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Company profile: O-I Expressions The technology at the heart of O-I Expressions

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Company profile: AB InBev AB InBev inaugurates direct printing facility

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Glass opportunities: Make glass easy for customers

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Company profile: O-I Premiumisation at the heart of O-I’s business

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Country overview: South Korea South Korean container market

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Personality profile: British Glass Information officer with market at his fingertips

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British Glass Focus review Awards and conference review where Allied Glass and Saint-Gobain were among the winners

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Industry 4.0: Graphoidal Developments and Industry 4.0

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Company profile: Pattesons Glass Former footballer helps company expansion

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Company profile: Stara Glass Award success for Italian furnace maker

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Melting: Read-Ox Consultancy In-line glass melt redox measuring system

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Review: UK Glass Suppliers Alliance The best of UK glass

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Review: Glass Problems Record attendance at Glass Problems

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History Vapour deposition

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Glassman Asia Catalogue Conference programme, exhibitor entries and exhibition floor plan.

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2020 DIARY

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Trends in 2020

We’ve started the new year with a change. As part of our drive to reduce single use plastic, the bag that Glass International is posted to you in is made of a compostable wrapping.

The packaging is derived from potato starch and can be disposed of in an environmentally friendly way. No doubt the subject of the environment will continue to arise throughout 2020 and is a headwind for all industry stakeholders.

Influencers of 2019 have warned that consuming with a clear environmental conscience has become a key consumer priority.

Beverage brands, such as Heineken, have warned that their suppliers need to be environmentally focused.

Attention has been on the plastics industry for several years but the shift could easily change to glass.

Future technology is a topic likely to dominate in 2020. The glass sector has already begun to move forward in this respect but there are still stragglers.

Artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, extended reality and big data will change businesses and entire industries glass has to prepare for the fourth industrial revolution and adapt to new working processes or get left behind.

While the flat glass sector has started to adopt the technology the hollow sector has only started to transform. The final topic is that of aging workforce and, linked to that, diversity at work. The sector has to ensure it is inclusive. A diversity of ideas will ensure its continued growth.

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Zignago Vetro chooses Sorg Zignago Vetro has expanded its capacity at its Portogruaro, near Venice, Italy, plant to meet increased demand.

The expansion involved building a new greenfield production area on the company site, including hall construction and required infrastructure. It has installed a regenerative end-fired furnace, supplied by Nikolaus Sorg. Zignago Vetro is a European manufacturer of cosmetics and perfume containers as well as a producer of food packaging and special bottles for wines, oils and spirits, among others.

The group has production plants in Italy, France and Poland. In order to use cullet to a greater extent, Zignago Vetro

plans to operate its own cullet processing system.

The batch charging system was supplied by EME and is done via two IRD dog houses by means of two EME-NEND S2 screw chargers.

The new melting plant is designed so that the melting capacity can be extended during the first furnace repair.

The construction of the furnace was carried out by SKS Iberica, the installation of the equipment parts by Sorg.

In the middle of October 2018 the steel construction started and after a period of 42 days for the refractory assembly the plant was heated up as planned on February 5, 2019.

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Monterrey, Mexico https://glassmanevents.com/ latin-america

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03-04 Furnace Solutions Training Day & Conference The 15th training day and conference.

Stoke-on-Trent, UK http://furnacesolutions.co.uk/ 03-06 Glass South America International Exhibition for Design and Technology for the Glass Industry.

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Schott contracts Zippe for Indian plant upgrade

Horn in Mexican furnace repair German engineering group Horn is to carry out a furnace repair in Mexico.

It will repair a 260 tonnes per day recuperative furnace,

named furnace A, at container glassmaker Crown Silices de Veracruz (Sivesa) in its Orizaba plant.

Horn has previously sup-

plied a 360 tpd recuperative furnace B for Sivesa in Orizaba and a 450 tpd end fired furnace D for Crown Vichisa in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Vidroporto’s IVN facility to increase production by 70% Vidroporto is to increase producton by 70% at its Indústria Videira do Nordeste (IVN) site in Sergipe, Estância, NorthEast Brazil.

The Brazilian container glassmaker said it would increase capacity to 370 tpd upon completion of the investment.

The company will invest BRZ100 million ($23.8 million) in the site, which will in-

clude a new 48-section robotic forming machine – the first in Brazil.

It will also increase the number of employees at the site from 180 to 230.

Vidroporto’s national President, Edson Rossi, said the technology installation will make the factory the most modern of its kind in Brazil.

“The technology we are bringing is not yet in Brazil.

Schott has once again contracted Zippe Industrieanlagen for a batch plant project in Bharuch, India.

Zippe installed a batch house in the year 2000. This will be increased with the addition of two sand silos, which will include silo feeding, measuring and weighing, as well as transport.

Zippe will complete the basic design of the silos, deliver the equipment and be responsible for the building, as well as the control extension.

Commissioning is planned for the middle of 2020.

PaneraTech adds to EU field operations team

“They are state-of-the-art machines, with a capacity around 50% higher than current production.

“We will have here in Estância, perhaps the most modern factory in Brazil.”

The expansion was made possible thanks to a government reduction in a tax levied on gas for industrial use.

The expansion is expected to be completed in May.

PaneraTech has appointed an addition to its global SmartMelter team, Stefano Valenti.

Stefano will lead field operations in the EU, training customers and helping them make better informed decisions regarding maintenance and repair of their furnaces by performing SmartMelter radar inspections.

Mr. Valenti has experience in site management for companies such as TM Services, Vetrobalsamo and BDF Industries.

His furnace repair and rebuild experience includes all hot works during furnace production.

Former PT Iglas director arrested A former director of Indonesia’s PT Iglas has been arrested on corruption charges.

Daniel Sunarya Kuswandi was arrested by a joint intelligence team from the Attorney

General’s Office, East Java’s Attorney General’s Office and Surabaya’s Attorney General’s Office.

The corruption case that ensnared Daniel relates to when

he served as Managing Director of PT Iglas.

He was arrested in mid-November and could face up to four years in prison.

Glaston’s Emerging Technologies has received a €1.8 million order for bending and tempering equipment for complex shapes from a US-based customer in the transport and aviation industry.

The order will be delivered during the fourth quarter of 2020. The equipment is designed to bend and temper glass to complex shapes.

The equipment is not in Glaston’s portfolio but the technology is based on its core competencies.

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Workers at the troubled Durobor tableware glass site in Belgium plan to launch a takeover.

Glass makers at the site have put forward a plan to relaunch two production lines at the site in Soignies, near Mons, Belgium.

It plans a crucial meeting with Sogepa, the financial arm of the Walloon region.

“Uncertainties remain in terms of the commer-

cial strategy,” says David Leclercq, head of press relations at Sogepa.

“The workers brought in a commercial project that was not fully completed.

“With the external partners, we are trying to secure the sales volumes to reach a certain turnover so that the company is profitable or at least financially independent.”

Another blocking point is the funding level.

Much higher than initially planned, the investment required to revive the factory must be made through a public-private partnership.

The company went into receivership at the beginning of May and has been unable to find a buyer.

Sogepa decided to temporarily maintain the furnace in working order and a team of about 20 staff were kept working.

‘A new horizon’ for flat glass sector after new green deal Glass for Europe says the European Commission’s ‘European Green Deal’ sets a new horizon that Europe’s flat glass sector looks forward to with enthusiasm and cautious optimism.

Glass for Europe’s Secretary General, Bertrand Cazes said: “Europe’s flat glass sector is ready to support these new climate and sustainability ambitions with its best-in-class manufacturing installations and its high-performance prod-

ucts, which enable the decarbonisation of buildings and cars and the deployment of solar energy.”

The launch a new renovation initiative in 2020 coupled with the implementation of high energy-performance standards for buildings will be instrumental to ensure that a doubling of building renovation rates delivers the expected energy savings.

In the mobility sector, Glass for Europe also welcomes the announcement

that CO2 emission performance standards for vehicles will be revised in 2021.

The flat glass sector has solutions ready to be used for Europe to rapidly cut its CO2 emissions.

“The daunting task is now to operationalise the European Green Deal. We must get things right,” said Mr Cazes.

Glass for Europe will unveil its ‘2050 vision for the flat glass sector’ in January to engage in dialogue with European authorities.

Grenzebach to buy CNUD EFCO GFT’s float division The Grenzebach Group has acquired the float glass engineering division of the BMT Group, CNUD EFCO GFT. The transaction was due to be completed at the end of 2019. Once completed, CNUD EFCO GFT’s technology will be integrated into Grenzebach’s Glass

Business Unit.

CNUD EFCO GFT is an annealing lehr and tin bath solutions provider to more than 300 float glass production lines in Belgium, Germany, Romania and China. It is based in Asse, Belgium.

Tin bath and annealing lehrs are strategic and

complementary additions to its float glass know-how and product portfolio.

Grenzebach can now deliver an increased scope of supply, ranging from the tin bath to the cold end line to transporting finished goods to the warehouse.

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Cyber-attack against Marabu

Glass decoration group Marabu was the victim of a targeted cyber-attack.

The company’s security routines subsequently caused all systems, including those of subsidiaries, to be shut down around the world.

As a result, the organisation was essentially cut off from the outside world for six days, as not only email and the internet but also telephones and faxes were unable to operate without network connectivity.

Production and development employees were largely able to continue with their work. They were able to make do with paper lists and copies.

CelSian organises glass melting training course

CelSian is organising a twoday training course titled, Introduction to glass melting, which will take place on February 4-5 in Manchester, UK. The targeted audience is expected to be glass manufacturers and material/ service suppliers to the glass industry.

The training will provide a general overview of the most relevant processes and challenges (emission & energy reduction, preserving furnace lifetime, and batch cost reduction) without the need to have a full in-depth understanding of these topics.

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O-I embarks on corporate modernisation O-I has embarked on a corporate modernisation that will result in the formation of a new holding company, O-I Glass Inc, that would become the parent company of O-I. The holding company would also replace O-I as the public company trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

O-I said it believes the move ‘would improve the company’s operating efficiency and cost structure, while ensuring the company remains well-positioned to address its legacy liabilities.’

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. Saverglass completes MD Verre purchase….for €1 � 2. Vidroporto’s IVN glassmaking facility to increase production by 70% � 3. Ardagh among contenders for O-I’s Australasia division � 4. O-I unveils technology behind O-I Expressions digital printing � 5. Sisecam inaugurates second flat glass facility in Italy � 6. Groot Glass secures $650 million funding for two glass plants � 7. Over 500 attend first Sisecam International Glass Conference in Istanbul � 8. Schott inaugurates new Indian facility following €21 million investment � 9. Industry plan to boost EU glass recycling rate to 90% � 10. Grenzebach to acquire CNUD EFCO GFT

Pochet du Courval in €15 million digital investment French container glass manufacturer Pochet du Courval is to invest €15 million in digital manufacturing.

The cosmetic and perfume bottle maker, headquartered

in Paris and with a manufacturing site in Guimerville, Blangy sur Bresle, said the investment will support the digitisation of its processes.

The investments will take

place between 2019 and 2022.

The company has already started to deploy production control software in the hot end to monitor production data in real time.

Ardagh among contenders for O-I’s Australasia division Ardagh has emerged as one of the final contenders to purchase the Australian and NZ division of O-I, reports The Australian.

While second-round bids

were due in December in the Goldman Sachs-run contest to acquire the division, the situation is said to be fluid, with a third round added to the competition that will see final bids

due in the new year.

Many believe that three rounds exist for the process as a signal that strong competition exists for O-I’s Australian and New Zealand operations.

Sisecam inaugurates second flat glass facility in Italy Sisecam Group has inaugurated its second flat glass investment facility in Sant’Angelo in Puglia, Italy with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in attendance.

The opening ceremony of the Manfredonia facilities took place two months earlier than originally planned in late

November 2019.

Mr Conte said that he attended the ceremony to show the special importance his government considers the development in the southern part of the country.

He said: “Sisecam has come with a sustainable project both economically and en-

vironmentally and taken an important step by putting this facility into operation.”

Turkey’s Ambassador to Rome Murat Salim Esenli emphasised that the presence of Turkish company Siseecam in Italy is an indication of the economic power and the visionary perspective of Turkey.

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futronic guarantees operation of GPS machines

German control system specialist futronic has signed a licence agreement to maintain and repair all Glasproduktions-Service (GPS) machines.

GPS of Essen, Germany went bankrupt last year and was eventually wound up. futronic has now signed a licence agreement with GPS’s previous owner which means the Tettnang-based, company can in future access all maintenance levels of GPS machines.

The agreement comprises comprehensive support for the electrical part of the equipment, as well as maintenance and the procurement of spare parts.

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FERVER joins the Close the Glass Loop Platform

FERVER, the European Federation of Glass Recyclers has joined the Close the Glass Loop programme.

The major industry stewardship programme for glass packaging was recently launched by FEVE. One major target of the platform is to reach a postconsumer glass container collection target of 90% while the other one is to ensure that the recycled material is reused again into a new production loop of glass containers.

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Saint-Gobain blowing glass wool line opens

Saint-Gobain has inaugurated its new blowing glass wool production line at its Isover plant in Chemillé, near Angers, France.

This line has an annual production capacity of 30,000 metric tonnes of blowing glass wool following an investment of €35 million.

The new building is almost 4,500m2, with the production line 220m long and includes an electric furnace that uses more than 40% recycled glass to produce the glass wool.

AGC Vidros inaugurates US $167 million plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil Japanese flat glass manufacturer AGC Vidros has inaugurated its R $700 million (US $167 million) plant in the city of Guaratinguetá in São Paulo state, Brazil.

The company has expanded its production capacity by 140%, becoming the second

largest glass manufacturer in the country after eight years of activity.

The new plant is located next to the current one and houses a new furnace with capacity to produce up to 850 tonnes of flat glass per day.

With the new furnace that

went into operation in April 2019, the Guaratinguetá unit’s production capacity rose to 1,450 tonnes per day.

AGC has hired around 200 workers in region, expanding its staff to 1,000, becoming one of the largest employers in the region.

AGI glaspac in technology upgrade Indian container glassmaker AGI glaspac is to invest in technology upgrades that will see its capability to produce lighter bottles and reuse glass.

The Hyderabad-based company will obtain the latest NNPB technology from Europe to produce lightweight bottles.

It said the technology will help reduce bottle weight by a third without compromising on quality.

Rajesh K Khosla, President & CEO was quoted: “We have production capability and will need about 100 crore ($14 million) investment to get the special technology and harness it for manufacturing products that will mostly be exported.”

The first funding of 15 crore will be used in the Bhongir manufacturing plant, about 50km from Hyderabad.

The second 15 crore invest-

ment will be set up in the Hyderabad production unit next year, Mr Khosla said.

The company currently produces about 1600 tonnes a day from the two plants. It manufcaturers 6.5 million bottles a day for various segments.

Technology suppliers to the company includes Zippe, Sorg, Bucher Emhart Glass, Sheppee International, Pennekamp, Sonicam, AGR International and Strutz.

Ardagh Group & Absolut create ‘recycled’ vodka bottle Glass manufacturer Ardagh Group has teamed up with Absolut Vodka to create a limited-edition bottle that highlights the need to recycle and reuse our existing resources.

The Absolut Company, briefed Ardagh’s Design Team to create a bottle design based on recycled glass.

Together they developed the ‘Absolut Comeback’ design: a bottle using actual pieces of broken, recycled glass, reflecting

the recycled glass that goes into every Absolut Vodka bottle.

UK, Swedish and German design teams were all involved, using 3D prints, digital scanning and virtual sculpting techniques to create the final 3D shape.

It is said to symbolise the bottle’s recycled content and aims to celebrate recycling and inspire others to recycle too, for more sustainable, circular living.

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Company profile: O-I Expressions

The technology at the heart of O-I Expressions O-I Expressions unveiled the technology behind its direct to glass printing offering at its Innoval facility near Lyon, France. Greg Morris spoke to O-I’s Global Innovation Platform Director, Melianthe Leeman about the technology.

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Expressions has unveiled the decoration technology that enables direct printing on to glass bottles.

The world’s largest glass container manufacturer showcased its O-I Innoval facility in Chazellessur-Lyon, Loire, France, which provides the O-I Expressions decoration service.

O-I Expressions was launched last year and enables direct to glass digital printing. It has already received awards for its approach to digital printing, which enables customers to create a more personalised and customised glass package.

At the heart of the process is digital printing technology from Dekron, a subsidiary of the Krones company. O-I, Krones and Dekron have been working together to develop the technology for the past seven years.

The Krones subsidiary specialises in direct digital printing on containers. Once the technology

� The digital printing machine installed at the O-I Innoval site.

was ready, it supplied a printing machine to the Chazelles-sur-Lyon site.

The machine pre-treats and then prints the glass bottles at speeds ranging from 500 to 100 bottles a minute, depending on bottle size.

Melianthe Leeman, Director of the Global Innovation Platform at O-I, said O-I Expressions was an important step in allowing customers to differentiate themselves in a competitive packaging environment.

“The feedback so far from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. Customers love it when they see it, they have to see it and then touch it.

They can see the potential the technology offers and the tremendous possibilities.”

The technology is still in the incubation stage with more developments expected in future years.

