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Following a €25 million upgrade in 2015, the O-I glass container plant in Järvakandi, Estonia has specialised in the production of bottles for premium spirits brands. Kaido Turro, Plant Manager, discussed the plant’s current performance and priorities with John Wallis. The full version of this article appears in the September/October issue *.
As Senior Research Manager at Johns Manville, Aaron Huber is responsible for designing glass furnaces and developing innovative technologies associated with the glass fibre manufacturing process. Dr Huber spoke exclusively to Glass Worldwide about his career history and present-day responsibilities, as well as his role as a GMIC board member and Chairman of the ICG’s TC21 technical committee. The full version of this article appears in the September/October issue *.
International glass container producer Verallia recently strengthened its environmental strategy and partnered with PUR Projet in a carbon offset programme to plant more than 500,000 trees in Latin America. The following report identifies the key aspects of this programme and how it fits within Verallia’s broader corporate social responsibility strategy. The full version of this article appears in the September/October 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 *.
