WALTEC Maschinen GmbH Kronacher Str. 2a 96352 Wilhelmsthal - Steinberg Germany Tel +49 9260 9901-0 info@waltec.de www.waltec.de

+1 724 941- 9550 www.hft.com

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STAND B01 Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG Stoltestrasse 23, 97816 Lohr am Main Germany www.sorg.de

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