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Mr B Santhanam, Managing Director at Saint-Gobain India Pvt Ltd, describes the origins, present-day activities and prospects for Saint-Gobain’s glass business in the dynamic Indian market. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.
Rajesh Khosla took over as President and Chief Executive Officer at AGI glaspac in May 2018, having previously worked extensively in the international steel and associated industries. Just over a year after his appointment, Mr Khosla spoke exclusively to Glass Worldwide about AGI glaspac and the business growth opportunities that exist for one of the region’s leading glass packaging manufacturers. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.
Diversifying from its extensive capabilities in glass container production, Bangkok Glass Public Co Ltd commissioned a float glass manufacturing facility in the Kabin Buri District of Prachin Buri Province in 2017. Supasin Leelarit, Managing Director of Bangkok Float Glass (BGF), explains exclusively to Glass Worldwide the reasons for recently allocating a budget of Bt4 billion-Bt5 billion for investments over the next three to five years and how float and glass processing activities are complementing the glass container business. . The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.
Based on the Bottero/Tiama partnership, the latest step forward in gob shape process automation is discussed in the following contribution. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.
René Meuleman and Lois Holman discuss the options and challenges involved in reducing the glass industry’s carbon footprint. Is hydrogen or electrical power the answer to creating a green glass industry? The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.
The 34th Hotbels glass industry seminar was held in Lexington, KY, USA on 23-24 April and featured a number of informative and well-received presentations by glass industry suppliers and glassmakers. Brian Naveken of Toledo Engineering Co Inc was selected as recipient of the 2019 Hotbels BTU Award. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.
According to Bertrand Mercier, an even more comprehensive quality inspection is now available in float glass production, including coating inspection, detection of low-contrast optical lines and improved core size accuracy. The inspection possibilities are the latest additions to a proven range, further boosting the effectiveness of fully automatic optical quality assurance, while numerous system enhancements are also available for existing systems. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.
In the first of a series of four articles, Dominique Vassaux explains the importance of mould cooling, its influence on the performance of the IS process and on container quality. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.
