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With Glass Worldwide as its official journal, the 44th ASEAN Glass Conference will take place on 31 October – 3 November in Pattaya, Thailand. Somporn Temudomsomboon, Chairman of the Organising Committee, a member of hosting body GMFTI, and CEO of Kabinburi Glass Co., Ltd. (a Bangkok Glass business), outlines plans for the event and prevailing conditions in Thailand’s hollow and flat glass markets. The full version of this article appears in the July/August 2022 issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.
In an exclusive interview Graziano Marcovecchio, President of flat glass manufacturer Pilkington Italia S.p.A. and President of Assovetro, Italy’s national association of glass industrialists – for which Glass Worldwide is the preferred journal, discusses his 34-year career in glass and shares his insight into some of the challenges and objectives driving progress for NSG Pilkington and glassmakers across Italy. The full version of this article appears in the July/August 2022 issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.
Dave Fontes reviews the benefits and applications of a proprietary gas mixing system from Selas and discusses its potential for use in container and other forehearth applications. He also addresses systems that ensure reliable feedback and control, as well as recommended components for combustion safety. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue *.
Eurotherm Ltd is partnering with CelSian Glass & Solar BV to make model-based predictive control solutions widely accessible to the world’s glassmakers, as the following contribution explains.
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.
