44th Asean Glass Conference - 31st October to 3rd November 2022, Dusit Thani Pattaya, Thailand

For its first-ever benefit-sharing deal Bucher Emhart Glass, provider of equipment for the glass container industry, has partnered with Thai manufacturer BG Container Glass. The enterprise will see both companies collaborate as partners to improve performance and share in the rewards.

44th Asean Glass Conference - 31st October to 3rd Novemner 2022, Dusit Thani Pattaya, Thailand

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.

Indonesia has by far the largest economy in South East Asia. In recent years steady progress has been made in terms of addition of new capacity and total output in both major sub-segments of the glass industry. Sunder Singh presents an overview of the latest developments in the country’s production of flat and container glass.

During a recent online plenary session, the ASEAN Federation of Glass Manufacturers (AFGM) announced that Harris Hendraka of the Indonesian Glass Manufacturers Association (IGMA) has been elected as Chairman for the next two years, succeeding Trans Quoc Thai from the Vietnam Glass Association (Vieglass). Glass Worldwide, exclusive official AFGM journal, reports on the handover.