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glasstec The technology was first highlighted to O-I during a visit to the glasstec trade show in 2012. Digital printing was becoming popular within other packaging and O-I was keen to make inroads into the personalisation of glass bottles. O-I Innovation Manager Olivier Dangmann and O-I staff met the German start-up Till at the trade show, which was displaying an early version of the printing machine. O-I agreed to subsequently invest in a prototype printer and to conduct further tests.

Although Till was later acquired by Krones, work on developing the technology continued between the partners.

O-I made a breakthrough during the testing phase – it discovered a way to do 3D printing on glass. It is hard to print on a glass 3D shaped container compared to other materials due to the complex adherence of the inks.

After further tests O-I was convinced to invest in an industrial-scale line. � The technology enables direct to glass digital printing.

THE DECORATION PROCESS Approximately eight bottles at a time are put on the line for pre-treatment before they are decorated. Each bottle is first subjected to a flame process where a flame raises the temperature of the glass to 70˚C. Silane is sprayed onto the surface of the bottle in order to gain good adhesion for the ink onto the glass.

The bottles are then cooled in a cooling tunnel where the bottle temperature drops to about 35˚C. A primer consisting of 95% ethanol is then applied onto the bottles with a spray gun, before the bottles go into a drying tunnel for 10 minutes to evaporate the ethanol. Once completed, grippers unload the bottles and transfer them to the printer. It is behind dark closed doors that the ‘magic’ happens, and the inks are applied onto the glass bottles.

The number of bottles decorated varies between 500 to 1000 bottles a minute depending on their size.

Once completed there will be some 3D printing to gain a tactile effect before a final cold end coating is applied to protect the bottles during transportation. After quality control, the bottles are palletised and ready for transportation.

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The machine was installed at the Chazelles-surLyon facility in April this year and after a six-week engineering programme, the official start-up took place in August.

Melanthie said: “Other technologies have copied the screen printing process, this one is designed specifically for digital printing and has the potential to significantly step up the speeds of printing over time once you work on the technology.

“Direct printing onto glass is an additional offering in the decoration space, to offer more design options, more variable prints and more speed to market for customers.”

While the technology is still in its early stages, it could eventually lead to the elimination of all labels from bottles. � The number of bottles decorated varies between 500 to 1000 bottles a minute.

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“Krones has made this part of its labelling business so I think it shows its intent that this could, after long term development, replace labels altogether if you get filling line speeds upgraded.

“It has plenty of potential and it’s still early days and we need to test and see where it eventually will sit, whether it will stay in the decoration space and maybe replace pre-printing or evolve to become something more than just a decoration solution.”

The printing machine uses CMYK colours, which covers 80% of the pantone spectrum. While there is an option to install two more printing heads in order to have six-colour printing, customers so far have been happy with 80%.

Bottles to be decorated include water, wine and spirits.

“The technology really fits with personalisation and premiumisation trends but to me we are only scratching the surface of what is possible for premiumisation. We will start seeing tailoring your bottles for specific outlets such as bars or

disco, or could make them retail specific, or make it really individualised and make a unique packaging experience to a consumer – there a lots of options to explore.

“We are at the incubator stage of this technology.

It depends on how the cost of operating evolves but we have a technology adoption curve and digital printing on glass is the introduction phase and we expect to see lots of technology and evolution over the years.”

Bottles have so far been shipped to customers all around the world, from Europe to China and the USA. O-I chose the Chazelles-sur-Lyon site for the project because of its proximity to the Till engineering site in Germany.

The Expressions team worked with Till to develop the technology for glass applications.

An R&D team based in Chazelles-sur-Lyon was focused on digital printing, so they were able to continue the development process.

The site is also close to O-I’s European headquarters in Switzerland for extra advice. In addition the French team were fully familar with decoration production processes and projects.

Once the decision was made to install the line, all of the site’s 24 staff were given training in the digital process.

“It’s not just about digital orienting it’s about digitalising all your processes.

“It means a digitalised workflow for the designers and training on software to help us make sure everything related to this operation is digitalised.”

The next step will be to develop the technology further and to add an additional line, with the USA the next possible location. �

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O-I Innoval is a French entity of the O-I glass group.

It was founded in 1998 and has two production sites: one in Chazelles-sur-Lyon (20 km from O-I’s glassmaking site in Veauche), France and in Gensac, Charente, France.

It specialises in adding value to glass packaging and offers services for the creation and printing of decorations on bottles and jars. It uses a Fermac machine for screen printing work. In 2018 Innoval decorated a total of 37 million units. www.o-i.com

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Company profile: AB InBev

AB InBev inaugurates direct object printing facility

� Becks bottles ‘tattooed’ with Direct Object Printing. from AB InBev.

Global brewer and glass bottle manufacturer AB InBev has inaugurated a direct- to glass decoration line at its Leuven, Belgium site. The line allows it to print directly onto glass bottles using UV inkjet printing technology. Greg Morris spoke to Greg Bentley* and Simon Gerdesmann**.

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“Digital printing gives you the flexibility to change on the fly. From one minute to the next, digital allows you to flick a switch and to print different artwork.” GREG BENTLEY

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InBev’s direct to glass printing decoration technology has already had

an impact.

Its high-speed UV inkjet printing line, which prints inks directly onto glass containers, was used on 200,000 Becks beer bottles distributed to Sainsburys supermarket in the UK. The limited-edition Beck’s Artist Series featured nine different bottle designs, each new and made specifically for the campaign.

The eye-catching artworks on the 660ml size bottles were produced using Direct Object Printing inkjet technology at AB InBev’s (ABI) site in Leuven, Belgium.

ABI had spent five years working with its partner, Dekron, to develop and fine tune the technology, before it installed the pilot line.

Dekron is the former Till company based in Kelkheim, Germany which is now a subsidiary of the German drinks industry automation group Krones.

Project Tattoo Engineers spent five weeks installing the machinery at the Leuven site early last autumn, testing and finalising the equipment before giving the go-ahead for the first batch of 200,000 bottles to be printed upon.

The project was so named because each of the

“In the next few years Digital Object Printing will grow and will have its own spot in the current labeling techniques landscape,

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bottles are ‘tattooed’ with inks from the new technology. The inks are from the CMYK pantone with white varnish and spot colours as an extra option.

ABI’s Global Primary Packaging Director Greg Bentley, oversaw the operation alongside Simon Gerdesmann, Manager of the Direct Object Printing project.

Mr Bentley said direct object printing was developed as a way to make packaging stand out from the crowd while also potentially cutting the cost and environmental waste of using paper labels.

“Digital printing gives you the flexibility to change on the fly. From one minute to the next, digital allows you to flick a switch and to print different artwork.”

The technology is similar to the technology that O-I Expressions has used at its O-I Innoval plant in France. The two companies had worked together to make sure they were not duplicating their efforts.

The difference in the equipment is that the ABI technology is rotary compared to O-I’s linear machinery. ABI has a carousel, which the bottles enter and where the printing takes place.

A key feature of the technology is the quality of the decoration. The final image on the bottle was almost photo-like, said Mr Gerdesmann.

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“For me it’s a new premium decoration that you cannot get with any other decoration technology at the moment. It’s a new premium decoration technology that we have in our hands that we can play with and deliver unique bottles to the market in the short term.

“In the long term our dream is a low cost, high quality line but for now it’s a new premium decoration we can explore and make to our advantage.”

Environmental benefits Another key factor is its potential environmental impact. It may mean the end of the paper label and adhesives used to stick it to the bottle.

Also, the high melting temperatures used in recycling means the ink is burned off, enabling the glass to be recycled.

Mr Bentley and Mr Gerdesmann are keen to point out that the technology is still in its early stages and there is plenty of potential for further developments.

For example the technology currently cannot print on the neck of the bottle. There is also a longer-term plan to integrate the line into a brewing line for example.

“In the next few years Digital Object Printing will grow and will have its own spot in the current labeling techniques landscape,” Mr Gerdesmann stated.

For now ABI is waiting to see what the feedback is to its first batch of bottles.

“There has been plenty of interest from global brands, but we are waiting for this one launch to be completed and proven,” said Mr Bentley.

He hopes it will have the same impact as the Share a Coke project he was involved in earlier in his career, which re-ignited consumer interest in packaging.

“I’m convinced that when these bottles start to leave the shelves as quickly as we expect, and the feedback we will get from it, then more orders will come.” �

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Glass opportunities

Make glass easy for customers!

Emma Bowers and Richard van Breda discuss what the glass industry can learn from other sectors. They highlight three areas which are opportunities for the glass industry.

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he glass industry is a successful and respected ‘workhorse’ of the packaged goods manufacturing industry. It has been the mainstay of beverage packaging historically, supporting consumer demand throughout history. It was the first material that enabled organised society to adopt early forms of consumer independence and convenience in many forms. Today it faces competition from a variety of substrates based on different attributes and consumer needs. However, glass ultimately remains a packaging material of choice, and also the premium choice.

We would like to suggest that the Glass industry can learn and benefit from some insights from what we shall call here the ‘newer kids’ on the block. Some of the newer substrates have been innovative and adaptive to changing customer and consumer requirements.

The glass industry has been, and remains, a pioneer in engineering, materials research and automation.

The advancement of digitalisation and industry 4.0 is being well adopted by the leaders in the industry. It continues to drive productivity and manufacturing excellence.

However some aspects, innovations and adaptations of other industries and substrates might also be considered to help the glass industry further equip itself. In doing so would offer wider value propositions for the customers it serves.

There are three areas where we see opportunity for the glass industry to provide a broader solution to the customers. These are as a system provider, a solution provider and thirdly as a service provider.

System provider One of the best examples of a full package system is arguably the solutions offered by the carton (fibrebased) packaging sector. Ruben Rausing was so convinced that the invention was a good idea that he filed for a patent on the tetrahedron package. In 1951 Tetra Pak

was created as a subsidiary to Åkerlund & Rausing. The package is one of the most innovative in terms of optimal use of material, form and functionality.

The package is formed, and sealed in the filling line at the time the product is filled.

Enhanced product quality and package

utilisation along with filling machines result in the customer being offered a fully warranted package and filling solution in effect a complete turnkey solution. By comparison, the glass industry, for the most part, sells glass bottles and leaves the filling and processing to each customer.

Is that a bad thing to leave customers free to choose where they source from? Certainly not. But it makes an argument supporting a service that helps customers ensure they are utilising the best technology in filling and product conditioning. That being so, it potentially paves the way for a ‘singular’ product offering becoming compromised.

Solution provider Similarly, other packaging suppliers in addition to fibre-based cartons, are able to offer a ‘solution’ to the customer. By comparison to glass in which it could be argued one gets an ‘incomplete’ package whereas the alternative industries provide a fully sealed carton or metal can.

Even in the plastics sector there is innovation with the closure industry to offer collaborative and frequent closure innovations to ultimately offer a complete solution to the customer. How many active collaborations exist between the glass industry and closure providers? When was the last time a new neck finish was developed in glass to create a step change?

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are occasions when a brand will choose a certain package material not because it is the preferred one, but because it is the most convenient or one that they perhaps already have filling capabilities and infrastructure for. Perhaps if the glass industry considered multiple strategies to facilitate easier filling or co-packing in glass it would open previously unavailable customer options.

Furthermore, part of a previous article highlighted that the decoration industry was taking a leadership role in personalisation and enhancing brand

equity and that the glass industry might consider taking a stronger leadership role in that arena.

Service provider What services can the glass industry offer to its customers? Technical service is well developed and there are a variety of good examples across the industry. Thinking broader, brand owners value insights that will help them develop the best strategies for their brands. Therefore what services and insights can you provide to brands and customers to help them? Offering

About the Authors Emma Bowers and Richard van Breda both have extensive experience in packaging and glass particularly. Their specific experience in large global FMCG businesses allows them to provide a fresh perspective to glass manufacturing from both sides of the supply relationship.

In a series of articles, a number of industry relevant topics will be discussed and unpacked. The topics will provide another perspective the industry often reflecting the opinion of the glass customer or consumer.

In doing so, we will discuss some opportunities we see for the industry and hope to spark some debate in the process.

We’d love to hear from you with any comments, questions or other topics you would like us to cover in upcoming publications.

services that support your customers across marketing, insights, strategy and operational aspects are all areas where added value can be provided.

In closing, the takeaway should be that customers are looking for more than just the product you sell, it’s the whole service and solution that they value. This is a space where glass has an opportunity to broaden part of its value proposition.

We pose this novel concept…make glass ‘easier’ for your customers to use. In return you will further enhance the value glass brings to your customers and ultimately consumers and in return unlock greater growth potential for yourselves and the industry. �

Richard van Breda Richard van Breda Consulting richard@richardvanbreda.com Emma Bowers Managing Partner, Green Puffin Consulting Limited emma@greenpuffinconsulting.com www.greenpuffinconsulting.com

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Company profile: O-I South West Europe

Premiumisation at the heart of O-I’s French and Spanish business Robert Gachot, O-I Executive for South West Europe, is responsible for O-I’s French and Spanish operations. He tells Greg Morris that the region is focused on the trend of glass premiumisation.

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s O-I country executive for South West Europe, Robert Gachot is responsible for overseeing the global glass container manufacturer’s operations in France and Spain.

It is a varied region focused on several glass-packaging segments such as beer, spirits, water and food. But it is wine, so synonymous with France, which forms the largest segment in the region.

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Premiumisation has been an O-I focus in recent years and is particularly prevalent in the South West Europe region as a result of its focus on wine.

O-I has made several facility investments in France in recent months as a result of this trend.

The latest French factory to receive an investment boost will be its Veauche facility, near Saint-Etienne. Work will begin on the €25 million investment early in 2020 and include the complete renewal of a furnace and the installation of new machines. Once completed the facility will be the region’s largest facility for the manufacture of premium products.

“Premiumisation has become a trend because people identify more with the products that they purchase than they used to in the past.”

There is a lot of premiumisation in wine,” states Mr Gachot.

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Premiumisation has been popular for example in some wines that 20 years ago were packaged in basic looking bottles, such as rose wine.

“Wine drinkers would not drink rose in the past but now they do. There’s been tremendous progress and now they’re beautifully made bottles with nice decoration on it. Certain segments of the market have benefitted from premiumisation.”

Linked to this is for the increased demand for flint glass as a result of the popularity of rose wines among millennials. They are moving away from more sophisticated wines such as Bordeaux reds, which have had a downturn in demand as a result.

While wine and spirits bottles have already benefited from the effects of premiumisation, Mr Gachot believes the next segment to benefit will be water bottles.

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1 - GIRONCOURT: Plans for the Gironcourt plant include a third furnace when the expansion project is completed in early 2020. It will have nine production lines and mean O-I can produce 1.9 billion beer bottles a year from the facility.

The expansion at Gironcourt will focus on the premium beer segment, which is highly differentiated and uses unique bottle shapes to build strong, premium brand equity.

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Background Mr Gachot has been with O-I for 11 years and only started in the current role last April after a career in in finance in Europe and the US. “I’d always been close the business and had watched the other guys and thought I can do what they do.

“There was the attraction of running an organisation, which I am enjoying so far. There are a lot of challenges but great opportunities as well thanks to the investments we are making in this country, so the future looks good.”

The aim in the next two to three years is to not only grow volumes but premiumisation as well. He believes the glass industry has benefitted from the backlash against plastic. While wine and spirits will always be synonymous with glass, Mr Gachot believes there is potential for the glass industry to capture market share in the food packaging segment.

“When I joined group it was about shutting down capacity because there was a lot of substitution from PET and aluminium. It felt like food was moving away from glass so furnaces were shut down.

“But in the last three or four years there has been a change in a trend towards glass. We have been adding capacity and not just with additional lines but by massively investing in new furnaces, and we are not the only ones.

“Our competitors are doing the same which shows there’s a real trend in the marketplace for glass.”

2 - REIMS: The Reims plant is located in the heart of the Champagne vineyards, minimising delivery routes and time to the wineries. Its recent investment included a complete renewal of one of the site’s two furnaces as well as equipment on the attached production lines.

The plant serves more than 1000 customers in France, including those in Burgundy, Alsace and the Loire Valley.

Investment The South West Europe region consists of 11 glass bottle manufacturing facilities – nine in France and two in Spain – with a capacity of 1.4 million tonnes a year. In addition the group owns two decoration

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sites - its Innoval facilities in the Cognac and Saint-Etienne regions. It also has joint ventures with domestic distributors in order to gain deeper market penetration in the wine segment.

Its two Spanish sites are based in Barcelona and Seville. The former mainly produces larger bottles for beverages such as Cava and wines in the Rioja region. Its Seville site is focused on food jars and olive oil bottles, as well as soft drinks packaging.

Several of its French facilities have received an investment injection in recent years. These include its Reims plant, which was completely modernised in a €50 million investment at the start of 2019.

The upgrade included new machines, which allow the facility to make upscale Champagne and wine bottles.

Sustainability and the environment were taken into consideration during the works. The furnace is more energy efficient and has a larger pull rate, which has reduced the company’s environmental footprint. In addition, the investment has increased the site’s capabilities so it is able to create more sophisticated packaging, which has helped it gain a larger market presence.

Its Gironcourt factory is currently in the process of being modernised in a €60 million investment.

The investment there is focused on the beer segment. The site is geographically located close to its customers in Belgium, The Netherlands and

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Germany. Interestingly the site does not produce many beer bottles for the domestic market but is instead a manufacturing platform for its international customers.

The ever-increased demand for flexibility from the glassmaker’s customers was at the root of the decision to invest.

