Encirc is set to reduce its carbon output in its Elton, Cheshire facility (pictured) by more than 15,600 tonnes/year by installing a new, intelligent end-to-end process control system.

The company, with bid writing support from Glass Futures, has been awarded Government funding from the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy to begin its ‘DEEP Control Project’, (‘Deployment of End-to-End Process control for Encirc’s Elton site’).

The industry-leading technology will allow the container producer to optimise its furnaces to run at minimum viable energy, delivering huge carbon reduction levels every year, while also improving productivity and product quality.

The All India Glass Manufacturers' Federation (AIGMF) is accepting entries for the fourth AIGMF Awards for outstanding achievement to the Indian glass industry.

The C K Somany Award for Innovation and Technology will recognise an individual who has made significant contributions to the glass industry in the field or fields of manufacturing, product development, environmental factors, business performance/growth, research and development and/or science and technology. Separately, the Balkrishna Gupta Award for Exports will be given to an individual/company who has contributed to the identification or growth of glass exports.

Berlin Packaging has announced the acquisition of the Larissa, Greece based Elias Valavanis S.A. All employees and locations for this acquisition will be retained.

With locations in Bulgaria, Romania, and throughout Greece, Elias Valavanis has been synonymous with glass packaging in the region and is a key supplier of bottles and jars for olive oil, wine, spirits, soft drinks and water.

Elias Valavanis has long-term relationships with its supplier partners and its 1,500+ customers, who benefit from the company's value-added services, including package structural design, decoration capabilities and the company's own glass recycling facility.

The Quantum Engineered Products Inc. production support team has installed equipment for a 12-section machine at the GCA glass container factory located in Kutahya, Turkey.

The equipment includes plunger mechanisms, process equipment and also a Total Forming Analysis (TFA) process controller

Quantum’s Tube-Within-a-Tube was installed on all 36 cavities connected to Quantum’s TFA process controller.

The successful commissioning of the first machine at GCA was achieved after trials and COVID19 challenges.

GCA, operating within the body of Gürok Group, is an organization that always prioritizes sustainability, respect for the environment and people in all production stages within the framework of quality and safety standards.

Ardagh Glass Packaging – North America has implemented Water Flow Intelligence at two of its facilities to bring new insights and analytics on water usage to its glass container production operations.

The company’s strategy to partner with Ecolab and adopt new IoT technology reflects Ardagh’s efforts to remain on the cutting edge of sustainability in the packaging industry. Its goals include reducing potable water use, recycling more water, improving efficiency, reducing operating costs and maintaining product quality.

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has made two new senior appointments - promoting Kristian Chalmers to Head of Sales, and Leo Pyrah to Marketing and VA Manager.

The pair bring with them a combined 25 years’ experience working across Pilkington UK’s Architectural Glass business and the wider NSG Group, and will help the company to deliver further value for its customers.

They will be based at the NSG Group’s European Technical Centre in Lathom, Lancashire.

Ms Chalmers takes the post after serving as Strategic Marketing Manager for Europe within the business.

The VCS vacuum control system is a new and inexpensive reject system from futronic that enables manufacturing problems occurring at individual sections during the vacuum process to be detected at an early stage.

Overpressed blow mould seams, referred to as bird swing or bird cage, caused by glass chips between the mould halves as well as leaks in the vacuum process are just two examples.

The sensors of the VCS measure the vacuum that is applied to each job and compare the value with a setpoint which is individually defined for each section.

If a discrepancy is determined, the reject unit immediately removes the faulty glass container and an alarm appears prompting the operator to identify and clear the problem.

Wiegand-Glas has partnered with biomethane producer bmp greengas to manufacture a ‘greener’ glass bottle for its customer soulproducts.

After soulproducts expressed the wish to produce its glass drinking bottles with low carbon sources, bmp greengas agreed to supply Wiegand-Glas in February 2021.

The soulbottles are now produced exclusively with green gas, which reduces CO2 emissions.

The range of climate-neutral glass bottles is part of the Eco2Bottle concept, an initiative by Wiegand-Glas for environmentally friendly packaging solutions.

What began in 2020 as a package of measures with an additional compensation offer for wine bottles has now been expanded to include bottle production for soulproducts with biomethane, among others.

From mid-2019, Tiama and Ermi have entered into a cooperation agreement bringing their complementary skills together to guarantee an adequate support to all customers with continuity and quality service.

With more than 15 years of experience, two retrofit sites in Nangis, France and Porto, Portugal, Ermi had already upgraded or renovated more than 500 machines for plants located in 14 different countries, since 2005.

The two companies coming together allowed Ermi to improve its production tools. Thanks to this, the new site of Nangis was created, an extension was made to the Porto site and new equipment were also added in both plants.