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2 Editor’s Comment 5 International news 12 Company profile: Rigolleau Rigolleau reaps the benefits of $40 million upgrade

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20 Company profile: Encirc Encirc on track for successful 2017

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RIGOLLEAU COMPANY PROFILE ENCIRC MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERVIEW PIRAMAL CEYLON CEO INTERVIEW I N T E R N A T I O N A L

16 Company profile: Verallia Argentina Glassmanking in the heart of Argentina’s wine region

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Portuguese focus 25 Vidrala focuses on the future 28 A new era for Meta Global 31 Vidromecanica: Evolution through collaboration 35 Intermolde: Portuguese moulds manufacturer focuses on R&D 38 Company profile: Piramal Ceylon Piramal Ceylon CEO has high hopes for Sri Lankan industry 43 Company profile: Electroglass Electroglass celebrates 40 years of electric glass melting

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68 Technical Topics 71 Ware handling Tiama: Handling hot glassware 73 Heye Symposium 2017: Digital progress in container production 74 Environment Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen: Modeling oxy-fuel combustion: challenges and advances

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Energy efficiency 78 Siemens: Ready for the Energy Efficiency Directive 2020 82 FS-Elliott: Look out for the hidden costs in a compressed air system

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Editor’s comment

Greg Morris

www.glass-international.com Editor: Greg Morris Tel: +44 (0)1737 855132 Email: gregmorris@quartzltd.com Assistant Editor: Sally Love Tel: +44 (0)1737 855154 Email: sallylove@quartzltd.com Designer: Annie Baker Tel: +44 (0)1737 855130 Email: anniebaker@quartzltd.com

All eyes turn to Argentina

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y thanks to all the Argentinian glassmakers and glasswork suppliers who offered me their hospitality during a recent visit to the South American country.

Many of these people took time out of their busy schedules to not only show me the glass factories where they worked but also some local sights and attractions too.

They were understandably proud of both their country and of their glassworks. Argentina is famous for its red wine industry and its olive oil, which are intrinsically linked to its glassmaking sector. While touring these glass plants, it was clear to see all the main western machinery suppliers have their equipment installed there. But what was equally interesting was also how self-sufficient the Argentinian glassmakers were. A flight to Buenos Aires (and beyond) is a long flight from Europe and the USA. Should, heaven forbid, anything catastrophic happen at their own glass plant the Argentinians have their fully trained team of engineers to deal with any crisis until their western suppliers arrive from overseas.

Buenos Aires-based Rigolleau, for example, has a technical agreement with Heye International which sees its staff visit the German headquarters for training and Heye staff visiting the glass plant.

The agreement has benefitted both parties, with each learning from the other.

Such is the demand for glass in Argentina, and from nearby countries, that its glass plants have undergone recent expansions and modernisations. One of the most notable is Rigolleau, which spent $40 million on a plant upgrade. Its story is on page 12 of this issue.

There is a buzz of excitement around the Argentinian industry at the moment and it will be a joy to reacquaint with industry leaders at Glassman South America later this month in Buenos Aires.

It was also a pleasure to speak to Piramal Ceylon CEO, Sanjay Tiwari this month.

He has recently been made President of the Sri Lankan Glass Council. The country has overcome its political prolems of the past and has renewed optimism.

The result should be an increase in glass consumption thanks to a growth in tourism as well as more celebrations in the country. In anticipation of the expected rise in demand for glass, Piramal has increased its capacity at its Horana plant to 300 tonnes per day.

It hired European technology suppliers such as Horn, BDF and Bottero and, according to Mr Tiwari, has reaped immediate benefits in the copany’s quest to become the Porshe of South East Asian glassmaking. � Greg Morris, Editor gregmorris@quartzltd.com

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International News

NEWS IN BRIEF

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UK glass manufacturer Encirc has entered into a strategic digitalisation partnership with Siemens.

The two companies said the agreement represents the start of a technology partnership agreement, designed to spearhead the deployment of digital technologies and services across Encirc’s operations.

The company plans to in-

vest in furnace rebuilds over the next five years at both its sites. The technology deal comes into effect immediately and is based on three themes: * A commitment from Siemens’ Digital Factory and Process businesses to supply innovation and new product across Encirc’s sites. * An energy partnership designed to reduce emissions.

* Siemens’ commitment to deliver a wholesale digital transformation project.

Pictured: L-R: Steve Martin, Head of Siemens Glass; Fiacre O Donnell, Head of Strategic Development at Encirc; Adrian Curry, Managing Director, Encirc; Juergen Maier, Siemens UK CEO and Mike Houghton, Managing Director, Siemens Process Industries.

NSG to restart float glass line Flat glass group NSG will restart its Venice, Italy architectural float glass line in the third quarter of 2018.

It said that with process modifications associated with the restart, the Venice line will

become capable of producing value-added products.

It said: “By restarting the Venice Line, the NSG Group intends to ensure the stable supply of architectural glass in response to robust market

demand in Europe, in view of the planned cold repairs of the group’s operating float glass lines in Europe in the coming years, as well as to drive the group’s shift to a higher value added sales ratio.”

E. W. Bowman faces liquidation US lehr manufacturer E. W. Bowman has suspended its operations.

The company said no new customer orders are being accepted and unshipped orders for parts and service requests will not be processed.

It will contact customers with active orders as soon as possible to discuss its status.

“Management is in discussion with a few parties about potential interest in acquiring part or all of the business.

Absent progress on finding a

buyer, the business will be liquidated,” the company said.

In the event of a liquidation, it is unsure if any proceeds will be available for unsecured creditors. The company employs 100 staff and is based in Uniontown, PA, USA.

O-I’s Schiedam plant to close O-I’s container glass manufacturing plant in Schiedam, The Netherlands, is set to close.

Approximately 230 jobs are set to be lost when the plant

closes in August this year.

The company said the Schiedam site was no longer profitable due to overcapacity in the glass market, relatively high production costs

and outdated furnaces.

Some employees at the site will be offered a transfer to O-I’s other sites in The Netherlands, at Leerdam and Maastricht.

Bottero supplies Beatson Clark’s IS machines

UK glass manufacturer Beatson Clark has invested £3 million on Bottero’s IS bottle forming machines.

The machines will be used on two of its production lines to speed up production and improve quality.

Koch acquisition

Koch Industries has completed the acquisition of Guardian Industries following the receipt of all regulatory approvals.

Koch initially invested in Guardian in 2012, acquiring a 44.5% minority interest in the company at the time.

Guardian brings new capabilities and expertise to Koch in several highly technical manufacturing and distribution industries.

Gerresheimer names new CEO

Dr. Christian Fischer will take over as Chief Executive Officer of Gerresheimer on September 1, 2017.

Dr. Fischer is currently President, Performance Chemicals, at BASF. Uwe Röhrhoff, CEO of Gerresheimer, said in November 2015 that he would not be available to serve on the Management Board beyond his current appointment.

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Siemens and Encirc enter technology partnership

Vetropack Holding has appointed Johann Reiter as CEO of Vetropack Group with effect from January 1, 2018.

Claude R. Cornaz will continue to lead Vetropack Group as CEO until the end of 2017. He is stepping back from operational business and will be proposed as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors at the 2018 Annual General Assembly.

Mr Reiter has been successfully in charge of the Switzerland/Austria business division since November 2010.

This division consists of the Swiss company Vetropack Ltd and Vetropack Austria.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Furnace Solutions

The 12th Furnace Solutions Conference and 5th Training Day organised by the SGT’s Melting Technical Committee is approaching.

This year’s conference, to be held on the 7th and 8th June at Lucideon, Stoke-onTrent, UK is shaping up to be one of most exciting yet with many new speakers.

Companies presenting include Celsian, Fosbel. Glass Futures, Glass Service, Horn, IRF Europa, Land Ametek, PaneraTech, Sefpro and Sisecam.

More information from http://www.furnacesolutions. co.uk

Fives commissions electric furnace for Luigi Bormioli Fives has commissioned an all-electric furnace for tableware and perfumery glassmaker Luigi Bormioli at its Parma, Italy site.

The 80 tonnes a day furnace is one of the deepest in the world at 3.7 metres and its expected lifetime is eight years.

Fives was in charge of the design, engineering and commissioning of the furnace.

The cold top all-electric furnace, Prium E-melt CTVM, in-

corporates Fives’ latest design features that offer a specifically engineered furnace structure as well as a steelwork-integrated cooling system to improve glass melting/refining performances and reduce refractory wear rates.

The new design was developed following mathematic modeling sessions performed in partnership with CelSian Glass & Solar.

Versailles upgrade

Float glass manufacturer Pilkington North America plans to invest $7.5 million in technology and manufacturing upgrades at its Versailles facility, in Kentucky, USA. Pilkington will buy new equipment to meet current and future customer demands.

Using the most modern Advanced Press Bend process for laminated windshields, the company’s newly developed proprietary technology will support production of its formed glass pieces.

Sisecam investment

Sisecam Group is to invest €100 million in building a glass fibre production plant in Turkey.

The plant will have an initial capacity of 70,000 tons/year and will be commissioned in the second half of 2018.

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Bucher Emhart Glass reported an increase in sales despite a downturn in demand from China.

In its end of year 2016 financial report, it stated demand for glass forming and inspection machinery was stable overall, although the Chinese market was affected by the economic downturn and surplus capacity in the glass container industry.

Demand for Bucher Emhart Glass machinery in South America was good.

Praxair and Libbey receive grant Praxair and its customer Libbey have together been awarded a €2.3 million LIFE grant.

The LIFE programme is the European Union’s financial instrument for supporting environmental, conservation and climate action projects.

The grant is to support the installation of Praxair’s Optimelt thermochemical regenerator (TCR) system at Libbey’s glass melting facility in Leerdam, The Netherlands.

In April 2016, Praxair and Libbey said they would install

the Optimelt TCR system as well as an on-site oxygen vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) plant at Libbey’s site.

The system is designed to support a capacity realignment plan that reduces CO2 and NOx emissions.

Zippe secures Thai batch contract Zippe has received an order for a batch plant from its longstanding customer, Messrs. Osotspa Glass.

The Thai company is to replace two existing furnaces at its Ayutthaya plant and Zippe will deliver the Batch Plant with a Batch and Cullet Conveying system for furnace number 1 in a first step.

The 250 tonnes per day furnace will produce amber bottles for energy drinks. Zippe will also supply the extension of the internal cullet system.

The new batch plant is scheduled for commissioning in April 2018 and will be ready for future extension for furnace no 2.

Messrs. Osotspa in Bangkok had previously ordered a batch

plant from Zippe for its daughter company, Siam Glass Ayutthaya, in 2012.

The new batch plant will have a similar design to the 2012 one and will be for the parent company, Messrs. Osotspa Glass Ayutthaya.

It will be located approximately 10km away from the other batch plant.

Thai group orders Horn furnace Germany’s Horn Glass has received an order from Siam Glass in Thailand for the rebuild of a 250 tpd end fired furnace with three production lines.

Siam Glass Industries was established in 1977 and produces narrow and wide-necked

bottles in flint and amber colour. The current furnace rebuild is the AY 102 furnace in the Ayutthaya factory, in Ayutthaya Province. The total plant production capacity is approximately 600 tpd.

The main focus of the design for the new end port fur-

nace is low energy consumption, glass quality and low environmental emissions.

The glass conditioning will be designed and equipped for modern NNPB lightweight production. The furnace will produce amber bottles for energy drinks.

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GPS delivers IS machines to Bangkok Glass

GPS has supplied a single 8-section machine and 16 exchange sections both with a centre distance of 5”, for Bangkok Glass’s Furnace 4 repair at its Pathumthani plant.

This means that all four lines will consist of GPS machine technology.

Essen, Germany-based GPS said it was glad to satisfy its long-term customer based in Thailand and

is also looking forward to being a part of its future projects.

The installation of the equipment is planned for Quarter 2, 2017.

Heat Up completes Fevisa job Heat Up Latin America – the subsidiary of Hotwork International in Mexico – has successfully completed the heat-up and cullet-fill project for Fevisa Industrial in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

A very common complication that occurs during the process of cullet

filling was resolved using Hotwork’s water-cooled vibrating slide, which reduce fines in the furnace.

The HV3000 – the latest edition of Hotwork’s heat up equipment – with additional safety control features for burners and with Programmable Logic Con-

troller (PLC), updated with the latest safety Standards, was used for this project.

Heat Up Latin America is currently involved in more projects in Mexico and Latin America. Directors, Benjamin Köster and Hans Mehl, are available at any time for inquiries.

HWI’s $30m refractories plant Refractory group HarbisonWalker International (HWI) is to construct a $30 million monolithic refractories manufacturing facility in the USA. The site will be located along the Ohio River Valley in the northern Kentucky/ southern Ohio region of the United States.

It said the facility will be one of the most technologically advanced refractories plants to be built in the US and will be operational by early 2018.

Capacity will be 80,000 tonnes per year. It will employ technicians and staff in a team-based environment.

The plant will feature a high degree of automation and technology, and will use lean techniques throughout its operations to maximize material flow efficiency and production.

In addition, the facility will introduce packaging technologies new to the North American market.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Saverglass plans Mexico site

French group Saverglass plans to build a glassmaking and decoration factory in Mexico for operation by June 2018.

Saverglass President Loïc Quentin de Gromard, said: ”There is a fundamental trend in this continent, namely the development of artisanal distilleries. They abound.

“These distilleries are part of a high-end market, which corresponds to the bottles we produce.”

Sorg and EME South America representative

German companies EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen and Sorg have appointed Mr. César Rodrigues as their representative for South America.

Mr Rodrigues joined the companies at the beginning of the year, lives in Sao Paulo and will be the local contact for Sorg and EME’s customers, providing proximity and knowledge combined to strengthen the service EME offers.

Glass Service appoints Gabriel Noboa

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Gabriel Noboa has joined Glass Service as Senior Sales & Technical Support in Latin America.

Gabriel has more than 20 years experience in the glass industry, in particular with the glass melting processes and combustion technology for all segments of the glass industry, including float, fibre, container, tableware, lighting, and other speciality glasses.

Gabriel will be working from the USA office.

Ramsey appoints North America sales manager

Ramsey has appointed a Sales Manager for North America.

Haines Maxwell has joined Ramsey after many years in Industrial Distribution and Power Transmission.

His responsibilities will include the development of Ramsey’s distributor network and end users.

Top 10 stories in the news Our most popular news items, as determined by our website traffic All full stories can be found on our website, www.glass-international.com/news � 1 O-I’s Schiedam plant to close � 2 Saverglass plans Mexican manufacturing site � 3 Bangkok Glass to enter flat glass market � 4 GPS delivers IS Machines to Bangkok Glass � 5 Sisecam Group to invest €100 million in Turkish glass fiber plant � 6 Thai group places furnace order with Horn Glass � 7 NSG to re-start Venice, Italy float line � 8 Bottero supplies Beatson Clark with IS machines � 9 Siemens and Encirc enter technology partnership � 10 Fives commissions electric furnace for Luigi Bormioli

SGD Pharma visits Sisecam Managers from SGD Pharma visited Sisecam’s Eskisehir plant in a trip organised by Vertech’.

The meeting was an opportunity to exchange best practices between SIL user plants equipped with several modules working in synergy, such as production line monitoring in real time, quality control management, mould set follow-up and mould repair management, defect recording on pallets, communication with the ERP system in the plant, pallet resorting management.

Many SIL applications work in synergies, increasing the

precision of information displayed by the SIL system to optimise a glass plant’s global performance.

Sisecam plants are among the first to be equipped with SILX, the intranet solution

dedicated to production displaying Key Performance Indicators in real time.

The equipment gives managers direct access to detailed information in values, percentage, tonnes and graphs.

Tiama aids Asia Pacific Glass growth Thailand’s Asia Pacific Glass has called on Tiama‘s expertise for its second furnace installation at its Bangkok plant.

The Thai glassmaker has ordered 21 Tiama machines for its cold end due for installation in 2017.

Asia Pacific Glass (APG) created a new, greenfield factory

in 2013 with one 310 tonnes per day furnace with three production lines dedicated to Thailand energy drink, Carabao.

It selected Tiama’s best-sellers MCAL4, MULTI4 and MX4 for its cold end inspection.

The success of this new factory led to the decision to launch the second furnace in-

stallation for 2017. APG called on Tiama’s expertise once again for this development.

Tiama has also strengthened its presence in Thailand and South East Asia with a Customer Support team, based in Bangkok with five after-sales engineers fully dedicated to the region’s market.

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Company profile: Rigolleau

Rigolleau reaps the benefits of $40 million upgrade Argentinian container and tableware glass manufacturer Rigolleau recently invested $40 million in a completely new furnace upgrade.

The investment also included new forming and inspection machines as well as a revamp of its cold end. Greg Morris met its Commercial Director, Sebastian Abadia Cattorini, and Industrial Director, Sergio Cattorini, at its headquarters near Buenos Aires to discuss the investment.

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rgentinian container glassmaker Rigolleau has been reaping the benefits of its new $40 million upgrade.

The Berazategui, Buenos Aires-based glass manufacturer completed its furnace and equipment upgrade in December 2015, and since then has seen increased production speed while at the same time producing a lighter weight glass.

The investment took two years from its initial idea to glass start up, and involved a completely new furnace and associated equipment such as IS machines, lehrs, inspection machines and palletisers. The upgrade was as a result of improved market conditions in Argentina thanks to the election of a new President and a change in the ruling political party.

Rigolleau anticipates more export opportunities

Political change Argentina has seen a major change politically with the election of Conservative President Mauricio Macri. Mr Macri’s victory was the first in more than a decade for Argentina’s centreright opposition and ended the 12-year rule of the Peronist Party.

The former President of the Boca Juniors Football Club and Mayor of Buenos Aires

to nearby regional countries thanks to the new market conditions.

Background and history The company makes glass for the container and tableware sectors. It has five furnaces – three for container glassmaking and two dedicated to tableware. It has a total of 16 lines, with nine IS machines for container glass. It has a capacity of 1000 tonnes a day and produces more than 2 million units a day.

It offers colours in flint and amber, extra flint for tableware and cosmetics, and a Georgia green and a blue colour for tableware.

It is the only glassmaker in South America to be certified with FSSC 22.000, which it originally received in 2013 and was then renewed earlier this

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year. The certification is proof of its commitment to all its food and beverages customers.

It is a far cry from when the company was founded in 1882 by Leon Rigolleau. Mr Rigolleau, a Frenchman, started the company as an ink printing business but converted to glassmaking in 1906. The site, 36km from downtown Buenos Aires, was close to a nearby brewery and next to a railway line so was ideal for transporting the bottles to the brewery.

Today the company is still on the same 26-hectare site, about a 30-minute drive from Buenos Aires city centre. It has changed ownership a couple of times in the intervening years and is now a familyowned group, which is listed on the stock market.

Its main products are food jars, beer bottles, spirits bottles, olive oil bottles, ready to drink alcoholic beverages and cosmetics. Its tableware offering includes tumblers, dishes and jars.

Its customers include household names such as Walmart, Carrefour, AB InBev and Avon, and while its main geographical market is naturally Argentina it also exports to nearby countries Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru and Brazil.

advocates a free-market approach and is keen to open up international trade.

Events such as the recent Argentina Business and Investment Forum 2016 in Buenos Aires attracted CEO’S from large global conglomerates such as BP, Coca Cola and Siemens, which said it would invest in Argentina.

It is as a result of this renewed confidence that Rigolleau believes there will be more opportunities to increase its exports to nearby countries.

� Rigolleau’s 26-hectare site has been at the heart of the Berazategui community since 1882.

� The Heye IS forming machine on furnace number 7

Mr Sergio Cattorini said the furnace No. 7 project was a huge undertaking, which involved the creation of a special team to organise.

“It was a completely new furnace. It was the first time since 1961 that we had built a completely new furnace here, so was our first big project in 50 years.

“There was a lot to organise. The furnace was built on the site of an old warehouse, so could be described as a greenfield furnace. We also had to build a new chimney and examine everything from IS machines, lehrs, palletisers, inspection and cold end.

“The aim was also to have a much more automated hot and cold end, involving fewer labour and operational costs. The project was a huge task but a successful one – we have increased our capacity by 40%, so we are very pleased.”

Some of the companies who have supplied equipment to the revamped site include Portugal’s Vidromecanica (lehrs) and Icebel (palletiser), France’s Tiama group (inspection machines) and Italy’s OMS group (packaging).

The bubblers for the new natural gas powered, end port furnace were supplied by German company Sorg, but the furnace itself was designed and installed by Rigolleau’s own specialist engineers, who will also maintain and repair it when required.

The double and triple gob IS machines were supplied by Germany’s Heye International. When Glass International visited the site, the new equipment had been in operation for 10 months and Rigolleau reported a very successful operation.

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� The furnace number 7 project was completed last December.

� The revamped cold end.

Mr Sebastian Abadia Cattorini said: “Lightweighting is a key point for us. Since the start of operation, the machines have been running well. They have increased our speed and reduced the weight of the glass, so we are happy.”

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Technical agreement Rigolleau and Heye have had a technical agreement together for the past five years, which keeps Rigolleau up to date with the latest technology. The agreement involves every part of the glassmaking process from research and development, furnace design and installation, and training for Rigolleau operators. Rigolleau operators are trained at both Heye and at its parent company Ardagh Glass in Oberkirchen, Germany, as well as at Rigolleau’s own site. They are also trained in mould repairs and benchmarking to ensure best practice.

As a result, one of the innovations from the investment has been a stronger, lighter, returnable bottle using the NNPB process. Rigolleau used this combination of European know-how and local knowledge to design the furnace itself, rather than use an overseas furnace supplier.

Mr Sergio Cattorini said: “We have five furnaces and every two years we repair one of them. Each time our engineering team learns something from the furnace and learns to adapt new technologies.

We have learnt from the best suppliers but applied our own local knowledge.

“We have to be flexible in our operations due to the changing market conditions in Argentina.

We have 60 job changes a month and produce containers from 4ml to 4000 millilitres in size. We have a huge range and it is a complex operation so we need the support of the engineering team to have that flexibility.”

It is this flexibility and its customer service that it lists as its strengths. Rigolleau now has the flexibility to attend to shorter quantities if required, or the traditional long runs.

“Our customers are our top priority,” stated Mr Cattorini. “If we are flexible then they are happy.”

He added: “We maintain constant communication with them. They will usually approach us first with a new product and we will support them as much as possible and try to anticipate their needs.”

� Rigolleau produces more than 2 million units a day.

Another growing trend from its customers is the environment, which is where Rigolleau’s lightweight and returnable bottles come in. It also has a recycling centre within its plant to reuse cullet in the glassmaking process. Further raw materials are available in Argentina – sand from Buenos Aires province and soda ash from Patagonia in the south of the country.

Rigolleau also requires a similar level of customer service from its equipment suppliers. Most of its technical suppliers are European or US-based and are a long flight away. Due to the distance involved, Rigolleau requires reliable equipment and for its suppliers to maintain excellent customer support.

Amposan The company also has a pharmaceutical glassmaking plant, Amposan, based in Chimbas, San Juan province. The site employs 60 people and makes neutral glass ampoules and vials in flint and amber colours. It produces 500,000 units a day and has five ampoules production lines and eight vials production lines.

Future Now that the new equipment has been installed, at its Berazategui site, Rigolleau expects further automation on its remaining lines over the next five years. It aims to become much more developed in Latin America and export a larger portion of its production to countries nearby, as well as to be more efficient in the glassmaking process. �

Rigolleau, Berazategui, Buenos Aires, Argentina info@rigolleau.com.ar www.rigolleau.com.ar

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Company profile: Verallia Argentina

Glassmaking in the heart of Argentina’s wine region

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Walter Luis Formica, Managing Director of Verallia Argentina, discusses the three-furnace plant located in the Argentinian wine making region of Mendoza.

What products do you make and what is your most popular product?

What makes Verallia Argentina stand out in the glass industry?

Verallia Argentina is dedicated to the production and commercialisation of glass containers, specifically for the wine and olive oil industries.

We offer Burdeos, BorgoĂąa, Sparkling, Ecova, Aceite and Selective Line, which allow us to reach different market segments. Our most popular product is the Ecova line; which makes reference to the ecological value, the concept behind this container.