O-I has installed machines in its factories that are more flexible than ever before. The company can exchange the moulds from one machine to the next and from one plant to the next if need be.

It is also standardising its machine network, with machines increasingly identical at all its facilities.

“We have to be much more flexible now and that is another reason why we are modernising our production lines.

“The market is more segmented and fragmented than ever before. If we do a run for a very large number of bottles we will have a large inventory sitting there for one or two years and obviously we don’t want that, so there is a financial implication.

“Flexibility gives us the capability to satisfy our customer more. It’s been a trend, the number of job and colour changes we are capable of making in our furnaces has become one of the key metrics that we have and we are really driving this.” �

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Country profile: South Korea

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4. Samkwang Glass/Incheon (Warehouse). 5. Samkwang Glass/Nonsan plant 1. Techpack Solutions, Gunsan Plant. 2. Techpack Solutions, Heaquarters 1. Pacific Glass, Janghang

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With one of the highest per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages in Asia, the South Korean container glass industry has been able to register steady growth rates in recent years.

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teady economic growth, which has resulted in increased consumption of packaged food, beverages and pharmaceuticals have enabled the container glass industry to register strong growth rates.

High per capita consumption of beer and soju (a traditional domestic alcoholic drink), the South Korean container glass industry has enabled container glass producers to post steady numbers.

Since the recession of the late 2000s and subsequent bounce back, economic growth has stabilised at a lower level (2-3%) than the heady growth (often double digit) registered in the previous decade.

This may be considered a result of South Korea’s transition to a developed economy. It is now among the world’s top 15 economies by overall GDP despite its modest size; with a per capita GDP comparable to that of many European countries.

Beer and Soju account for a major share of container glass consumption. Beer was the most consumed alcoholic beverage in Korea in 2018, accounting for 43% of all alcoholic beverages distributed in the market in value (or 60% in volume). Domestic production reached 2.13 billion litres in 2018. Two large-scale players, Oriental Brewery Company (OB) and Hite-Jinro (Hite) accounted for most of the sales in 2018.

Beer will remain the leading alcohol beverage product in Korea in the coming years due to increased value consumption under the downturn of the local economy; elevated consumer health concerns that favours products with less alcohol content; diversified consumer tastes; and increased alcoholic beverage consumption among the female population.

Soju is identified by its signature bright green glass bottles. You can buy these bottles for about KRW 1,000 won ($0.94) in supermarkets and around KRW 1,600 won in convenience stores.

Its affordability is one reason why soju is every Korean’s favourite drink. It is generally packed in a standard bottle that weighs 290 grams with a diameter of 65mm.

Since South Korea has different soju brands in various regions, the standard bottle was intended to make recycling easier. It was also a decision made as part of a larger promise, the used-bottle deposit system.

In this system, companies sell soju or beer at a price that includes a certain deposit for the bottles to the consumers, and consumers can receive the deposit when they return the empty bottles.

When a consumer returns an empty soju bottle, they receive 100 won.

It is an effective system. Five billion glass bottles are distributed annually, and the return rate of empty bottles is 97%. Bottles are reused six to ten times. According to Statistics Korea, total consumption of soju in 2018 was approximately 1.34 million kiloliters, which amounts to around 3.72 billion bottles.

Container glass market for cosmetics, perfumery and nail polish is also a huge market for South Korean container glass producers. According to statistics from Korea Cosmetic Association (KCA), Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, South Korea is the 8th largest cosmetics market in the world, representing nearly 3% of the global market.

In 2017, the market size was estimated to be $8.8 billion; total domestic production and total exports increased approximately 3.6% and 18.3% respectively from the previous year.

The market increased by an annual growth rate of 4.7% in the 2013-2017 period.

Alternate forms of packaging such as aluminium cans and PET bottles have taken a significant market share from glass bottles in many categories in recent years. In addition to this, rising imports of glass containers from China has also impacted domestic container glass producers in recent years (See Table).

Factors Glass consumption is expected to be affected by several factors in the medium to long term.

Rising disposable income will have a positive impact. With nearly full employment (unemployment is under 4%) there is upward pressure on wages. The legal minimum wage was also recently increased by about more than 20%.

These two factors will increase disposable income and drive consumption in the short term.

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from seven production lines. It has the technical collaboration of Japan’s Nihon Yamamura.

Kumbi Glass’s container glass plants are located at Icheon and Kyonggi. Icheon plant is located in Kyonggi province and can produces 560,000 glass bottles per day. In 1991 the company added a second plant at Onyang with a production capacity of 100 tonnes per day.

Another furnace with a capacity of 120t/day was installed at this plant in 1993. Onyang is equipped to produce flint glass bottles. The plant is capable of producing 300,000 bottles of 360ml liquor bottles daily from three lines. Kumbi Glass offers flint and emerald green glass bottles in various shapes, narrow neck pressed bottles and small bottles that are widely used for beverages, food, alcoholic liquors and cosmetics.

in this age group in Korea peaked in 2008. and with this age group continuing to grow older, most container glass consuming sub-segments (barring pharmaceuticals) face a different business environment with customers’ profiles changing.

They face the challenge of slowing sales growth and declining demand.

Imported beers are also bringing about changes to glass demand. Beer imports increased 44.5% in 2017 and 17.9% in 2018, and their market share has jumped from 4.9% in 2013 to 19% in 2018.

Until 2010, domestic brewers were reluctant to import beer, as it ate into demand for domestic beers. However, as consumer preference for imported beers increased, domestic brewers began to directly import beers, and imported beers have now become a major part of their business. As imported beer does not create any additional glass demand, these imports are a major concern for glass producers.

Samkwang Glass Samkwang Glass was formed in 1967 and manufactures glass products for beverages, liquors, food and pharmaceutical industries. The company diversified into tableware glass in the last decade.

The company has achieved success with its airtight container cum tableware glass brand Glasslock, and tableware brand Etique.

Samkwang operates two production facilities. Its Nonsan facility has a capacity of 200t/day of flint bottles and of Glasslock. The second production plant at Cheonan can produce 400t/day of coloured bottles for beverage and food industry.

It supplies beverage, food and pharma bottles to producers such as LotteChilsung, Deahan Pharm, Hite Jinro, SoolSool, OB, Sajo, zeitgeist seals, Dong-A Socio Holdings, Ilwha, Lotte Pharm, Guangdong Pharm, Kumbokju and Korea Soju.

Company overview Techpack Solutions

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Techpack Solutions is the largest domestic container glass producer. Its capacity is 260,000 tonnes per year and it supplies the requirements of beverage producers such as OB Beer, Coca-Cola, Woongjin Foods and LotteChilsung.

It was the first domestic company to venture into container glass production in 1956. Since then, the company has led the domestic industry with production expansions and technology investment. The company diversified in the PET business in 1987, and in 1998 merged with Doosan Can, a domestic manufacturer which had led the metal packaging materials industry, to transform itself into a total packaging materials company.

Dongwon Systems acquired a 56% stake in Techpack Solutions for 250 billion won in 2014 ($17.5 billion). Dongwon affiliate Star Kist and a private equity firm, EQ Partners, hold 24% and 20% stakes.

Cho Jeom-keun, CEO of Dongwon Systems, said: “We have embarked on the challenge to become one of the best packaging specialists. To meet global demand for high-quality products, we forged strong partnerships with numerous companies around the world, such as the US-based Continental Group, O-I and Japan’s Toyo Glass.”

KC Glass and Material Company KC Glass and Material Company was formed in 1971 and is a mid-sized container glass producer.

The company has a capacity of 155t/day at its Hwaseong manufacturing plant and supplies to domestic beverage and pharmaceutical companies.

Pacific Glas Pacific Glas has a 40t/day capacity and is a cosmetic and perfumery manufacturer. Its Janghang plant is equipped with Sorg technology. It supplies 2,000 items to 100 domestic and global cosmetic companies every year. It has developed decoration techniques such as coating, hydrofluoric acid, transfer, and printing, as well as the production of better quality glass bottles through improvements in glass transparency. �

Kumbi Glass Kumbi Glass was founded in 1966 and operates glass production plants with a capacity of 440t/day Company

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Techpack Solutions

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Icheon and Onyang

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600 (both container and tableware capacity)

Nonsan, Cheonan and Daegu

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Personality profile: Information officer

The man with glass market information at his fingertips Did you know that the container glass industry is valued at $54.24 billion? And is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 4.15% in the next three years? British Glass’s Information Officer Tobi Daramola has these and plenty of other statistics about the industry.

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he glass packaging industry has been thriving in recent years. The sector has piggybacked on the backlash against plastic – the so-called Blue Planet effect – and benefitted from a new consumer preference for sustainable packaging materials. The rise of premiumisation - for packaging materials that match the quality of the contents inside - among consumers has also led to an upsurge in demand for glass.

Anecdotally it is known among manufacturers and technology suppliers to the industry that demand for glass has surged but it is rare to find actual statistics about the state of the industry.

While there are numerous sector reports about the industry many of these are expensive, outdated and often contain irrelevant information from companies with little glass industry knowledge.

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Information But help is at hand. The British Glass trade association has an array of statistics, facts, figures and technical standards about the glass industry.

A role of its new Information Officer, Tobi Daramola, is to respond to requests for information about the glass industry market and to disclose technical documents about how glass is made.

“Being an information officer involves receiving requests about market information or technical documents. My job requires me to provide that information and to know where to get that information from, be it public sources or internal expertise.”

The type of technical information requested can also involve sourcing the different type of standards required to launch new bottles in various countries.

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� The global flat glass industry is valued between $90-$120 billion with a CAGR of 7.5% over the next five years. � The food and beverages sectors are expected to maintain their dominant position in the global glass packaging industry accounting for 60.81% in 2019. This is followed by personal care packaging with 16.52%, Pharmaceutical packaging and Other packaging with 14.40% and 8.28% respectively. � Overall, China is the world largest exporter of all types of glass in all the identified industries. � The EU glass industry was valued at €35.9 billion in 2018 with 18.94% of the revenue coming from exports to the ROW valued at €7.1 billion leading to an overall trade surplus. � The glass industry contributes £1.3 billion GVA to the UK economy each year with total turnover amounting to more than £3.6 billion in 2018.

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manufacturing. Sometimes if a company is interested in launching a new product in a different country they want to know the various details.

These include the standards required, market size and if that bottle is likely to be profitable in that country. Other requests might range from what type of bottles are more likely to be successful in certain countries and what machinery was involved in producing those bottles.

“Market information is readily available from public sources, but few people know where it is.

It’s my job to find where those places are. Many of them are free but, someone from the glass industry might not know certain elements to certain websites such as product codes required to find relevant information.”

Glassmaking process The information he sources covers the entire glassmaking process, from raw materials to the completed glass product.

“The way I think of the information is of the overall process right from the early stages of making glass right through to the end product.

“So I have information on raw materials, staff costs, all the things involved in the production of the glass such as machinery all the way to the final

product. So if I get a question I should be able to reply to that question depending on what stage it falls on in the glassmaking process.”

Tobi worked part-time at British Glass as a market analyst while reading for an economics degree at nearby Sheffield Hallam University.

Once he graduated he began to work full-time at the organisation where his role was amalgamated into that of an information officer.

He is working alongside long-serving and wellknown British Glass Information Officer, Theresa Green, who is gradually stepping down as she nears retirement.

On average the department will receive eight requests a week for information and it is crucial any information disclosed is accurate.

“We subscribe to a lot of data sources. I’ll study multiple sources and see if there is a recurring figure to gives me a final understanding of where the market currently stands.”

British Glass consultancy While the majority of the association’s expertise is focused geographically on Europe and North America, it has expanded its data set in recent years to include regions further afield.

British Glass formed a global consultancy unit five years ago and has consulted with partners in regions which has included, among others, Russia, Argentina, the Middle East and sub Saharan Africa.

The consultancy has worked with major organisations around the world, which have been keen to increase their understanding of the glass industry.

As a result, a substantial amount of data has been generated about the glass industry in various regions which has been shared with British Glass.

“Someone looking to investigate the glass industry in one region might commission reports and data mining and specifics in that region, which they share with us. We use that to substantiate our overall understanding,” says British Glass CEO, Dave Dalton.

“We build up a unique assembly of information which is technical and commercial.”

“I really enjoy the role because of its variation,” says Tobi. “I’ve been part of multiple projects such as the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Scotland, Glass Futures in the UK as well as some of the consultancy work with global companies.

“When I was at university it was an industry I had never really heard of. But once I got the role here I applied myself and used that knowledge from my degree. I’m a quick learner so now I hopefully have an understanding of the industry.

“I’m a results driven person. To provide information that someone can use and is exactly the right information they were looking for is a very satisfying job.” �

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Some of the information will already be available in house, either from British Glass’ staff or from its technical arm, Glass Technology Services (GTS) based in the same building in Chapeltown, Sheffield, UK. While Tobi is a relative newcomer to the industry, many of his colleagues in both British Glass and GTS have the requisite know-how and experience to provide such information.

While market information in some countries and regions is still difficult to find British Glass can still provide the information, but a certain level of estimation will be involved.

A typical enquiry will usually come from purchasing directors, quality managers or anyone involved in the final processes of glass

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Event review: Glass Focus Awards 2019

British Glass Focus awards 2019 The Glass Focus awards celebrate the best of British glassmaking.

George Lewis attended the recent glittering event.

COMPANY OF THE YEAR: ALLIED GLASS

Allied Glass, based in Knottingley near Leeds, UK, showed excellence across the year in terms of its own business performance while also representing and strengthening the glass sector as a whole.

Its investment in a new decoration line and office space has allowed it to continue to manufacture high-quality, innovative designs for customers in the spirits sector.

The business has also strengthened its ties with the local area through a number

of community initiatives, including the refurbishment of a library at a local school, located a mile away from the Knottingley site.

Over the course of the summer holidays the school transformed its aging library into a vibrant open space filled with new shelving, seating, décor and books courtesy of Allied.

The refurbishment was completed in time for the new school year, and Alan Henderson, CEO of Allied Glass and British Glass Member officially opened the redeveloped library.

Allied has also been actively engaged with British Glass committees, including hosting visits from government departments to discuss issues affecting the glass industry.

Throughout the year Allied showed ‘comprehensive and sustained active engagement in British Glass Committees’ such as Energy and Environment committees and Health and Safety committees which made it a worthy winner according to the judges.

DESIGN OF THE YEAR: THE ARDAGH GROUP WITH THE GLENFIDDICH

Ardagh created a new design for Glenfiddich’s 12 and 15-year-old single malt whiskies, after being tasked with emphasising the iconic brand’s unique heritage and origins in a new bottle.

Glenfiddich means ‘Valley of the Deer’ and a new ‘V’ groove was created to represent

the Valley while being further reflected in the triangular shape of the bottle.

The new bottle is said to be fresh and distinctive, standing out from the competition and is designed to appeal to both existing Glenfiddich drinkers and attracting new customers to the brand.

The original designs were adapted to ensure optimum production performance.

The judges were impressed with the “classy, authentic and simple but very elegant design which set it apart from the rest of the entries in this category”.

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INNOVATIVE SOLUTION: ENCIRC FOR ITS VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING ROOM Encirc installed a virtual reality (VR) training room for hot-end workers at its Elton, Cheshire, UK site.

The training room features a fully functional three-section glass forming IS machine.

It is thought that a new starter can more effectively train in hazardous scenarios such as the outbreak of a fire.

Its aim was to improve training, allowing operators of machines to learn more about the configuration of its mechanisms shear and glass properties. It also trains workers on fault diagnostics and bottle inspection.

It is said to take eight weeks to get a new employee fully trained on hot-end machinery.

But using the VR training, it is expected that it will cut down training times by a week.

This is all done without any effect on production and in a safe environment.

Software is also being developed to train employees in fault rectification meaning new

starters will be able to see the impacts wrong settings can have on machine productivity.

It is anticipated that the VR machine will reduce training lead times and improve health and safety in the factory.

The judges praised the entry as a “step into the future of glass making” that will attract young people to come into the glass industry.

HEALTH AND SAFETY ACTION: JOINT WINNERS ENCIRC AND SOCABELEC FOR THEIR HOT END SWABBING ROBOTS Socabelec manufactured Swabbing Robots in Belgium, which were then installed by Encirc on nine lines of its Cheshire plant.

The judges agreed that the Swabbing Robots were ‘head and shoulders above everything else’ and couldn’t separate the two entries.

The autonomous robots swab the moulds on the I.S. machine while it is still in operation by spraying them with oil at 20-minute intervals.

The robots lubricate blanks on the fly, along with the neck rings and baffles.

This in turn eliminated the danger to Encirc employees, the risk of human error and the need to turn off the machines to manually swab the moulds, which has improved productivity and health and safety at the company and means operators can spend more time fine tuning the I.S machine.

It is said that the overall productivity at the site has increased by 4% depending on the model and costs of the items produced. It is

also said to have created a 20% reduction in incidents.

Following a successful implementation by Encirc, the swabbing robots gained national coverage, helping shine a light on how others in the industry can use innovative automated technology to improve health and safety.

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APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR: JOE BOYD OF SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS UK & Instrumentation) by mid 2020 and completed his NVQ projects at the end of 2019 ready to be signed off.

Saint-Gobain UK’s Joe Boyd, 21, is nearing the end of his apprenticeship as a Control and Instrumentation Engineer, which has seen him work on all three production lines on automation investigations, adaptations and new capability design at the Eggborough, Yorkshire UK site.

