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In April 2018, the Bastürk Group started up a greenfield glass container manufacturing operation in eastern Turkey. Thirteen months later, Muhammed Yalcınkaya, General Manager explains how the fledgling Bastürk Cam operation has performed since production began at Malatya, as well as the company’s second phase expansion plans. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue *.
Sisecam Group Vice President and CEO, Professor Ahmet Kirman discusses the diversified glassmaking group’s current performance and his strategies for delivering further positive results in the future. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue *.
The SGD Pharma Zhanjiang plant in China produces 1.2 million type II and III flint moulded glass vials every day for both pharma and beauty markets. Last year, the company invested €7 million to improve production automation, including a furnace rebuild, to make the plant a production centre of excellence, as Frédéric Barbier, General Manager for SGD Pharma Asia Pacific explained in an exclusive interview with Glass Worldwide. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue *.
A supplier of complete lines for coating technology including upstream and downstream processes, Grenzebach continues to improve equipment efficiency. According to Dr Jens Ellrich, the company’s IIoT platform opens doors to coating line efficiency.
Since 1990, CelSian Glass & Solar (formerly the TNO Glass Group) and Nationaal Comité Nederlandse Glasindustrie (NCNG) have staged the International Glass Technology Course. Here, Oscar Verheijen discusses the ever-growing importance of training and CelSian’s increased focus on providing a broader range of options.
Many applications exist for water-cooled equipment in glass melting furnaces, as described here by Volker Müller.
Douglas Gray highlights the innovative role of industrial screen printing in the automotive industry, specifically the role of UV ink systems and the opportunities to remove risk from investment decisions.
Robin McMillan and Bob Nersesian discuss the background to Sun Chemical’s introduction of a UV BPA-free screen ink series that reinforces the environmental and health benefits of glass packaging.
