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Jeff Hartung describes a development from Applied Vision that employs colour to inspect the sealing surface of glass containers. The full version of this article appears in the March/April issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.
The Saint-Gobain Group is a global leader on habitat and construction markets, offering solutions to save energy and protect the environment. In an exclusive Glass Worldwide interview, Jérome Lionet, General Manager Glass Industry at Saint-Gobain Flat Glass and Vice Chairman of Glass for Europe discusses his passion for technical innovation and explains how new European legislation is creating further opportunities for the company to excel. The full version of this article appears in the March/April issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.
Winner of the ‘Rising Star’ award at the British Glass 2020 Glass Focus Awards, Erin Miller joined Encirc straight from university and is now Vidrala’s Batch and Furnace Manager at the groups’ Elton, Derrylin and Italian plants. She speaks exclusively to Glass Worldwide about her experience of the glass industry and why she is keen to recruit others into the sector. The full version of this article appears in the March/April issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.
When it bought UK-based Encirc in January 2015, leading Spanish glass packaging producer Vidrala acquired a business with a record of conscious sustainability. Now with a strong collective strategy across the entire group throughout Europe, Vidrala is focused on reducing environmental impact and determining the fuel of the future. Fiacre O’Donnell, Director of Sustainability (pictured) spoke exclusively to Glass Worldwide about how the firm plans to achieve its targets. The full version of this article appears in the January/February issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.
By 2050, the glass container industry aims to achieve a major revolution, starting now, in the way it produces glass that is fit for a circular and climate-neutral economy. Public and private funding will be needed, as explained in the following contribution that will appear exclusively in the forthcoming March/April issue of Glass Worldwide, preferred journal of FEVE.
Pedalling an import replacement campaign in the automotive components sector has continued to be an aim for the Russian government, despite the hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Vladislav Vorotnikov explains how these efforts are expected to expunge automotive glass imports from the Russian domestic market in the foreseeable future. The full version of this article appears in the January/February issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.
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