In 2018, Mr Boyd was given the opportunity to spend eight weeks at Saint-Gobain Glass UK’s sister factory in Dabrowa, Poland where he attended a Float Glass restart and testing following a major shutdown.

Mr Boyd has been working closely with the Industry 4.0 team and his value to the company has already been demonstrated saving the business money with programmes he has been responsible for and implemented.

Mr Boyd completed his Higher National Certificate (HNC) and will take his Higher National Diploma (HND) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.

The judges were very impressed with Mr Boyd’s work so far, which includes the aforementioned international projects in and outside of Europe as well as being trusted to implement a £20k from start to finish.

He is due to finish his Apprenticeship in EAL Level 3 NVQ Extended Diploma in Engineering Maintenance (Control

This project will replicate an old pilot project onto a new platform. This will be said to help Saint-Gobain Glass integrate augmented reality at a later date.

DESIGN OF THE YEAR – FLAT: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS UK FOR ITS WORK ON THE MACALLAN DISTILLERY AND VISITOR CENTRE Saint-Gobain Glass UK’s work on the Macallan Distillery and visitor centre in Scotland saw it become the inaugural winners of this category.

The project was announced in 2012 and the building began in December 2014. The first whisky ran through the still in December 2018 and its visitor experience opened its doors to the public in June 2019.

The company created a façade for the building from 59mm thick double-glazed units of laminated heat strengthened safety glass and the design had to take into account the potential of natural movement from one

of the most complicated timber roof structures in the world.

RIBA award and was one of just six UK buildings shortlisted for a RIBA Sterling Prize.

The installation also included a “Cave Privee”, a 3m-high curved glass viewing deck and function room located in the visitor area.

This was created using 41mm toughened double glazed glass units The project had already won a national

Solar control was also of high importance in the project, which remained sensitive to its natural surroundings, and impressed the judges as a ‘great example of using glass at its manufacturing limit to solve a problem’.

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SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS UK WITH ITS ‘GLASS FOREVER’ POST-CONSUMER FLAT GLASS RECOVERY AND RECYCLING INITIATIVE Saint-Gobain Glass UK took major steps to deliver on its commitment for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 by extending its ‘Glass Forever’ programme to include postconsumer glass.

Currently most glass from old windows ends up in landfill due to difficulty in extracting, collecting and processing the glass. Saint-Gobain has introduced a new technology to take old flat glass and remanufacture it into high-performance coated glass.

Volunteers at O-I’s site in Alloa, Scotland created a talent pipeline alongside UK charity Career Ready for youngsters in the local area to join the glass industry which goes from mentoring school students to internships, an apprentice scheme and, finally, permanent employment.

Career Ready is a charity that works across

Designed by engineers based at its float glass plant in Eggborough, UK the ‘endof-life’ IGU processing machine broadens the viability of glass nearing the end of its original usage. It enables it to be deployed at more locations with more customers and partners.

The initiative has helped increase cullet ratio at the company’s Eggborough plant to above 40%.

A second-generation machine that further simplifies the process has been developed and was deployed with its first user in October 2019.

the UK to connect disadvantaged young people aged 14-18 with the working world to ‘unlock their potential and level the playing field’.

Seven members of staff offered to mentor students. They each took on a teenager for two years. The mentors came from a variety of departments including finance, engineering,

An additional benefit of the machines is that the process of dismantling old insulated glass sealed units is now automated, minimising manual intervention, thus improving health and safety procedures.

Judges acknowledged Saint-Gobain for not waiting for legislation to implement the initiative and the global impact that the CO2 reduction from the programme will have.

It is said that for every tonne of postconsumer cullet used, 300kg CO2 is saved at the Eggborough factory.

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The programme involved a series of monthly meeting between a Career Ready student and the volunteer. At the end of year one, the students were offered a paid internship.

The partnership has already seen two new employees begin their careers at the Alloa plant, one as an engineering apprentice and the other has been employed in the Quality Assurance department.

Judges were impressed with the programme building a sense of community in the local area and encouraging people to come into the glass industry by providing guidance and mentoring.

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Event review: Glass Focus Awards 2019

Glass Focus conference 2019 The Glass Focus conference delivered seven presentations and a panel discussion covering topics as diverse as women in glassmaking to the industrial symbiosis of flat glass. George Lewis attended.

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by British Glass, brought together the glass industry in Sheffield, UK to discuss key topics including looking into the future of manufacturing and innovative ways to progress over the coming years.

Host Isla Wilson started by delivering a message on behalf of British Glass Chief Executive, Dave Dalton, who had been called away to an urgent Glass Futures meeting for the morning.

He said that ‘coming together at times of uncertainty within the industry was high on the agenda’, and hoped that everyone can discuss and highlight a positive future for the UK glass sector despite the ever-changing political landscape at Westminster.

He added that the way the industry produces glass is changing, and while work to decarbonise the industry is ongoing, British Glass will continue to represent its members and companies across the UK. He said: “The future for the UK glass industry is exciting and hopefully filled with more certainty in the years to come.”

The opening presentation from Andy Williams, Manufacturing Lead of CBI, a non-for profit organisation created to be the sole voice for over 190,000 businesses, discussed the issues and challenges for UK manufacturing.

Brexit uncertainty has had a detrimental impact on growth, business confidence and investment in skills and machinery.

He said that CBI would work with its members to ensure businesses can influence the negotiations on trade deals,

once a Brexit deal has been ratified.

Mr Williams added that glass manufacturing is a highly skilled job thanks to the 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) and a growth in Artificial Intelligence, but warned that many UK employers cannot find the right people for those highly skilled jobs.

He also explained that companies do not need massive investment in digitisation; they can reap the rewards of this 4th Industrial Revolution by taking smaller steps.

Women in glass Professor Alicia Duran, President of the International Commission on Glass (ICG) and 2019 Phoenix Award winner, discussed the role of women in the glass industry and why promoting diversity is such a key topic.

She advised attendees of a ‘glass ceiling’ for women in having the ability to access the top jobs in a company. She said that there was a low presence of women in those higher management roles.

Prof. Duran also mentioned that along with a ‘glass ceiling’ there is also a ‘sticky floor’ – which refers to the problem that

women face in staying in the same job ‘with no escape’ such as promotion to another role or having to stay in the role due to personal life such as giving birth and the need for maternity leave.

Prof. Duran then explained the theme throughout history of downplaying the role of women in science, and gave the example of Rosalind Franklin, whose work in the understanding of DNA was imperative. But when scientific papers were produced, her name was not used, with her male counterparts named on the paper instead.

Professor Duran told the audience that currently there is only one woman for every nine men in the elite of European science, and these women have lower salaries than their male counterparts.

But all was not negative for the role of women. Prof. Duran explained that in the pharmaceutical sector, there are more female researchers than there are male and this should be looked at as a positive for the industry.

The morning session was completed by Martyn Marshall from Glass Technology Services, who took audience members on a trip back to the first manufacturing

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1. Andy Williams of CBI discussed the issues

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facing the UK manufacturing industry.

2. Professor Alicia Duran said women face both a ‘glass ceiling’ and a ‘sticky floor’ throughout their career.

3. Sanjay Patel discusses the 5 Ps of Packaging.

4. Dave Dalton addresses the audience.

the increase of plastics in the oceans.

Aston Fuller, Project Manager for British Glass explained the meaning of a circular economy and the industrial symbiosis of flat glass.

Mr Fuller explained that he was currently managing the Fostering Industrial Symbiosis for a Sustainable Resource Intensive Industry across the extended Construction Value Chain, known as FISSAC, which is a research project looking into the use and reuse of glass in construction.

Following the presentations, a 30/45-minute panel discussion took place with questions from the audience focussing on topics including women in glassmaking and digitalisation in

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glassmaking among others.

The panellists included Mr Dalton (who had returned from the Glass Futures meeting), Mr Marshall, Fiacre O’Connell, Strategic Development Director at Encirc and regular Glass International columnist and Procurement & Supply Chain FMCG Executive Emma Bowers.

This was a chance for audience to delve further into these key topics and how different parts of the industry are trying to help.

The Glass Focus conference and subsequent awards evening will return in November 2020. �

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of glass over 2000 years ago, to looking ahead to the future and how the industry can possibly learn from the past to move forwards.

Brian McMillan, Chairman of the aforementioned Glass Futures, explained the outlook for the project and why the industry should get involved.

After lunch Sanjay Patel, Founder of the Packaging Collective, spoke about the organisation, which was created to bring members of the packaging industry together and to have a voice to change the industry.

Mr Patel told the audience that the packaging industry needed to change immediately as the planet is at a critical point with regards to decarbonisation and

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Industry 4.0

Graphoidal developments and Industry 4.0 With Industry 4.0 on the forefront of every company’s minds, Graphoidal has developed a remote access router capable of access management and data all in one. Ian Pollard* discusses its benefits.

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s an established supplier of equipment to the glass packaging industry, Graphoidal Developments has always aimed to be a leader and innovator. With thousands of products installed in many countries around the world, it has a proven track record within the industry.

With the advent of Industry 4.0 and the development of new technologies and methodologies, the requirements, and requests, for connected devices and services has increased.

Industry 4.0 introduces four design principles: Interconnection, Information transparency, Technical assistance and Decentralised decisions. Emphasis is now placed on connecting machines, devices and people and giving them the ability to communicate via the internet of things (IoT).

Information transparency drives the gathering of data for monitoring and analysis and, increasingly, customers want to improve the efficiency and up-time of installed equipment through the use of remotely connected service solutions.

Graphoidal partnered with HMS Networks, an independent supplier of solutions for industrial communication and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and offer the Ewon Flexy 205 gateway and remote access router as an option on new equipment.

The unit offers remote access, management and data in one package.

In addition, data from the control system can be made available locally via various, industry standard, protocols for integration into a customer’s SCADA system.

Through remote access, Graphoidal can assist a customer with troubleshooting, remotely view the HMI screens on installed equipment and, if required, connect to a web camera. Remote access

� The Ewon Flexy 205 gateway was created after requests for remotely connected service solutions.

reduces downtime should a problem occur and allows our service team to offer rapid response times so often needed to reduce losses and improve overall efficiency.

Remote management allows multiple installations to be monitored from a centralised point. Alarms and events can be monitored and viewed directly

by Graphoidal’s service team, often well before a problem becomes acute.

Trends can be analysed, parameter

changes recorded and the performance of equipment monitored to ensure the highest possible efficiency of the installed product.

Operational data, such as alarms, KPI, set points, consumption, etc. can be collected remotely to create value added services. By offering newer products with embedded technology from its portfolio of suppliers, Graphoidal can offer enhanced services for greater customer peace of mind.

Data from multiple sources within the supplied equipment can be brought together to give an enhanced view of the performance of the system as a whole. For example; the run time of a water supply pump within one of our booster pump systems can be monitored and, when a service is due, our service team can be ready to assist. Through the use of an optional 3G/4G card, the Flexy is able to relay alarms and key data to the mobile phones of appropriate personnel to ensure a timely response to any situation, should it arise.

The combination of a Flexy 205 gateway with Talk2M, said to be the first Secure Industrial Cloud, enables Graphoidal’s service team to connect with equipment wherever it is deployed.

This can lead to a reduction in operational costs as there can be a direct saving from no longer needing an engineer from our service team to travel on-site for support.

Engineers also report a higher ‘fix on first visit’ ratio thanks to being able to remotely troubleshoot support issues.

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� �The combination of a Flexy 205 gateway with Talk2M enables Graphoidal’s service team to connect with equipment wherever it is deployed.

Through multi-platform applications, engineers are able to initiate a secure VPN (virtual private network) connection and, using the various tools at their disposal, interrogate, view the status of and, if required, modify the parameters of the attached equipment.

The use of the Talk2M service ensures high security using the ‘Layered security approach’, also called ‘Defence in Depth Approach’. This approach safeguards information integrity and confidentiality

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system with access to the internet via the standard HTTPS port 443.

Where IT restrictions prevent the use of the corporate network, a connection can be made using an optional 3G or 4G network card instead. �

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along with information system availability and resilience.

During the set-up procedure, the Ewon Flexy establishes a secure, encrypted, connection to the Talk2M cloud. The security of this system is backed by robust testing. For peace of mind, the service is certified to ISO 27001 and STAR certified to OSSTMM 3.0.

To connect to the cloud, the Flexy requires either an ethernet or wi-fi (optional) connection to the customers IT

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Company profile: Pattesons Glass

UK distributor Pattesons Glass continues its expansion UK distributor Pattesons Glass has seen its turnover more than double in recent years. The group supplies glass to a variety of customers around the world and has forged links with major Chinese manufacturer Huaxing Glass. Greg Morris spoke to its MD and former footballer David Mann.

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rom its humble beginnings the UK glass distributor Pattesons Glass has grown rapidly.

In just 12 years the Grimsby-based company has increased its turnover from £44,000 a year in 2007 to £8.5 million last year.

It has also increased the number of staff from three to 35 and expanded its premises this year with a new 15,000ft2 warehouse.

The company was originally formed as a pickling organisation, Pattesons Pickles, 110 years ago. But in 2007 three men led a takeover and decided to focus on glass wholesaling.

They felt there was a demand for glass containers that was not being met by the market.

The group initially sold jars and bottles for the food industry, but soon diversified into spirits, pharmaceutical and gourmet markets before moving into caps and closures.

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Football career Among the three founders was its current Managing Director, David Mann, 48. He had lived in the south of England and was a former footballer for English professional football team Crystal Palace. He had played with the now Premier League team since a youngster but aged 18 was told he was being let go.

“It was no surprise when they told me I was being let go because I knew I wasn’t good enough, you just know in your heart.”

He continued to play football for a number of semi-professional teams in the lower leagues such as Sutton United, Kingstonian and Carshalton.

In the meantime, he also had a job working for a wholesaler which brought him into contact with a number of glass companies such as the then BSN (now O-I), VMC and Rockware (now Ardagh).

During the next 10 years he forged links with the people in the industry before, in 2007, founding Pattesons Glass.

His wife, originally from Cleethorpes, close to Grimsby, was keen for a move back home and David also felt it was time for a change.

“I wanted to work for myself, I was doing other things with people but I felt the time was right to

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put a new wholesaler on the market, someone with fresh new ideas and good contacts in the market in the UK and in Europe.

“My two partners at the time decided it was a business we could build up.”

Background After making the move from London to the north east of England he has had no regrets.

“I fell in love with it, it felt easier to run a business here compared to my life before commuting to London, which would sometimes feel like travelling a million miles to get to.

“My background in glass really helped. I had worked at a wholesaler as a sales manager so had worked with a number of the glass manufacturers and had the relations and connections.”

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� 1. Pattesons was established in 2007.

� 2. Pattesons MD, David Mann.

Expansion The business quickly grew. In 2009 Pattesons moved away from more specialised glass to focus on more conventional shaped glass, such as wines, oils and vinegars, adding items to its existing product range.

Then in 2011 it completed a £1 million expansion which saw it centralise its operations into a purpose built, two-storey office facility with showrooms, fully fitted office and a warehouse.

Three years later it invested another £350,000 into expanding its warehouse facilities.

This year, it added a second warehouse to create an additional 2200 pallet spaces and completed a further expansion of its packing room in a £100,000 investment.

It is here that glasses are made more presentable for the end consumer. Large pallets are packed down into trays of six or 12 glass jars for example, given a bar code and a cap, shrink wrapped and then sent to a retail store.

Another significant moment in its history occurred in 2017 when 80% of the business was sold to large global organisation, Industrial Packaging Group (IPG).

The €85 million turnover group is a family-run company with operations in Belgium, USA and China.

Mr Mann said: “It made sense to be part of the group. They are a family business, were well established and I liked its vision. It is a large organisation and it gave Pattesons the opportunity to grow, which the three of us on our own could not.”

Once the purchase was complete his two partners left and Mr Mann became MD. The

� 3 and 4. Pattesons can supply a range of different shapes, sizes and colours of glass containers.

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company now has a thorough global outlook and recently sourced, for example, glass from a government owned factory in Moldova.

“We had searched high and wide for this jar but this was the only factory that could make it,” said Mr Mann.

Strengths So where does Pattesons fit into the glassmaking chain?

For some customers, who are filling the container, glass is not necessarily the main component of the product and will request Pattesons source an appropriate jar or bottle.

Its agility means it can pick glass products from a variety of sources. For those customers who only want a small amount of glassware, it can source the appropriate amount from a variety of glassmakers.

“If someone wants 10 different products, we can source five from one, two from someone else and then 3 from elsewhere, that’s our strength.”

He added: “We also fit into the current craft movement because we can offer something that the others don’t have, those distinctive bottles.”

It is also the agent for Verallia and Piramal and

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has its own storage facilities containing a number of glass shapes and sizes.

Huaxing Glass For the last seven years Pattesons has worked with China’s largest container glass manufacturer Huaxing Glass. It is the glass manufacturer’s agent in the UK and Pattesons often sources glass from the Guangdong-based company.

Huaxing has 13 factories in China and uses modern western technology to make glass.

“We have brought 108 million pieces in seven years from them and I can honestly tell you that the quality is there.

“The factory is fantastic, clean spotless, you have to go round in a car it is that big.”

Another important factor was Huaxing’s social responsibility and environmental credentials. The group had been audited by major UK supermarket Sainsburys, which had impressed IPG.

Online presence The next step is to focus on its online presence. It has an Ebay store, which makes about 150k a year with an average order of £17.