The manufacturing of this container requires lower consumption of fossil fuels than the original model and therefore causes fewer gas emissions, which is the primary cause of the greenhouse effect.

It is manufactured using a certain percentage of recycled glass. This uses a smaller quantity of raw material and considerably reduces the impact of its production. And finally, due to its weight, gas emissions during transport are decreased.

Verallia Argentina, without a doubt, stands out with regards to the quality of products and services. We have a highly trained team with access to technology that allows us to provide our customers a high quality finished product.

Verallia Argentina is also the only glass container factory in the country that has implemented and certified the following norms: Quality (ISO 9001), Environment (ISO 14001) and Health and Occupational Safety (OSHAS 18001). The implementation of these international standards allows us to work with high safety standards, and earned us an award as the safest company within our category.

Can you tell me more about the plant in terms of number of staff, factory capacity, type of glass used and number of production lines?

Verallia Argentina is located in the province of Mendoza, at the heart of the wine region. The plant is equipped with leading-edge technology, permitting us to accompany the development and growth that the wine industry in Argentina has experienced in a sustained way. We have a workforce of 450 people and use green, white and dead leaf coloured glass.

What key attributes should your glassmaking machinery suppliers have for you to consider them?

The providers we choose must share our principles of behaviour and action. The values that we consider fundamental are professional commitment, respect for others, integrity, loyalty and solidarity. Verallia defines the principles of action as follows: respect for the law, respect for the environment, respect for health and safety in the workplace, respect for the rights of our employees.

All of these contribute to the implementation of a responsible and lasting development, consistent with the long-term strategy of the group.

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Company profile: Verallia Argentina

� The cold end of Verallia Argentina’s Mendoza plant.

� Flint wine bottles enter the annealing leht.

What markets do you serve?

Verallia Argentina centralises its activity in the wine and olive oil markets. As we are situated in the province of Mendoza we are strategically located near more than 85% of the country´s vineyards.

What trends are you noticing from your customers in the container sector?

Without a doubt the most important trend in the market is permanent work in the development of products that constantly go above and beyond with regard to quality.

Another important aspect that stands out is the flexibility and quick response to the requirements of the consumer.

What makes glass stand out from rival materials, such as plastic?

At Verallia all of our actions are oriented to care of the environment, from the use of adequate technology to recycling campaigns for glass, paper and the correct disposal of other waste.

In the month of September, Verallia Argentina received the highest award; the Gold Award in the Sustainable Practices category in the ‘Best of Mendoza Wine Tourism 2017’ contest, in the framework of the Great Wine Capitals network.

The programme that earned Verallia Argentina the award in its category was ‘Glass, a Transparent Action’. For this programme, the company collected used glass containers in bins and recycles them, creating new bottles from scrap. In addition, Verallia donated a contribution equivalent to the value of the collected glass to the Foundation of the Dr. Humberto J. Notti Children´s Hospital.

What makes you most proud of working for Verallia Argentina?

The people who work in Verallia Argentina. I have worked at this company for 18 years and since I started we’ve grown so much in our production capacity, due to the important investments.

However, this growth has been possible thanks to the commitment of each of the people who make up this company day to day.

How would you like to see Verallia Argentina evolve in the next five years?

Our plan is to continue evolving in the same way that we have been thus far: to continue growing sustainably in quality, service and innovation. �

Verallia Argentina, Mendoza, Argentina informes@verallia.com https://ar.verallia.com

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Furthermore, in its manufacture, large amounts of recycled glass are used, the use of which allows the reduction of consumption of both raw materials and energy, thus being a sustainable material.

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Company profile: Encirc

� Encirc’s plant in Elton, Cheshire UK. Bottles are produced on site, and are filled, labelled, stored and

� Filled wine bottles are inspected on site.

distributed for the plant’s customers.

Encirc on track for successful 2017

� Adrian Curry, MD of Encirc.

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2016 was a busy year for investment at Encirc, and 2017 looks like it won’t be any calmer. Sally Love met with Managing Director Adrian Curry to discuss the recent investments, the company’s sustainability credentials, and its development from a container glass manufacturer into a complete supply chain provider.

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016 saw the culmination of a multi-million rail-head investment at Encirc’s Elton, Cheshire, UK plant, with plans to invest £100 million in rebuilding the four furnaces at the company’s two plants throughout 2017 to 2021.

The UK company is no stranger to large investments, having grown from a one-plant glass bottle manufacturer into a supply chain provider in less than 20 years of business. Its second plant in Elton is able to fill, store and distribute products for its customers all on one site, creating a convenient and environmentally sustainable business model.

“Yes we produce glass, and that’s the biggest part of what we do,” explains Adrian Curry, Managing Director of Encirc and one of the people involved

with the company from its inception as Quinn Glass in Ireland. “But we can also take wine and other beverages from Australia, Chile, California, etc., and put it on the shelves in the UK or Europe, or indeed the US. “We import the materials; we make the glass to package it; we manage people’s brand; we’re bonded so you don’t pay any duty on site. We are now well established in the distribution of drinks, so we can distribute the drinks from here to retailers on behalf of brand owners. It’s about trying to identify specialisms, and sustainable ways of doing it.”

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to be long-term, it doesn’t suit a short-term investment, so when it came to this plant it was about

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Disrupting the market The company’s smooth transition into becoming more than just a manufacturer is in stark contrast to its somewhat difficult entrance into the market.

Formally owned by Sean Quinn, Quinn Glass started in 1998 in Derrylin, Ireland, an agricultural area with deposits of sand and limestone available.

“It was a very difficult start-up,” acknowledges Adrian. “It was the first new plant since 1968 and we were the first new entrant since 1932, so we were pretty disruptive in the industry being the challenger then, and dare I say it, now.

“We had a lot of challenges, a lot of difficulties; we were all a lot younger then. But, we got the plant up and running, we gained market share and business was good.”

Investing in sustainability The global recession resulted in the family-owned business being taken over by a consortium of private equity companies, until it was acquired by Vidrala in 2015.

The acquisition by Vidrala, which now owns eight plants across Europe, means that Encirc is back in the hands of a container glass manufacturer as well as being part of a larger company. “Being part of a wider group like Vidrala we have a lot of in-house resources that prior to this we didn’t have,” notes Adrian.

2016 saw Encirc invest £1.4 million into a second drinks blending stream at the Elton facility, which doubled its onsite capacity to blend beverage products for customers such as Britvic soft drinks.

It also saw the culmination of a £6 million investment in a new onsite rail-head, allowing the company to bring 50% of its raw materials on site by train, resulting in around 700 fewer truck journeys on the roads each month.

2017 will see the company invest £3 million in 10 new storage vessels for beverages, increasing the onsite storage capacity by 66% or an extra 960,000 litres, maximising the efficiency in the production runs and shortening the supply chains for Encirc’s customers.

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Following on from the successful start-up of the company in Ireland, Quinn Glass tried to grow the business in the UK through the acquisition of Rockware Glass. When that proved unsuccessful, a decision was made to embark on building a purpose-built second facility in Elton.

They started the project in 2001, and in 2003 started on site. “It was a difficult process,” notes Adrian. “When we started constructing the site here at Elton, Ardagh challenged our planning permission. All of this was a commercial challenge, but from a technical point of view, the validity of the planning permission that was issued to us by the Local Authority was challenged. It was overturned, and we were allowed to continue at our own risk. So we built and started the plant, and conceivably at any point during that process we could have been asked to stop production and remove it, so there was risk in that. Over the years we’ve had many challenges to our operations.”

Eventually the plant was granted planning permission, six years after its construction when it was successfully up and running. Since that time, the company has overcome these initial issues and now reports a market share of over 30% of the combined UK and Ireland market. “We’ve been able to do that because we’ve been fairly forthright about how we’ve tackled some of the market challenges.”

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parent company Vidrala will invest over £100 million in this project, with the contract for the first rebuild at Elton awarded to Sorg. In the past Encirc has also used Teco.

The two furnaces at the Elton plant are the largest in the world for container glass, and incorporate a closed loop recycling system, waste heat recovery, and employ Emhart NIS energy efficient technology. It is also one of only a few glass plants to use quad gobs in its glass production.

The recent investments are all designed to streamline the manufacturing and filling process, but they also have an emphasis on sustainability – something that Encirc has always taken seriously.

“The concept of the plant here was to use the knowledge we had gained through the start up of the Derrylin plant to build something that would be very sustainable and well established, so that both plants would complement each other and build good long-term business.

“Glass tends to be long-term, it doesn’t suit a short-term investment, so when it came to this plant it was about efficiencies; it was about keeping manufacturing costs down, it was about very high productivity, very high quality.”

The large furnace size at Elton meant that when the plant was built the management realised they would need a large warehousing system to cater to the production. “We had the idea of an automated warehouse,” says Adrian. “You won’t see an automated warehouse in a glass plant anywhere else in the world, I would suggest. To really try and bring sustainability and efficiency into the model we had the idea of filling on site as well, so it’s a very efficient model.”

Encirc’s business model, encompassing production, filling, storage and distribution, means a typical bottle of wine made by Encirc uses up to a third less carbon dioxide than the European average. The company has also reduced the average weight of its bottles by 15% over the past 10 years, a saving of over 55,000 litres of water and 60 tonnes of CO2 each year.

“Almost by default as we built the business to be a long-term, sustainable business for a very challenging entrepreneur, we started to realise that our sustainability credentials were huge.

� The wine filling hall at Encirc’s Elton site.

“I suppose to be honest in 2003 sustainability wasn’t what it is today, so we’ve recognised that our inherent model is quite sustainable, simply for the reason that we wanted to make money, have maximum efficiency, and have a long term, sustainable business.”

The Brexit question

“Almost by default as we built the business to be a long-term, sustainable business for a very challenging entrepreneur, we started to realise that our sustainability credentials were

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On the subject of a sustainable business, the subject of Brexit is one that has to be brought up. Does Mr Curry have any concerns over the prospect? “If you look at it in terms of short term, at Encirc we’ve seen a benefit because customers want the cost in sterling, so there’s been an increase in our filling business. That’s short term.

“Medium term, it remains to be seen what will happen. If borders start to get difficult that may not be ideal. I think long term the biggest thing is uncertainty, and what it’s actually going to mean.

“The glass industry has been around for thousands of years, and people will still consume products, there’s no doubt about that. So we just have to make sure we do everything in the most efficient and sustainable way at the lowest cost, and get on with it really.”

Recently appointed as President of British Glass, Mr Curry is bound to come across the issue of what Brexit means with increasing regularity, and his priorities for his tenancy are clear: “the key things for me are sustainability; it’s about meeting the challenges and opportunities as laid out in the glass industry Decarbonisation Roadmap 2050, that has to be a major factor.

“The industry as a whole needs some very good representation to move forward, with Brexit, for example. I think British Glass has a key part to play in what that looks like, and how we can make sure we do the right things to sustain manufacturing in the UK. “It’s a really interesting time, if you think about it in the context where we won’t be led by Europe anymore, so we have to think of what that means, and how we take advantage of that.

“Interesting times, no doubt.” �

Adrian Curry, MD Encirc www.encirc360.com

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Company profile: Vidrala

Vidrala focuses on the future The fourth largest container glass manufacturer in Europe, Vidrala has a plant in the glassmaking hub of Marinha Grande, Portugal, and a heavy presence throughout the Iberian market. Sally Love spoke to Carlos Barranha, Technical Director for the Vidrala Group, about the group’s expansion over the past 50 years and its priorities for the future.

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Future trends

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Vidrala supplies glass containers for a wide variety of products in the beverage and food industry, selling more than 6 billion bottles and jars per year to more than 1,500 clients, and managing an annual turnover of approximately €800 million.

Of these 6 billion bottles and jars, 35% of sales are to the domestic Iberian region of Spain and Portugal, 35% are to UK and Ireland, 8% in Italy and the remaining 22% are split between continental Europe.

Alcohol is undoubtedly the leading driver for business at Vidrala, with wine and beer bottles alone accounting for over 50% of the company’s production (37% and 24% respectively). The rest, says Carlos, is made up of containers for food (13%), spirits (10%), soft drinks (10%), and food preserves (6%).

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idrala started as a one plant company in 1965, in Llodio, Spain. Since then, the company has expanded to comprise over 3,000 staff at eight plants in five countries, with its first venture outside of its native Spain being the acquisition of Gallo Vidro in Marinha Grande, Portugal, in 2003.

The Gallo Vidro plant had been operating for 100 years at the time Vidrala acquired it, and is one of four glass plants in the town.

Since 2003, Vidrala has expanded beyond the Iberian region with the acquisition of Corsico Vetro (now Vidrala Italia) in Milan, Italy; MD Verre in Ghlin, Belgium; and most recently Encirc, whose two UK plants were acquired at the beginning of 2015. With a 31% share of the UK market, the Encirc acquisition was a boost for Vidrala in more ways than one: “The Encirc acquisition made full strategic sense for Vidrala,” says Mr Barranha. “It enhanced the group’s capacity not only in glass manufacturing but also in filling capabilities, increased its market share in Western Europe, and broadened its geographical footprint to the UK market - the only European market which has had a positive rate of growth in glass packaging sales since the economic crisis started in 2008.

“It also improved Vidrala’s customer base in key sectors such as beer.” The acquisition was an undoubted financial success for Vidrala, with sales rocketing between 2014 and 2015, as Carlos confirms, “the acquisition of Encirc in January 2015 increased sales by more than 60%.”

The company’s financial position appears strong, thanks to a progressive debt reduction, with cash generation being one of the management’s top priorities. When asked about the company’s plans for the future, it is one of the main focuses that Carlos mentions, perhaps alluding to the Group being open to future acquisition opportunities: “Management priorities will remain firmly focused on developing customer service, securing cost competitiveness and optimising cash generation, all undeniable sources of value creation.

“Cash generation will allow the company to keep deleveraging its balance sheet, in order to be ready for any potential opportunity that may arise in the midterm.”

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recycled products as the main raw material for manufacturing glass, which not only avoids the consumption of natural raw materials but also contributes to reducing energy consumption and emissions volumes.”

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Smart factories

are geared towards stand-out shelf appeal, with the market trend for product differentiation and customisation influencing the design.

“In such a competitive market, in which differentiation and innovation are the keys for the commercial success of a product, the development of new containers and improvements over existing ones are mandatory cornerstones in our industry,” says Carlos.

“On the one hand, new designs and innovations are based on different geometries, i.e. a slimmer look, asymmetries, non-round shapes, shields/ medallions, signatures and logos of brands. On the other hand, it is important to reduce the carbon footprint and ecological impact of the product, based on weight reduction, maintaining or even improving the performance of the container, which is achieved through improved manufacturing processes.”

The environmental footprint of the company is a key issue at Vidrala, and one that Carlos is keen to underline: “Energy consumption and waste gas emissions from melting furnaces are the main environmental impacts from Vidrala´s process, and one of the primary management objectives is to reduce polluting emissions.

In order to do this, specific investments have been made to upgrade our factory facilities and adapt them to the most efficient technological systems for reducing environmental impacts.”

The company has two types of technological investments, as Carlos explains: “We have active technology, such as electrostatic precipitators and DeNOx systems, which are used for cleaning waste gases from furnace combustion.

We also have efficiency technology, such us high efficiency motors, variable speed drives, servo systems, etc., which helps us to produce with a lower energy footprint.”

The company is also increasing its use of cullet: “we are focused on the growing use of

�� (above and below) The factory at Marinha Grande, Portugal, is equipped with modern equipment at both the hot and cold ends, which helps with the company’s environmental footprint.

The trend for Industry 4.0 is hard to ignore at the moment, with the future of glass plants set to be fully automated and, thus, safer and more productive environments. Carlos agrees, “Vidrala is strongly convinced that process control is the best way to ensure proper quality of its products and high level production efficiency.”

Vidrala seems well prepared for this surge in automation: “In recent years we have come to complement traditional product control techniques with new process control techniques, such as intelligent furnace control; systematic hot-end inspection (unitary infrared control and automatic dimensional sampling); and massive monitoring of forming variables and use of advanced algorithms for managing big volumes of information; amongst others.

“Automation is the common denominator in this strategy, because it responds to the daily drivers in our plants: to increase the safety and development of our teams, deliver high quality products to our customers, and produce in the most efficient and sustainable way.

“We believe that we were taking steps in the direction of Industry 4.0 even before it existed as a trend. Concepts such as inter-operability, modularity, robotics, prototyping, virtualisation and simulation of processes, these are a daily reality in Vidrala plants. We will continue to focus intensely on investing and developing our industrial units with the goal of transforming our plants into Smart Factories.” �

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Company profile: Meta Global

A new era for Meta Global Ten years after the creation of Meta Global, Sally Love visited Ricardo Moreira* at the company’s office in Lisbon, Portugal, to find out about the group’s new business venture.

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eta Global was founded in 2006 by Ricardo Moreira and Joaquim Ferreira and for the past ten years has acted as an agent and trading company for the glass industry, as a gateway to the Iberian market.

Sitting at his desk in his office in Lisbon, Ricardo explains: “We represent the interests of several worldwide suppliers for the glass industry, and about 80% of what we do is related to glass.

“We represent the interest of companies such as Duratemp in the USA, Interglass in Mexico, Pennine and Marpak and Wall Colmonoy in the UK, Orrion and SG Zirpro in France, and GPS in Germany, for example.

“Basically our markets are the Portuguese and Spanish markets, although more and more because of groups like Vidrala and BA, that have bought different plants in different locations around the world, we are exporting away from Portugal and Spain.

“We work in two different ways – for some suppliers we are agents; we mediate the business.

In other cases we are suppliers and distributors – so we buy, we stock, and we sell.”

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Changing times The role of the agent has changed dramatically over the past few decades, something Ricardo has witnessed through his own 18 years in the business, and his father’s experience before him.

“Before, the agent was so important because there were borders in Europe and different currencies, so to bring any product in, it was a problem. You needed someone in the country to deal with the customs and so on.”

Naturally, with talk of trading across borders, the conversation drifts on to the topic of Brexit and what this will mean for companies such as Meta Global, as well as their suppliers and customers. Is Brexit impacting business yet?

“Not for the moment, but in my opinion, and in the opinion of a lot of people that I speak with in the UK, this was a very bad mistake. It puts risk on

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the incoming generations and all the work done till now to improve commercial relations between countries.

“The borders were a huge disadvantage. So, this will be a problem. Obviously, though, I will not change my suppliers. I will adjust myself to the new situation.”

Reverting back to the changing role of an agent, Ricardo also points out that previously less English was spoken among, for example, Production and Purchase department staff, and methods of communication were less rapid. “So the agent and distributor, with the stock and the distribution and so on, had a really important role.

“Nowadays, most people speak English, you have internet, everyone can reach the supplier very easily. So the former role of buying, putting 50% margin, and selling – this is all over.”

So how has this affected the way agents such as Meta Global do business now? It seems the answer lies in mediating cultural differences and in volume, rather than mark-up: “From time to time there are still some customers or suppliers that think that going directly is easier, because of the margin or commission that you have to pay to the agent – but no one knows better than me, what it is that my customer wants to hear and how the business should run.

“And this is of huge importance. I would say most suppliers do understand the importance of having someone locally.

“In situations where there needs to be negotiation or discussion, it must be me and my partner, or someone from my team that knows the customer on a daily basis, that can make the necessary questions and can understand how to move forward.

“Defending customers and suppliers interests, in many situations we are the ones that are more prejudiced, so we need volume and volume and volume. That’s the way it works now.”

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“These new products are one of our main priorities.

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New horizons � Ricardo Moreira, Managing Director of Meta Global.

the glass industry.

“These products went in to production several years ago, and they are giving fantastic results.”

Future business

“Our life is to bring things into Portugal and Spain, but I always had the wish to produce something in Portugal and send it to other

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countries.

The expansion of the business into export, and its continuing success as an agent and distributor for the glass industry, means that Ricardo is in an upbeat mood about the future of his business and the industry.

When asked about trends in the industry, he is quick to point out the open-minded attitude towards innovations that is becoming more and more prevalent: “I never get tired of saying this – the people that are now managing Technical Departments, that are managing the Purchase Departments and others are all quite young. When I started, and with all due respect, these people were much older.

They were more reserved and more closed to any type of innovation or new product. To get in and to break open the door with new ideas and new products, this was difficult, it still is, but this new generation is much more open-minded.”

So, a new era for the glass industry, and for Meta Global as well? Ricardo smiles, “It is, in a certain way it is. It’s been tiring, but after ten years we have understood that you have to do something to prepare the company for the next 10 years.

“These new products are one of our main priorities.

Let’s see what will happen for the next 10 years.

“Being in the industry for this long, we have made a lot of good friends among customers and suppliers. More importantly, we deeply believe we have earnt the respect of most of the people we work with, and this is what gives the strength to continue, trying to improve a little bit more every day’’ �

*Managing Director, Meta Global, Lisbon, Portugal www.metaglobal.pt

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Meta Global’s identity is intrinsically linked with its Iberian roots, however going forward the company has ambitions further afield, with Ricardo confirming the change in tactic: “Our goal and objective for the coming years is to start to export apart from what we already do with Spain.

“Our life is to bring things into Portugal and Spain, but I always had the wish to produce something in Portugal and send it to other countries. Produced in Portugal.

“It’s curious because I always thought the company, for me, was for ten years. That was the limit,” Ricardo admits. “Ten years have already gone, and we are now working towards the next ten years. To find new suppliers, for example, GPS is a very important new supplier for us, in whom we deeply believe. Others such as Lahti or TIB will also be crucial for us. So, new products and new suppliers, basically. It is really important to have new solutions.”

The new products that Ricardo mentions here is very much at the heart of Meta Global’s plans for the future. The company has embarked on a joint venture with a local manufacturer of equipment for the glass industry, primarily consisting of parts for IS machines. META is hiring a member of staff to focus on this line of business, which will open up new markets to Meta Global as they start to export, rather than solely import: “The new joint venture and also the person we will hire, is basically to reach other markets. It’s not so difficult in Portugal and Spain, and with the recent acquisitions by our customers it will not be so difficult to arrive in other locations for example, but we want to go a step further.”

The premium line of parts for IS machines has been developed in collaboration with glass manufacturers, to achieve custom-made parts that will function well in the demanding, 24/7 conditions of a glass factory.

“These are products that have been running in plants for many years already, so they are duly tested and duly approved.

“Most of these products have been developed in a very close relation between manufacturer and customer, in order to have lighter, more resistant materials such as titanium, or very special coatings; materials and solutions that are not so common in

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ased in the Portuguese glass-making hub of Marinha Grande, Vidromecanica was established in 1984 to produce equipment for the glass manufacturing industry. Today, with its sister company Icebel, it has around 100 staff.

The expansion The company is currently expanding its premises, the second significant expansion in less than three years following on from its previous expansion in 2014. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2017, and will provide more space for manufacturing the annealing lehrs and tempering lines. “We have been growing step by step” confirms João. “We are now producing for new markets, so we added more production space and new equipment. For example, we are making four tempering lines for China”.

As for where the company is seeing its strongest sales, João notes that Vidromecanica’s main markets are Europe and South America. “We

are also trying in Asia, but our main markets are southern Europe and South America. We sell almost everywhere, though.”

Primarily focused on producing annealing and decorating lehrs and tempering lines, the company’s product range extends into stackers and pushers, hot and cold end coating systems, kilns, batch plants, and cullet processing plants amongst others. “The products seem quite varied,” agrees João, “but if you look closely we are mostly focused on heat treatment and everything around heat treatment.

“The most important equipment for heat treatment in hollow glass is lehrs, and we produce lehrs for annealing and decorating, and then stackers and pushers to put the articles inside the lehrs. Before the lehr there is hot end coating, as an input to the lehr, and then we also do cold end coating.

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Vidromecanica is in the first stage of a two-part expansion of its production facilities, due to be completed in the summer of 2017. Sally Love visited Marinha Grande to meet with João Curado* and Ricardo Barreto** to discuss the company’s ambitions for the future and its new R&D initiative, which has helped one of its customers save drastically on the gas consumption of its new lehr.

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“Kilns are almost the same, but there are no moving parts so the temperature will change over time; and we have machines to heat moulds to the right temperature so they work in the IS machines.

