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BA Glass has emerged as one of Europe’s leading glass packaging producers for food and beverages in recent years, with 12 plants in seven different countries. Sandra Santos, Chief Executive Officer, spoke exclusively to Glass Worldwide about the group’s multi-national activities and some of its achievements. The full version of this article appears in the November/December issue *.
In 2018, a high performance laminated glass production line was commissioned alongside the Guardian Glass float plant in Hungary. Plant Manager Sandor Kis discusses this and other projects undertaken at the Oroshaza site. The full version of this article appears in the November/December issue *.
While visiting the O-I glass plant in Estonia recently, John Wallis met Michael Prechtl, Country Group Executive for North/Central Europe to discuss recent trends and priorities for Europe’s leading glass container manufacturer. The full version of this article appears in the November/December 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 *.