It already has a busy order book for 2020 and has its sights on achieving a turnover of £10 million.

“We are as big as some of the glassmakers in terms of turnover without having to make glass.

“We have a good team here who work closely together. Now with a big parent company it has given us the confidence that we can go out and deal with anybody.

“I’m a big believer in you have got to know what you are on about – you can’t just wing it so we’re upfront and straight with people otherwise it just comes back on you. You need a certain amount of technical knowledge as well and that only comes with time, you can’t just learn about the glass industry.

“I know a fair bit and I pass that on to the younger sales team here but at the same time we can rely on our parent company now and its global expertise.”

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Company profile: Stara Glass

Stara Glass celebrates award Italian glass furnace supplier Stara Glass recently won the award for Excellence of the year, innovation and leadership in the glass market at the Le Fonti awards 2019. Its CEO Massimo Panetta discusses the company.

Q: Stara Glass won the Le Fonti Awards 2019 award for excellence of the year, innovation and leadership in the glass market, I imagine you’re happy with the recognition?

CEO: I consider this award as a recognition to an entire company that has been on the market for more than 60 years. In the last two years I have launched a transformation programme focused on two dimensions, namely innovative solutions and the enhancement of human capital and I believe that this award gives value to this transformation, which will contiknue in the future. I believe part of the significance of this award is due to the positive market response regarding our vision.

Q: What relationship do Italians have with glass?

CEO: In general they have a very good relationship. The Italians consider it aesthetically beautiful, easily usable, for example it is more pleasant to drink from the glass bottle than from the can, in short I think that this is the essence of glass. In this era, considering the current campaign

in favour of glass, it undoubtedly continues to have greater value.

Q: Your company is committed to Research and Development activities. Among your most successful projects is the Centauro furnace. Can you discuss this further?

CEO: The glass is made with furnaces and Centauro is a furnace; not traditional, but a hybrid. There are two macro types of furnaces, the recuperative and the regenerative ones. Centauro does not belong to either of them because it is half recuperative and half regenerative. Its performances are superior to those of a classic regenerative furnace and, among the specificities, it has an integrated SNCR system for the abatement of NOx, therefore it satisfies the principle of environmental sustainability.

Compared to a classic glass production furnace, it has less stringent constraints in the layout, in fact the recovery part, which is behind the furnace, can be positioned quite freely. Finally, it has the ability to re-use preheated clean air, channeling it Continued>>

From Left: Daniela Messina, Technical Office Director; Giulio Barbieri, Head Of Project Management; Massimo Panetta, CEO; Simone Ferraro, Technical Director; Temistocle Fabbris, Head of Maintenance and Customer Support.

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into other energy forms. For example, in a factory it can be used for heating, for compressed air, in other words it allows for further energy recovery, making the production of glass more sustainable.

Q: Is this possible through steam?

CEO: Not exactly, or at least not yet. The idea was to guess the possibility of reusing this quantity of energy that was not recovered; in fact the quota we recover with Centauro, in the classic furnaces goes to get lost. We have had the aim of recovering it and we have created the technological solution to be able to actually do it.

Q: Stara Glass has recently expanded its activity to include non-European countries as well as European nations. What do you consider to be the recipe for success?

CEO: As I always say my people, we are a small and medium-sized company that has a seat in the table of the greats, we operate directly with the big producers of glass around the world.

The recipe we are applying is to do business by meeting the customer’s needs. In recent years we have identified four: environmental sustainability, energy sustainability, performance improvement in terms of production quality and improvement of the furnace life cycle, or have a broader life cycle possible to have a business case of return on investment of a certain effect.

These dimensions are those that respond to real needs, so in our proposal we do not sell a furnace but we sell results, we position ourselves on a path aimed at the expected target. The customer sees us as risk participants, so the value is seen not so much in a supply, but in a measurable service, certified and aimed at achieving the required performance.

So it makes sense to talk about a complete package.

Q: What are the emerging markets?

CEO: From our market analysis, as emerging markets we note that there are Africa and India.

Besides the importance of the investment flows that are affecting Africa, everything is linked to the population growth because the two countries that will have a very large population increase in the next few years will be India - which will overtake China - and Nigeria. So in these countries the need will increase and obviously it will be balanced with an adequate production.

Stara Glass began in Pisa in 1960 as a company that specialised in the demolition and recovery of refractory materials from industrial furnaces.

The initial activity has been integrated over time with design, reconstruction and hot work services and agency contracts with specialist companies in the production of refractories (it is the exclusive agent for Sefpro in Italy) and production process control systems.

It is headquartered in Genoa and has operating offices in Parma, Savona, Venice, Alessandria and sales offices in France, Portugal, Spain, Central America, Chile, Brazil, India, South Korea, Thailand, China, Russia and Kazakhstan.

Its President, Giorgio Fasolini, said: “We help customers achieve growth and high performance goals, leveraging on the strength of analysis, relationships, interactions, internal and external collaborations at national level and international to offer and support the best possible service. ” Stara Glass is the holder of patents for the construction of sustainable, energy-competitive plants, able to comply with quality standards and meet the legal limits on environmental emissions.

These include its Centauro technology, High Efficiency Air Staging and Waste Gas Strategic Recirculation. The activities of its Research & Development & Innovation department are supported by a combination of corporate investments and European funding.

The Prime Glass project in 2016 was an important European LIFE + project. It saw Stara Glass as leader, together with Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro and the University of Genoa.

Thanks to this project Stara Glass has developed, engineered and patented two new primary technologies for the abatement of nitrogen oxides (NOx) finding an immediate response and interest from the market.

Stara Glass, in collaboration with the University of Genoa, has established two start-ups: SGRPRO and Sirela. In June 2018, its engineer Giorgio Minestrini received the Michael Garvey Award 2018 award at the SGT’s Furnace Solutions training day and conference.

Stara Glass is also committed to promoting training courses outside in the academic field, participating actively in the teaching modules of university masters in industrial plant engineering and as a support to the teaching activity in degree courses. This contributes to the spread of the glass culture and which also trains the process engineers of the future on the particular aspects and principles that characterise the glass industry.

“Attracting, developing and growing our people is the basis for achieving high performance,” said Mr Panetta. �

Stara Glass, Genoa, Italy www.staraglass.net

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ADVERTORIAL - LWN

LWN Lufttechnik GmbH: A New Momentum

L-R: Mr Reiner Giesbert , Mr Jörg Günther and Mr Aleksander Pinda.

The selling team of LWN-Lufttechnik consists of : L-R: Mr Dipl. Wirt.-Ing. Johann Keyserlingk, Mr Dr Ing. Frank Lohbach, Mr Dipl.-Ing. Wieland Wittig and Mr Michael Nisius

Dear Business Partners, We are happy to announce some operational changes which currently took place in our company.

In 2012 a breakthrough for LWN Lufttechnik was the takeover of Mr Reiner Giesbert and Mr Wieland Wittig as sole owners of the company.

The former shareholder Mr Ralph Lauer withdrew in that moment and has since then not been acting again for the company.

(With the withdrawal of shareholder - Mr Ralph Lauer in 2012, who since then, has not been active within our company, Mr Reiner Giesbert and Mr Wieland Wittig became the sole owners of LWN Lufttechnik.)

Mr Giesbert and Mr Wittig conducted essential restructurings of the company and repositioned it for the market. The further, constant development of the products enabled to gain new customers in the global market. The last years have been characterized for us by steady growth.

Like many of our customers, we are also facing the new requirements of the hollow and flat glass industry.

Since 01.10.2019, the company LWN – Lufttechnik is held by two managing directors: Mr Reiner Giesbert and Mr Aleksander Pinda.

Mr Dipl. Ing. Aleksander Pinda has already been working in the company as a construction manager for many years.

To satisfy the rising demands of production and quality, we have strengthened our personnel in the area of operational management: On October 1st, 2019 Mr Dipl. Ing. Jörg Günther embraced the management in our production manufactory in Wilsdruff.

To be able to react more quickly to customer requests, we have lately strengthened the selling team with Mr Michael Nisius.

Mr Nisius works in the glass industry since 1980.

This group of persons is the sole selling team of LWN - Lufttechnik and is looking forward to your requests.

We have expanded our product portfolio in other areas.

The piping of compressed air, water and vacuum as well as the complete electrical wiring have already been carried out in the glass industry very successfully. Embracing all the consecutive phases of realisation - starting from the planning to the complete assembly.

We aim to be a reliable partner and keep moving ahead with you on this pathway. We are looking forward to continuing good cooperation.

Sincerely, The team of LWN-Lufttechnik

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In-Line glass melt redox measuring system Dr Paul Laimbock* discusses the enormous potential of in-line redox monitoring to improve the understanding, controllability and efficiency of the industrial glass production process.

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ver the past decades the glass industry has succeeded to reduce operational costs while improving product quality. This is the result of improved production technology, methods and materials. However, tougher competition and stricter environmental regulations - the need to reduce the carbon footprint in particular – has caused the glass industry to seek for more opportunities to increase its production efficiency.

Research programmes during the past decennia have shown that the oxygen activity (or redox state) of the glass melt is a key parameter determining many physical and chemical properties of the melt[1,2]. The use of in-line oxygen sensors is now recognised by many glass producers as an effective tool to obtain more information about the chemistry of the melt, increasing the understanding, controllability and efficiency of the industrial glass production process.

At present, the redox state of a glass melt is usually indirectly monitored by a periodical lab analysis at ambient conditions. In-line redox monitoring using oxygen sensors is technically complex due to the hot and corrosive conditions in the glass melt. Read-Ox has put a lot of effort in developing a reliable in-line oxygen sensor for the glass melt over the past years. These sensors are now successfully applied in many glass production furnaces. The measuring system is easy to use and is relatively inexpensive, making in-line redox monitoring accessible to the glass producing industry.

Redox affecting glass melt The oxygen activity of the glass melt determines the equilibrium state of multivalent ions (MI) in the glass melt by the following general equation:

� Fig 1. Glass melt redox measuring system.

(1) replaceable redox sensor, supplied in a box of 5 sensors, (2) measuring lance, (3) water-cooled jacket, (4) jacket holder unit, (5) DIN rail mountable converter.

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Melts with a low oxygen activity contain more reduced species such as Fe2+, S2-, Sb3+ and Cr2+/Cr3+ and melts with a high oxygen activity contain more oxidised species such as Fe3+, SO42-, Sb5+ and Cr3+/Cr6+. The amounts of the various multivalent species in the melt affect many important process and/or product properties. Important properties such as glass colour, radiant heat transfer in the glass melt and gas production (fining and foaming) are all redox dependent[1,2].

In-Line measuring system Fig 1 shows the components of the measuring system. The measuring principle is based on an electrochemical cell[ref 3]. The system consists of an replaceable redox sensor (1), a measuring lance containing the wiring (2), a watercooled jacket (3), a jacket holder unit formounting the water-cooled jacket to the furnace frame (4) and a programmable DIN rail mountable converter (5). The sensor is connected easily to the contact block on

the measuring lance.

Fig 2 is a schematic representation of the measuring system installed in a feeder channel. The water-cooled jacket is positioned vertically in the furnace with its lower end about 100mm above the glass melt. The redox sensor extends partially out of the water-cooled jacket and its ceramic measuring tip is immersed in the glass melt. The programmable converter calculates the partial oxygen pressure of the glass melt from the raw sensor mVsignals. Formulas and analogue output ranges can be programmed according to the specific needs of the end user by using a specially developed pc-software.

The water-cooled jacket can be supplied in various lengths, depending on the distance the jacket has to bridge in the hot furnace atmosphere. The replaceable sensor has a small, standardised dimension and is therefore relatively inexpensive. Sensor lifetime is about 6 to 8 weeks in a container glass melt at 1150°C. Continued>>

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Experiences with In-Line redox monitoring Fig 3 shows the typical redox ranges of various container glass colours and the responsible colouring ions. The in-line sensor covers the whole redox range from oxidised yellowish UVA green to reduced amber.

Emerald green: Fig 4 shows the daily iron-ratio (Fe2+/Fetot) spectrophotometric lab analysis of the cold glass and the continuous output of the in-line sensor.

The sensor output is expressed as ironratio of the cold glass by using an empirical formula relating the iron-ratio of the cold glass to the raw sensor mVsignals. The empirical formula resulted from a correlation study and is valid in a limited redox range of the emerald green glass melted in this particular furnace.

It can be seen that the sensor output corresponds well to the daily laboratory result.

As emerald green is usually melted from a high share of foreign recycling cullet, the redox state of the glass melt varies substantially [4] and moves quite

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illustrative. The sensor signal indicated a rapid redox shift in the reduced direction.

The melt became even so reduced that amber cords appeared in the glass.

Following the spectrophotometric lab analysis of the next day, however, there was no reason for corrective action. It appeared that lab analysis was falsified by the amber colouration of the sample.

The lab analysis wrongly suggested the redox state was still within specs, resulting in a three days production loss.

If the operator had relied on the sensor, batch redox corrections could be taken in an earlier stage, saving a considerable production loss. In the end, by using the continuous sensor signal for redox control, the operator was able to reduce redox variations and could increase the foreign cullet share by 5% resulting in considerable savings on material and energy costs.

Heat transfer in emerald green: Fig 3 shows emerald green can be melted in a large redox range, ranging from oxidised to mildly reduced, just before amber formation. However, a correlation study using the in-line redox measurement showed that heat transfer was better in the mildly reduced redox range [5]. When melting more reduced, higher bottom temperatures were recorded at the same energy input. This is caused by the higher level of Fe2+ in the more reduced melt. Fe2+ has a broad absorption band in the near IR making the radiant heat transfer from the burner flames and superstructure into the glass melt more effective. Moreover, the same correlation study also showed that seed count of the glass product was lower when emerald green was melted in the more reduced range [5]. Fining is more effective as more SO2 fining gas

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is produced, due to a minimum residual sulphur content in the mildly reduced range [6]. Continuous redox monitoring appeared very useful to melt emerald green in the mildly reduced range with good heat transfer (saving energy) and low seed count. Moreover, the risk of moving to a too reduced glass with amber cords and sulphur blisters due to the melting of a high share of (more or less) contaminated foreign cullet is considerably reduced by a more effective redox control using the in-line sensor Olive green and antique green: These colours are a delicate equilibrium between iron-green and trivalent chromium green on the one hand and the amber chromophore (Fe3+/S2-) on the other hand. Olive and antique green have a very narrow redox specification range and move out of specs as a result of small variations in weathering degree of foreign cullet, batch humidity, pull or air/oxy-fuel ratio. Redox control based on the daily iron-ratio, with a max. 24h delay, is insufficient for these redox sensitive colours with a narrow redox specification range Olive green is melted at the onset of the amber chromophore formation. A small redox shift into the oxidised or reduced direction renders green or amber, respectively. In antique green, containing a relatively high level of trivalent chromium green, the amber chromophore is instable and disappears again when the melt becomes more reduced. This is due to the formation of divalent chromium (Cr2+) at melting temperatures in the reduced range. On cooling down to Tg, Cr2+ reduces Fe3+ to Fe2+, leaving too little Fe3+ for the formation of a substantial amount of the amber chromophore (Fe3+/S2-) [7]. For this reason antique green turns green, not only when the melt becomes too oxidised, but also when it becomes too reduced. The in-line sensor is therefore very helpful in quickly establishing whether the melt is too oxidised or too reduced.

Conclusions An in-line redox sensor has been developed giving continuous information on the oxidation state of the glass melt. Various examples show the enormous potential of in-line redox monitoring to improve the understanding, controllability and efficiency of the industrial glass production process. �

References 1.

P.R. Laimböck, “Foaming of Glass Melts” (1998) PhD Thesis at the

Technical University of Eindhoven 2.

M. Hubert et al., “Impact of Redox in Industrial Glass Melting and

Importance of Redox Control”, 77th Conference on Glass Problems: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings (2017) , 115-129 3.

P.R. Laimböck, R.G.C. Beerkens, and J. van der Schaaf, “On-line

Oxygen Sensors in Industrial Glass Melting Tanks”, Ceram. Engin. Sci. Proc. 23 (2002), 27-44.

R.G.C. Beerkens, A.J. Faber, J. Plessers and T. Tonthat, “Measuring

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the Redox State of Cullet”, Glass, October 1997, 72-375 5.

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Transfer and Redox State’ and ‘Seed Count’ 6.

S. Budd, “Oxidation-Reduction equilibrium in glass with special

reference to sulphur”, presented at the American Ceramic Society Symposium on Gases in Glass, Philadelphia Pennsylvania (1965) 7.

M. Hubert et al., “Stabilisation of divalent chromium Cr(II) in soda–

lime–silicate glasses”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 403 (2014), 23– 29

*Read-Ox & Consultancy, The Netherlands paul.laimbock@readox.com www.readox.com

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Events Review: UK Glass Suppliers Alliance

The best of UK glass Glass manufacturers heard about the latest technologies in the glassmaking process at the recent UK Glass Suppliers Alliance seminar. Greg Morris attended.

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embers of the UK glass manufacturing industry heard about the latest trends and innovations driving the industry at a seminar.

The UK Glass Suppliers Alliance seminar took place in Barnsley, UK and was organised by nine technology providers to the industry.

Each gave two 15-minute presentations to the audience of UK glass manufacturers, first about their company history and then of their latest innovations.