“We also produce scrapers. When the glass comes from the IS machine, if it isn’t going to be formed it must drain somewhere, and then it goes to this scraper.

“We also produce tempering lines – this is normally for tableware, and here we are very strong. Annealing lehrs are usually used by hollow glass bottle makers, for example BA Vidro, and tempering lines are generally used for tableware, such as Libbey, Arc or Sisecam, and these are our main products.

“We also produce equipment for special glass or float glass, but this is not as prominent for us – most of our customers are for hollow or tableware.”

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Collaborative research As well as the expansion, Vidromecanica has launched a collaborative research initiative with a local university. Alongside its own in-house R&D, the company has welcomed some of the university students onto its premises since mid-2016, and plans to send some Vidromecanica staff to the university in 2017. João hopes the collaborative effort will be mutually beneficial: “R&D was always very important to Vidromecanica. We need to change and innovate day by day, and now we are increasing this for two main reasons. One of the reasons is if the customer asks for something new. The other is very important, it’s that we need to make a difference and deliver a product that is better than others.

“By working together with the university here, I think this will help us. The students can help us with the scientific work, which will be of great benefit.

“It is a good initiative, and I am very hopeful about this. I think we will benefit a lot and I honestly hope the university is also happy, because some students are very young, they don’t have the on-site expertise or the everyday working glass knowledge, and so they also want to know and study this type of product. It works both ways.”

This initiative has already resulted in positive results for company’s customers. Recently, a container glass manufacturer based in Marinha Grande asked Vidromecanica for a lehr that uses less fuel, which Vidromecanica was able to provide.

“We produced a machine that is saving them money every day. This is very important, and is what we are showing our customers now: the amount of reduction of gas and power that we achieve now with our equipment.

“It is an important evolution of what we are doing. The value that can be achieved is different from plant to plant, depending on, for example, what they are producing. But in this case we have the numbers from before and from after, and they show a huge saving in gas consumption – more than half.”

� The Vidromecanica site in Marinha Grande is in close proximity to some of its customers, tableware producer Libbey and container glass manufacturers BA Vidro, Vidrala, and Santos Barosa.

“In this case we have the numbers from before and from after, and they show a huge saving in gas consumption – more than

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half

Being based in Marinha Grande means Vidromecanica has the benefit of being in close proximity to some of its customers’ factories.

“It helps, in that you can say that we have our laboratory right next to our customers,” confirms João. “If you want to test something and know whether your machine is behaving as it should, then you just have to go two or three miles and you can check it.

“We have a very good relationship with our customers, and this helps a lot. Of course, they also benefit: if they have a problem, or need something, then they just call us and we can meet within minutes. It’s good for both of us: good for us because we can test our equipment, we can know what is happening, and they give us suggestions.”

The collaboration between Vidromecanica and the university, as well as Vidromecanica and the manufacturers, means the company is in a position where it can focus on producing exactly what its customers want and need. Is Industry 4.0 something that its customers are asking for? “People talk about it, and of course we are changing,” says João. “We are improving the information that we send to our customers.

Our machines are now mostly connected to the intranet so people can see what is happening, what it is producing. The information is there. Ten years ago it was impossible to send this information.”

And is this a benefit to the company, or does it present any challenges?

“It is a benefit to us. For example, the lehr we mentioned above – the customer has all the information, and it helps both them and us have a better result in terms of gas consumption, because they are able to monitor everything.

“Of course it’s also a challenge because we need to put more time and effort into putting the programming in to the machines – it’s more time consuming. In the end, though,both sides will benefit.” �

* Technical Sales Manager, Vidromecanica ** Commercial Director, Vidromecanica www.vidromecanica.com

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Company profile: Intermolde

Portuguese moulds manufacturer focuses on R&D Sally Love visited Ricardo Ferreira, Commercial Director of Intermolde, a leading moulds and neck ring manufacturer based in Marinha Grande. The company has recently expanded its workspace with an extension for its neck rings department, and is currently working on R&D projects with Portuguese glass manufacturers.

Intermolde was created in 1973, with three owners.

My father only had a minor part; he was invited to be the General Manager, because the owners were industrial people with other companies to run.

So, the history of Intermolde is also the history of my family and my father having ownership of the company, starting with when the Italian owner left and my father bought his capital.

The history of Intermolde is also associated with the success of the glass industry in Portugal.

In 1973, glass producers introduced automatic IS machines, which need high quality moulds.

That was why the Italians initially had capital in Intermolde – all the moulds were imported from Italy, and they had the know-how.

And, of course, Intermolde is associated with the increase in glass bottle production in Marinha Grande itself. In the 1970s Intermolde bought the first CNC machines at the time, and this helped us to increase productivity. Other mould makers tried to break into the market, but Intermolde was very well prepared because we had the know-how from the Italians and the German CNC machinery.

At the beginning of the ‘80s we started exporting to Spain and to the Czech Republic, so we started to export very early on. However, our main focus was always the Portuguese market. It has increased a lot and we have always supported the glass bottle companies here in Portugal.

� From left to right: Jorge Ferreira, Production Director; Martins Ferreira, President; Ricardo Ferreira, Sales Director.

“Glass companies can take a long time to develop new products or materials. I think the key is to work together, to

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cooperate.

How large is the Portuguese glass bottle industry?

In Portugal we have five glass bottle producers, which is a lot of bottles compared to the number of inhabitants, which is around 10 million.

It’s because Portugal also exports - for example, here in Marinha Grande the oldest bottle manufacturer has more than 125 years, and today is a very modern and efficient plant which exports a lot of its production to places such as Spain. So, when we talk about Portugal and glass bottles, it’s not just for Portuguese people, because we don’t drink all that much!

How many staff do you employ?

At the moment there are 130 at Intermolde’s main plant, which produces mainly blow moulds and neck rings. However, if we include Vidrimolde, which produces moulds for tableware, and if we include our repairing plant, there are almost 200.

You recently expanded your plant at Marinha Grande. What benefits has this brought you?

The recent expansion allows us to consolidate, and have specialised plants. All our plants now have autonomy, so they produce the entire product

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from beginning to end. We already had this for moulds, because we have a specialised line for the production of blank moulds at Vidrimolde. Now we have it for the neck rings, which are produced completely independently in the new building. We hope to increase production in both departments, and we will also increase the quality and efficiency of production.

As you’re expanding, are you aiming to export to new markets?

Yes. Everything went very quickly with the neck ring production. We are very well prepared, producing excellent quality with low costs, which is what the market wants.

We are well prepared to go to exigent markets – for example, Germany is a big market, yet we don’t sell many neck rings there so I hope to increase to this market. I also hope to increase to some countries where we already have a presence, such as the South American market. In Western Europe we already have a large share.

At the moment I don’t think we have much interest in Asia, although we are producing two sets of neck rings for India. India is a huge market that can also be explored.

Roughly how much of your production is exported?

make developments. So I think the key is to work together, to cooperate.

We always have research projects on the go – not always with clients but always with universities or technological centres, to improve our process. This type of innovation project is constant for us.

For the entire group, in consolidated numbers 70% is for export. So Portugal alone represents 30%; it’s a very important market for us.

Are there any trends in the industry that are influencing how you operate?

� The mould manufacturing department at Intermolde, Marinha Grande.

We always feel a lot of pressure on price, and this has been constant along the years. There are a lot of people asking for new materials, so we are working on that – perhaps we can find new materials and new welding processes, or something that improves the life of the mould. We are working on that.

And how many mould parts do you make each year?

It’s around 700 mould blows and blanks per week, and around 1500 neck rings per week.

Do customers come to you with their own designs, or do you help them?

Around 95% of our clients have their own design.

At the moment we only design moulds for a few customers.

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How important is R&D to Intermolde, and how much do you invest in it?

We were one of the first companies to have a department dedicated to R&D. At the moment, we have two projects in partnership with portuguese glass producers and Portuguese universities.

One project mainly focuses on new materials, so we hope to improve and perhaps find new brilliant materials – as in the past, when bronze alloys were specially developed for our industry, and the general use of Minox neck rings into glass plants allowed dramatic increases on the speed of bottle production. Another project we have started very recently has to do with press and blow processes.

Glass companies can take a long time to develop new products or materials, and normally mould makers don’t help because it is like a cycle – the mould makers are waiting for glass companies to

“Our main focus was

When manufacturers ask for new materials, is it so they can use less energy?

market. It has

Yes, normally. For example, lubrication for the mould is very important. Anything that increases efficiency is important, and the most evident example that cames to my mind is bronze moulds.

For glass companies that aim to have very quick speeds, the smart choice is bronze moulds, because they cool quicker.

increased a lot

What are your plans for the future?

always the Portuguese

and we have always supported the glass bottle companies here in Portugal

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Very soon we will reach the end of an important investment cycle, so for the next few years only minor upgrades of machinery will be necessary.

Due to the quality of our people and machinery, I consider that we have perfect conditions to increase our production levels, and to meet our objective set in 2015 of reaching €20 million turnover by 2020.

If we increase production by around 5% each year, we can surpass that target. �

Intermolde, Marina Grande, Portugal www.intermolde.pt

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Company profile: Piramal Ceylon

Piramal Ceylon CEO has high hopes for Sri Lankan industry

Sanjay Tiwari is Managing Director and CEO of Piramal Glass Ceylon, and was recently elected President of the Sri Lankan Glass Council. Last summer Piramal expanded its capacity at its Horana plant, increasing it to 300tpd. Mr Tiwari spoke to Greg Morris about the expansion, taking over as the 4th President of the Council, and his plans for the role.

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How long have you worked in the glass industry for and what do you enjoy the most about it?

I have worked in textiles, cables, pharmaceuticals and API. This is my 5th industry and I have worked with glass for the past 11 years. This is the most challenging and demanding industry and what is most exciting about this business is – glass never sleeps. We have to be on our toes 24/7, 365 days a year.

In this industry one learns every day and hence innovation is a lifeline to survive. We need to think 7-8 years down the line before we commit to any expansion of capacity.

The most important and crucial part of the business is production planning, which can help companies to improve the bottom line.

What challenges does the Sri Lankan glass industry face?

� The Horana plant underwent a revamp last summer.

terms of business environment, infrastructure and markets. Sri Lanka also has limitations. Some major challenges for the Sri Lankan glass industry are: � Non-availability of LNG. � Dependence on imports for LPG and FO. � Cost of electricity generation is dependent on many factors. � Demand and supply imbalance due to the fact that not many continuous manufacturing process industries exist. � Rains – unlike other countries, Sri Lanka has two monsoons. Low rains impacts hydro-power generation. � Soda ash is one of the major raw materials, but is not available in the country. � Reducing the cost of manufacturing. � Coloured bottles manufactured through feeder coloring.

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lines are 8-section double gob, one line is 8-section single gob, double gob/triple gob and one is a 10-section triple gob/double gob.

We introduced BDF into our Piramal Group in Sri Lanka. We have two new IS lines from BDF and three from Bottero. We bought BDF’s latest model IS machine. We also invested in Quantum’s plunger mechanisms in three IS machines.

Did any other upgrades take place at the same time as the furnace capacity expansion?

You are the CEO of Piramal Ceylon.

What makes you most proud of this business?

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Yes I am proud of the position and the business I run. There are many reasons to be proud of working for the Piramal Group.

Firstly, Piramal Glass Limited’s first overseas capacity expansion was done under my leadership.

The doubling of capacity and developing the domestic and export base was the biggest challenge. As we all know, the key to success in this industry is to sell 100% capacity. I take pride in mentioning that within a period of 15 months I was able to sell 95% of the capacity. We developed the export market from scratch to 30% of the capacity.

Piramal businesses are managed by professionals, the group provides lots of freedom and trust in you, as well as supporting personal growth and development. This business is highly capital intensive and being a Chartered Accountant helped me take quick decisions, which is vital for the glass industry.

For a leader/CEO there is nothing like achieving success by not only investing and paying back as planned, but building the brand Piramal in Sri Lanka and Piramal Glass Ceylon in niche international markets.

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What markets does the plant serve?

Our Sri Lanka plant services 100% of the domestic market. Out of our total capacity 70% is utilised for the domestic market and the balance is for the export market.

We produce bottles from 50ml to 2.5 litres, catering to the food & beverage, pharmaceutical, agro chemicals, aerated water, liquor and wine sectors.

In the export market, we export liquor, wine and food bottles. We sell mainly to the USA, Australia, India, Mauritius, Pakistan, East Africa, UK, Philippines and Maldives.

� Mr Sanjay Tiwari, Piramal Ceylon CEO.

Can you tell me more about the furnace expansion that took place at the Horana plant last summer?

We initially invested in 2006-7 to double the capacity from 100tpd to 205tpd and relocated the entire plant.

We completed the expansion and relining in the last quarter. The present new capacity is 300tpd with boosting and the furnace designer was Horn.

Apart from the furnace capacity, we have invested in a downstream facility to upgrade the capabilities and be more flexible.

We now have five manufacturing lines. Three

We invested in the latest inspection machines from Tiama for all lines, and installed MSK palletisers, shrink hood tunnels for export packing as well as annealing lehrs from Antonini, Italy.

We invested in two feeder colour systems – one from Horn and the other from Ferro, and we invested in new multi-colour printing facility.

We also increased our capacity of self-generation of electricity. In terms of backward integration, we upgraded our own silica processing plant, and a shrink film manufacturing facility to complement the incremental glass manufacturing capacity.

What trends are you noticing from your customers?

The customer is becoming more quality focused and demanding innovation in terms of new designs, shapes and colours. The life cycle of products is becoming shorter, which means the runs are smaller and more frequent depending upon the market dynamics.

Since the customers have more choice, hence they are more educated and do their homework before discussing or finalising a project.

The current minimum order quantities (MOQ) are reducing drastically due to a dynamic and competitive market scenario.

What do you consider to be the plant’s strengths?

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We are a unique company in terms of our strategy for markets and product range. We have always worked towards becoming the Porsche of South East Asia.

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We don’t compromise on quality and reliability. We categorise the items based on its criticality and importance. There are categories of items where we have multiple choices.

Based on the categorisation, we short list the vendors and select on the criteria of: � Quality of product; � Service quality; � Energy consumption; � Market existence; � Past performance; � Cost; � Vendor’s R&D efforts.

How honoured were you to be appointed to the prestigious position of President of the Sri Lankan Glass Council?

I am very honoured to be the 4th President of the Sri Lanka Ceramic and Glass Council. The Council consists of more than 60 members representing glass containers, ceramic porcelain, floor tiles, roof tiles, red clay roof tiles and cement.

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The second aspect is to seek support from the Export Development Board for promotion of the Sri Lankan brand in the international market.

I would like to help all member companies to use the services of CENTEC, Centre of Technical Excellence Lab (an Institute set up by our Council in partnership with the Sri Lanka government through ITI, Sri Lanka) to analyse their effluents and explore using them as an input for red clay tile manufacturing.

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The future of the Sri Lankan Glass Industry looks very bright due to the following reasons: � Government initiatives towards infrastructure development. � Focus on attracting more tourism. � The development of the North and East of Sri Lanka. � More awareness of the health benefits of glass. � Multinational companies looking at Sri Lanka as a base for manufacturing. � Promotion and ownership of local brands as against imported finished foreign brands. � Quality of glass manufacturing complements niche export markets. � Peace in the country brings positivity and more celebrations. � Increase in per capita income helps more spending on lifestyle. � Government encouragement and support towards Research & Development spending for the development of the sector. �

Piramal Glass Ceylon, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, Email:pgc.info@piramal.com www.piramalglassceylon.com

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Company profile: Electroglass

Electroglass celebrates 40 years of electric glass melting

� Electroglass’s office and works.

UK electric glass melting specialist Electroglass is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Managing Director Richard Stormont outlines the group’s activities and emphasises how research and development as well as energy efficiency remain the focus of the company.

Can you describe your activities in the glass industry?

Electroglass is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary.

What do you attribute your success to?

To continuous research and development in electric melting technologies, our focus on energy efficiency and minimising

Can you give an indication as to how and why the company was started, and who started it?

� Samples representing 13 recent fluoride opal furnaces.

Founding Managing Director Fred Scarfe established Electroglass in 1976 with a group comprising the company’s Projects Director, R&D Director, Chief Engineer, Design & Workshop Technicians, all of whom previously held similar positions in an American-owned UK electric melting specialist company, which was subsequently dissolved.

Fred and his team’s wish was to follow and develop their own ideas and technologies, a philosophy which we continue with today. As the company’s current Chairman and Managing Director, I also have a background in engineering and electric glass melting, and joined Electroglass in 1989.

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For 40 years Electroglass has specialised in the application of electrical energy to improve energy efficiency, raise product quality and maximise productivity in glass melting and conditioning.

Electric boosting systems for fuel-fired furnaces, all-electric furnaces for ultimate energy efficiency and special glass production, electric forehearths for major energy cost savings, and the company’s unique Precision Control Bubbler Systems; these form the basis of Electroglass’ activities.

Development, design, product engineering and equipment manufacture take place at the company’s UK premises, with its systems being supplied to glass manufacturers in some 50 countries worldwide.

environmental impact in glassmaking, and our customer focus and on-going operational support to customers throughout the lifetime of their Electroglass systems.

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In the case of the common volatile glasses, – fluoride opal, borosilicates or lead crystal, – coldtop all-electric melting is the technically preferred option to effectively eliminate volatile losses from the glass, ensuring chemical as well as thermal homogeneity and glass quality for what are usually quality-sensitive products.

All-electric forehearths offer an established technology that in many cases can hugely reduce forehearth operating costs. Converting typical gas-fired forehearths to electric heating can often result in energy cost savings of 70 to 80%, and sometimes more.

While electric boosting is often seen primarily as a means of increasing the output of a given fuel-fired furnace, installing, say, a 150 tonnes/day fuel-fired furnace with a 50 tonnes/day electric boost, can make much more economic sense than installing an unboosted 200 tonnes/day fuel-fired furnace. The boosted furnace can offer reduced melting cost per tonne of glass, the opportunity to work at maximum fuel efficiency at a range of pull rates, a reduction in capital cost and an improvement in glass quality, particularly in the case of coloured glasses.

� Electric furnace and forehearths control panel.

How many staff do you have?

The company has a permanent staff of approaching 30 and a network of specialist consultants in various technology spheres to call upon as required.

What makes you stand out from competitor companies?

Do you expect electric glass melting to become more popular in future due to its environmental benefits?

A number of companies around the world offer electric melting systems and equipment. However, their activities in this field typically represent a small part of wider company or group activities in the glass industry and sometimes beyond. Very few, if any, of our competitors are, like us, independent specialists exclusively in electric melting technologies and related equipment.

Cold-top all-electric melting by definition eliminates combustion gas emissions, and in the case of volatile glass production, virtually eliminates losses of volatile constituents such as fluorine, boron and lead vapours, all harmful to human health and the environment. While large fuel-fired furnaces of capacities commonly used in the container glass and float glass industries, for example, have an economic advantage in terms of energy costs in most countries, environmental considerations, the increase in renewable electrical energy capacity and changes in the costs and availability of fuel versus electricity, inevitably mean the current increase in interest and use of electric melting technologies will continue.

What makes electric glass melting different to other forms of melting, and what are its advantages?

Why is electric glass melting not as prevalent in some regions?

� Samples representing 13 recent fluoride opal furnaces.

There are significant differences in the level of adoption of electric melting technologies between countries and regions.

This is often an effect of historical local gas and oil availability and cost compared with electricity.

A further factor is that a region in which glass production is mainly focused on conventional soda lime containers may well adopt electric boosting but see little use of all-electric melting.

In other markets where specialised glass types and glass products are being developed and produced, a significantly higher level of use of electric melting technologies is seen.

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Electric glass melting technologies are used for a variety of reasons. Key amongst these is energy efficiency and therefore melting energy cost.

A well-designed cold-top all-electric furnace in the size range of, say, 20 to 60 tonnes/day commonly required for tableware, kitchen and cookware, perfume and cosmetics containers, technical glasses and low-volume conventional containers, can have a thermal efficiency of 75 to 80%.

In contrast, a fuel-fired furnace of equivalent capacity may have a thermal efficiency of 20 to 30%. Thus, even if gas or oil appear cheap in terms of the cost per unit of energy, the difference in thermal efficiencies can frequently make the electric melting option significantly more economic.

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Company profile: Electroglass

Is there an emphasis on ‘green’ technology within the company?

The entire concept of cold-top all-electric melting is ‘green’, with the elimination of combustion gases, the virtual elimination of volatile losses in the melting process and silent operation as an additional factor.

Equally, electric boosting in a fuel-fired furnace increases output and/or glass quality, without an increase in total combustion gas emissions, meaning a proportional reduction in combustion gas emissions per tonne of glass produced.

Electric forehearths, often offering a 70 to 80% energy cost saving, and a significantly higher percentage in actual energy saving, represent one of the most dramatic examples of conversions to ‘green’ technology.

Who are your main customers geographically?

Electroglass’ customers span the globe, from Chile, Argentina and Brazil in South America, through Mexico and North America, to most European countries, Africa and the Middle East, and substantial numbers in South Asia, South East Asia, Australasia and the Far East countries.

China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, the leading economies of the region, have been major markets for Electroglass technology and equipment for decades, a trend which continues to this day. Typically well over 95% of Electroglass’ sales are overseas.

Is there an emphasis on Research and Development within the group?

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Research and Development is at the heart of Electroglass’ activities and products.

Our well-equipped physical model test laboratory and highly experienced staff are engaged in a continuous programme of system design, development and improvement, optimising immersed electrode system designs through the study of energy patterns, convection currents, and electrical characteristics, always to improve energy efficiency and glass quality benefits of our systems.

Test-melting facilities and our own spacious electrical and mechanical workshops allow us to actively pursue our policy of continuous performance improvement.

� Model test laboratory.

� Electric forehearth model testing.

� Electroglass batch charger.

How do you hope the company will evolve in the next five to 10 years?

In a world where companies come and go, are bought, sold, restructured and renamed, we believe our consistency in the market, our longserving staff and their experience, provide the confidence and support that our customers need and appreciate and that I believe Electroglass will continue to provide. �

Electroglass, Benfleet, UK info@electroglass.co.uk www.electroglass.co.uk

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gions in the hollow glassmaking sector in recent years, with a host of new glassmaking facilities opening.There has been a renewed interest in the region thanks to its favourable economic and political conditions, which, coupled with an increased disposable income among the population’s consumers, has seen a surge of confidence in glass packaging.

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later this year, we look forward to seeing you there.The show will build on the previous success of Glassman Europe in 2015, held in one of the glassmaking hubs of Europe, home to O-I’s French headquarters and suppliers such as Iris Inspection Machines, Tiama and Groupe Rondot.

In 2018 Glassman Latin America returns to Guadalajara, Mexico.

The show was touted as a complete success in 2016, with some exhibitors citing up to 25 solid business leads generated from the show.

If you would like information on either of these events please ask a member of the Glassman team.

Welcome to Glassman South America, held in the wine-rich region of Argentina.

Famous for its glass industry generating products such as Malbec and olive oil, the country is home to hollow glass manufactuers Rigolleau, Cattorini, O-I, Verallia and Durax.

Argentina is also surrounded by countries with an established and strong glass industry, such as Brazil, Chile and Peru, as well as countries with opportunities to grow such as Bolivia, which currently has a plant under construction (Envibol).

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EXHIBITOR LIST COMPANY NAME

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COMPANY NAME

STAND

Abbamat

E11

Fusiontec

A34

OMS Group

A08

Acerias Berisso

A30

futronic

B18

Olivotto Glass Technologies

A11

AGC Ceramics

E18

Gen-In LLC

C15

Parkinson Spencer Refractories E02

AGR International Inc.

A13

Giancarlo Perego

C11

Pennine Industrial Equipment E01

All Glass

A22

Glass Design

A29

Pneumofore

C04

Poco Graphite

E01

Ametek Land

A07

Glass Machinery Plants &

Antonini

C10

Accessories - Glass Online

A21

Quantum Engineered Products E01

Area Impianti

A31

Glass Service A.S

C01

Ramsey Products

Argenmetal

A12

Glass Service S.R.L

B03

Reckmann

A01

BDF Industries

B10

Glassworks Hounsell

A20

Refractarios Zedmex

A28

Biebuyck

A19

Graphoidal

C02

RHI Glas

A29

Bohemi Chemicals

B19

Heat Up Latin America

E18

S.I.G.MA.

