As the construction phase for Myanmar’s first glass container project in a number of years nears completion, Glass Worldwide spoke exclusively to Deputy Managing Director, Ei Shwesin about the plant and its goals.

Lars Biennek discusses the opportunities and limitations of all-electric melting furnaces for glass container production, as the industry searches for CO2-free melting solutions.

Neil Simpson discusses the benefits of in-furnace thermal imagers to gain an improved level of understanding of glass furnace operation.

According to Ulas Topal, technological innovation through Industry 4.0 is essential for the glass industry to overcome ongoing technical, economic and ecological challenges. To date, more than 150 production lines in Asia have been equipped with Vertech’s SIL supervision system.