Approximately 40 people from companies such as Ardagh Glass, O-I, Allied Glass, Stoelzle, Beatson Clark, Encirc and Nippon Electric Glass were in attendance.

The nine suppliers were DSF Refractories, Fives, Graphoidal, Glassworks Hounsell, Pro-Sight, Pennine Industrial, Rondot GB, Sheppee and Heat Up. Lincoln Brown, of Pro-Sight and who chaired the seminar for the day, afterwards said the majority of the innovations presented had only been released in the past six months.

He said afterwards: “I’m happy because

� Manufacturers and technology suppliers from the UK glass industry were in attendance.

From l to r: Lincoln Brown. Paul Hutchinson. Graham Womersley and Mark Johnston.

everyone that’s come have all seemed to pick up something that they didn’t know before and have hopefully learnt something new.

“It was great to see so many graduate engineers here. Those guys are the production and furnace engineering managers of the future.

Visitors seemed to like the format of the event, which included presentations followed by networking breaks. Delegates could wander around a tabletop exhibition where suppliers displayed their equipment.

It is the second time the alliance has held such a seminar. The first was two years ago and about 20 glassmakers attended. The alliance was originally formed eight years ago and would meet formally once a year to discuss the latest goings on in the industry.

They would also help facilitate overseas customer visits to the UK as well as help with hotels and logistics.

“There was just a common interest of loving the glass industry and wanting to work together,” said Mr Brown.

Refractories The day started with each company describing their role in the glass industry and their background.

DSF Refractories’ Paul Hutchinson opened proceedings by stating that refractories are not boring. Without refractories there would be no glass, iron and steel, and cement production.

“Usually when you think about refractories you think about pale, sadlooking bricks on a sad-looking kiln.

But, if you look at a space shuttle, it will have about 3000 fibreous refractory composite insulation tiles on it in the light temperature areas and about another 20,000 fibreous silicate tiles.”

Graham Womersley, of Pennine Industrial, described some of the tooth chains, links and sprockets the company manufacturers for use in glass manufacturing.

Its links are made of steel and, for consistent link weight, are manufactured in two mills.

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Above. About 40 people attended.

From l to r. Roy Clarkson. Clive Ward. Jordan Chappelow. Will Brinkmann.

L. Sergio Silva Viles of Fives Stein.

R. The event included a tabletop exhibition where delegates could mingle.

line efficiency monitoring. It designs and manufactures small flexible mobile glass container inspection machines with a complimentary series of cold end ware handling systems.

Jordan Chappelow, Sales Director at Rondot GB, described the group, which is a subsidiary of the RISE organisation. It supplies bespoke IS machine spare parts and variables. He later discussed some of its latest IS inspection equipment such as the Speedgob 3, Handy 6 Pyrometer and Tomcat hot end coating thickness tester.

Glassworks Hounsell entered the glass industry in the 1960s and is based on a 40,000ft2 site in Halesowen, UK. It is a supplier of batch charging and feeding equipment for furnaces of all shapes and sizes of glass. Will Brinkmann, its Sales Director, provided an overview of the various types of charger and the special injectors for the chargers themselves.

A charger is determined by the size of a furnace and its pull. There are seven different sizes but the company can manufacture bespoke types if required.

Graphoidal’s Managing Director, Mark Johnston, described the Chesterfield, UK

based company, which is also part of the RISE group. It has developed lubrication and coating products for the glass tableware and container sectors.

Glass furnaces and conditioning manufacturer Fives Stein based in Didcot, UK and Heat-Up, a small operation that specialises in combustion engineering and camera systems completed the presenters.

Solutions The afternoon session was focused on new technical innovations.

DSF highlighted its Reblock modular shapes, designed in cooperation with US ceramic group Fosbel.

The use of Reblock can take days off of a build, saving downtime and getting production back earlier. It means skilled bricklayers are no longer required because blocks can be easily craned onto position.

Pennine focused on its Pennlock new design. It was described as an industry first rapid connecting system designed to reduce the rime taken to join the chain Continued>>

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All links are stamped in its Wolverhampton facility on Swiss made presses which gives the company a consistent, uniform tolerance and prevents elongation in the component.

The components are then digitally inspected to ensure every component in the chain is of the same standard to prevent elongation. It uses a vibrating medium which is specially deigned for the company to give a uniform finish.

Roy Clarkson and Andy Ross, of Sheppee, provided an overview of the ware handling specialists.

Mr Clarkson said: “We are the only company in the industry that solely specialises in ware handling.

“We are an engineering company and our speciality is transporting glass. We know the subject, our engineers know the subject and the science of ware handling, and that is one of the platforms to our success. Through working with our customers we have got an unrivalled portfolio of equipment.”

Dewsbury, UK-based Pro-Sight, provides vision inspection and cold end ware handling equipment well as production

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L. Graphoidal’s Richard Pike

R. The event was organised by nine suppliers to the industry.

while it is on the machine. It is suitable for any type of chain fitted with Thicker Type Head Protectors and offers a consistent chain running surface.

Steve Sherlock, Sales Director at Fives Stein, highlighted electric glass melting furnaces and how they can lower emissions.

He suggested that the future furnace may be a hybrid and described the Eco Flex furnace. It is a new solution built with well-known and proven technologies.

Roy Clarkson, of Sheppee, then described how ware handling has never been more critical.

“The question is now becoming not how many bottles a minute can we make but how fast can we transport those containers to keep up with the forming process.”

Lincoln Brown described a new inspection machine, the Tuck Under Measurement System for tuck under defects. It can give an accurate high res image of the finish of a bottle and can measure any point all the way around the circumference of the bottle.

Graphoidal’s Richard Pike described a smart gob camera, which is a monitoring system for measuring various aspects of the

gob, such as the length, diameter, weight and temperature. Its aim is to reduce the weight of the gob and to stabilise the gob loading process by measuring the angles, weights and diameters.

He provided a case study where it was calculated that the customer would save €180,000 a year with a payback time of the system of less than 12 months. �

A third UK Glass Suppliers Alliance seminar is provisionally planned for two years time.

Watch this space for more details.

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Glass Problems conference success The 80th Conference on Glass Problems (GPC) in Columbus, Ohio, USA brought in record numbers of attendees to hear about the latest innovations and solutions in the glass industry. George Lewis attended.

From l to r. Dr Ludovic Valette of O-I asked the glass industry to ‘be more innovative’.

Delegates had opportunities time to wander around the accompanying exhibition.

Hisashi Kobayashi of Praxair and Erik Muijsenberg of Glass Service discussed carbon reduction in the glass industry.

Collaboration After an opening speech from Mr Lipetz and S.K Sundaram, Program Director at American glass teaching and research institution, Alfred University, the opening plenary session was from Chandra Mangalagiri, Vice President of Engineering at Libbey.

His presentation focussed on the challenges facing glass manufacturing and calling for greater collaboration both within the industry and with other industries. He took attendees on a path through thousands of years of glass history before looking ahead to the future.

It was followed by a talk from Dr Ludovic Valette, Vice President, Global R&D of O-I, who called for more innovation in glass packaging manufacturing.

He focussed on how the industry has moved forward in the last 120 years.

Dr Valette asked the audience if the glass industry had made progress. His answer was ‘maybe yes, maybe not’, which showed that despite improvements, the industry still has work to do, especially along the lines of reducing carbon emissions and creating new ways to melt glass.

Dr Valette explained that O-I has three pillars to progress the company. They are: � To reduce waste

� To implement climate change � To communicate the benefits of glass It is imperative that the glass industry speaks to other industries. He said that up until 2016, the glass industry had actually been shrinking in terms of industry size.

But 2016 was the first year there was growth in all regions of the industry.

Dr Valette believed this was because of the need of consumers for sustainable packing to tackle the increase in plastics in the oceans among other reasons, thus turning to glass. He advised that consumers also want more premium packaging, for which glass is and would prefer to pay more to get glass.

He questioned how the industry could go about supplying this demand for glass.

He said that there are ways to do this by being more innovative, and to invest in newer technologies.

But Dr Valette acknowledges one thing over the rest needs to be done to move forward and supply the new demand for glass. And that is to ‘change the culture and mind set in the industry’.

He said: “We are not killing ourselves (by not speaking to other industries) but Continued>>

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he 80th Conference on Glass Problems (GPC) in Columbus, Ohio, USA was a success with a record 570 attendees during the four-day event.

It was held at the Greater Columbus Convention Centre and brought in visitors from around the world to hear speakers from throughout the industry talk about the problems and resolutions in an ever-changing industry.

The conference was dedicated to Mark Powys (1968-2019), who passed away in August after a battle with illness.

Bob Lipetz, Conference Director and Executive Director of Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC), said of Mr Powys: “Highly respected in the glass manufacturing industry, Mark Powys earned a reputation as always being on the leading edge of new technology innovation.

“Mark was well liked, not only for being a good engineer and a leader, but for also being a mentor to many in the industry.

“Mark is missed by the numerous people who had the good fortune to know him.”

The conference was supplemented by a glass sustainability symposium, with attendees again reaching record numbers, which included manufacturers such as O-I, Ardagh and Gallo Glass.

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Right. Neil Simpson discussed how thermal imaging can help identify refractory problems.

From l to r. Lieke de Cock, Team Lead Furnace Support for CelSian, addressed the audience about the application of advanced sensors.

Paul Schreuders believes the industry can do ‘25% better’in terms of improving the industry.

we need to watch out.

“We need to be bolder, to be more confident in speaking to each other.”

Dr Valette said the cement industry had been working together for at least 20 years, supplying ideas to each other to help progress the industry forwards.

When talking about innovation, Dr Valette said the industry must ‘jump into the 21st century and embrace the digital revolution’, not to do more of the same but to do things differently.

He highlighted the digital printing sector, in which labels can be printed in a full spectrum of colours/designs and changed bottle to bottle.

Melting Hisashi Kobayashi of Praxair then presented another hot topic: the future of glass melting. He focussed on the production of oxygen, energy efficiency, emissions and CO2 neutral glass melting.

Mr Kobayashi explained that over 300 commercial glass melting furnaces have been successfully converted to oxy-fuel firing worldwide since 1991 and gave audience members an idea of the benefits of oxy-fuel usage.

The afternoon session focussed on the melting and combustion stages of glass manufacturing.

It began with a presentation from Jim Uhlik, Vice President of Technical Services at Teco, who presented a case study in which a problem at a float glass plant caused a quantity of lost production during the glass melting stage and how Teco rectified this.

Marc Bernard, General Manager of Bernard Bonneford followed Mr Uhlik with a presentation on the use of electric power in glass melting. This was followed

by Michael Gallagher, Senior Principal Research Engineer at Air Products &

Chemicals, who discussed optimisation in float glass melting furnaces using synchronised oxy-fuel boost burners.

The first day’s lectures ended with Erik Muijsenberg, Vice President of Glass Service, who laid out the imperative of the glassmaking industry to address global sustainability and what technologies could meet the challenge.

Modelling The second day of the conference started with a focus on Batch, Environmental and Modelling, with a presentation from Director of Jenike & Johanson Roger Barnum on Designing Furnace Feed Systems that Work.

Presentations from Teco’s Jonathan Blevins and Brian Naveken, either side of Ruediger Margraf, Managing Director of Luehr Filer who posed the question in his presentation Bag Filter and Catalyst (SCR) – Does this Fit Together?

Mr Naveken explained the benefits and risks of increasing the use of recycled glass in manufacturing. He told the audience that the benefits included higher energy efficiency, lower carbon dioxide emissions, longer furnace life and increased capital efficiency. But the risks include increased defect levels, contamination and offtarget composition and properties.

He concluded that improving cullet recycling systems should become a focal point for manufacturers, furnace designers and cullet processors, to ensure the long-term survival and sustainability of the glass industry.

The mid morning session focussed on refractories and included presentations from Pierrick Vespa of SEFPRO SaintGobain and Rolf Weigand of Ancorro, who presented on solutions for long life furnaces and optimisation and energy savings in container glass production.

The afternoon session started with a talk from Lieke de Cock, the Team Lead Furnace Support for CelSian Glass & Solar who discussed the Application of Advanced Sensors in the Glass Industry.

Ms de Cock believes that the glass industry is ‘behind the times’ with the use of sensors.

She told the audience that the technology is there but it may be something simple as a ‘mind set that needs to change’.

As with Dr Valette’s presentation, she proclaimed that the industry should “work together in research projects to make them feasible for the glass industry.

The CEO of Xpar Vision, Paul Schreuders followed Ms de Lieke’s presentation and started by saying that he was ‘not here to guide you to a new era of glassmaking, it was to introduce to you to a new world of glass forming.’

He explained that Xpar Vision was here to produce sensors to the industry that he believes can do “25% better than today”.

This is because the sensors can continuously monitor the status of gob condition, including weight, temperature and shape, gob loading (speed, length, time of arrival, position), temperatures (parison, moulds, plunger, neck ring) and consequently quality of bottles.

The penultimate presentation was from Les Hutton, Technical Specialist, Precious Metals at Johnson Matthey, who presented on the topic of thermocoupling wire.

The final presentation of the conference was from Neil Simpson, who gave a case study on the development of Ametek Land’s NIR-B Glass in-furnace thermal imaging borescope and how it can help identify problems with a refractory which may not be obvious by optical inspection alone.

The following day, the GMIC hosted a symposium on Sustainability in Glass Manufacturing that also had recordbreaking attendance, with 78 delegates.

This included attendees from companies including Grupovical, Guardian Industry and Vitro, with 13 presentations covering how the glass industry can reduce carbon emissions and become a more sustainable industry. � The 81st Conference on Glass Problems will be held from 26th-29th October 2020 in Columbus.

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Prof. John Parker

Vapour deposition

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elting crystalline silica without a flux is hard. Conventional fuel-fired furnaces cannot easily achieve the high temperatures needed.

But novel technologies can solve the problem and Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) is a good example used in both electronics and communications industries. Silica is a strongly bonded network of alternating silicons and oxygens, hence its high melting point.

But if the oxygen in silica is replaced by hydrogen or chlorine (silicon hydride, SiH4, silicon hydrochloride, SiH2Cl2, silicon tetrachloride SiCl4, organics), individual molecules are created which bond only weakly.

Consequently, at room temperature they exist as liquids which are easily vaporised at modest temperatures.

Such compounds can react with oxygen in the gas phase giving silica glass droplets or, if oxygen is absent, they can deposit as silicon by thermal decomposition.

Vaporisation allows distillation and distillation allows purification, vital for high tech applications in electronic devices, where precise composition control underpins their production, and in optics, where high purities (<ppb contamination) mean ultrahigh transparencies and light transmission up to 100km.

Low concentrations of active species can also be usefully added to control properties – for example in electronics p (boron) and n type dopants (phosphorus).

The equivalent in optics is to control refractive index, creating structures such as antireflection coatings or waveguiding optical fibres. The deposition process for silicon is an atom at a time giving a regular atomic array – a crystal structure.

Because deposition starts at many places simultaneously the surface is covered with numerous single crystals which are readily apparent to the naked eye because of their varying reflectivities in different orientations.

By sequentially adding appropriate dopants to the gas stream a two-layer structure can be deposited so creating a pn junction, capable of trapping photonactivated electrons as in photovoltaic cells. The temperatures needed for these reactions depend on which starting materials are used but are much lower than for melting; plasma technology has also been applied to increase reaction rates.

Reacting these volatile species with oxygen gives small silica glass particles.

Because an ordered structure is not needed silica particles can be created randomly in the gas phase before deposition – permitting faster reaction rates than in the electronics industry where orientation matters and reaction only occurs at crystal interfaces. This process difference gives rise to the M for modified in MCVD. Deposition rates are still low because the raw materials are delivered as gases; they are measured at most in tens of nanometers (10-9 m) per minute.

The communications industry has developed several ways to create an optical fibre preform using MCVD. One is to coat the inside of a silica tube a layer at a time.

Many tens of layers may be added to create the required controlled composition/refractive index profile.

Such deposited silica soot layers are porous and must subsequently be sintered together at high temperatures.

The fibres pulled from such preforms maintain their complex profile, designed to limit the light path to just one mode and to avoid the signal spreading out over time as it propagates.

Another way to create preforms is to deposit the different layers externally on a bait rod. On completing the process and before final sintering, the rod is removed. This approach is called outside vapour deposition (OVD) and the active ingredient is introduced in an oxyhydrogen flame. Many variants of these methods have been developed

to improve fibre transparency and enhance production rates, giving rise to a bewildering array of acronyms.

In the electronics industry single crystal silicon wafers are coated with an insulating layer of silica glass. Similarly, glass technologists have experimented with silica coatings to improve chemical durability. One application coats the inside of pharmaceutical soda-lime-silica glass ampoules with CVD silica to avoid any deleterious reaction of sensitive active components in the contained drugs with sodium extracted from the glass.

Of course, not only silica can be deposited by CVD. Tin and titanium oxide coatings are applied to containers using the technology. Early uses were to deposit thick layers, creating interference effects and giving the substrate an attractive lustrous appearance, mimicking that of metallic ware. Carder (see my last article) a century ago worked hard to perfect this technique which he applied to opaque ware to enhance the optical effect.