C19

Bottero

D11

Henry F. Teichmann

C16

Satinal

E10

A05

Heye International

B15

Sensotec

A25

Technology

A09

Horn Glass Industries

A27

SEPR - Saint-Gobain SEFPRO

D19

CNUD-EFCO International

E18

Icebel

E17

Sheppee International

C02

Comercial Quimica Masso

E16

ilis

A35

Sipac

C14

Commersald Impianti

E13

Impianti Novopac

A14

Sonicam

C02

Di Rosa Hnos

D17

Interglass

E01

Specialty Rondot

C02

Dura Temp Corp.

E01

Iris Inspection Machines

D12

Stara Glass

D15

Electroglass

A32

Isimat Siebdruckmaschinen

E03

Strada

A18

Changshu Jianhua Mould

Strategic Materials

A06

C18

Strutz International

A05

Jumo

A25

Teco Group, the

E15

KBA-Kammann

C12

Tiama

B01

LWN Lufttechnik

A10

Total Specialities USA

C02

UAS

E18

IWG Ingenieurburo

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Clasen GmbH

D01

Wagenbauer Glasofenbau

Emmeti

C14

Ernst Pennekamp

E01

Falorni Tech

A02

FAMA

D02

Maquinas Argentinas del

Fermac

E10

Vidrio SA - MAVSA

D04

Vidromecanica

E17

FIC (UK)

C01

Merkad

D16

Waltec Maschinen

C18 A03

Fickert + Winterling Maschinenbau B17

MGFS Glass Factory Services

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Zecchetti

FlammaTec

C01

MSK Covertech

E12

Zhengzhou Xinguangse

Fonderie Valdelsane

D18

Nikolaus Sorg

D01

Refractory

B04

Forma Glas

B18

Officina Meccanica Sestese -

Zippe Industrieanlagen

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Calle 13 Nº4334, Berazategui, Buenos Aires, 1884 Argentina +54114256 1776 info@abbamat.com.ar www.abbamat.com.ar Booth: E11 Abbamat cuenta con toda la plataforma de equipos de diseño y fabricación para todos los requerimientos solicitados por los clientes, ya sean estandar o trabajos especiales. La Dirección de ABBAMAT S.A. asume que la calidad está presente en cada una de nuestras acciones y es un objetivo fundamental en todo lo que hacemos. Cada persona dentro de nuestra empresa trabaja incansablemente para asegurar que nuestro sistema mantenga su promesa de ofrecer productos y servicios de excelencia.

4-1-23, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0014, Japan +813544291777 +81354429192 www.agcc.jp Booth: E18 AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd (also called ‘AGCC’) is a recognised refractory manufacturer and probably the only one proven supplier in the world who can provide complete furnace engineering services together with complete refractory supplies and solutions.

AGCC is a member of the world’s biggest glass manufacturer ‘Asahi Glass’. AGCC can propose an excellent furnace concept in terms of energy-saving and environmentally friendly technology with reasonable and economic refractory selection. This combination of material technology and engineering knowledge places AGCC in a unique position in the glass industry. AGCC has been appointed by many customers in the world, as one of the best partners for single responsibility on furnace projects.

Acerias Berisso Calle 128 No. 1428, Berisso 1923, Argentina +54 221 425 2755 ventas@aceriasberisso.com.ar www.aceriasberisso.com.ar Booth: A30 A leading glass mould foundry of South Latin America. Serving Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil since 1971.

ISO 9001 Certified by DNV GL (Det Norske Veritas). Capable of producing specially designed articles or large series of moulds, bottom plates, baffles, blow heads, neck rings, guide rings, plungers, Ni Hard hammers for glass mills, and other steel spare parts. Among other materials, we offer special grey iron compositions and structures optimised to ensure quality and durability. We also produce bronze alloys, ductile iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, Ni-Hard and special alloys, under SAE, DIN, ASTM and other standards. ----------ESPAÑOL La fundición lider para la industria del vidio en el Sur de Latinoamérica.

Proveyendo a Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay y Brasil desde 1971. Certificada ISO 9001 por DNV GL (Det Norske Veritas).

Capaz de producir artículos bajo pedido ó grandes series de moldes, fondos, tapas, sopladores, machos, platinas, martillos de Ni Hard para molinos de vidrio, y otras piezas de máquina en acero. Entre otros materiales, ofrecemos composiciones especiales de Fundición Gris optimizadas para obtener calidad y durabilidad. También producimos aleaciones de bronce, fundición nodular, aceros al carbono, inoxidables, Ni Hard, aleaciones especiales bajo normas SAE, DIN, ASTM y otras.

AGR International 615 Whitestown Road, Butler, PA, 16001, USA +1-724-482-2163 sales@agrintl.com www.agrintl.com Booth: A13 AGR International Inc. offers a variety of equipment and services specifically designed to meet the quality assurance needs of the global glass container manufacturing, filling and packaging industries. AGR’s products include on-line wall thickness measurement, automated sampling equipment and a variety of testers and gauges for use in the laboratory or on the production floor. Measurement and testing of glass container thickness, pressure, strength and coating are all part of AGR’s line of quality assurance equipment. In addition to its headquarters in Butler, PA, USA, AGR offers world-wide sales and service with offices in Italy, Poland, Germany, Thailand, Spain, China and Mexico. AGR products play a significant role in the quality and safety of containers and packaging used around the world. AGR products can be found in over 120 countries.

All Glass Via Cesare Sarti, 20, Traversetolo (Pr) 43029, Italy +390521340810 info@allglass.it www.allglass.it

Booth: A22 Nowadays All Glass is recognised as a worldwide leading supplier of conveying lines and palletizers in the cold-end area of the glassworks industry. Numerous references in installations for the most important international glassworks allowed All Glass to make a name for itself as reference partner in this sector. In the last few years all the most important glassworks chose All Glass, gaining full satisfaction in terms of excellent performance, efficiency and service. Considering that the production of glass furnace never stops, in its machinery All Glass uses first-class components and long-term tested elements only. All Glass’ technical structure is organised to guarantee a constant assistance during all the steps of design, assembling and start-up and to assure a prompt after-sales support during the maintenance periods. Making use of consolidate synergies, All Glass is the ideal partner to entrust the service of complete engineering for turn-key new solutions and for retrofits or relocations of existing installations. The key to the All Glass team’s success is the constant research in direct symbiosis with clients to develop tailor-made customised solutions, and the after-sales assistance and support, which makes All Glass be the ideal partner in terms of performance and reliability.

Ametek Land Stubley Lane, Dronfield, Derbyshire, S18 1DJ United Kingdom +44 (0)1246 417691 land.enquiry@ametek.com www.landinst.com Booth: A07 Ametek Land is a specialist in the design and manufacture of monitors and analysers for industrial infrared non-contact temperature measurement, combustion efficiency and environmental pollutant emissions. Ametek Land will showcase, in partnership with its Argentinian distributor Sensotec, its new thermal imaging Near Infrared Borescope designed specifically for use in glass-melt tanks with an optional auto-retract version for additional instrument protection. The NIR-B Glass provides continuous real-time temperature data, combined with a crystal clear thermal video image, allowing a single solution to replace the traditional approaches of visual cameras and periodic hand-held pyrometry. NIR-B Glass delivers 24/7 data to a plant, providing an operator Continued>>

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Antonini via Medaglie d’Oro della Resistenza 2, Empoli, FI, 50053, Italy +39057193221 antoninisrl@leonet.it www.antoninisrl.com Booth: C10 Antonini srl is an Italian Company working since 1946 in the branch of hollow glass.

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

Area Impianti Via Leonino da Zara, 3A, 35020 Albignasego PD, Italy +39 049 862 6422 www.areaimpianti.it/ Booth: A31

Argenmetal Favaloro 2170, Llavallol, Buenos Aires, 1836, Argentina +5411-4298.3442 / 4231.4552 info@argenmetal.com.ar www.argenmetal.com Booth: A12

BDF Industries viale dell’industria 40, Vicenza, Italy +39 0444 286100 bdf@bdf.it www.bdf.it Booth: B10 BDF Industries is an Italian company with the headquarters based in Vicenza and

has 110 years of history and tradition of mechanical and automation competence.

Serving glass manufacturers all over the world for more than 60 years. Thanks to its internal division competences of melting forming - automation - energy, BDF is the sole player in the hollow glass market able to offer turn key plants from the engineering to the maintenance service with advanced technological products and solutions.

Our mission is to serve customers with competitive plant and process technology and automation to produce quality and offer skilled after-sales service involving specialised engineers. BDF Industries production range includes: IS Machine, Gob Forming and Delivery Timing System, Forehearths, Batch Chargers, Glass Level, Control Systems and Energy Recovery Systems.

Biebuyck Ch. P. Houtart,160, Belgium +32 64 239 211 info@biebuyck.com www.biebuyck.com Booth: A19 Biebuyck is a specialist manufacturer of high-precision equipment used in the secondary part of the glass/crystal plant between the lehr and the packing area.

They offer a complete range of finishing machines and cold-end equipment for tableware, tumblers and stemware; vases; technical glassware; lightware; figurines and decorative items.

Bohemi Chemicals

Via G. Deledda, 39, Zibido San Giacomo MI, 20080, Italy +39 2 90005047 bohemi@bohemichemicals.com www.bohemichemicals.com Booth: B19 Bohemi Chemicals is committed to supplying its clients with the products and services they need to produce the best glass containers and bottles. Bohemi Chemicals: Hot End and Cold End treatments certified by a European Institute for contact with food. The most versatile Cold End treatment on the market: Polyglas D 4218M; Polyglas D 4450 the optimum treatment for Champagne bottles and other heavybottomed containers. Polyglas D 4450 maximum protection during transportation, even over long distances. STARTIN S: Hot End treatment based on stabilised MBTC

for low-dosage use in Hot coatings. If your clients don’t return discarded bottles, your manufacturing costs will be reduced.

Bottero Via Genova, 82, Cuneo, Italy +39 0171 310611 bottero@bottero.com www.bottero.com Booth: D11 Bottero Glass technologies specialises in the production of glass working machinery in three sectors: hollow glass, flat glass and engineering. A global player offering solutions for small to a medium companies up to the design and construction of entire production lines for large international groups. Bottero Hollow Glass has been a successful story thanks to its drive to deliver innovative glass container solutions to customers from glass conditioning to the transport of wares. The Hollow Glass Unit designs and realises electronic and mechanical gob feeders for different production needs, IS machines for every kind of glass container and a complete set of controls and automation systems.

Changshu Jianhua Mould Technology +86-512-52509323 ray@jhmould.com www.jhmould.com Booth: A09 JH mould is the leading mould maker (No.1) in China, Asia, since it acquired the OITianjin mould shop in 2014. The company has an automatic foundry, container, tableware and accessory mould shop.

Main mould supplier for world renowned companies like OI-Global, Verallia, Arc, Libbey etc.

CNUD-EFCO International Noorderlaan 30, 1731 Zellik, Belgium +32 2 481 88 00 Booth: E18 info@cnudefco.com www.cnudefco.com

Comercial Quimica Masso 31 Rue Gorge de Loup, Lyon, France +33637520490 mgirard@cqmasso.com www.cqmasso.com Booth: E16 CQ Masso is well known in Europe for the supply of high quality refractories,

especially for glass-contact application, checkers and silica crown. Our state-of-theart fused AZS products are suitable even for long campaign in float glass, protecting customers with exclusive level of guaranty over the year. We supply chrome oxyde for throat as well as particular application. We have innovative solution for expendables, especially our worldwide approved design called “rotor-tube”, improving glass quality consequently in all major container groups.

Our unique zircon-mullite quality provides increased lifetime up to 100%. In recent years, our company has grown to include activities in Asia (China, India), Pacific (Australia, New-Zealand) and in Americas (USA and Colombia).

Commersald Impianti via A.Labriola 42, Modena, Italy +39059822374 impianti@commersald.com www.commersald.com Booth: E13 Commersald Impianti is a leader in the production of welding machines, induction heating systems, complete robotized welding equipment and complementary welding products based on the PTA (Plasma Transferred Arc) process such as powders and wires. Commersald Impianti’s success is owed to an extremely high form of specialisation in the development of PTA welding, obtained through constant investment in research and innovation added to prior experience coming from the Commersald Group as well as the ability to re-interpret the tradition of business in a new production-orientated company, with a high technological content. Almost all production is internally manufactured by Commersald Impianti itself, starting from machinery design to software programming, and ending with the installation of the plant itself in the client’s workshop. This way we guarantee the total quality control of each component, as well as top customer service reliability. The post-sale technical service intervenes on-site directly from Italy, with remote assistance methods and through a network of qualified technical agents all over the world.

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with access to real-time, continuous data, along with an ability to store and trend this data for future analysis. This capability can save significant costs through the reduction of fuel usage, whilst maintaining the best possible performance from the furnace/ melt tank. Ametek Land is a business unit of Ametek, Inc. a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices.

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Dura Temp 949 South McCord Road, Holland, Ohio, 43528, United States +1-419-866-4348 sales@duratemp.com www.duratemp.com Booth: E01 Dura Temp Corporation is an industryleading supplier of Hot Ware Handling Solutions for glassmakers worldwide. From the gob forming area through to the lehr loader, Dura Temp offers superior materials for standard parts and assemblies, as well as custom solutions. Dura Temp’s exceptional service enables glass manufacturers to achieve optimum results in the hot-end, supported by high-quality ware handling components, including: Sweepout Pockets and Assemblies, Ware Guides, Transfer Paddles, Lehr Stacker Bars, Lehr Bar Pockets and Insulators, Contact Pads and Fingers for container handling, and Vacuum Pads, Platens and Guides for tableware handling. Please visit us in Stand E01

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Electroglass 4 Brunel Road,, Manor Trading Estate, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 4PS, UK +44 1268 565577 info@electroglass.co.uk www.electroglass.co.uk Booth: A32 Electroglass is an independent specialist in all-electric glass melting, conditioning, electric boosting and related systems.

Based on decades of experience and ongoing technical development, Electroglass provides the most up to date technology for Electric Furnaces, Forehearths and Boost Systems for all glass types, as well as Precision Control Bubblers and ancillary equipment, such as Glass Level Sensors, Throat Heating and Drain Systems. Our scope of supply includes design and specification, equipment supply and installation, plus commissioning of individual specialised equipment or complete system packages. All Electric Furnaces ranging from 200kg to over 250 Tonnes/day provide operating economy and glass quality assurance. High efficiency Convection Current Control Boost systems improve furnace pull and glass quality and enable significant tonnage increases with simultaneous reductions in electrical consumption. All Electric Forehearths for both volatile and non-volatile glasses offer substantial energy cost savings compared with other all-electric and

gas-fired designs. Electroglass high quality, insulated, water-cooled electrode holders are available for horizontal and vertical applications. Based in south east England we offer world-wide service to our customers in all five continents with local representation in many regions.

EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen

Wockerather Weg 45, Erkelenz, Germany +49 9352 507-0 contact@eme.de www.eme.de Booth: D01 EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen GmbH is a leading supplier of batch preparation plants, cullet handling equipment and batch charging technology to the global glass industry. Established almost 100 years ago the company has a long and proud history of service to the glass industry. Customised solutions ranging from single component supply through to complex turnkey batch plants are on offer. EME has world class solutions for container glass, fiber glass, thin glass, float glass, specialty glass and tableware, for any environment. The EME batch-charging technology provides for a completely sealed doghouse, reduced dust, lower energy consumption, fewer emissions and less rogue air entering the furnace. All benefits of the EME-NEND batch-charging family are available with a screw or a vibratory tube transport system.

Since 1987 EME has been part of the Sorg Group. The Sorg Group, comprising of EME, Nikolaus Sorg and Sorg Keramik Services (SKS), have the unique capability to supply all the necessary equipment and technology required in the complete batch and melting process, starting with the delivery of the raw materials through to the transfer of the conditioned glass to the forming process.

Emmeti Via G. Galilei, 29, Montecchio Emilia (RE), Italy +390522861901 emmeti@emmeti-spa.it www.emmeti-spa.it Booth: C14 Emmeti designs and produces palletizers, shuttle car, packing and automatic tracking, labelling and warehousing solutions.

Ernst Pennekamp Königsfelder Str. 38–42, Ennepetal, Germany +49 2333 6050 info@pennekamp.de www.pennekamp.de Booth: E01 Pennekamp is the leading manufacturer of lehrs, handling systems and glass coating. This refers to container glass, float and display glass, solar glass and automotive glass processing. The scope of supply includes: container glass annealing lehrs (float, solar & display), decorating lehrs, toughening lehrs, automotive glass processing, servo lehr stackers (one to four axis), ware transfers, water cooled segmented cross conveyors, dosing units, cold end sprays, under belt sprays, belt cleaning brushes, burner low emission unit (bleu), mould oven.

Falorni Tech Viale IV Novembre 15, Empoli (FI), 50053, Italy +390571922333 info@falornitech.com www.falornitech.com Booth: A02 Established in 2015 as an individual for glass furnaces division of Falorni Gianfranco Srl Empoli, a well known entity in the field of glass plant’s since 1958, Falorni Tech has the aim of designing, planning, building and installing avant-garde technical plants and machinery for large and modern industrial glassworks. Our furnace technology ranges from conventional regenerative or recuperative air/gas heating systems, to oxygen/gas heating systems or hybrid gas and electric. Our glass range covers all the types: soda-lime, crystalline, lead crystal, borosilicate and special glass. We deliver solutions from 30–50 ton/day suitable for automatic production of tableware up to 200-350 ton/day for high capacity container glass production. The main features of our furnaces and plants is the maximum efficiency combined with a high reliability.

This is the result of experience, accurate modeling and a perfect combination of the technological assets necessary to achieve the expected performance. Falorni uses first class refractory materials and integrates only high quality components, merging its experience with accurate calculation of performance based on theoretical modeling made with modern tools. The installation and commissioning of our plants is managed by skilled technical staff granting to the

customers the respect of all specifications agreed.

FAMA

Keramos 225 pte, Colonia del Prado, Monterrey, Mexico +52 (81) 8863 2800 ventasfama@vitro.com www.fama.com.mx Booth: D02 With more than 70 years of experience in the glass industry, FAMA now expands its products and services to the world offering integral solutions for glass manufacturers.

We have a specialised workforce and high quality standards and services that will bring solutions to enhance our customers’ success into their operations. Our range of products and services can be classified into five categories: Moulds, Machinery, Special Equipment, Automation and Engineering Services.

Fermac Via La Spezia 162/A, Parma, 43126, Italy +39 0521 989056 alessandro.ghirardini@fermac.it www.fermac.it Booth: E10 Fermac designs, manufactures and installs equipment and complete lines for decoration of hollow glass items. Based in Parma, north Italy, it has been offering its services since 1993. The product range includes semi-automatic and automatic machines for screen printing of tumblers, bottles, jugs, cups, pots, ashtrays, and cosmetic items. Technologies are varied; from the consolidate screen printing with ceramic enamels, to more environmentally friendly UV range, up to the latest development with digital ink jet decoration on odd shape items. Fermac carries out its activities in 55 different countries worldwide with more than 350 units installed and operating in different market segments.

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Cuxhaven Way, Longrock Industrial Estate, Penzance, Cornwall, TR20 8HX, UK +44 (0) 1736 366962 general@fic-uk.com www.fic-uk.com Booth: C01

Fickert + Winterling Maschinenbau Woelsauerstrasse 20, Marktredwitz, Bavaria, 95615, Germany +49 9231 502 57 verkauf@fickertwinterling.de www.fickertwinterling.de Booth: B17 F+W is a leading manufacturer of glass rolling machines and glass cutting lines.

We have best proofed solutions. Our engineering is individual adjusted to client’s interest for its glass production. F+W is internationally known with satisfied clients.

The combination: flexible design; own facilities for manufacturing, installation, commissioning, guarantees a high grad product. We are specialised in rolled glass production starting from 30tpd up to 280tpd per production line including self-made cutting lines. We offer patterned glass and solar glass equipment for glass thicknesses down to 2mm. We’re a partner for glass foam production lines made from ‘fresh’ or recycled glass.

FlammaTec Rokytnice 60, Vsetin, Czech Republic +420 571 498 566 www.flammatec.com Booth: C01

Fonderie Valdelsane

Strada di Gabbricce,6, Monteriggioni, Siena, 53035, Italy +39 0577 304 730 com@fonderievaldelsane.com www.fonderievaldelsane.com Booth: D18 Fonderie Valdelsane is internationally recognised as the most expertised and specialised firm in the production of moulds for the glass sector. Its clear purposes of focusing on training personnel - grown up together with the company - on

uninterrupted plant modernisation, and on the development of the castings quality, have been rewarded with the conquest of more and more prestigious goals. Today just like yesterday, the identity of the corporation is strongly related to the production of glass: a pure, immutable, safe material and at the same time, a symbol of environmental sustainability. The material of the future, which is rooted in a long gone past, such as Fonderie Valdelsane.

Headquarter Total Area: 30’000 Sq. Mt. Plants Covered Area: 6’500 Sq. Mt. - 60 Employees - Daily Production: 60 Tons Casting Iron and + 4 Tons Copper Alloy Fast Delivery: Up to 5 working days - 100% Made in Italy - Catalogue including 21 types of Casting Iron and 5 types of Copper Alloys - Production Line Capacity: 170 Units/Hour 18 Automated Sorting Lines

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Fusiontec

Gen-In Via M.Carraro, 9/11, Alte di Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, 36075, Italy +39 344 0468762 g.volpato@fusiontec.eu www.fusiontec.eu Booth: A34 Fusiontec is a Revimac company (Bottero group) that has been founded with the purpose to integrate under one roof all activities related to the industrial manufacturing of refractories as a strategic component of the forehearth system. Fusiontec’s product range includes structural refractory materials for the forehearths, feeder expendables, combustion and control equipment for the forehearths and working end.

futronic Salzburgerstraße 1, Neukirchen, 5145, Austria +43 (0)7729 20299 info@formaglass.com www.formaglass.com Booth: B18 Forma Glas is an innovative manufacturer of glass production machines for stemware, tumblers and press articles from Austria.

With more than 120 years of experience, we build individually machines and complete production plants. Production lines for • Stemware production • Tumbler production • Vases and bowls • Ophthalmic lenses • Car headlights • Thermos flasks • Laboratory glass articles • Lamp bulbs • Press glass lines Glass processing machines Blowing machines IBS with 8 up to 32 stations for the production of stemware bowls, tumblers, laboratory articles, lamp bulbs, thermos flasks, vases and bolwes etc. up to 60/pc. /min.Presses type ISP with 8 up to 20 stations hydraulic or servo for the production of stems for stemware (with bottom), ophthalmic lenses and smaller pressed glass articles. • Double stations presses up to 14 double stations (ISP 14/2) • Presses type RPH, hydraulic or servo, with 6 up to 16 stations for the production of pressed table glassware. • Presses for the production of technical glass (car headlights) Cold processing machines • Automatic cracking-off, grinding and polishing machine type ASA with 15, 30 or 45 stations for the finishing

after-sales support, training and remote maintenance service.

Tolnauerstraße 3-4, Tettnag, 88069, Germany +49 (0)7542 5307 0 info@futronic.de www.futronic.de Booth: B18 The German company futronic GmbH - a subsidiary of the German Jetter AG – has attained an exceptionally well reputation as a high-tech electronics engineering company world-wide. futronic has more than 40 years experience in developing, manufacturing and commissioning electronic control systems for the hollow glass manufacturing and tableware industry, i.e. Electronic Timing Systems for various range of needs, Synchronous Drive Systems, hot end reject systems for stuck and down ware, gateways to integrate components from other suppliers, cold end coating systems, controlling of proportional valves, automation of the lehr, training systems and various, useful software packages. The new generation of timing system is called ”FMT 24S”. This Flexible Modular Timing System for a maximum of 24 sections offers a high degree of flexibility and could be adapted to any type of I.S. Machine. Customer satisfaction and constantly improved quality are the focus of futronic´s activities, what reflects in fast delivery, comprehensive pre- and

2840 West Bay Drive, STE133, Largo, 33770, USA +1 (727) 216 9670 glassman@gen-in.com www.gen-in.com Booth: C15 Based at Largo, FL USA, Gen-In LLC offers a range of cold-end inspection solutions and services for the hollow glass industry specialising in upgrades and retrofits to older inspection equipment. The WSI and WBF upgrade products are designed as a lower cost alternative providing higher performance and additional inspections for your existing equipment with minimal integration requirements. Our ‘Simply Smarter’ platform harnesses modern technology with intelligent algorithms developed specifically of glass inspection through easy-to-use operator interfaces targeted at existing users. Gen-In LLC has a team of experienced professionals available to assist you with your projects.

