The Alto Pont-Rouge office building is the fourth and final part of Geneva’s Esplanade de Pont-Rouge business district. Along with the building’s location overlooking the Lancy-Pont-Rouge station, necessitated special requirements for the facade glazing. The solution was devised by Saint-Gobain glass specialists, who opted for a unique combination of dynamic SageGlass electrochromic glass and Vetrotech’s CONTRAFLAM fire protection glass.

Şişecam is celebrating its 88th anniversary. Inspired by the visionary leadership of it’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the company leads its industries with innovation and unity striving to excel and make a positive impact every day.

Starting with a single facility in Turkey and 400 employees in 1935. Today, Şişecam is a global pioneer that operates production facilities in 14 countries with a sales network of 150 countries and more than 25,000 employees. Currently, the company ranks among the world’s top two manufacturers of glassware and the top five producers of glass packaging and flat glass. It is one of the two largest soda producers in the world and the world leader in chromium chemicals.

Vidrala has presented the lightest Bordeaux wine bottle on the market at 300mm high, weighing 360 grams. This bottle represents a significant milestone in innovation and sustainability for the wine industry. The BD NOVA LITE stands out for being unique in the market, offering a weight reduction of almost 8% compared to the predecessor bottles in the same height range. The innovation lies not only in its design, but also in the industrial ability to maintain product quality and availability, which will entail significant savings for Vidrala 's customers.

PNE has finalised a long-term power supply contract with Gerresheimer. The clean power for the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is generated by the PNE wind farm in Germany. The primary packaging manufacturer is securing around 35GWh of clean power per year from 2024 at attractive conditions. This will save the environment 18,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.

A buyer has emerged for the insolvent manufacturer of the well-known Weck glasses. The Aurelius Group from Munich is taking over the traditional company according to an announcement by the insolvency administrator Thilo Braun. According to the administrator, the two locations and a large proportion of the jobs will be retained.

Weck filed for bankruptcy in mid-June. The reasons given at the time included decreased demand and high energy prices as a result of Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine.

An Aurelius spokesman confirmed the purchase price was in the double-digit million range. It wants to merge the two companies and is seeking voluntary redundancies from the administration offices.

Glaston has received an order from Finn Lamex Safety Glass, an original equipment manufacturer specializing in windscreens for buses and coaches. The order for the ScreenMax bending furnace will be delivered in Q3/2024.

In the automotive industry, the demand for special glass and demanding sized and challenging shaped glass has increased. To match increased capacity needs, and to add the latest glass bending technology into their production capabilities, Finn Lamex decided to extend their existing ScreenMax fleet with a new bending furnace.

SGD Pharma has expanded its cosmetics and beauty offering with the introduction of NOVA, a new lightweight glass bottle. This innovative primary packaging solution combines the exceptional functional and aesthetic performance of glass with a reduced carbon footprint linked to weight optimization.

The European Container Glass industry has welcomed the outcomes of the European Parliament Plenary session vote on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) designed to make the packaging sector a key contributor to the EU Circular Economy.

Industry applauds EP recognition of the key role of packaging design to convey product identity, brand recognition and value of high-quality EU products. FEVE now calls on the Council of the EU also to ensure adequate protection of all Intellectual Property rights and therefore of distinctive and iconic products that rely on them.

Dr. Lee Yin Yee, Founder of the Xinyi Group, has received the 2023 Industrialist of the Year Award from the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FKI”), recognising his outstanding contribution to the industrial sector and society. The Industrialist of the Year Award and the Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong are known locally as “The Oscars.”

Dr. Lee said, “It is a great honour for me to receive the 2023 Industrialist of the Year Award from FHKI. This recognition is not for me alone, but also for the long-term contribution of Xinyi to the industry. It also stands for the endorsement and encouragement for us from the entire industrial sector.”