More than a half century ago the value of coatings to improve glass strength was also realised. Coatings were applied at the hot end of the furnace under a hood to help control the negative effects of atmospheric water. These coatings were only nanometres thick. Indeed, if poorly controlled the iridescence used to good effect by Carder became a negative issue on containers. These hot end coatings provided a bond to the cold end polymeric coatings sprayed onto the bottles as a lubricant when they emerged from the annealing lehr. Together they were designed to reduce impact and abrasive damage as the bottles bumped along the conveyor belt and were packed. �

*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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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2020

WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2020

FUTURE GLASS FORUM DAY 1

DAY 2

10.30 Keynote speaker (TBC)

10.30 Presentation title TBC

Gregory Lecat, Sales Director Asia & Middle

East, Heye International

11:00 Let’s combine industry and ecology!

Ulas Topal, Chief Executive Officer, Vertech

10:50 Presentation title TBC

Marco Veri, Owner, Socabelec

COFFEE & EXHIBITION TIME

COFFEE & EXHIBITION TIME

12:00 Energy Saving Solutions for the Glass Industry

Daniel Hilfiker, President, Pneumofore

12:00 A new world of glassmaking

Paul Schreuders, Chief Executive Officer,

Xpar Vision

12:20 All Electric Furnaces – A Real Solution

Neil Butler & Steve Sherlock, Sales Manager –

Asia Pacific & Sales Director, Fives Stein

12:20 Are you ready for Industry 4.0?

Shyhhuah Tay, Director of Sales – Asia Pacific

(Infrared), Ametek Land 12:40 Intelligent Inspection Increases Productivity

Jean Luc Logel, Chief Executive Officer,

Iris Inspection

LUNCH & EXHIBITION TIME

LUNCH & EXHIBITION TIME

14:20 Presentation title TBC

Stuart Haikes, Chief Executive Officer, F.I.C UK 14:40 Electric Melting Technology

Lars Biennek, Head of Technology Container/

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Rene Meuleman, Business Leader Global

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BASF DO5 ALL GLASS S.R.L. C02

ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN. TIC. LTD. C13

ANTONINI S.R.L B13

BDF INDUSTRIES SPA D02

CORTEX GLASS B.V. F06

E.W. BOWMAN C12

ELECTROGLASS LTD E01

EME GMBH B01

EMS GROUP E05

EUROTHERM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED D03

F.I.C (UK) LTD B02

FIVES STEIN LIMITED E12

FLAMMATEC B02

GAFF ENGINEERING CORP. A07

GLASS GLOBAL F04

GLASS INTERNATIONAL CO5

GLASS MACHINERY PLANTS & ACCESSORIES F01

GLASS SERVICE A.S B02

GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL A02

GRAPHOIDAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD A04

HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL B12

HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. C12

HEYE INTERNATIONAL C06

HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG D06 IRIS INSPECTION MACHINES

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PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD A05

PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD A01

PNEUMOFORE E13

RAMSEY PRODUCTS CORP D05

RONDOT SAS A04

SEKYUNG HI-TECH INC E10

SHANGHAI YAN LONGJI REGENERATION RESOURCES CO., LTD F03

SHEPPEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED A04

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All GLASS S.R.L. Stand C02 Via Cesare Sarti, 20 43029 Traversetolo (PR) Italy Phone: +39 0521 340810 Email: info@allglass.it Website: www.allglass.it Italy’s All Glass is a leader in cold-end conveyors and palletizers. It is recognised today as a worldwide leading supplier of conveying lines and palletizers in the coldend 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 itself 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

ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN. TIC. LTD. Stand C13 Mr. A Altingoz Yeni Mahalle, Ciftlik Cad. No:2 Cayirova, Kocaeli 41420 Turkey Phone: +90 262 7436373 Email: info@atestugla.com Website: 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:

Website: 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 1800 new lehrs have been installed.

BASF CORPORATION Stand D05 Kathleen Stoneking 100 Park Aveune, Florham Park, 07932, USA Phone: +1 510 445 6117 Email: kathleen.stoneking@basf.com Website: www.catalysts.basf.com.tempsensing

BDF INDUSTRIES SPA

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 turnkey 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 customised solutions, and the natural bent to aftersales assistance and support, which makes All Glass be the ideal partner in terms of performance.

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.

ANTONINI S.R.L Stand B13 Barbara Antonini Via Medaglied’oro Della Resistenza 2 Empoli (FI) 50053 Italy Phone: +39 0571 93221 Email: com@antoninisrl.com

Stand D02 Via Dell’IndustriaI 40 Italy Phone: +39 0444 286 100 Email: BDF@BDF.IT Website: 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.

CORTEX GLASS B.V. Stand F06 Mr. Jochen Kamperhoff Sint Janstraat 2F 9712 JN Groningen Netherlands Phone: +3 1508517127 Email: kamperhoff@cortexglass.com Website: www.cortexglass.com Cortex Glass Hot End Inspection and Control Systems

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EME GmbH

Stand C12 Sam Leaper 3009 Washington Rd, McMurray, PA, 15317 United States Phone: +17244389550 Email: info@hft.com Website: www.hft.com World famous Lehr supplier EW Bowman is now part of the HFT team. EWB specialises in the supply of container glass annealing lehrs, decorating lehrs, mould pre-heating ovens, belt cleaning brushes annealing, lehr process consultation & lehr overhauls.

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

ELECTROGLASS LTD

EMS GROUP

Stand E01 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: 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 worldwide service to our customers in all five continents with local representation in many regions.

Stand E05 Fabrizio Boschi Via Galileo Galilei 29 42027 Montecchio Emilia (RE) Italy Phone: +39 0522 861911 Email: ems@gruppoems.it Website: www.gruppoems.it EMS GROUP is the result of the merge of Emmeti Spa, the international benchmark in palletizing and depalletizing systems for the bottling and glassmaking industries (hollow glass), and its affiliates MECTRA Spa, specialised in the food, pet food and canmaking fields, SIPAC Spa (conveyor lines) and LOGIK Srl. EMS Group is at your disposal for full-service engineering, manufacturing and commissioning of new production lines, as well as for any type of refurbishing and upgrade of existing lines.

EUROTHERM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Stand D03 APAC HO: Tamarai Tech Park Ground Floor, Plot 16-20 & 20A, TVK Industrial Estate, Inner Ring Road, Guindy, Chennai - 600032 India Sales Office @Singapore: 50 Kallang Ave Level 1 Singapore 339505 Phone: +91 990 806 6483 Email: Anjali.yadu@schneider-electric.com Website: www.eurotherm.in Eurotherm is a global manufacturer of Instrumentation, systems and services designed for the efficient operation of industrial processes. Since 1965 the Eurotherm brand has provided specialised solution for energy intensive and regulated industries, and today, continues to design and manufacture configurable precision machine, process and power controllers, and associated data recorders that enable its customers to get the most from their

process. Eurotherm, now part of Schneider Electric, is able to offer you a full “one-stopshop” covering power, process control and more, based on the combination of a huge Schneider Electric and Eurotherm portfolio along with our glass industry process, engineering and installation expertise. We welcome you to visit our booth and meet our team of glass experts who can help you move your business into a new era of energy and operational efficiency. They will show you how we’re redefining the way power and process control are applied in your glass industry, to help you meet future sustainability demands. We promise that it will be time well spent.

F.I.C (UK) LTD Stand B02

Stuart Hakes Longrock Industrial Estate, Penzance, Corwall TR20 0HX United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 1736 366962 Email: general@fic-uk.com Website: 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.

FIVES STEIN LIMITED Stand E12

Stephen Sherlock 4A Churchward, Southmead Park Oxon OX11 7HB United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1235 811111 Email: Stephen.Sherlock@fivesgroup.com Website: http://glass.fivesgroup.com/ 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 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 is the glassmakers’ partner offering a dedicated range of services in automotive, architectural, ultra-thin, container, perfume, fibre, crystal and special glass processes. Contacts: Mr Stephen Sherlock, Sales Director. Email: Stephen.sherlock@ fivesgroup.com Mr Andy Reynolds, Business Development Director. Email: andy. reynolds@fivesgroup.com Mr Alan Hendry, Asia Pacific Sales Director. Email: alan. hendry@fivesgroup.com Mr Neil Butler, Sales Manager Asia Pacific. Email: neil. butler@fivesgroup.com

FLAMMATEC Stand B02 Petr Vojtech Rokytnice 60, 755 01 Vsetin Czech Republic Phone: +42 0 571 498 566 Email: info@flammatec.com Website: 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 Continued>>

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heat into the glass can be found back in the advanced burner concepts. After 11 years since its start in 2008, FlammaTec has already supplied well over 4000 burners to over 180 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 visit www.flammatec.com

GAFF ENGINEERING CORP. Stand A07 Dongshin Shin 569, Hyuam0ro, Munsan-eup, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.

Phone: +82 1047601376 Email: dongshin@gaffglass.com

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GLASSGLOBAL Stand F04 Mrs. Bettina Heuter Grafenberger Allee 277-287 40237 Düsseldorf Germany Phone: +49 211 28073316 Email: office@glassglobal.com Website: www.glassglobal.com www.glassglobal.com is the leading portal for the international glass industry. Over 360,000 visitors/month use the portal as expert marketing channel, browse the portal to get updated information, execute researches or successfully trade equipment or glass. plants.glassglobal.com - glassglobal Plants is your gateway to the international glass producing industry. We have collected data from glass producers worldwide including production capacities, the number of furnaces, furnace types, products, furnace suppliers and years of construction. Moreover, we have compiled financials from global players, production data, demoscopic data for countries as well as import and export data, and we have elaborated a forecast about future glass consumption in all global regions. The trading platform is an international business area for all companies active in purchase

and sale, covering all technologies. The key segments are dedicated to glass production and processing equipment and float resp. container glass trade. www.glassglobal. com/trading

GLASS INTERNATIONAL Stand CO5

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 F01 Luciano Molina Via Antonio Gramsci 57 20032 Cormano (MI) Italy Phone: +39 02 66306866 Email: luciano.molina@glassonline.com Website: 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 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, the most visited international website for the glass industry.

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: 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 optimising furnace designs. GS programmers have developed in-house mathematical modeling software enabling the optimisation 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 utilise 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 visit www. gsl.cz

GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL Stand A02 William Brinkman Park Lane, Halesowen West Midlands. B63 2QS United Kingdom Phone: +44(0)1384560666 Email:wbrinkman@glassworkshounsell.co.uk Website: www.glassworkshounsell.co.uk Glassworks Hounsell are long established (1887) engineers for all areas of the modern glass factory. Glassworks is renowned for batch charging and feeding equipment. We manufacture all types of batch chargers (for all glasses) as well as aqua-sprays, vibratory feeders and other ancillary feeding equipment. Today much of our equipment is customised to suit our end users requirements - technically or financially or

both! Glassworks is also a leading global supplier of Tin Oxide (Sn02) Glass melting electrodes for varying melting and refining applications across a number of glasses. As precision engineers we also find ourselves supplying bespoke and customised engineering works to a number of the world glass makers as well as a associated equipment number of Tier 1 Glass suppliers.

GRAPHOIDAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD Stand A04 Andy Stevenson Broombank Road Chesterfield S41 9QJ United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 1246 266000 Email: sales@graphoidal.com Website: www.graphoidal.com Specialist manufacturer of shear spray systems, IS Machine lubrication systems, Automatic swabbing systems,3D Smartgob Camera system and cold end coating systems. Single feeder and Multi-Shear Spray systems. Oil in Water/Air systems.

Spray bars and mounting accessories.

Accurate emulsion ratio control up to 2000:1 Lubrication System for IS machines; an oil control system from 4 to 24 lubrication zones. This optimises the use of oil resulting in substantial cost savings. Automatic IS machine swabbing systems increasing productivity by up to 4% and significant reduction and saving in lubricant cost. 3D SmartGob imaging camera system with optional gob weight control. Twin Axis cold end coating systems featuring between row, below finish spraying and touch-screen operator interface & Automatic Cold End Dosing Unit.

HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL Stand B12 Gerhard Schmitt, Manager Technology & Sales | Glass Industry 1305 Cherrington Parkway, Suite 100 Moon Township, PA 15108 United States Phone: +49 6130 945497 Email: gschmitt@thinkHWI.com Website: http://thinkHWI.com HarbisonWalker International (HWI) has over 85 years of research and development in the glass market that has enabled us to pioneer innovative glass solutions. Our dedicated glass application specialists build custom solutions, troubleshoot issues, develop technical papers, and offer a range of consultation services.

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Stand C12 Samuel Leaper 3009 Washington Road, McMurray PA, 15317 United States Phone: +1 724 941 9550 Email: sleaper@hft.com Website: 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 and Lighting products. In our 70-plus years, we have serviced over 1,000 projects worldwide. Our engineering team has provided furnace designs utilising regenerative package furnace, cross-fire furnace, end-fire furnace, electric furnace, and oxy-fuel melting technologies. HFT’s vast construction experience has led to them gaining a formidable reputation throughout the world for their outstanding record of on-time, under budget and safe delivery 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 part of HFT. Bowman specialises in the supply of container glass Annealing Lehrs, Decorating Lehrs, Mould Pre-Heating Kilns, Belt Cleaning Brushes, Lehr process consultation & Lehr overhauls.

HEYE INTERNATIONAL Stand C06 Jens Langer Lohplatz 1 31683 Obernkirchen Germany Phone: +49 5724 26 452 Email: sales@heye-international.com Website:www.heye-international.com Heye International – Being the One – for project management, production optimising 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 D06 Bergstrasse 2 95703 Ploessberg Germany Phone: +49 963692040 Email: info@hornglas.de Website: www.hornglass.com Horn Glass Industries AG is the glass melting technology specialist which supplies the float and container glass industry with high quality: individual products right up to turn-key plants. The high-performance glass melting furnaces and turn-key plants are planned, built and delivered to glass manufacturers all over the world and are used in the production of beverage bottles, food containers, drinking glasses, window panes, automotive glass, glass tubes, glass fibres or special glass.

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. Over the years, Horn has extended its capabilities and expertise and has grown from being a glass melting furnace manufacturer into one of the leaders of the industry in turnkey technological plants. The group has also grown considerably, adding subsidiary companies in China, Malaysia, India, Croatia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, adding value such as proximity and short response time for global customers. Almost 80% of the products are exported from the Horn headquarters in Plößberg (located in the Bavarian upper palatinate, Germany) to more than 75 countries worldwide.

IRIS INSPECTION MACHINES Stand C06 Jean-Luc Logel 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: www.iris-im.com Iris Inspection Machines is a leading provider of turnkey sorting solutions for glass containers of any shape or colour, 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.

JINGMEN CHUDA MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL CO LTD Stand D11 No1 Jingnan Road, Jingmen, Hubei Province 448000 China Email: lina.lai@chuda.com Website: www.chuda.com.cn

LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH Stand A03 Hühndorfer Höhe 7 D - 01723 Wilsdruff Germany Phone: +49 176 127 08506 Email: a.pinda@lwn-lufttechnik.de Website: 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°c), 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, Verallia, 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!

MELINIUM TECHNOLOGY LTD Stand B11 Sicap Liberte 2 Villa No 144/B 00221 Dakar, Senegal Phone: +221 8 781089535

PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD Stand A05 Simon Parkinson Holmfield, Halifax West Yorkshire HX3 6SX United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1422254472 Email: simon.parkinson@parkinson-spencer.co.uk Website: www.parkinson-spencer.co.uk Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd is a leading supplier of refractories and engineered products for the glass manufacturing industry and are specialists in glass conditioning. As a licensee of Emhart Glass we are one of the world’s leading suppliers of feeder expendable refractories for the glass industry. Feeder expendables are refractory parts used in the glass gob-forming system, a system that is essential to the manufacture of many different types of glassware such as glass containers and glass tableware.

We are also one of the foremost suppliers of forehearth and distributor systems to the glass industry worldwide and our ability to design and manufacture both the refractories and the engineered systems is unique. The PSR System 5oo is a unique design of forehearth and distributor that has established a worldwide reputation for achieving the best in glass thermal homogeneity, temperature stability and fuel efficiency. We design, manufacture and supply the complete refractory assembly for our System 5oo forehearths including channel blocks, distributor glass contact blocks and forehearth superstructure refractories. PSR’s Cord Dispersal System is also the only proven solution to the common problem of ‘cat-scratch’ cord an each one is supplied with a money-back guarantee.

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PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD Stand A01 Chris Smith Manor Croft Works, Commercial Road Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield Hd8 9DT United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 1484864733 Email: cs@pennine.org Website: 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

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Rolf Hilfiker Via N. Bruno 34, 10098 Rivoli Italy Phone: +39 011 950 40. 0 Email: info@pneumofore.com Website: www.pneumofore.com Founded in 1923, Pneumofore manufactures vacuum pumps and compressors for industrial applications worldwide and supplies the hollow glass industry with centralised vacuum and compressed air systems, designed for the pneumatic requirements of the IS machines. With references such as O-I, Ardagh, Verallia, Gallo, Gerresheimer, HNGI, Changyu, Bangkok Glass, Siam Glass and many 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. At Glassman Asia 2020, the company presents the UV Series vacuum pumps, ranging in capacity from 250 to 7160 m3/h with 0.5 mbar(a) residual pressure, and the A Series single-stage, air-cooled compressors, which range from 67 to 5360 m3/h with pressures from 2.5 to 10 bar(g).

Several options are available, like the VS drive, remote control or connection to any PLC system. Each option facilitates heat recovery and air cooling even in harsh environment up to 50°C.