From simple problem solving, through small integration projects, to developing new business opportunities and associated equipment, we have the competence you are looking for.

Giancarlo Perego Via Marchesina 58, Trezzano Sul Naviglio, Italy +39 0248 400060 gperego@gperego.it www.gperego.it Booth: C11 The company, based in Italy, supplies moulds and accessories for the glass industry exporting 75% of its production outside Europe. All new technologies and tailor made technical and commercial services are available to satisfy every customer’s exigency.

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Glass Design

8810 W. 100th St. P.O. Box 568, Sapula , OKLA., 74, USA +19182244371 tweilacher@glassdesigninc.net www.glassdesigninc.net Booth: A29 The Glass Division provides complete design, engineering, procurement and construction services to almost every phase of the glass industry in the mechanical, refractory and process fields. We supervise all aspects of a project. Our projects range from service calls on a small furnace to the complete range of furnace rebuild and installation as well as concrete finishing and millwright operations. We also provide hot repair. To assist in the maintenance of your plant, we also provide furnace audits. Our attention to detail and precise workmanship will help provide a long life cycle for your furnace. Glass Design, Inc., in addition to the services provided for the glass industry, has extended its capabilities to include millwright services. We employ men who are experienced in all phases of millwright work. Our millwright crews have completed fabrication and installation of batch conveyor systems, bucket elevator systems, cullet conveyor belt systems and cold-end installations, together with the concrete and steel work for these projects.

Glass International

20032, Italy +39-02-66306866 luciano.molina@glassonline.com www.glassonline.com Booth: A21 Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories is a leading international magazine 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).

Glass Service A.s.

Rokytnice 60, Vsetin, Czech Republic +420 571 498 511 Booth: C01

Glass Service S.r.l via Cascina Lari, San Miniato, Pisa, 56027, Italy sales@glassservice.it www.glassservice.it Booth: B03 Glass Service S.r.l. is an Italian company that engineers and realises high-end melting (and conditioning) solutions for several types of glasses such as: container, tableware, mineral-wools, neutralborosilicate, sodium silicate and others.

From turn-key projects to single ancillaries (like stirring mechanisms or batch chargers). Glass Service cooperates with the bigger names of the industry all over the world. Our strength-points are flexibility, competitive price/quality ratio, and a wide experience on combustion systems, colouring feeders, borosilicate glass and stirring mechanisms. Glass Service: Made in Italy.

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Glassworks Hounsell

Quartz House, 20 Clarendon Road, Redhill, Surrey RH1 1QX, UK +44 1737855000 glass@quartzltd.com www.glass-international.com Leading trade magazine for the hollow glass industry.

Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories - Glass Online Via Antonio Gramsci 57, Cormano, MI,

Park Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands , B63 2QS, UK +442384560666 info@glassworkshounsell.co.uk www.glassworkshounsell.co.uk Booth: A20 Glassworks is a long established glass engineering company with a long history as manufacturers of all types of Batch Chargers for application in all types of glass and furnaces size. We have supplied more than 1200 worldwide and as precision engineers are well placed to offer bespoke equipment specific to your needs. Our offering is furthered with all ancillary feeding and control equipment, including

vibratory feeder and aqua-spray systems to control flow and moisture. Glassworks is also a world leader in Tin oxide (Sn02) electrodes for use in the electric melting (special and lead) and all associated ancillary and connecting equipment.

Henry F. Teichmann

Broombank Road, Chesterfield, UK +44 2014343600 pkoshy@specialtyrondot.com www.specialtyrondot.com Booth: C02 Specialist manufacturer of shear spray systems, IS Machine lubrication systems, Automatic swabbing systems and cold end coating systems. Single feeder and MultiShear Spray systems. Oil in Water and Oil in Air systems. Spray bars and mounting accessories. Capable of accurate emulsion ratio control up to 2000:1 Lubrication System for IS machines; an oil delivery and control system, available from 4 to 18 lubrication zones, for controlling and delivering lubrication on IS machines.

This optimises the use of oil resulting in substantial cost savings. Automatic IS machine swabbing systems increasing productivity by up to 4% Twin Axis cold end coating systems featuring between row, below finish spraying and touch-screen operator interface. Cold End Dosing Unit enabling on-line automatic ratio controlled dosing.

3009 Washington Road, McMurray, PA15317, USA +1-724-941-9550 info@hft.com www.hft.com Booth: C16 Henry F. Teichmann, Inc. is celebrating its 70th year of services to the glass industry. Since 1947, our engineering, technical service, purchasing, construction and project management team has been committed to providing turnkey services for batch plants, complete glass plants, electric furnaces, container glass furnaces, float glass furnaces, fiber glass furnaces, foam glass furnaces, sodium silicate furnaces, pressed glass melting services, TV glass furnaces, hand glass processes, tableware and lighting products. In our 70 years we have serviced over 1,000 projects worldwide. Our engineering staff has provided furnace designs utilising regenerative package furnace, cross-fire furnace, end-fire furnace, electric furnace and oxy-fuel melter technologies. In addition to successfully converting many TV glass furnaces and fiberglass furnaces to oxy-fuel firing, HFT has worked with PPG (now part of Vitro) in converting several PPG float furnaces into oxy-firing. Three new oxy-fuel float glass lines have been successfully built in China.

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Calle Sonora, Ext. 100, Int.-B, Colonia Ricardo Flores Magon, Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62370, Mexico +52 777 3226956 c.mehl@mglassfactoryservices.com http://mglassfactoryservices.com/ Booth: E18 M-Glass Factory Services S.A. de C.V. and Heat-Up Latin-America S. de R.L. de C.V. work together as a team. MGFS performs the supervision of the furnace construction or repair and together with Heat-Up LatinAmerica, we can perform the draining, cool down and heat up of the furnace. We also do anchor bolt control during cool down or heat up. Due to this partnership, we are always sure to have personnel for heating up at site, who were also involved in the furnace repair. The customer always has one contact person to speak with who is in charge of furnace repair and heat-up.

Lohplatz 1, Obernkirchen, Lower Saxony, 31683, Germany +49 5724 26 452 sales@heye-international.com www.heye-international.com Booth: B15 We are Glass People - Being the One. Heye International sets standards as a global player in high performance solutions and customer-oriented services for the container glass industry. Thus, Heye International became the leader in the industry. What makes the difference is our Continued>>

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Horn Glass Industries

Bergstrasse 2, Plößberg, Deutschland, 95703, Germany +49 9636 92040 y.walker@hornglas.de www.hornglass.com Booth: A27 Horn Glass Industries AG is a leading international supplier of high quality glass melting solutions and services. As a competent partner, we strive to deliver the best product in order to allow our customers to benefit from an improved glass production process. Horn has vast expertise in engineering, design and manufacturing of different kinds of glass melting furnace types, distributor and forehearths for container, tableware, glass fibre and special glass. Moreover, Horn serves the glass industry with complete float glass projects.

Internationally, more than 20,000 tons of glass is produced in furnaces manufactured

by Horn each day.

Icebel Rua 1º de Janeiro, 53, Marinha Grande, Portugal +351244545310 cardeira@icebel.com www.icebel.com Booth: E17 Icebel began its activity in the production of cold-end line equipment in 1992. With its foundations in cold-line equipment, it has been involving itself in other industrial sectors with customised solutions, keeping as a source the equipment for automatic handling, palletizing, articles and palletized loads conveyance and pallets packaging.

Installs complete systems, integrating its production equipment with those made by other manufacturers. Icebel’s mission is to study and design, build, assemble and provide automatic cold-end line equipment, mainly including: palletizing, depalletizing, handling, articles and palletized loads conveyance. While meeting its mission, the company assumes a posture of ethics, honesty and credibility, providing customer satisfaction and economics, seeks partnerships with the suppliers for mutual benefit and provides professional improvement and personal enhancement of its employees. Main Products and Services: Complete studies for the design and construction of cold end machinery.

- Full automatic cold end lines with supervision. - Palletizers and depalletizers for semi-automatic lines or high-speed fully automatic lines. - Shuttle car systems to one or more palletizers for pallets to be loaded and unloaded. - Conveyors to carry pallet loads. - Checking and preparing line for empty pallets. - Process optimisation service in the cold end.

ilis

Konrad-Zuse-Str. 22, Erlangen, 91052, Germany +49 (9131) 9747790 info@ilis.de www.ilis.de Booth: A35 ilis develops, produces and distributes software solutions, measuring systems as well as automated test equipment for quality assurance in the glass and optical industry.

With the measuring and testing equipment of the StrainMatic and StrainScope series, the company develops imaging polarimeter systems for the automatic and objective measurement of residual and cord stresses in glass. BatchMaker and Chroma provide the glass industry standardised software solutions for simple and reliable calculation of batch recipes and glass properties, as well as for transmittance and colour measurement.

Impianti Novopac Via Dell’automobile 41, Alessandria, AL, 15121, Italy +39 0131 242111

info@novopac.it www.novopac.it Booth: A14 Leading Italian manufacturer of shrinkwrapping equipment for the packaging of empty glass containers, such as pharma bottles, juice and water bottles, jars, etc. in straight and off-set configurations.

Our production ranges includes special equipment for the packaging of glass tubes, to be stacked & shrinkwrapped on the ends.

Interglass Lateral Sur Periférico Norte 559, Parque Industrial Belenes Norte, Zapopan, Jalisco, 45150, Mexico +52 33 3792 8800 sales@interglass.com.mx www.makeglassbetter.com Booth: E01 Interglass es una empresa líder en el desarrollo de lubricantes especializados para la industria del vidrio. • Lubricantes para cuchillas de corte • Lubricantes y recubrimientos para equipo de entrega • La más amplia gama de compuestos desmoldantes • Lubricantes especializados de alto desempeño Nuestros productos logran optimizar los diferentes procesos de fabricación dentro de la industria vidriera, reduciendo costos de mantenimiento, aumentando la productividad y eficiencia de empaque de su empresa. Lubricantes especializados para Envases, Cristalería, Vidrio plano, Tubo de Borosilicato y Vidrio Automotriz.

Interglass is a leading manufacturer of specialised lubricants for the glass industry.

• Shear Spray Lubricants • Delivery oils and coatings • Widest range of swabbing compounds • High performance lubricants.

Our products can significantly improve your packing rate, extend lubrication cycles and reduce overall maintenance costs.

Specialised lubrication for containers, tableware, float glass, borosilicate tube and automotive glass.

Iris Inspection Machines

14 Rue du 35eme Regiment D’aviation, Bron, 69500, France +33 4 72 78 35 27 contact@iris-im.fr www.iris-im.com Booth: D12 Iris Inspection Machines provides inspection solutions for glass containers of any shape

or colour, including wine, beer, liquor and Champagne bottles, pharmaceuticals, perfumes and food containers. A team of dedicated Research and Development engineers has evolved a range of equipment to match the industry’s demanding requirements and satisfy the inspection needs of key international customers. The move to new premises in Lyon (France) represents an important step for Iris, who expects its new premises to be an important tool, helping the company to always better serve the industry. 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 knowhow 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.

Thanks to a network of international agents and technical service centers, Iris is able to support customers throughout Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australia.

Isimat

Rindelbacher Straße 38-40, Ellwangen 73479, Germany +4979618860 info@isimat.de www.isimat.com Booth: E03 Isimat excels in designing and manufacturing advanced printing machines for direct printing onto packaging containers. Print quality, reliability and productivity make Isimat’s printing machines the preferred choice in the global market of direct container printing.

A thorough understanding of today’s requirements and emerging requirements in direct container printing ensures a perfect printing result on: Plastic tubes, plastic jars & bottles, glass bottles and drinkware.

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passion for glass. We have got a mission: 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. Our portfolio contains: • HiPERFORM – IS-Machines and forming technology • HiSHIELD – Inspection technology & quality solutions • HiTRUST – Greenfield projects, modernisations or production optimising and technical assistance Talk with our experts on this year’s Glassman and learn more about the latest innovation in Hot End and Cold End to boost your productivity.

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can be done during a single machine pass.

Inline foiled images can have large wrap angles, are in perfect registration with the other colours, and extra product handling is not required. Excellent surface quality, high sheen, durability and low cost of metallised images.

IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau

Fuerhaupten 35, Zwiesel, Bayern, 94227, Germany +49 9922 8448 0 info@iwg-online.com www.iwg-online.com Booth: C18 Our company is located in Zwiesel, Germany, the centre of the German hollow glass industry. IWG designs, manufactures and supplys different glass melting furnaces, such as pot furnaces, day tanks, regenerative, recuperative and oxygen heated continuous tank furnaces as well as full electrical heated tank furnaces for domestic and lighting ware, tableware, containers, technical glassware, etc. IWG also offers pot arches, tempering furnaces, glory holes, all forehearth systems, supply stations for all medias, burner systems, combustion equipment, boosting and process controlling systems. IWG activities include engineering, services and consulting up to turn key projects – service worldwide.

JUMO Control S.A.

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Berlin, 15 28813 Torres de la Alameda/Madrid +34 91 8863 153 Fax: +34 91 8308 770 info.es@jumo.net Contact: Oscar Vazquez Booth: A25

KBA-Kammann Bergkirchener Str. 228, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany +49573451400 mail@kba-kammann.com www.kba-kammann.com Booth: C12 KBA-KAMMANN GmbH - Máquinas para la impresión de contenedores de vidrio, impresión técnica. Líder de mercado de

serigrafia e impresión digital. La tradición y la innovación nos han convertido en un actor global en nuestro segmento de mercado.

Nuestro éxito se basa en la experiencia, el enfoque consistente en el cliente y expertise técnica. Nuestros sellos de calidad son de productos basados en las soluciones para nuestros clientes, flexibilidad y precisión.

Nuestra referencia es la calidad de nuestros productos, demostrada por su eficiencia, confiabilidad y durabilidad. Nuestro servicio de post-venta es global, rápido y preciso.

Nuestros empleados son especialistas altamente calificados. Se dedican a producir ideas innovadoras, desarrollos y soluciones creativas.

KBA-KAMMANN GmbH – machines for screen and digital glass container decoration Tradition and innovation have made us a global player in our market segment. Our success is founded on experience, consistent focus on the customer, and technical expertise. Our hallmarks are solution-oriented products, flexibility, and precision. Our benchmark is the quality of our products, demonstrated by their efficiency, reliability, and durability.

Our after-sales support is global, fast, and precise. Our employees are highly qualified specialists. They are dedicated to producing innovative ideas, developments and creative solutions.

LWN Lufttechnik

Hühndorfer Höhe 7, Wilsdruff, Saxony, 01723, Germany +49 176 127 08506 a.pinda@lufttechnik-lwn.de www.lufttechnik-lwn.de Booth: A10 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 cooling 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.a.

Ardagh, Vetropack, Can-Pack, Veralia, Ambev). LWN produces also a furnace cooling systems 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 flow and pressure losses in air ducts and cooling nozzles. We will cool Your glass!

Maquinas Argentinas Del Vidrio SA - MAVSA San Antonio 1119, C1276ADQ - Capital Federal,Argentina +541143029900 www.mavsa.com.ar/Home/ Booth: D04 With more than 40 years in the International Glass Market, Maquinas Argentinas Del Vidrio S.A. (MAVSA) produces complete production lines for containers and tableware as follows: Complete Forehearths (With Zircon 20% Refractories, Automatic Combustion System, Automatic Temperature Control); Feeders (types : 144C, 144-D, 194, 81, 503); IS Machines (1 , 2 , 4, 6 and 8 sections) , Blow & Blow or Press & Blow Process; Press Machines (8, 12, 16 and 24 stations), with Geneva Movement; Air & Gas and Oxygen-Gas Fire Polishers (for round, oval, square and rectangular glass wares); Tempering Lines; Special Gob Delivery for Free Press Technology (Without Ring); Stackers; Conveyors (with conveyor belt or silent chain); Transfer Wheels & Loaders; Mould Equipment for IS Machines; Moud Equipment for Tableware (made in Stainless Steel).

Merkad Selahattin Eyyubi Mahallesi Ugur Mumcu Caddesi, 1596 Sokak No 20, Istanbul, Esenyurt, 34517, Turkey +902124830710 esavga@merkad.com www.merkad.com Booth: D16 Merkad Makine Kalip San Ve Tic Ltd Sti manufactures glass moulds, equipment and machine parts for the tableware glass industry in all over the world . We provide high-quality consistent products supported by our technical expertise with high speed CNC Machining Centers. Merkad has over 30 years experience and know-how in manufacturing of tableware glass moulds.

Today Merkad is the topnotch leading tableware mould manufacturing factory that offers high quality mould machining, design engineering, quick delivery for complete moulds, equipment and machine parts.

Merkad is located in Istanbul - Turkey with 75 highly skilled employees, the factory consists of ‘State of the art’ machine park.

Merkad continually invests in new mould making technologies, machines, devices and design software to offer better mould products with innovations and competitive prices. The main target of Merkad developments is to increase the efficiency and quality of the glass production of our customers with high-quality tableware moulds and equipment

MGFS Glass Factory Services Calle Sonora, Ext. 100, Int.-B, Colonia Ricardo Flores Magon, Cuernavaca – Morelos, México, 62370 +52 (777) 322.6956 c.mehl@mglassfactoryservices.com http://mglassfactoryservices.com/ Booth: E18 Our company offers worldwide supervision for: furnace construction or cold repairs (steel & refractories); furnace inspections and evaluations; furnace maintenance; hot repairs; heat-up & filling; thermal checker cleaning; drilling; overcoats; furnace operation; troubleshooting; construction of working ends and forehearths; fused cast pre-assembly inspections; construction organisation and management; batch plants; project management for turn-key furnace and/or batch plants. We are official agents for: Zippe in Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala and for UAS-Messtechnik, Asahi Glass Ceramics Company, Hotwork AG-Switzerland for all of Latin-America.

Together with these companies, we can offer individual solutions for the needs of the glass industry and complete turnkey projects. We offer more than 30 years of experience in the glass melting process, furnace construction, furnace commissioning, heat-up, batch preparation and handling. We offer 24/7 attention to our customers and direct communication with all of the companies we represent. We speak German, Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese. We deal with heat and this is our passion. We assure immediate attention to your projects or any other need you might have. MGFS is a company proudly serving the glass industry.

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600 Cherokee Parkway, Acworth, Georgia, 30102, USA +1770-928-1099 info@msk.us www.mskcovertech.com Booth: E12 En Glassman South América, MSK le presentara su línea completa de soluciones para la zona fría. Con más de 30 años de experiencia en la industria de Vidrio, MSK es líder en transportadores de botellas, paletizado, des-paletizado, transportadores de pallets, embalaje de pallets, sistemas de manejo y mucho más. Con más de 87 patentes a nivel global y su continua investigación y desarrollo, MSK se ha convertido en el “líder innovador “ para la industria de envases de vidrio. Como parte de “Container Glass Alliance”, los líderes en soluciones de plantas de vidrio, MSK y sus asociados (Zippe, Horn y Emhart Glass), proporcionan conocimientos específicos de expertos en el campo para la fabricación de envases de vidrio o proyectos individuales y etapas de producción en su planta de vidrio.

Esta alianza, le guía con Zippe desde la etapa de mezcla y calcinado, Con Horn Glass la planificación y producción de hornos de fusión de vidrio, Con Emhart las máquinas de inspección y acabado en caliente hasta el área de frío de los lehrs, Y finalmente el empaque con MSK. Visítenos en nuestro stand y conozca las últimas innovaciones de MSK en la industria de envases de vidrio.

Nikolaus Sorg

Stoltestr. 23, Lohr am Main, 97816, Germany +49 9352 5070 nsorg@sorg.de www.sorg.de Booth: D01 Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG is the leading worldwide supplier of glass melting + conditioning technology, engineering, equipment and services for all types of glass. Systems include regenerative, recuperative, oxy-fuel and all-electric furnaces. To make our equipment as energy efficient as possible, we incorporate intelligent designs together with heat recovery systems such as cullet and batch preheating. Another emphasis is on reducing emissions as far as possible. This includes NOx, particulate and greenhouse gases.

Through energy efficiency and intelligent designs such as the ARD regenerators which reduces civil works, SORG is delivering value through lowering our customers Total Cost of Ownership. “SORG” stands for a group of companies whose abilities and experiences complement one another to be able to provide a unique offering of products and services. These technologies range from the delivery and storage of raw materials through conditioned glass and cullet return systems. This includes equipment, installation and construction as well as ongoing auditing and maintenance.

Officina Meccanica Sestese - OMS Group Via Borgomanero, 44 - 28040 Paruzzaro (NO) Italy +39 0322 541411 www.omsspa.com Booth: A08

Olivotto Glass Technologies viale Gandhi 22, Avigliana (TO), Italy +39 0119343 511 info@olivotto.it www.olivotto.it Booth: A11 Olivotto Glass Technologies is a world leader in the supply of machineries and production technologies for hollow glass.

We develop, design, manufacture and supply the following machineries and services: O’90 press & blow machines, blow-blow machines, high-tech presses, high-speed spinning machines, glass tubing lines, burn-off, stretching, stretching/ burn-off and welding stretching machines for stemware production, glass brick and glass insulators lines, pitchers and jugs dedicated press and blow machines, large containers machines. Overhauling for all the above machines, Engineering and services for turn-key projects. Last entry: complete plants for the production of glass wool and rock wool and stemware automatic packaging line. Technologies, products and services coming from the best know-how of Olivotto, Antas, Lynch and Lindner.

Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Holmfield, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 6SX, United Kingdom +44 (0) 1422254472 admin@parkinson-spencer.co.uk www.parkinson-spencer.co.uk Booth: E02

Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd is a private limited company located in Halifax, West Yorkshire, U.K. manufacturing refractories and engineered products for the glass manufacturing industry. We have approximately 90 employees of which just over 50 are involved in the manufacture of refractories. Of the remainder about half are located in our Technical Services Division handling the design, engineering and supply of forehearth and distributor systems, while the balance comprise the company’s sales, laboratory, quality, finance and administration functions. The glass industry is the only industry we serve and has been for the majority of the company’s existence.

As a licensee of Bucher Emhart Glass we are one of the world’s leading suppliers of feeder expendable refractories for the glass industry. 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. For all sectors of the glass industry we also manufacture a range of furnace blocks and special refractory shapes that are used in both glass contact and non-glass contact applications.

Pennine Industrial Equipment Commercial Road, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, United Kingdom +44 1484 864733 sales@pennine.org www.pennine.org Booth: E01 Pennine Industrial will be exhibiting the full range of inverted tooth conveyor chains and sprockets used in the manufacture of Hollow Container Glass, Tableware and Pressware. For the first time customers can see our new 2 Pin Conveyor chains for high speed glass container manufacturing. Also shown for the first time in South America is the newly developed range of Castle Chains and Stainless Steel Conveyor chains which both help to prevent Glass Container bottom checking.

Pneumofore

Via N. Bruno 34, Rivoli, Italy +39 011.950.40.30 info@pneumofore.com www.pneumofore.com Booth: C04 Founded in 1923, Pneumofore manufactures vacuum pumps and air 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 Ardagh, O-I, Verallia, Gallo Glass, AmBev, Modelo, HNGI, Changyu 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 South America 2017, the company presents the UV Series vacuum pumps, ranging in capacity from 250 to 6480 m3/h with 0.5 mbar(a) residual pressure, and its latest market entry: the A400, the world’s largest, single-stage, air-cooled, rotary vane air compressor. This unit has 250 kW of nominal power for a capacity of 2560 m3/h and pressures from 2.5 to 10 bar(g). As for all the compressors of the A Series, which ranges from 67 to 2560 m3/h, 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.

Poco Graphite

300 Old Greenwood Road, Decatur, Texas, 76234, USA +1 940 627-2121 lavon.hayes@entegris.com www.poco.com Booth: E01 Continued>>

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At Glassman, Poco Graphite will display precision ware handling solutions and unique Glassmate graphite materials that improve performance in container glass production, reduce machine downtime and increase yields. Poco is known for its designs, particularly precision holders and inserts that allow fast accurate machine setup and insert replacement. Standard steel holders are available in several types and sizes. Inserts are available as semi-finished blanks, or can be precision machined to a specific finish. Application specialists can assist in the selection of the optimum graphite grade based on pickup, application, and length of the production run. Featured product will be Poco’s Glassmate-XL grade graphite. XL is an exceptionally strong and wear resistant 1 micron grade. It’s an ideal material for highly detailed thread finishes and long run, high wear conditions.

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Quantum Engineered Products 438 Saxonburg Boulevard, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, 16056, USA +1-724-352-5100 info@quantumforming.com www.quantumforming.com Booth: E01 Quantum is based just outside of Pittsburgh, PA (USA) and has been supplying the global glass container industry with advanced TWT Plunger Mechanisms and complete Forming System Solutions for over forty years. Quantum Plunger Mechanisms can fit any IS machine (new or existing) and will bring an immediate performance upgrade.

The company prides itself on supplying the highest quality and longest lasting forming system available on the market. Quantum’s product line includes a wide range of plunger mechanisms, process equipment (blow and blow, press and blow, & narrow neck press and blow), and an advanced process control / automatic gob weight control system called the Total Forming Analysis (TFA).

Quantum plunger mechanisms and process equipment are designed to reduce forming defects, produce higher quality products in any forming process, and provide decades of reliable performance. The Total Forming Analysis (TFA) is the industry’s first process control system with a full stroke display. Use the TFA to “see inside” the blank moulds and visualise the blank side forming process all while automatically controlling the gob weight with consistency and accuracy.

Ramsey Products 135 Performance Drive, Belmont, North Carolina, 28012, USA +1 704-394-0322 sales@ramseychain.com www.ramseychain.com Booth: A05 Ramsey Silent Chain. Ramsey is a worldwide leading manufacturer of silent chains (inverted tooth chains) for conveying and power transmission applications. Ramsey offers the world’s widest range of top quality silent chain products, the highest level of service, and competitive prices.

Ramsey works with glass manufacturers in every part of the world, providing conveyor chains that can run at faster speeds, operate more smoothly, and deliver longer life than ever before. New Products: Sentry chains combine the best features of Ramsey’s established wear protected chains with features developed for high 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 #A05 to learn more about our chains.

Reckmann Werkzeugstrasse 19-23, Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 58093, Germany +49 2331-3501-0 info@reckmann.de www.reckmanngmbh.com Booth: A01 Platinum Thermocouples Quality “Made in Germany”. With more than 45 years of experience and with 185 employees we are one of the leading manufacturers of temperature sensors. We are specialised in the production of high quality thermocouples for the glass industry: + Thermocouples PtRh-Pt type S/R and B + Various designs (customized) for all applications (Forehearths/Feeder/Stack/ Crown) + From single up to triple elements also with platinum thimble made of alloy (PT10%Rh) or specifically stabilized

platinum DPH + Recycling of waste (old platinum) + Buying of old platinum + Best prices. Test us!

Refractarios Zedmex Galeana 415 Ote. El Lechugal, Santa Catarina, N. L., 66376 Mexico +52 81 83363595 info@zedmex.com.mx www.zedmex.com Booth: A28 Zedmex was founded in 1979 with the main objective to manufacture special shapes and unshaped refactory products using high technology materials to comply with the highest quality requirements from industry. Nowadays, Zedmex has reached a great market share and proudly continues its development by the supplying of shapes and materials with the highest quality and purity, assuring that refractories supplied attain an excellent performance level while operation. A priority for Zedmex is the continuous research of new products and the constant improvement in its manufacturing processes. Zedmex possess the leading technology that provides itself with the capacity and flexibility to manufacture a broad line of refractory products adjusting to its customer requirements. Refractory Special Shapes: Manufactured under custom design with high dimensional precision.

Pressed Bricks: On standard sizes and different compositions to fit any refractory or insulation requirement. Unshaped Refractories: On different compositions to fit any refractory application.

Characteristics: The main characteristics of our products are: •High purity materials •Close dimensional tolerances •Very high resistance to: Thermal shock Corrosion Erosion Hot load •High dimensional stability to high temperatures •Total fit to customer design. •Competitive-priced, quality Zedmex products and services.

RHI Glas

Our international production and sales network with highly-qualified employees enables us to provide services globally and close to the customer. We are: The world market and technology leader with the most comprehensive product portfolio. Services: Worldwide – on site. Objective: Satisfaction of our customers due to constant further development of innovative materials and system solutions which contribute to increasing the productivity and product quality of our partners in the glass industry.

Refractories solutions by RHI: Our extensive and sophisticated product portfolio enables the complete delivery of entire tanks, with optimal material solutions providing for longer tank service lives and lower glass defect rates.

Satinal Via del Lavoro 1, Erba, 22036, Italy +39 031 870573 leonardo@satinal.it; Jessica@satinal.it www.satinal.it Booth: E10 A leading company in the production of equipment and chemicals for frosting/acid etching of glass bottles (beverage industry), glass containers, flacons and jars (cosmetic industry), glass lamps (lighting industry) and glassware/tableware. Leader en maquinas y productos quimicos, para hacer el satinado en botellas (vinos/licores), cosmeticos (frascos, tarros, envases), lamparas y tableware.

SENSOTEC SA Av. De los Constituyentes 4631 Ciudad de Buenos Aires 1431 Argentina +54 11 4521 6060 CelL phone: +54 911 3103 2562 marcelo.podesta@sensotec.com.ar Booth: A25 We are specialists in measurement and control of temperature, pressure and humidity for different industrial processes. We manufacture temperature sensors, thermocouples and resistance thermometers, standard and customised designs.

S.I.G.MA. Hagenauer Strasse 53 - 55a, Wiesbaden 65203, Germany Booth: A29 Solutions for the glass industry We offer a technologically innovative, high-quality and complete portfolio in the flat glass, container glass and special glass segments.

Via delle Grigne 12/A, Locate Varesino, CO, 22070, Italy +39 0331 823 195 Booth: C19 Continued>>

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SEPR - Saint-Gobain SEFPRO 2539, route de Sorgues – Le Pontet, France +33 490 32 72 49 Booth: D19 Make the difference with Sefpro. Sefpro has been providing refractories for the glass industry for more than 80 years. We invite you to come and discover how we accompany you at each phase of your furnace lifecycle, thanks to an extended range of services.

Tell us about your projects, to find out how innovations and higher performing products will help you make the difference.

Height adjustable and with the facility to adjust the idle end roller assembly and each lehr dead plate individually, the unit is adaptable to most production line layouts.

Harnessing the latest servo technology, a range of 2-Axis and 3-Axis lehr loaders has been developed, giving maximum reliability in both cases, and job storage and production flexibility in the case of the 3-axis machines. Sheppee can furnish a 6-AXIS drive system on I.S. Machine and Press lines, where a completely synchronous ware handling package is needed, controlling the synchronisation, handling and positioning of containers from machine delivery conveyor through to lehr.

these parts are submitted to a very severe quality control to ensure that they are 100% conform with our drawings (of which a few examples are showed). Siemens electrical and electronics parts. SKF bearings and linear actuators. Rexroth (part of Bosch group) linear guiding systems.

Strada

Specialty Rondot

Strategic Materials

SIPAC

30 Montgomery Street, Suite 240, Jersey City, New Jersey, 07302, USA +1 201 434 3600 Booth: C02 Specialty Rondot, a Groupe Rondot company, is an industry leader in providing the most up to date and advanced forming equipment to the container glass industry. Our high quality equipment and precision instruments implement the most advanced technology available today. The product range is comprised of products manufactured by Groupe Rondot companies such as Graphoidal, Rondot and Sonicam as well as complimentary products from external principals such as Sheppee International, Pennine Industrial Equipment and Heat-Up. Experienced sales engineers are available to visit customers and discuss regular requirements, customised engineering solutions as well as potential efficiency and quality improvements within the container glass manufacturing process.

Via Berettinazza 25, Fontevivo (PR), Italy +390521611811 sipac@sipac.pr.it www.sipac.pr.it Booth: C14 SIPAC designs and produces conveying systems, elevators, lowerators, orientators and any other kind of on-line mechanism required to carefully handle any shape of glass container.

Sonicam

Sheppee International

Halifax Way, Airfield Business Park, York Road, Elvington, UK +44 2014343600 pkoshy@specialtyrondot.com www.specialtyrondot.com Booth: C02 Sheppee International – Innovative solutions for Glass Production As the only company in the world solely dedicated to hot glass container handling in both the hollow and tableware sectors, Sheppee International is at the industry’s forefront in container transferring, conveying and lehr loading solutions. The company has an unrivalled portfolio of transfers for radial and parallel applications. Each unit is designed to handle a “type” of container – from the smallest pharmaceutical through the largest Champagne, to flasks and non-round bottles. A simple, robust cross conveyor can be supplied to suit all lehr widths and open or “hooded” lehr fronts.

30 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302, USA pkoshy@specialtyrondot.com www.specialtyrondot.com Booth: C02 Sonicam, The Ultimate Quality – Sonicam develops and manufactures special machinery for mould manufacturing and mould maintenance in the hollow glass industry. Especially polishing machines, joint grinding machines and machines to control the volume of moulds. The Company was founded in 1976 and some of its machines are more than thirty years in service and still functioning well. The whole range of Sonicam machines is constantly improved and redesigned. Sonicam made a major breakthrough in quality and reliability. Sonicam machines are now only composed of four types of parts: Sonicam’s own engineered parts, designed on Siemens SolidEdge computer aided design system,

Stara Glass Piazza Rossetti, 3A/1, Genova, 16129, Italy +39 010 576391 staraglass@hydragroup.it www.staraglass.it Booth: D15 - Turn-key installations - Manufacturing plants engineering: - Design for glass furnaces - Hybrid systems for heat recovery Supply: - Supply of refractory - Supply of facilities and equipment - Automation and process control Research and development: - NOx Reduction - Combustion optimisation - Flue gas recirculation services: Construction and demolition of furnaces - Heating up and hot maintenance Combustion optimisation and endoscopies - Commissioning and start-up - After sales: - Spare parts - Customer care - Custom training.

12 Via Ada Negri, Abbiategrasso, Milan, Italy +390294966977 info@stradamoulds.it www.stradamoulds.it Booth: A18

16365 Park Ten Place, Houston, Texas, USA +1 281-647-2700 info@strategicmaterials.com www.strategicmaterials.com Booth: A06 With over a 100 years history, Strategic Materials is North America’s largest and most comprehensive glass recycler, with nearly 50 locations in the United States and Canada. The company focus has been and continues to be on creating value for customers through innovation and customer improvement. The company is a technology partner to cleaner, more efficient glass production, providing customers with economical and environmentally viable solutions for reuse of waste streams including glass and plastic.

Strutz International 440 Mars-Valencia Road, Mars, PA 16046, USA +1 724-625-1501 engineering@strutz.com www.strutz.com Booth: A05 Strutz International is a world leading manufacturer of high speed, high quality bottle decorating equipment. Since the introduction of the CLS-200 Chainless decorator, it has become the worlds top selling high speed bottle decorator. Strutz introduced the new CLS-175 which uses the same chainless technology but can decorate larger bottles. The CLS-200 is a revolutionary design that has replaced the carrier conveyor chain or “link system” with precision cams and can decorate a typical 12oz beverage bottle at a speed of 200 BPM with ultra high precision. They are available in Left to Right or Right to Left configurations which can conserve floor space and manpower when multiple decorators are used. A typical CLS-200 has one extra station which can be used for either seam registration or an additional Continued>>

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S.I.G.MA. Group, specialised in the production of refractory materials for the glass industry since 1990, supplies the full high quality range of materials for furnaces.

Thanks to two manufacturing facilities and continuous investments in state-of-theart production equipment, S.I.G.MA. Group is a leader in Europe in terms of capacity, prices and lead times of shaped pieces.

Considering the growing demand of a faster and easier way of acquiring products S.I.G.MA. Group has recently developed an e-commerce Refractory Shop to meet every need, both programmed and urgent, as well update its Customers with regards to product availability, special offers and technical innovations.

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decorating station. This provides customers with a simple and economical means if in the future an additional colour station is required without seam registration.

This is something our competitors do not offer. Both the CLS-200 and CLS-175 come standard with user friendly touch screen control panels. Strutz also manufactures and supplies ancillary equipment. Lehr Loading Stackers, Push Bar, Pull Bar, Dual Feed Stacker Systems, Strutz Conveyors: Single Liners, Lehr Cross Conveyors and Dual Cross Conveyor Systems.

TECO Group 3400 Executive Parkway, P.O. Box 2927, Toledo, Ohio , 43606-2927, USA +1 419-537-9711 sales@teco.com www.teco.com Booth: E15 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 forehearth and working end technology. EAE Tech, the latest addition to the TECO Group, provides high quality industrial automation engineering services & custom control systems.

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Tiama

ZA des Plattes, 1 chemin des Plattes, Vourles, France + 33 4 37 20 15 00 marketing@tiama.com www.tiama.com Booth: B01 Tiama is a global provider of real-time process and quality control for the glass packaging industry. 50 year’s expertise for a one-stop-shop: - 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: customer local support, multilingual on-line spare-parts

catalogs, tooling, repairs, refurbishment…

Total Specialities USA 5 N. Stiles Street, Linden, NJ, 07036 USA +19088629300 dave.townsend@total.com Booth: C02 Total Specialities USA, Inc. – Glass Products Division, is the manufacturer and worldwide supplier of Kleenmold lubricants and coatings used in the glass container industry. Kleenmold Swabbing Compounds are recognised as the industry standard worldwide. In addition to Kleenmold, Total Specialities USA, Inc. manufactures a complete range of hot end lubricants and coatings. Our technical team is dedicated to formulating new products that are easier to use, environmentally friendly and improve the efficiency of the bottle making process.

Total Specialities USA, Inc. is available to work with you and your company individually to solve any and all lubricant related concerns.

UAS Messtechnik Prof.-Hermann-Staudinger-Straße 4, Viechtach, Germany info@uas.de www.uas.de Booth: E18 UAS Messtechnik is an innovative company of international reputation in the field of instrumentation engineering. Due to our broad know-how and conclusive complete solutions for all kind of process industry, we are the ideal partner to increase the efficiency of your plant. UAS provides custom-made automation solutions.

Vidromecanica Rua Central Nº22, Garcia, Marinha Grande, Portugal +351 244 555 060 vidromecanica@vidromecanica.com www.vidromecanica.com Booth: E17 Vidromecanica manufactures equipment for the glass industry. Development, design & manufacture of machinery and development of the control system for the glass production lines is handled by our specialists. In close cooperation with our customers and glass industry businesses, we are engaged in the development of individually tailor-made high performance machines.

Vidromecanica’s main equipments are: Annealing and decorating lehrs, Belt tempering lines for tableware, Spindles toughening lines for stemware, Chemical tempering machines, Roller

annealing lehrs for flat glass, Special glass thermal treatment ovens, Moulds preheating kilns and Servo-stackers, among others.

to order’ solutions.

Waltec Maschinen

Songzhai Industrial Zone, Xinmi City, Zhengzhou, China 452378 +86-371-86122276 info@chinasgs.cn www.xinguangse.com Booth: B04 Zhengzhou Xinguangse Refractory Co., Ltd. (SGS) is a Chinese company founded in 2002 with foreign investment from P.T. Sibalec., Ltd(Indonesia), nowadays the largest completely independent AZS Supplier for glass makers all over the world with 90% of the products exported. There are three main AZS products: AZS 0317(33% ZrO2), AZS 0327(36% ZrO2) and AZS0337(41% ZrO2).

Three qualities combined with five casting techniques or 15 ways to produce and to meet the customer needs. SGS devotes significant investments in its laboratory by using the last Xray spectrometer technology and was the first company in China using the radar for cavity/void control. SGS also works in cooperation with independent laboratories as Lucideon UK(CERAM) and BCRC(Belgium Ceramic Research Center). The R&D and continuous Quality improvement are part of our policy of development : As an example, the company is implementing a new ‘Quality Management System’ in 2015.

Kronacher Str. 2a, Wilhelmsthal, Germany +49 9260 9901-0 info@waltec.de www.waltec.de Booth: C18 We design, construct, manufacture and supply machines for the glass industry.

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

Zecchetti

Zhengzhou Refractory

Xinguangse

Zippe Industrieanlagen Via Galileo Galilei, 1-1/A, Montecchio Emilia, RE, 42027, Italy +390522867411 info@zecchetti.it www.zecchetti.it Booth: A03 Zecchetti proposes conveying/palletizing turnkey lines for empty glass containers, from lehr discharge up to finished pallet warehousing. The lines can cope with almost all kinds of articles (including pharmaceutical vials for which Zecchetti can propose packaging lines) and with a very wide range of speeds. Long experience and cooperation with the biggest glass factories has placed Zecchetti among the worldwide leader manufacturers. The ability to propose, manufacture and supply the AS/RS warehouse system also allows Zecchetti to act as unique supplier for the complete empty container cold end section.

A particular feature of Zecchetti is to aim at making customer’s life easier, namely by studying with them and then realising ‘made

P.O. Box 1665, Wertheim, BadenWuerttemberg, 97866, Germany +49 9342 8040 zippe@zippe.de www.zippe.de Booth: C17 Construction or modernisation of glass batch plants and cullet plants for the international glass industry – always with a solution in mind. From planning to manufacture on to commissioning – everything from a single source in the best possible quality with the utmost reliability and a long working life.

Zippe supplies solutions that are worth it – anytime and anywhere in the world! Our programme: Batch Plants, Cullet Plants, Automation, Modernisation, Engineering, Factory Cullet Recycling, Glass Recycling, Batch Charging, Glass Level Controlling, Preheating, Maintenance & Service.

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Glassman South America Catalogue

BDF Industries S.P.A Electroglass Ltd EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen GmbH Glass Service S.R.L Glassworks Hounsell Horn Glass Industries AG MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Stara Glass S.P.A Vidromecanica Zippe Industrieanlagen GmbH

Batch plant EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen GmbH Falorni Tech Glass Service S.R.L Henry F. Teichmann Inc MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Teco Group Vidromecanica Zippe Industrieanlagen GmbH

Coatings, hot/cold end Antonini S.R.L Bohemi Chemicals SRL Forma Glas Gmbh Interglass S.A de C.V Isimat GmbH Siebdruckmaschinen Vidromecanica

Combustion equipment Falorni Tech FlammaTec, spol, s.r.o.

Fusiontec srl Glass Service S.R.L Heat Up Latin America SA de CV Horn Glass Industries AG IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh LWN Lufttechnik GmbH MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd Stara Glass S.P.A

Container forming machinery Acerias Berisso SA BDF Industries S.P.A Bottero SPA Dura Temp Corp.

FAMA Fonderie Valdelsane SPA Graphoidal Heye International Gmbh LWN Lufttechnik GmbH Pennine Industrial Equipment Ltd Poco Graphite Quantum Engineered Products Inc Sheppee International Strada

Control systems, cold end BDF Industries S.P.A futronic GmbH

Glass Service S.R.L Graphoidal Heye International Gmbh Icebel Lda Iris Inspection Machines Tiama

Isimat GmbH Siebdruckmaschinen KBA-Kammann GmbH Satinal S.p.A Sheppee International Strutz International

Control systems, forming

Abbamat AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd Bottero SPA Comercial Quimica Masso S.A. EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen GmbH FAMA Glass Design Inc Glass Service A.S Glass Service S.R.L Henry F. Teichmann Inc Heye International Gmbh Horn Glass Industries AG Icebel Lda IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh LWN Lufttechnik GmbH MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Olivotto Glass Technologies spa Pneumofore Stara Glass S.P.A Teco Group Zippe Industrieanlagen GmbH

Abbamat BDF Industries S.P.A Bottero SPA Comercial Quimica Masso S.A. futronic GmbH Heye International Gmbh Olivotto Glass Technologies spa Sheppee International Tiama

Control systems, hot end BDF Industries S.P.A Comercial Quimica Masso S.A. Fusiontec srl futronic GmbH Glass Service A.S Glass Service S.R.L Graphoidal Heye International Gmbh LWN Lufttechnik GmbH Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd Reckmann Gmbh Sheppee International Tiama

Control systems, melting BDF Industries S.P.A Comercial Quimica Masso S.A. Electroglass Ltd FIC (UK) LTD futronic GmbH Glass Service A.S Glass Service S.R.L Horn Glass Industries AG IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Reckmann Gmbh

Engineering/plant design services

Feeder mechanisms BDF Industries S.P.A Bottero SPA FAMA Forma Glas Gmbh Glass Service A.S Graphoidal Heye International Gmbh Horn Glass Industries AG Olivotto Glass Technologies spa Sheppee International Waltec Maschinen GmbH

Forehearth assemblies

EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen GmbH Glassworks Hounsell Icebel Lda MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Sipac SPA Vidromecanica Zippe Industrieanlagen GmbH

AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd Electroglass Ltd FIC (UK) LTD Glass Service A.S Glass Service S.R.L Horn Glass Industries AG MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd Stara Glass S.P.A Teco Group

Decorating equipment, hollow glass

Gases, industrial

Abbamat Biebuyck S.A. Fermac SRL Forma Glas Gmbh Graphoidal Icebel Lda

Falorni Tech

Cullet handling systems

Handling & packing equipment, cold All Glass S.R.L Emmeti SPA Continued>>

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Glassman South America Catalogue Icebel Lda Impianti Novopac s.r.l MSK Covertech Inc Olivotto Glass Technologies spa Sipac SPA Zecchetti Srl

Handling equipment, hot end Dura Temp Corp.

Ernst Pennekamp GmbH & Co OHG Forma Glas Gmbh Graphoidal Heye International Gmbh Olivotto Glass Technologies spa Pennine Industrial Equipment Ltd Poco Graphite Ramsey Products Sheppee International Sipac SPA Vidromecanica

Inspection equipment, hollow glass AGR International Inc Biebuyck S.A. FAMA Forma Glas Gmbh Gen-In LLC Heye International Gmbh ilis Gmbh Iris Inspection Machines Sheppee International Tiama

Lehrs, annealing/decorating Antonini S.R.L CNUD-EFCO International Ernst Pennekamp GmbH & Co OHG Vidromecanica

Lehr loaders/unloaders Ernst Pennekamp GmbH & Co OHG Heye International Gmbh Poco Graphite Sheppee International Vidromecanica Waltec Maschinen GmbH

Lubricants

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Interglass S.A de C.V Graphoidal Total Specialities

Melting furnace heat up/cool down BDF Industries S.P.A Glass Service A.S Glass Service S.R.L Glassworks Hounsell Heat Up Latin America SA de CV Horn Glass Industries AG IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG

Melting furnaces, continuous AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd BDF Industries S.P.A Electroglass Ltd Falorni Tech FIC (UK) LTD Glass Service A.S Glass Service S.R.L Glassworks Hounsell Henry F. Teichmann Inc Horn Glass Industries AG IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Teco Group

Melting furnaces, day tanks/pot Comercial Quimica Masso S.A. Falorni Tech FIC (UK) LTD Glass Service A.S Glass Service S.R.L Glassworks Hounsell Henry F. Teichmann Inc IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd

Moulds, maintenance/glass forming Abbamat Acerias Berisso SA Changshu Jianhua Mould Technology Co Ltd Commersald Impianti SRL FAMA Fonderie Valdelsane SPA Giancarlo Perego SPA LWN Lufttechnik GmbH Merkad Makine Kalip San Ve Tic Ltd Sti Sonicam Strada

Oxy-fuel technology Falorni Tech FlammaTec, spol, s.r.o.

Glass Service S.R.L Heat Up Latin America SA de CV Henry F. Teichmann Inc Horn Glass Industries AG IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Teco Group

Pneumofore

Pollution control systems BDF Industries S.P.A FlammaTec, spol, s.r.o.