RAMSEY PRODUCTS CORP Stand D05 135 Performance Dr Belmont 28012, United States Phone: +1 704 277 6949 Email: david@ramseychain.com Website: www.ramseychain.com 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 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 #D13 to learn more about our chains.

RONDOT SAS Stand A04 Frédéric Nio 9 Rue Jean Elysée Dupuy Champagne Au Mont D’or 69410 France Phone: +33 (0) 4 72 52 08 60 Email: sales@rondot-sa.com Website: www.rondot-sa.com Rondot supply the Glass Container Industry with innovative products for the hot end mostly, covering the whole delivery line, and including all mechanical and formed sheet-metal delivery parts, variable equipment, measuring instruments, and lubricants. We pride ourselves on offering bespoke solutions to glassmakers’ problems both in terms of equipment and service. Our production facility has a long experience of turning out superior parts such as our famous Scoops, Troughs and Deflectors. Furthermore, in recent years,

we have developed a range of measuring and gauging equipment such as the Tomcat (which measures coating product thickness), our Handy 6 (which measures mould temperature), our Speedgob 3 (which measures gob dimensions and speed).

SEKYUNG HI-TECH INC Stand E10 607 Baeksang Startower II 165 Gasan digital-2ro, Geumcheon-gu 08504 Seoul South Korea Phone: +82 10 5302 2360 Email: skic@korea.com Website:www.hipkorea.co.kr/main/index. html

SHANGHAI YAN LONGJI REGENERATION RESOURCES CO., LTD Stand F03 Sheila Xie 12th floor, JH Plaza, No. 2008 Huqingping Highway, Qingpu District 201702 Shanghai, China Phone: +86 21 59880061 Email: itd@yanlongji.net Website: www.yanlongji.net Shanghai Yanlongji Regeneration Resources Co., Ltd. is the largest cullet producer in China. With introduced European advanced optical sorting equipment, our company has independently developed four automatic processing lines with annual production of 1.5-2 million tonnes, leading the world in automation, production and quality.

Our dry cleaning sorting technology solved drawbacks of traditional washing process. We have more than 30 core patent technologies. What we’re doing is the only national urban mineral project in China that is mainly engaged in the recycling and processing of waste glass.

It is also the leading enterprise in the field of recycling of renewable resources in China. Since our company has its own automated distribution terminals and shipping equipments, it’s easy for us to realise pollution-free loading and unloading in the whole process, including shipping raw materials to the factory, product delivery.

For more information, please contact us: International Trade Dept. Sophia, Zhang (General Manager,sofia@yanlongji.net); Sheila, Xie (Foreign Trade Assistant,itd@ yanlongji.net) Address: 12th Floor, JH Plaza, 2008 Huqingping Hwy, Shanghai 201702 China Tel: +86-21-59880061 Website: www. yanlongji.net Find us on YouTube: https:// youtu.be/pTgu4aQ5xkw

SHEPPEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Stand A04 Andrew Ross Halifax Way, Airfield Business Park Elvington York YO41 4AU United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 1904 608999 Email: sales@sheppee.com Website: www.shepee.com Sheppee International Limited is a world leader in Hot Glass Ware Handling for both the container and tableware industries, supplying innovative and dependable solutions in the field of hot container conveying, transferring, lehr loading and glass contact materials for more than 80 years. Specialist equipment has been developed including a range of 2 and 3 axis servo-driven lehr loaders suitable for all types of production. Most recently, the company has introduced a patented lehr belt tracking feature to eliminate container base defects at the critical cross conveyor to lehr belt transition area. The company has engineered a full range of ware transfer units, suitable for handling the smallest pharmaceutical containers up to the largest champagne bottles, including dedicated units suitable for handling flask and non-round containers. An integrated, intermediate conveyor transfer system has been launched for ultra-high-speed production. To underline Sheppee’s “total ware handling” approach, the 6-Axis ware handling system offers the container manufacturer synchronisation, handling and positioning of containers after the sweep out through to the loading of the lehr, controlled by a single Windows-based operator interface mounted at the rear of the Lehr loader, or alternatively installed remotely in an IEC standard control cabinet.

SOCABELEC SA Stand C03 Marco VERI Rue Emile Vandervelde 56 5190 Ham sur Sambre Belgium Phone: +32 498928550 Email: marco.veri@socabelec.com Website: www.socabelec.com Socabelec invented the first swabbing-robot on the fly able to work on IS machines, with cavity rate up to 16 cycles/min/ sections. We are able to swab blanks on the fly, blanks+neck ring, blanks+neckrings+baffles. Our robot can be installed on Emhart, Heye, Bottero, BDF, O-I, Sklostroj or Continued>>

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SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY Stand F08 Christine Brown 9 Churchill Way, Chapeltown Sheffield S35 2PY United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 114 263 4455 Email: christine@sgt.org Website: 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; and provide a communication framework geared to the needs of the glass community.

SOMEX Stand E10 Brian O Keeffe Udaras Industrial Estate Ballyvourney, Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland Phone: +35 3876682919 Email: bokeeffe@somex.ie Website: www.somex.ie Manufacturer of ‘At Line’ and Laboratory based testing instruments to ensure quality of glass containers. Somex has a reputation for providing reliable testing instruments at a fair price. We manufacture automated & manual configurations to measure: Internal Pressure Test - Pendulum Impact - Capacity/Volume - Vertical Top Load Our instruments have been validated and are used by most of the large glass container manufacturers who value our personal service & value for money approach. If you are upgrading existing inspection equipment or considering future automation projects for inspection equipment I would look forward to discussing, we are exhibiting at Stand E10, I look forward to meeting you there - Brian O Keeffe, CEO.

SONICAM Stand A04 Alain Boury 19 rue Jules Ferry, Z.I. Le Pontet 69360 Saint Symphorien d’Ozon France Phone: +33 (0) 4 78 02 49 50 Email: mail@sonicam.com Website: www.sonicam.com Sonicam specialises in the design and the manufacture of the most advanced machinery and equipment for Mould Manufacturing and Mould Maintenance in the glass container industry. Sonicam is based in France and was founded in 1976 by the owners of a mould factory further to mould-polishing machine they developed for their own needs. Sonicam has since become the leading supplier of moulds machinery and equipment as at least three out four glass plants in the world have a Sonicam machine in their Mould Shop.

The wide range of Sonicam Machines has been carefully developed according to the requirements of the glass container industry throughout the world. Recognised for being of very good quality, Sonicam machines are entirely dedicated to the Mould shop process by producing polishing machines, mould maintenance machines, measure & control equipment. Not only a machine manufacturer, Sonicam provides as well: • Spares parts, • A wide range of abrasives and other mould shop consumables, • After sales services & trainings thanks to an experienced team of technicians, • Upgrade & Refurbishment of existing machines.

which are located in more than 70 countries all over the world. Come to our booth to learn more.

SPECIAL CERAMICS PVT LTD Stand C07 Shikohi Agarwal 906, 9th floor, Gopal Heights, Netaj Subhash Place, Pitampura, New Delhi, 110034, India Phone: +91 11 47701151-53 Email: sa@specialceramics.in Website: www.specialceramics.in

THE TECO GROUP Stand A06 60 Savile Street East Sheffield S4 7UQ United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 114 275 9020 Email: sales@tecoglas.com Website: 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. The TECO Group has been serving the world’s primary glass manufacturing industry since 1927.

SORG Group

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Stand B01 Dr. Hartmut Hegeler Stoltestr. 23 97816 Lohr am Main Germany Phone: +49 9352 5070 Email: nsorg@sorg.de Website: 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, fibres, tableware, solar glass, etc. We are continuously innovating new technologies to find the best solution for our customers

Stand E02 Julie Isnard ZA des Plattes - 1 Chemin des Plattes 69390 Vourles France Phone: +33 612310163 Email: j.isnard@tiama.com Website: www.tiama.com/ Tiama is a global provider of real-time data and quality control for glass packaging industry. 50 year’s expertise for a one-stopshopping: - 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. Tiama: your co-pilot on the way to the Smart Factory www.tiama. com

VERTECH’ Stand F02 Campus SaoneOr 11, rue Alfred Kastler 71100 - Chalon-sur-Saône France Phone: +33 385 981 919 Email: vertechsales@vertech.eu Website: https://vertech.eu Since 1995, Vertech’ has been the reference provider of software solutions for the glass industry. With a wide range of products, SIL provides glassmakers with very precise, real time KPIs on the performance of the whole plant. Thanks to all this shared data and the full traceability of products, production rates improve, losses decrease and customer risks are reduced. SIL is a supervision system (Manufacturing Execution System, M.E.S.) that can be installed at the hot end and cold end, as well as in the mold shop, palletizer and quality labs. It has been developed for glassmakers producing hollowware, tableware and tubes or decorating glass. Vertech’ solution includes a wide range of products to meet the needs of glassmakers throughout the factory or even at the head office. Each software has a well-defined role, making all products complementary. With more than 650 lines equipped in 29 countries all over the world, SIL is active at an international scale.

VETROMECCANICA SRL Stand D01 Mr. Andrea Bertinelli Strada Isolanda 26 43024 Provazzano (PR) Italy Phone: +39 334 6125362 Email: a.bertinelli@vetromeccanica.it Website: https://www.vetromeccanica.it/ Vetromeccanica, founded in 1992, has its Headquarters in Provazzano (Parma) the core of the Italian packaging industry. From the very beginning, it has been our passion to deliver customised solutions tailored on the real needs of all our clients, that leaded us. Nowadays we can provide complete cold end and packaging lines manufactured, assembled and tested entirely at our own Continued>>

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GPS IS machines. Production NNPB, BB, PB, in SG, DG, TG,QG. Increase of productivity from 2 up to 4% depending of production, payback time, from six to 18 months depending on added-value of the products Our Socabelec Swabbing-robots, are installed already in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, Mexico.We are looking for an agent in South America.

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plant. Our very specific know-how united with our focus on our customers’ needs made us the professionals in delivering customised automatic cold-end solutions.

We can offer a complete production range of palletizing, depalletizing and conveying lines – either semi or fully automatic, sweeping or gripping – but always having a look to provide something new with a step in the future. Our plants for empty glass containers, beverage & food, chemicals, personal and health care, cosmetics sectors are specifically designed to optimise the production process and, meanwhile, reduce at the lowest possible level the energy consumption. Our systems differ from others because they increase the real plant efficiency. We are a major player in more than 70 countries thanks to our care for details, our capability to offer a 360° service, our skilled customer-care department.

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ZECCHETTI SRL Stand E06 Miriam Garimberti Via Galileo Galilei, 1-1/A 42027 Montecchio Emilia (RE) Italy Phone: +39 0522 867411 Website: www.zecchetti.it Zecchetti srl is a privately owned corporation (LLC), founded in 1960.

The firm currently has 110 employees organised in the activities of sales, product design, machine assembly, testing, installation, and post-sales service for all the company’s product lines. Zecchetti proposes turn-key Automation Systems for EMPTY bottle Conveying/Palletizing, as well as warehousing installations, to the glassworks. The lines (supplied in more than 90 countries worldwide) 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 company proposes itself as comprehensive

supplier for the product packaging/storage and customer-oriented consultant for the achievement of tailor-made solutions, 100% made in Italy.

ZHENGZHOU XINGUANGSE REFRACTORY CO., LTD Stand D13 Maggie Ma songzhai industrial zone,liuzhai town, Xinmi, Zhengzhou 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 nowadays 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/fiber glass/lignting glass) all over the world in the past 17 years. Looking into the future, we believe with our high quality, customised service, reliability and precision, we’ll be a good choice of you for partnership.

Alfred-Zippe-Str. 11, 97877 Wertheim Germany Phone: +49 9342 8040 Email: zippe@zippe.de Website: 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. Comprehensive documentation informs the customer about all plant functions and gives technological details, allowing easy problem solving by telecommunication dialogue.

ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH Stand D12 Mr Günther Mlynar - Managing Director.

Mr Philipp Zippe - CEO

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Stand C01 Paul Schreuders Laan Corpus den Hoorn 300 9728 JT Groningen Netherlands Phone: +31 50 3162888 Email: contact@xparvision.com Website: www.xparvision.com Xpar Vision develops, installs, implements, services and maintains innovative technology for hot end inspection, process monitoring and quality control. Our products

and services help to improve the quality selection, quality control and automated process control for the global container glass industry. Xpar Vision is committed to assist container glass manufacturers in meeting the increasing customer demands and improving their product quality, while increasing efficiency levels and also reducing energy levels and carbon emission.

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AIR COMPRESSORS

CONTAINER FORMING MACHINERY/COMPONENTS

CONTROL SYSTEMS, MELTING

BDF INDUSTRIES SPA GRAPHOIDAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD HEYE INTERNATIONAL LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH RONDOT SAS SOCABELEC SA SONICAM

BDF INDUSTRIES SPA ELECTROGLASS LTD F.I.C (UK) LTD GLASS SERVICE A.S GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG SORG GROUP

CONTROL SYSTEMS, COLD END

CULLET HANDLING SYSTEMS

GRAPHOIDAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD TIAMA VERTECH’

EME GmbH GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL ZECCHETTI SRL ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

ANNEALING LEHRS/KILNS E.W. BOWMAN Eurotherm India Private Limited HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC.

BATCH CHARGERS BDF INDUSTRIES SPA ELECTROGLASS LTD EME GmbH GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL HORN Glass Industries AG ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

BATCH PLANT EME GmbH EUROTHERM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

CONTROL SYSTEMS, FORMING BDF INDUSTRIES SPA CORTEX GLASS B.V.

DECORATING EQUIPMENT, HOLLOW GLASS HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. VERTECH’

ENGINEERING/PLANT DESIGN SERVICES EME GmbH F.I.C (UK) LTD FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE A.S HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH PNEUMOFORE SORG GROUP THE TECO GROUP ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

FEEDER MECHANISMS BDF INDUSTRIES SPA FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE A.S SORG Group

COATINGS, HOT/COLD END ANTONINI S.R.L GRAPHOIDAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD RONDOT SAS

COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT BDF INDUSTRIES SPA FLAMMATEC HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD SORG GROUP

CONTROL SYSTEMS, HOT END BDF INDUSTRIES SPA CORTEX GLASS B.V. EUROTHERM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED GLASS SERVICE A.S GRAPHOIDAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD HEYE INTERNATIONAL LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD SHEPPEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED TIAMA VERTECH’ XPAR VISION

FOREHEARTH ASSEMBLIES ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN. TIC. LTD. ELECTROGLASS LTD FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE A.S PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD SORG Group THE TECO GROUP

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HANDLING EQUIPMENT, HOT END BDF INDUSTRIES SPA HEYE INTERNATIONAL PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD SHEPPEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

HANDLING & PACKAGING EQUIPMENT, COLD END ALL GLASS S.R.L. EMS Group VETROMECCANICA SRL ZECCHETTI SRL

MOULD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT RONDOT SAS SONICAM VERTECH’

OXY-FUEL TECHNOLOGY

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT, FLAT GLASS

FIVES STEIN LIMITED FLAMMATEC HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. SORG GROUP

GAFF ENGINEERING CORP

PALLETISERS

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT, HOLLOW GLASS

ALL GLASS S.R.L. EMS GROUP VETROMECCANICA SRL

CORTEX GLASS B.V. GAFF ENGINEERING CORP. HEYE INTERNATIONAL IRIS INSPECTION MACHINES SOMEX TIAMA VERTECH’ XPAR VISION

LEHRS, ANNEALING/ DECORATING ANTONINI S.R.L E.W. BOWMAN HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC.

LEHR LOADERS/ UNLOADERS SHEPPEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED VETROMECCANICA SRL

LUBRICANTS RONDOT SAS SOCABELEC SA

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HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. HORN Glass Industries AG SORG GROUP THE TECO GROUP

MELTING FURNACES ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN. TIC. LTD. BDF INDUSTRIES SPA ELECTROGLASS LTD EUROTHERM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED F.I.C (UK) LTD FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE A.S GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL

PLANT UTILITIES

RAW MATERIALS GLASS SERVICE A.S SHANGHAI YAN LONGJI REGENERATION RESOURCES CO., LTD

REFRACTORIES ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN. TIC. LTD. HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD ZHENGZHOU XINGUANGSE REFRACTORY CO., LTD

SHRINKWRAPPING EQUIPMENT VETROMECCANICA SRL

TABLEWARE FORMING MACHINERY LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/ TRAINING

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POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS BDF INDUSTRIES SPA F.I.C (UK) LTD FLAMMATEC

PROCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT

ELECTROGLASS LTD EME GMBH FLAMMATEC GLASS GLOBAL GLASS SERVICE A.S LWN LUFTTECHNIK GmbH PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD SHEPPEE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT CORTEX GLASS B.V. EUROTHERM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED GLASS SERVICE A.S RONDOT SAS SORG GROUP TIAMA XPAR Vision

TRADE PUBLICATIONS GLASS GLOBAL GLASS INTERNATIONAL GLASS MACHINERY PLANTS & ACCESSORIES SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY

TURNKEY GLASS PLANT CONSTRUCTION BDF INDUSTRIES SPA GLASS GLOBAL HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES THE TECO GROUP ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

VACUUM PUMPS PNEUMOFORE

CORTEX GLASS B.V.

PROCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT GLASS SERVICE A.S GRAPHOIDAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD HEYE INTERNATIONAL TIAMA XPAR VISION ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES GLASS GLOBAL HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG THE TECO GROUP ZIPPE INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GMBH

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