Process control equipment Abbamat BDF Industries S.P.A EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen GmbH Glass Service A.S Graphoidal Heye International Gmbh Horn Glass Industries AG Jumo Control SA MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Quantum Engineered Products Inc Reckmann Gmbh Sensotec SA Sonicam Zippe Industrieanlagen GmbH

Project management services Abbamat Bottero SPA Comercial Quimica Masso S.A. Falorni Tech Glass Service S.R.L Heye International Gmbh Horn Glass Industries AG IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Stara Glass S.P.A Teco Group

Raw materials Fonderie Valdelsane SPA Glass Service A.S RHI Glas GmbH Strategic Materials

Refractories, glass contact/ insulating/secondary

All Glass S.R.L Emmeti SPA Icebel Lda MSK Covertech Inc Zecchetti Srl

AGC Ceramics Co., Ltd Comercial Quimica Masso S.A. Dura Temp Corp.

Falorni Tech Fusiontec srl Glassworks Hounsell MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd Refractarios Zedmex SA RHI Glas GmbH SEPR - Saint-Gobain SEFPRO S.I.G.MA. S.R.L. Stara Glass S.P.A Zhengzhou Xinguangse Refractory Co Ltd

Plant utilities

Shrinkwrapping equipment

Glass Service S.R.L Heye International Gmbh

Impianti Novopac s.r.l MSK Covertech Inc

Palletisers

Tableware forming machinery Forma Glas Gmbh Graphoidal LWN Lufttechnik GmbH Olivotto Glass Technologies spa Sheppee International Waltec Maschinen GmbH

Technical assistance/training Abbamat All Glass S.R.L BDF Industries S.P.A Bottero SPA EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen GmbH FlammaTec, spol, s.r.o.

Forma Glas Gmbh Glass Service A.S Glass Service S.R.L Henry F. Teichmann Inc Heye International Gmbh Horn Glass Industries AG IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh LWN Lufttechnik GmbH MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & CO. KG Olivotto Glass Technologies spa Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd Poco Graphite Stara Glass S.P.A Teco Group Waltec Maschinen GmbH

Temperature measurement equipment Ametek Land Fusiontec srl Glass Service A.S Glass Service S.R.L Graphoidal Horn Glass Industries AG Jumo Control SA Reckmann Gmbh Sensotec SA Tiama

Tube drawing machinery Fermac SRL Olivotto Glass Technologies spa

Turnkey glass plant construction BDF Industries S.P.A Falorni Tech FAMA Glass Service S.R.L Henry F. Teichmann Inc Heye International Gmbh IWG Ingenieurbüro Wagenbauer Glasofenbau Gmbh MGFS Glass Factory Services SA de CV Stara Glass S.P.A Teco Group Waltec Maschinen GmbH Zippe Industrieanlagen GmbH

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History

Prof. John Parker

Lightweight or heavyweight?

Prof. John Parker highlights the role of titanium in the glass industry, particularly its applications in colouring glass.

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itanium was first recognised in minerals in 1791 by William Gregor, an amateur geologist in Cornwall, UK but its name was selected by Martin Klaproth after he characterised rutile (TiO2) later that year.

The term derives from Greek Mythology; Titan was the son of Uranus.

The Titans were second-generation divine beings and were renowned for their great strength. Titan, which orbits Saturn, is also the name given to the largest moon in the Solar system. Titanium is prevalent in meteorites and is the 9th most abundant element in the earth’s crust as compounds such as rutile and ilmenite (FeTiO3), although commercial extraction had to wait until the 20th century.

As a metal its low density and excellent corrosion resistance are particularly prized and account for its extensive use in the aerospace industries. Being the first transition metal in the periodic table, its electronic configuration gives it distinctive properties. In glasses its dominant oxidation state is 4+, its ionic size 0.07nm and its coordinated octahedral (6 fold). While Ti4+ does not significantly colour the glass, Ti3+ may also be present in low concentrations, depending on melting conditions and glass host (borosilicate and phosphate glasses favour Ti3+ and consequently are often purple by titanium). Additionally Ti3+ formed at high temperatures can initiate redox reactions, producing strong colours e.g. yellow if the redox ion Ce is also present. Unusually titanium also shifts the environment around other colorant ions from a higher to a lower coordination and hence changes their colour e.g. Cu containing glasses shift from blue to green.

Rutile (TiO2) does not melt until 1843°C. Correspondingly its solubility (a few %) in typical silicate glass-forming melts is relatively low. This may explain its limited use in the rapidly developing

optical glass industry during the 19th century. However it also underpins its role as an effective nucleating agent. Heat treatment of selected TiO2 rich glasses near their glass transition temperature causes precipitation of ultrafine titanate phases, which in turn initiate silicate crystallisation at higher temperatures, leading to glass ceramics with useful characteristics such as enhanced strength.

Excite electrons Being the first of the 3d transition metals, it has empty, low lying electronic energy levels in its 4+ state – into which longer wavelength ultraviolet photons can excite bonding electrons. Hence TiO2 is effective in applications such as UV protective glasses in museums. A related consequence of this is its role in increasing refractive index. TiO2 has an extremely high refractive index (up to 2.609 for rutile) and an optical dispersion greater than diamond. It is the basis of many paints because it confers excellent covering power; interestingly it has never been used to make opal glasses.

Highly reflective coatings can be made by depositing multiple layers alternately of crystalline titania and silica, to make a ‘Bragg’ grating. Deliberately engineered errors in the sequence allow the manufacture of band pass filters, with high transmission over a narrow wavelength range.

TIO2 coatings are also the basis of self-cleaning glasses. Such coatings are now applied on an industrial scale and are an effective way to clean flat glass surfaces without requiring access for manual cleaning. The titania catalyses photochemical reactions where incoming UV photons create free electrons at the surface of the coating which break the bonds formed between organic contaminants and the glass surface. Once the bond is broken, rainwater can remove the deposits. The titania is deposited under

conditions that favour the formation of its anatase form rather than the more stable rutile form mentioned earlier.

While small quantities of titanate glasses can be made by adding K2O, Rb2O of Cs2O, archetypal glass forming elements such as B2O3, SiO2 are needed to make larger pieces. Making BaOTiO2 glasses though has mirrored the alchemist’s dream of turning lead to gold, because BaTiO3 crystals have interesting optical and dielectric properties, showing several ferroelectric transitions at low temperatures. This interest has driven experiments on contactless melting technologies, which are now showing some success.

In nature Ti is often associated with zirconium, Zr being a 4d rather than a 3d transition metal element with a related chemistry. Archaeologists have used the Ti/Zr ratio as one of several signatures indicating the origins of the raw materials used in melting ancient glasses, to determine the provenance of particular artefacts.

We mentioned initially the value to the aerospace industry of metallic titanium.

Titanium tetrachloride is a molecular liquid with a low boiling point that can be used to treat hot glass surfaces just as tin chloride is used as a hot end coating.

Depositing thicker titania layers is one way to generate iridescence. Some early articles on hot end coatings used the term titanising which may have been a reference to a Ti based coating or may simply have referred to the mythological use of the term to symbolise strength. In this respect the reader should note that liquid titanium chloride fumes strongly in moist air and, consequently, is useful for creating smoke screens. �

*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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Technical Topics

John Henderson Henderson Technology

Energy efficiency is in the detail It is detailed working practices rather than headline friendly investments that will ensure a company’s successful energy efficiency plan, suggests John Henderson.

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he last time I wrote about energy efficiency I commented on the way many glassworks were installing primary energy efficiency measures to improve their energy utilisation. This set me thinking about how integrated the thinking on energy efficiency really was.

I have no doubt there are many factory engineers and possibly engineering directors that have a real grasp of the role that joined up thinking has when it comes to energy efficiency, however, they often have significant barriers to overcome in realising their plans. This is possibly due to the headline nature of big energy-related capital investments.

The majority of energy required to run a glassworks is used by the furnace (or, more commonly, furnaces). Whether gas, electric, oil or some combination of fuels, the furnace takes the lions share. The theoretical minimum energy requirement to produce soda-lime-silica glass is 2.8 GJ/t (gigajoule per tonne) but no existing furnaces can achieve that figure as it assumes all the energy is used to melt the glass and no heat is lost. Now we all know that furnaces lose heat, you only have to stand near one to realise that. Substantial work and development is being put in to improving the heat retention in the furnace, but it is a balancing act in as much that the better you insulate the faster the wear on the refractories. The emphasis then moves to burning the fuel more efficiently and recovering as much sensible heat from the exhaust gasses as possible. It could be argued that oxy-fuel furnaces might be better in this respect as there is no excess of nitrogen to heat and carry that heat away. Again it is

“We should all welcome the introduction of individual energy saving or efficient pieces of kit as the savings are cumulative, but surely it is more important than ever that we have an integrated energy efficiency strategy with an action plan and timetable for

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not as simple as it appears due to the cost of oxygen as opposed to atmospheric air and other considerations regarding load flexibility. Some may make the case for electricity as it transfers energy directly to the glass without the need for burnt fuel exhaust gasses and significant combustion spaces. However, in terms of energy efficiency it must not be forgotten that the electricity had to be generated by some energy-using process and routed to the factory through an energy losing grid system.

Energy bonus The best conventional energy efficient furnaces run at about 3.85 GJ/t, but this is with a 50% cullet loading which brings an energy bonus to the furnace because it has already been melted at least once. The majority of conventional furnaces run at

3.3 to 7 GJ/t depending somewhat on size (more than 100 tpd tends to be better) and electric furnaces tend to be in the 3 to 4 GJ/t range.

All these figures are based on the amount of glass melted, which can be readily estimated from the amounts of raw material that are mixed and sent to the furnace. However, is this a realistic measure of how well the factory is performing? I would suggest not, as it is like many energy efficiency figures used in factories in that it is a departmental (parochial?) approach. If some, admittedly deduced, figures are examined for energy consumption based on finished product, the efficiency figures shoot up to 8 GJ/t and even as far as 20 GJ/t in some cases. This begs the question ‘shouldn’t we be looking at glass sold and remaining sold?’ I would argue for yes and go further, as this is energy associated with the furnace only (admittedly the heaviest user) – what about the lehrs, fans, compressed air, steam and other ancillary electricity use in lighting?

We should all welcome the introduction of individual energy saving or efficient pieces of kit as the savings are cumulative, but surely it is more important than ever that we have an integrated energy efficiency strategy with an action plan and timetable for implementation. The big statements make the headlines, but it is the detailed working practices that will make energy efficiency the keystone in a response to uncertainty, demand fluctuation and regulatory squeeze. �

Henderson Technology, Sheffield, UK www.hendersontechnology.com

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Ware handling

Handling hot glassware

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he concept of Tiama HOT Systems is a modular approach to answer the complex demands of process control at the hot end.

The Tiama HOT System is composed of four independent modules: the Tiama HOT mass; the Tiama HOT eye; the Tiama HOT form; and the Tiama HOT move, all sharing the same interface. Among these, the Tiama HOT move is designed to supervise the positioning of the containers on the hot end conveyor.

The main feature of the Tiama HOT move is to reject stuck and fallen articles so as to avoid jams in critical production areas before the annealing lehr, such as the hot end surface treatment tunnel or the transfer wheel.

Jams are time consuming for operators and cause production losses. Glassmakers have to deal with several jams on their lines everyday, and some estimate that on a high speed line they can lose up to 600 minutes of production per month because of jams.

Jam solving is such a critical task that it keeps operators out of any other process control or IS piloting capacity.

Using an infrared camera, the Tiama HOT move captures the position of the

containers on the conveyor and identifies each container with its original cavity.

This ability to read the container’s thermal signature allows it to identify fallen and stuck articles and to reject them before they reach any critical ware handling. This is step one of ware positioning control. The Tiama HOT move is also capable of giving the exact position of the containers along the conveyor axis, the X position, and the distance to this axis, the Y position.

These values are given for any single container and therefore can build a statistical analysis per cavity and section.

The Tiama HOT move is located on the conveyor just after the IS machine. The system is directly fixed on the conveyor in order to limit its footprint. The Tiama HOT move has been designed to resist the harsh environment at the hot end and to ease its assembly on line.

Only one day is necessary to install and start the system. The Tiama HOT move requires little maintenance: simply clean the camera lens with a cloth just once every two weeks.

Thanks to this simple installation the system can easily be moved from line to line, and can then be dedicated to addressing specific transportation issues on a certain type of production.

The Tiama HOT move embeds a userfriendly and intuitive interface. A brief and efficient training session allows any operator to quickly be in control of the system.

Beyond process control, the Tiama HOT move aids with safety improvement and operators’ protection. In the case of glass piling up, operators are subject to an increased risk of burns when they clear the lines.

By reducing the number of jams at the hot end, the Tiama HOT move contributes to operators’ safety on the line.

The Tiama HOT move system also

provides information on the angular corrections that should be applied on pushers to improve conveying and avoid jams. This information is available for all sections. In this way, the Tiama HOT move enables preventive actions on the IS machine to avoid transportation issues.

Through easy access to the Tiama HOT move interface, the operator can set and modify warning limits for the position of articles on the conveyor.

When articles are nearing these limits an alarm warns the operator, and when articles cross the limits they are automatically rejected. Thanks to the statistics per section, the operator is notified when articles from one or several sections are close to or outside the limits.

Through these alarms, the operator knows which sections cause transportation issues and can work on the concerned section to solve the issue.

The Tiama HOT move is a fruitful source of information for the operator and a dedicated assistant for line transportation improvement.

Beyond its technical features, Tiama believes its HOT move is an economic and efficient way to solve conveying issues at the hot end. Servo upgrade for IS machine pushers is often seen as a must for transportation issue solving.

This solution is interesting in many aspects, but is often delayed due to its high budget impact and its long lead-time for implementation.

It has been estimated that a Tiama HOT move costs about one-fifth of the price of a servo pusher update for one line, and so in that case the Tiama HOT move would be a real economic alternative.

Given its easiness to deploy and acceptance by operators, the Tiama HOT move is a simple choice when it comes to solving a hot end conveyor transportation issue. �

*Product manager for hot end area, Tiama, Vourles, near Lyon, France. www.tiama.com

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Lucie Jouve* describes how the Tiama HOT move module can assist in the prevention of jams on the production line and improve operator safety.

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Heye Symposium 2017: Digital progress in container production T

his year’s Heye Symposium for international glass container industry customers will address a series of challenges based on the theme ‘BSMART. MOTIVATE. OPERATE’.

It is an opportunity to learn from a panel of international experts and exchange ideas, while also networking with fellow glassmaking professionals from around the world.

The meeting is organised by Heye International and takes place in LeMéridien Hamburg Hotel, Hamburg, Germany on 19-21 June 2017.

The symposium will explore, for example, the digital progress realised by other manufacturing industries, with the chance to discuss existing and future possibilities for implementation in glass container production with leading authorities on the subject.

Smart

Motivate ‘Motivation‘ represents a second important element of this year’s Heye Symposium. What trends are evident within customers’ operations, what motivates people in the digital age and how can the best employees be identified and retained? Presentations in this session include: � ‘Growth rates and global glass container industry trends’ (Euromonitor Senior Analyst). � ‘Friends of Glass – Latest news on FEVE’s European consumer campaigns’ (Michael Delle Selve, Head of Communication at FEVE). � ‘The digital age – Challenges to corporate culture and employee training’ (Dr Cassandra Riedl, Leadership Expert). � ‘How we innovate at Ardagh’ (Sharon Todd, Head of Marketing at

Ardagh Glass Europe).

Operate The evolution of perfect operational procedures is essential for Heye International, developing the skills to lead glass container plants to the highest levels of productivity.

So how can the latest motivational and organisational concepts be combined with new technologies, what is possible today and what can be expected in the future? Confirmed presentations include: � ‘Concepts for managing operational excellence at Ardagh’ (a speaker from Ardagh Glass Europe). � ‘Solutions for the Smart Plant’ (Heye Product and Production Experts). � Discussion on the glass plant on the future (all participants).

Networking Time has been allocated to enjoy individual discussions for the establishment of new contacts and/or the renewal of existing ones. �

More information: Mark Ziegler, Marketing Manager, Heye International Email marketing@heye-international.com Web: www.heye-international.com

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‘Being Smart’ is the ability to adapt to a constantly changing world, with sometimes unforeseen developments emerging. There is also the important evolution of digitalisation to address.

Communication structures change, as do factories, with the Internet of Things or AI (Artificial intelligence) at the centre of discussion.

Delegates will learn about the latest

developments, including the following presentations: � ‘Digital transformation – Challenges and chances’ (Ernst Raue, formerly Head of CeBIT and a leading IoT Expert). � ‘Digitalization in the traditional steel industry’ (Premal Denali, CFO and CF Strategy, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe). � ‘Investment decisions in times of uncertainty’ (a Senior Manager from the Economic Department, UniCredit).

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n recent years, the computer simulation of flows, combustion processes and heat transfer in industrial furnaces has become a powerful tool to analyse, design, optimise and troubleshoot. These CFD simulations (CFD: computational fluid dynamics) offer benefits but are always based on models. These models serve to reduce the numerical effort necessary to describe the physical and chemical phenomena in an industrial furnace.

Most models to describe combustion processes in industrial furnaces were developed for the combustion of methane with air. It means they are often unable to adequately describe oxyfuel combustion, i.e. the combustion of natural gas with pure oxygen instead of preheated air, since the chemical processes during an oxy-fuel combustion are different from those of a conventional combustion with air. Existing models need to be checked and often adapted to provide reliable simulations for industrial oxy-fuel combustions processes.

Simulation-based design and optimisation has become a valuable tool to improve the performance of products and processes. In thermal processing industries, the simulation of turbulent flows in combination with combustion and heat transfer processes in particular is used to understand and improve the complex processes taking place inside industrial furnaces.

Despite the incredible advances in computer hardware and modeling of complex physical and chemical phenomena such as turbulence and combustion, however, industrial CFD is still based on models for turbulence, combustion and (radiative) heat transfer.

Thus, care has to be taken to ensure that the used models are suitable for the problem at hand.

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This can be problematic, for example, in the context of oxyfuel combustion.

Modeling oxy-fuel combustion Most models currently used for CFD simulations of thermal processing applications were developed and validated to describe conventional combustion processes where natural gas is burned with air. This is true both for the family of combustion models, which combine with a strongly reduced reaction mechanism to describe chemistry with an eddy dissipation or finite rate approach to handle chemistry/turbulence interaction, but also for table-based reaction models such as the PDF-Equilibrium model or PDF-Flamelet models.

With these models, a thermo-chemical database is generated prior to the actual CFD simulation, based on a detailed chemistry description in combination with a chemical model such as chemical equilibrium or the flamelet approach.

Investigations carried out as part of the German research project ‘O2-Glaswanne’[1] showed, however, that the applicability of these commonly used models to describe oxy-fuel combustion processes is limited.

Fig. 1 shows a result of this project where measured CO2 distributions in a semi-industrial burner test rig are compared to the predicted CO2 distributions using different reaction models.

The measurements were obtained as part of a measurement campaign for a typical oxy-fuel process at one of GWI’s semiindustrial burner test rigs where a typical pipe-in-pipe oxy-fuel burner was investigated at a firing rate of 400kW at an oxidiser ratio of 1.015.

While the top image shows the measured CO2 distribution, the centre image shows the results of a simulation with a popular combustion model, an Eddy Dissipation/Finite Rate Model in combination with a reduced reaction mechanism containing six chemical species and two reaction equations. This model is often used to describe high-temperature combustion processes and is an industrial standard. However, in this case, the predicted reaction zone is smaller than the measurements indicate, resulting in a shorter predicted flame length. Only a sophisticated reaction model, the Eddy Dissipation Concept[2] in combination with a detailed reaction mechanism (cf. bottom image) manages to achieve a satisfactory agreement with the measurements.

This comes at a price since these simulations took so long that this approach is not applicable for industrial practice.

The reason why the Eddy Dissipation/Finite Rate dissipation model in combination with the reduced reaction mechanism of Westbrook and Dryer[3] failed, lies in the limited chemistry description. The results of the ‘O2-Glaswanne’ project[4] as well as the investigations of other researchers (e.g.[5]) indicate a more comprehensive chemistry description is required to handle oxyfuel combustion adequately.

To find a reasonable compromise between accuracy and reliability on the one hand and numerical effort on the other, several German research organisations joined forces in the research project ‘O2-HTVT’.

In this project, several modeling approaches were tested and adapted for the simulation of oxy-fuel combustion. At the same time, non-invasive temperature measurements using the laser-based CARS method (CARS: Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy) were for the first time used in a semi-industrial oxy-fuel furnace[6].

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Since the chemical reactions taking place in an oxy-fuel combustion had proven to be more complex than in a conventional fuel-air combustion, the focus of the modeling effort was on the application of table-based reaction models where chemistry data tables are generated prior to the actual simulation, using chemical models such as the nonadiabatic chemical equilibrium or the flamelet approach.

These models combine a chemistry description with a moderate numerical effort. As a reference case to test various models, an experiment of the welldocumented Oxyflam II project[7] of IFRF (International Flame Research Foundation) was chosen because these measurements were taken in a semiindustrial test rig with a firing rate of about 800kW and an air ratio of 1.03.

Fig. 2 shows a comparison of measured and simulated radial CO2 and CO profiles at various distances from the burner mouth. The measured data was directly taken from the IFRF report, the CFD data was generated at GWI, using a nonadiabatic PDF equilibrium model.

As can be seen, there is an overall agreement between measured and simulated results. The only major discrepancy is that the model predicts a faster onset of the combustion process near the burner mouth, as indicated by the CO profiles at an axial position of 0.22m. While the measured CO values are low in this region, the CFD simulation predicts chemical conversion rates taking place. The oxygen and hydrogen profiles show similar behaviour close to the burner. A sophisticated model such as the laminar flamelet model, adapted for the peculiarities of oxy-fuel combustion, was also developed as part of this project, but for the moment has only been implemented into the open source CFD code OpenFOAM. It could be shown that this model achieves a better agreement, especially close to the burner[8].

Based on these findings, the simulation shown in Fig 1 was re-run, using the nonadiabatic PDF equilibrium model.

Fig 3 shows a comparison of the measured CO2 distribution in the horizontal centre plane of the test furnace, while the image in the middle shows the CO2 distribution as predicted by the EDC model in combination with a rather large reaction mechanism.

In the bottom image, the distribution according to the equilibrium model can be seen. The overall agreement between

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all three results is good, but the main advantage of the table-based equilibrium models is the reduction of numerical effort. While the simulation with the EDC model took several weeks to achieve a solution on a grid with about 2 million cells, the simulation using the PDF equilibrium model took only two days on the same grid.

The EDC approach still shows better results in intermediate species like CO, but for most applications, the quality of results provided by the PDF equilibrium model should be more than sufficient, especially considering the reduced computational time requirements.

Conclusion The aim of the German research project ‘O2-HTVT’ was to improve and adapt commonly used reaction models for CFD codes for the simulation of oxyfuel combustion processes which, due to their different chemistry, can pose problems for conventional reaction models. Using various table-based combustion models, the peculiarities of the combustion of methane with pure oxygen can be addressed more easily, resulting in physical simulation results at reasonable numerical cost. Nevertheless, the simulation of oxy-fuel processes can still pose a challenge, simulation results should be verified by means of experiments wherever possible. �

Department of Fluid Dynamics (Prof. A. Kempf) of the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Department of Technical Thermodynamics (Prof. T. Seeger) of the University of Siegen, for the excellent collaboration within the project.

References [1] Leicher, J., Giese, A., “Investigations into the Numerical Modelling of Oxy-Fuel Combustion in Glass Melting Furnaces”, Industrial Combustion (IFRF), no. Art.No. 201401, 2014.

[2] Magnussen, B. F., “The Eddy Dissipation Concept: A Bridge between Science and Technology”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Combustion, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005.

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[7] Lallemant, N., Dugué, J., Weber, R., “Analysis of the Experimental Data Collected during the OXYFLAM-1 and OXYFLAM-2 Experiments - Part One,” International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF), F 85/Y/4, IJmuiden, The Netherlands, 1997.

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European Combustion Meeting, Budapest, 2015.

via AiF (Grant No. 17838 N). The authors (Jörg Leicher, Anne Giese, and Klaus Görner) wish to thank all partners involved in this project, namely the Ruhr University Bochum, Chair of Fluid Mechanics (Prof. B. Rogg), the

*Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen, Essen, Germany leicher@gwi-essen.de www.gwi-essen.de

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nergy efficiency is a top priority for in the glass industry for economic reasons. Yet the issue is currently gaining even greater importance as a result of legislative changes: All member states of the European Union are obliged to transpose a new EU directive on energy efficiency into national law. This will have consequences for businesses in each country.

The European Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) came into force in December 2012. It aims to ensure that EU Member States will achieve the target set in 2007 of reducing primary energy consumption by 20% by the year 2020, despite considerable delays. The EED sets out clear requirements for large companies within the EU: They are obliged to conduct energy audits every four years and must have completed the first audit

by December 2015. Alternatively, they may introduce an energy management system in line with ISO 50001. The chosen management system must have been certified by the start of 2017.

For European companies, the question now is whether they are impacted by the directive or not. The EED affects all companies that are not classified as

small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as defined by EU law. A business is considered to be larger than an SME if one of the following two factors applies: the company has more than 250 employees; or an annual turnover of over €50 million and its total annual balance sheet exceeds €43 million. Partner companies and affiliated companies in the EU and non-EU countries are also taken into consideration. The EED applies to companies in all sectors, from manufacturing companies such as glass producers, to banks, insurance companies and retail businesses.

Companies affected by the EED must observe the specific guidelines in their own country.

As each EU Member State must transpose the EED into national law, the precise guidelines may vary from country to country. Many EU states have not yet adapted their legislation to the new directive, or have only done so in part, although the deadline for this process was in June 2014. In countries where the EED has already been implemented, there are discrepancies in the precise definition of a large enterprise, as well

as in the standards for audits and the qualification of auditors.

Decision Companies concerned by the EED must decide whether they wish to undergo regular energy audits or introduce an on-going energy management system.

For both options, there are clearly defined requirements in the EED and in each national legislation. An audit is a scheduled inspection of energy usage and performance within a company.

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Audits are to be conducted every four years and include suggestions for optimisation based on efficiency calculations.

Audits must adhere to the standard EN 16247, which includes an on-site inspection of all business locations. They must also comply with an array of minimum criteria, as listed in Annex VI of the Directive. For example, the audits must be based on lifecycle cost analyses instead of simple payback periods to assess energy efficiency measures over the long term.

Unlike audits, energy management systems constitute an ongoing process. Energy consumption data is continually acquired, a range of efficiency measures are developed and the optimum concept is implemented. All company levels are involved in the process, from management down to production lines. Permanently monitoring data and displaying energy flows provides a transparent overview of the entire lifecycle of a particular product. Energy management systems must adhere to standard EN ISO 50001, which is compatible with other standards in the ISO family. This means that energy efficiency can be incorporated into existing management systems.

Energy management An energy management system allows companies in the glass industry to transparently monitor their day-to-day energy consumption. Manufacturing glass is an energy-intensive process, therefore conserving resources and protecting the environment are vital concerns for glass producers.

With the continuous improvement process according to ISO 50001, glass manufacturers are not only able to sustainably reduce their energy consumption levels, they can also increase their productivity and gain advantages over international competitors. A further plus factor is that a number of countries provide financial support for energy management, subject to certain conditions. In Germany, for example, companies have access to a compensation scheme under the Renewable Energies Act (EEG). They can also benefit from tax relief under German energy and electricity tax laws.

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Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy predicts that each audit will cost a company between €2400 and €8000, with an average price tag of €4000 per audit. In addition, businesses will incur this expense and added workload every four years, while an energy management system operates on an ongoing basis.

The costs for a management system can generally be recouped through energy savings.

The deadlines for EED compliance are also a strong argument in favour of an energy management system. Companies have until the start of 2017 to launch the energy management system and have it certified in accordance with ISO 50001.

Energy monitoring Once a company has opted for an energy management system, it is time to choose the right solution. Solutions from Siemens are widely used in the glass industry. Siemens offers scalable energy management solutions, extending all the way up to its comprehensive Simatic B.Data system. B.Data accurately acquires and records energy flows at the company level, as required by the EED. The software makes energy consumption and costs transparent by providing detailed data and key figures for all media, such as electricity, gas and water. It is even possible to display the impact of environmental variables such as temperature and humidity. This means it is no longer necessary to produce and coordinate energy consumption lists across the company’s various locations. Energy managers at the individual sites have direct access to current data online.

In addition to energy monitoring, the tool also offers an energy controlling function: Drawing on specific key figures, B.Data uses pure consumption data to calculate valuable efficiency indicators. The manufacturer can then use these indicators to compare individual plant segments or sites, for example, or to define benchmarks.

This information is an advantage in efforts to manufacture more efficiently, as is demonstrated in the following practical example: To produce a tonne of molten glass requires between 5 to 6 MJ of energy. Based on consumption patterns, it is possible to accurately trace wear and tear in the melting furnaces. The heavier the wear and tear in the refractory material, the greater the amount of energy required. With B.Data’s assistance, glass producers can make an informed decision on when to invest in a new melting furnace.

Optimising energy procurement B.Data users can forecast their plants’ future energy requirements. Based on these requirements, they can select the ideal tariffs and purchase their energy at the best prices. B.Data also supports glass producers in their day-to-day operations with a number of useful functions. For example, the software makes it easy to generate reports – such as those required for internal audits or environmental authorities – and export them to Microsoft Excel.

B.Data even enables companies to trace and assess measures for increasing energy efficiency in line with ISO 50001.

Adherence to this standard is a requirement for a number of national incentive programmes. Further benefits include meter management and automatic consumption readings via a range of interfaces. �

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Look out for the hidden costs in a compressed air system Sue Benes* discusses what to look out for in terms of hidden costs when investing in a compressed air system.

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Often there are associated costs that are not always apparent at the time of purchase and can significantly impact operational budgets.

When purchasing an air compressor, it is critical to understand the life-cycle costs associated with the unit, which are commonly organised into three groups: capital investment or purchase price; maintenance; and energy usage.

Organisations are becoming more aware that energy usage is the largest cost of operating an air compressor, followed by maintenance of the compressor, with the initial capital investment being the lowest of the three costs.

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Energy costs The most common power source in an industrial setting is electrical energy. For compressed air systems, an electric motor is often the power supply. Since the goal of all facilities is to deliver the largest volume of air using the lowest amount of energy possible, it is important to understand what the specific demands are for air capacity and how existing installations are managing those demands.

There are five key elements to calculating the energy requirements of a compressor; these include rated power, motor efficiency, service factor, running hours and energy rate. (Fig. 1) 1. Power and motor efficiency Every electrical motor has an efficiency rating, which is the percentage of electrical input power that the motor uses to power the air compressor. Although there is a range of efficiencies, a good rule of thumb

is the older, and smaller the compressor motor is, the less efficient it is. As an example, a 100 HP premium efficiency motor typically has a motor efficiency rating at around 96%. To calculate this for an air compressor, locate the motor efficiency in the motor manufacturer’s data sheet and the horsepower from the motor nameplate.

2. Service factor Service factor is a rating applied to the motor that determines how far a motor can operate over the rated horsepower without damaging the motor. For example, a motor with a service factor of 1.15 means the motor can operate at 15% over its rated horsepower. It is not a good practice to size motors to run continuously above the rated load in service factor area.

When reviewing compressor capacities, bear in mind some companies advertise a full load that utilises a portion of the service factor.

3. Running hours and energy rate The running hours are the number of hours the air compressor is operating at the given power value and is typically identified on a per year basis. Running hours are usually grouped by labour shifts due to air demand changes between shifts. The energy rate for an area can be obtained from a local power company.

4. Full load vs. partial load energy use In an operating environment, there are usually demand cycles when a facility will require more or less compressed air during certain times of the day or week. The majority of air compressors are designed with sophisticated control systems that

RATED POWER Horsepower rating of the motor powering the compressor; found on the motor nameplate SERVICE FACTOR How far above the rated horsepower a motor can operate without damaging the motor; found on the motor nameplate RUNNING HOURS Number of hours the compressor operates on a yearly basis ENERGY RATE Current cost of energy from your local power supplier RATED POWER

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modulate along an operating range to meet demand. The demand could result in the air compressor running at full load consistently, partial load or modulating between the two.

It is important to consider this demand when looking at purchasing an air compressor, or energy costs could escalate after compressor installation.

Most compressors are designed to be at their highest efficiency when they are operating at full capacity. With the need to meet a varying demand there is always at least one compressor that will have to operate at partial capacity.

The compressor type and the control mode utilised will determine how efficient a compressor is at partial capacity. Air Continued>>

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compressor efficiency is measured in specific power, which is usually reflected in kW/100 cfm or HP/100 cfm and can be referred to as the gas mileage of an air compressor. Fig. 2 shows a graph of the specific power for a variable speed drive compressor. Notice that the lower the flow delivered, the higher the specific power. The higher the specific power, the less efficient the compressor operates.

It is important to remember system demand will vary since a compressor may be operating at a less efficient point in certain demand situations.

Because of this, it is best to identify when compressors are the most efficient and balance the compressor load for the most efficient operation to meet system demand. The most efficient operating points can be identified by the compressor manufacturer.

5. System over pressurising In some cases, facilities unknowingly operate their compressors well over the required system pressure. For example, the compressed air application may require 100 psi; however, the compressors deliver air at 120 psi to overcome losses in the compressed air delivery system.

Losses may be due to filtration after compressor discharge, poor piping design, or leaks in the air system. The greater the discharge pressure of the air compressor the more energy required to compress the air.

As a rule of thumb, 0.5% additional electrical energy is required for a discharge pressure increase of 1 psi. Therefore, a 20 psi increase in discharge pressure would require 10% more energy.

Plugging this into the equation from Fig. 1 would result in an additional $5,258 per year in energy costs due to system over-pressurising.

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Maintenance costs Every piece of machinery requires some form of maintenance to keep operating efficiently. What many manufacturers are not aware of is the level of maintenance a system requires including consumables, condensate removal, and airend replacement costs.

Consumables All air compressors rely on consumable products, such as filters and oil, which need to be replaced on a regular basis. The amount of consumable products varies greatly based on whether the compressor is an oil-flooded or oil-free machine.

Oil-free compressors rarely require oil filters after the compressor discharge because the oil is never injected into the compression process. There can be as many as three or four post compressor filters and an air/oil separator to maintain in an oil-flooded air compressor.

The cost of keeping the filters maintained to prevent pressure drops and maximise efficiency for an oil-flooded machine would be non-existent in an oilfree machine. Fig. 3 shows a comparison of the compressed air systems of an oilfree and oil-lubricated compressor after discharge.

In addition to the filtration required to keep the air clean, there is the cost of oil itself. It is recommended to change the oil every 6-12 months in an oil-lubricated compressor. Many facilities pay between $3,000 and $6,000 per year just in oil to operate one oil-lubricated compressor.

Oil-free compressors still require oil, but since the oil never goes into the compression process, they only require oil changes every 2-3 years. Depending on the operating location, there may also be disposal fees for properly removing oil from the site for all compressors.

Condensate Removal Condensate is generated from both oilflooded and oil-free compressors. The difference is that for oil-flooded machines the oil mixes with the condensate creating water/oil mixture that is regulated at the state and local level.

This condensate must either be properly disposed of or require another filtration system to filter the oil out of the water.

Both alternatives can be a burden on operational expenses, with proper condensate disposal costing upwards of $50,000 per year.

Airend Replacement In some cases, replacing or overhauling an entire airend is the best way to improve performance. However, this can typically cost up to 70% of the original equipment price. The lifetime of an airend varies depending on the type of compressor (rotary screw, reciprocating, centrifugal) and if it is an oil-lubricated or oil-free machine. Be sure to ask the manufacturer the expected lifetime of the airend and if this is addressed in the machine warranty.

Conclusion Many manufacturers find that working with a certified air auditor to perform a system audit provides them with a baseline of current system operation without impacting the production process. Whether the review of a system takes places internally or through an air auditor, understanding the entire lifecycle costs associated with operating a system, including all hidden costs is essential for efficient operation. �

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nterested visitors to glasstec 2016 had the opportunity to see the latest innovations from German IS machine and component manufacturer GPS at its exhibition stand. They were all showcased on a 12-section IS machine that GPS had set up at the exhibition centre in Düsseldorf. The installation of the 40-tonne machine was the most effective way to demonstrate the GPS innovations. The company presented six recently-patented inventions at the trade fair: a gob delivery system, a safety door, a system for automatic mould lubrication, a shear spraying system, a servo Plunger and a deadplate cooling unit. These new subsystems optimise glass production processes and are practical in terms of

how they are mounted and operated, as the trade fair visitors discovered.

Minimising risk Working at a glass production plant isn’t without its hazards. Despite all the regulations and safety precautions, accidents do occasionally happen, sometimes because employees simply don’t abide by the rules. For example, the machine operators aren’t permitted to lubricate the blank moulds and cavities of an IS machine while the glass gobs are loaded into the sections. Yet some of them choose to ignore that rule and lubricate without stopping the gob falling into the sections, which sometimes results in burns and injuries. This is possible

because many glass manufacturers still only use conventional covers over the blank moulds and the machine’s moving parts. These covers don’t provide any protection against objects falling out of the machine, nor do they prevent the operator from accessing the section while the machine is running.

New IS machines have vertical doors that slide up and down to protect the operator and reduce accidents. Many of these doors cannot be replaced or removed quickly. They also take up a comparatively large area in front of the blank moulds and sometimes the distance between the operator and the Continued>>

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parts and forms is lengthened by several centimetres as a result. This means the machine operator often has to stretch to lubricate and exchange the parts. This increases the strain on their back, makes them more prone to back injury and has a detrimental effect on overall health.

A smart solution � Fig 1. A schematic diagram of a safety door with integrated, hinged top part and manual release for fast removal.

� Fig 2. A schematic diagram of the safety door in the closed position. It protects the operator because it is impossible for him to act negligently by reaching into the section.

� Fig 3. A schematic diagram of several IS machine sections with open and closed safety doors on the blank mould side.

� GPS’s 12-section, 40-tonne IS machine. also be removed with a special key in a Quick Change Lock Out Take Out (LOTO) process.

Modernisation GPS’s invention demonstrates that high safety standards and optimum accident protection does not necessarily entail major investment. Glass manufacturers with older IS machines can retrofit them with a new safety door. The door is also compatible with many standard models

of other makes. The retrofit is a quick and simple process. It allows the glassworks to prevent practically all accidents on the blank mould side of running machines and makes a key contribution to production machine safety in the container glass industry. �

*Managing Director, GPS, Essen, Germany www.gps-essen.com

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GPS and its safety door innovation solve the problem. The safety door was designed by GPS in Essen, Germany and is mounted in a way that makes it safer, reduces space requirements and improves ergonomics. The lower part of the door is vertically affixed to the section with screws, like today’s standard covers, but the upper part is affixed to the lower part with hinges. This makes it possible to gently raise it and close off the section so that the machine operator is protected. Or it can be lowered so that the machine section is accessible for blank mould lubrication or other similar activities. This design reduces the workspace requirements of personnel at the machine. It is also ergonomic because it minimises the risk of overstretching and damaging the back and facilitates smooth workflows.

The GPS safety door combines several advantages. It automatically protects the operator from objects falling out of the section and prevents negligent operation, such as the operator reaching into a section while the machine is running. Yet the safety door takes up no more space than a conventional cover.

If the employee wants to lubricate the blank moulds, all he has to do is press a button on the overhead beam to stop the gob loading. This also sends a signal to the machine control unit instructing it to open or rotate down the safety door on the blank mould side. The safety door is fitted with valves for pneumatic operation, so the operator never has to touch it or use physical force to move it.

After performing lubrication or other work, the operator can switch on the gob again by pressing the same button on the overhead beam a second time and the glass is fed to the section again. The safety door slides up and blocks direct access to the blank mould side.

If extensive retrofitting or job change of an IS machine is necessary, the safety door is removed in a few steps with a safety key. This provides the machine operator with space to change the mould holders or implement major repairs to an IS machine section. The safety door can

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IHS World Soda Ash Conference The focus of last year’s IHS World Soda Ash Conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal, was ‘Profiting from Change: New Industry Dynamics’. Matthew Hancock* gives an overview of the conference’s findings.

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irst to speak was Marguerite Morrin, Senior Director at IHSMarkit with a speech whose title was taken from the theme of the conference. It focused on the flat glass market in China, where one story of exponential growth is reaching its conclusion, and India, where a new story is yet to begin.

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Shift in flat glass demand According to research carried out by IHSMarkit, along with reports from the Chinese government’s 13th five-year plan, the number of households due for construction in the next 15 years ranges from 110-150 million.

Based on this information and its comparison with historic data, this will mean China will have an average flat glass demand of between 26 and 36 MMT/Y, well within the peak production level of 39MMT China reached in 2014.

The future for flat glass demand growth therefore no longer lies in China but India, where demand per capita lags so far behind that of China that an increase in capacity of 34 MMT is required before

parity between the two countries will be achieved. The presentation also touched on the change in demand in the laundry detergent sector as the shift from powder to liquid detergents means a fall in soda ash demand, a key ingredient in powder detergent manufacture.

The presentation finished with a summary of cost changes in the industry, both past and future, as well as the current trade picture, and a look to the future to consider who is best placed to fill the coming demand in India, and what effect the new Turkish capacity will have.

Soda ash demand Ciner Group’s Sinan Solaklar gave an overview of the planned expansions at its sites in Kazan and Beypazari. At Beypazari, Eti Soda, which currently has production capacity of 1.0 MMT of soda ash per year which came on stream in 2009, is set to expand its capacity to 1.5 MMT of soda ash (three lines each producing 500 KMT) as well as 200 KMT of sodium bicarbonate capacity in 2017.

The new capacity is coupled with Kazan

Soda’s new site which is expected to come on line on 2017 with 1.5 MMT of soda ash capacity with a further 1.0 MMT to be added by 2018. Much discussion was had at the conference on how this extra capacity, most of which will be for export, will effect the soda ash market globally in the coming years.

Chaoran Ding, Chairman of the China Soda Industry Association gave a comprehensive overview of the current state of the soda ash industry in China.

Mr. Ding gave a run-down of capacity in the Chinese soda ash industry explaining that there was 29 MMT of capacity online at the end of 2015 with an average operating rate of 87%, the highest rate over the past five years.

This also covered the breakdown of production by grade, with 12.1 MMT of dense soda ash, used in glassmaking, being manufactured in 2015 compared to 14.0 MMT of light soda ash. Mr Ding finally touched on export volumes from China which stood at 2.2 MMT in 2015 Continued>>

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The presentation started off with a look at how the era of rapid growth in world trade is at an end, thanks to China’s slowdown, which has dampened dry bulk freight rates to historic lows. This comes as overall fleet size is set to grow by 2 Mdwt by the end of 2016 widening the gap between supply and demand.

IHSMarkit expects that 2017 will be a transitionary year with the gap narrowing as demand begins to pick up again and supply growth slows. In the world of container shipping the story is much the same as growth in supply continues to outpace demand growth.

This, combined with the fallout from the Hanjin shipping company’s bankruptcy in 2016, has left the market rattled and has led to a number of consolidation plans between freight companies.

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Expansion and decline The second day of the conference began with a presentation from Tata Chemicals’ Shohab Rais. Continuing the story of the potential for rapid expansion in construction, glass production and hence soda ash in India, Mr. Rais summarised Tata’s growth forecast for India.

Tata believe that 40% of the global middle class will reside in India by 2050 and that $400bn of infrastructure spend will be carried out over the next three years. One of the major growth areas will be in urbanisation which will push up demand for flat glass, both in housing and offices, with 38 million sq ft of extra office space to be needed in 2017 alone.

Demand in flat glass will also come from the automotive industry with five major automobile units expected to come online by 2020.

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The presentation covered Novacap’s planned expansion of bicarbonate production in Asia. This will seize upon the 7% growth in demand from Asian markets by focusing on the manufacture of high quality grades of sodium bicarbonate.

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expected to average 11.1% and growth in other areas requiring container glass are also expected to be in double digits.

The conference next turned to Russia and the CIS region with a presentation from Bashkhim’s CEO Andrei Alabin.

Mr. Alabin covered the fall in demand from the CIS region since 2011 of 11% thanks to a slowdown in the CIS economy. On closer inspection this is a more complicated picture particularly in glass demand, as Russia, the region’s biggest market, saw a fall in container glass demand of 5% but a rise in flat glass demand on 11% from 2011 to 2015.

The future of soda ash demand growth to 2020 reflects this general slowdown with an increase of only a 0.1 MMT. This does mean however that the CIS region will become a net exporter of soda ash, making it able to fill demand from other regions.

Container glass outlook Fabrice Rivet, FEVE Technical Director, gave the conference an insight into the current and future situations of the container glass industry in Europe, where

66% of all glass manufacture comes under this category.

Highlighting container glass’ strong points such as its inertness and recyclability, Mr. Rivet explained how the container glass industry has a €21 billion contribution to the EU’s trade balance.

In terms of future growth and market trends the outlook from FEVE’s point of view was positive. Areas such as the craft beer sector, which has grown from 694 breweries in 2009 to 1414 in 2014, are keeping demand at high levels. As is the healthy food and drink sector, aimed predominantly at millennials, which uses glass as a primary packaging material.

The presentation finished by touching on future legislative trends as the EU looks to decrease waste and increase glass recycling which may have a dampening effect on the growth in new glass production.

Trends and discontinuities Consultant Andrew Swanson spoke about ‘Trends and Discontinuities’ encompassing the effects of waste in soda ash manufacture on the environment.

Particular focus was given to the

Shandong Haihua plant in Weifang which saw a failure at its storage pond, causing an overflow with the loss of 2-5 M m3 of waste liquid, covering adjacent industrial land and causing the temporary loss of 2.85 million tons or 10% of Chia’s soda ash capacity.

The speech went on to talk about the introduction of carbon taxes in the EU and China driving down CO2 emissions but that improvements are needed as pricing has appeared to have become uncoupled from the cost of CO2 abatement. The speech finished with an overview of the shifting trends in capacity, as Turkish expansion sees a move towards a greater percentage of natural soda ash in the market forcing the closures of higher cost synthetic production elsewhere. �

*Senior Analyst, Soda Ash, IHSMarkit, London, UK Matthew.Hancock@ihsmarkit.com www.ihs.com The next World Soda Ash Conference will take place September 1921, 2017 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

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Revimac goes from strength to strength Italian company Revimac belongs to the Bottero group. The company has 28 years experience supplying major glass container manufacturers around the world. Revimac provides machinery and equipment in the hot-end area. stacker only) the glassware is lifted by the steady bar and directly loaded onto the annealing lehr belt, reducing the risk of containers falling down and simultaneously avoiding the bottom scratches. The field experience shows that the average speed of the 5-axis stacker is 9 cycles/minute and it that can be increased up to 15 cycles/minute with the 3-axis stacker. The 3 and 5-axis stackers are available with a Stand Alone control that allows their installation to serve any type of IS machine independently from its control system.

The Ware transfer 700 series features a new angle transfer profile, and is suited for installation on high speed lines up to 700 bpm. The new paddle assembly is split in two different parts, which makes for a rapid changeover to suit different job requirements. The new version of ware transfer is also suitable to handle standard

bottles (beer) and small wares (cosmetic), by a quick plug & play insert of dedicated paddles without changing the upper wheel. Revimac’s cross conveyors are equipped with a tubular steel conveyor beam with a built-in water cooling system to avoid the risk of thermal dilatation/ deformation of its frame.

The new Revimac series MK4 of Hot Treatment Hoods features a robust design completely made of stainless steel for resistance against a possible attack from aggressive chemical products, easy maintenance, a full PLC control of the temperature that assures a perfect thickness of the coating with the minimum chemical consumption even in high speed lines (700bpm). �

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The RSS-100 3-axis servo stacker has been running for many years within glass sites around the world, for loading bottles at high speed. The powerful control of 3-axis along with the reliable and unique mechanical design of the machine enable to load one complete machine cycle, with peaks up to 18 cycles/minute. The RSS-950 5-axis servo stacker and RSS-930 3-axis servo stacker belong to the most recent generation of robot machines that work with a hybrid geometry ScaraCartesian on the X-Y-Z axis and A-B axis for the ‘steady bar’.

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