India’s AGI glaspac has confirmed plans to build a specialty glass container plant in Telangana, plans that are expected to provide topline revenue growth of 15-18% by 2022/2023.

The company has raised an investment of INR 220 crores to manufacture special glass for such premium sectors as cosmetics, perfumery, personal care, carbonated water and high end spirits.

These products require additional (printing) decoration, design and detailing work, with AGI glaspac aiming to attract further investment to complete the work. The glassmaker will evaluate the engagement of Indian start-ups that can meet international standards of printing and decoration.

Glaston has launched a revised brand to communicate the realigned company’s combined strengths.

By strengthening its commitment to be an innovative technology leader and enable customers to realise their ambitions in flat glass, Glaston is looking to deliver on its promise of enabling to build a better tomorrow through safer, smarter and more energy-efficient glass solutions.

FEVE has extended an invitation to interested parties to join the online unveiling of a Glass Hallmark for People and Planet on 24 November (15:00-16:00 CET).

It will be explained how the glass industry has been working to bring a new glass hallmark to life, as a strong symbol to remind consumers what they love about glass and how easy it is to recycle it. Co-developed with designers, consumers and brands and founded on consumer research showing strong support for the health and environmental credentials of glass packaging, the glass hallmark will stand as a visual commitment to sustainability.

Across two events, more than 120 delegates joined British Glass to support the development of its net zero strategy.

During the first online event, speakers - Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Baroness Brown of Cambridge and Paro Konar, Director of Industrial Energy from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy – shared presentations on the challenges industry faces to achieve the UK government’s net zero target announced as part of the climate change act in 2019.

The second event focused more closely on the work being undertaken by the glass industry to achieve the targets, with presentations from Antonia Mattos, Principal Consultant at Element Energy, Rob Ireson of Glass Futures and David Cast, Climate Change Director at NSG.

Verescence has received the Platinum medal from EcoVadis, the highest level of recognition that distinguishes the top 1% of the world’s most advanced companies in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility.

Already a gold medallist for two consecutive years, Verescence has been awarded Platinum, a new medal category created in 2020. This is the highest recognition that distinguishes companies with an overall score greater to 73/100.

Rating agency EcoVadis specialises in Corporate Social Responsibility and assesses more than 50,000 companies on the basis of 21 criteria around four themes: Environment, labour and human rights, business ethics and sustainable procurement.

The GlassTrend autumn seminar on 18 November will focus on how decarbonisation technologies can help the glass industry to progress towards a more sustainable manufacturing process.

The reduction of both energy consumption and CO2 footprint, while increasing production efficiency, are key challenges for the industry.

Glassmakers, suppliers and independent researchers from all horizons are invited to share insights to their latest innovations and to illustrate the positive impact of decarbonisation technologies on glass production.

Presentations include: CO2 emissions in the glass industry (Oscar Verheijen, CelSian); NSG decarbonisation strategies and hydrogen firing (John Marsh, NSG/Pilkington); Your technical options are crystallising.

EME has delivered and started up a  900 scraper with single fork link chain for BA Glass at its production site in Plovdiv Bulgaria.

The main advantage of the single fork link chain is uniform stretching and an operation life that can be doubled by reversing the chain.

In addition there are no bolts, nuts etc used to attach the scraper plates, thus eliminating the risk of metal contamination in the cullet stream.

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Flooding rooms with natural light is the most sought after feature in what UK residents want in the ‘perfect home’, pointing towards an opportunity for the glass and glazing sector to support home improvement projects, according to research from Pilkington United Kingdom, part of the NSG Group.

In the manufacturer’s poll of more than 2000 UK adults, two thirds (66%) of respondents agreed that lots of natural light was key to meeting their vision of the ‘perfect home’.

Meanwhile, three in five (60%) wanted a spacious garden, with half wanting spare bedrooms (53%) and lots of open space (48%) in their dream property.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has confirmed a £15 million capital grant under the Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge to bring globally leading capacity to the Glass Futures’ Centre of Excellence in St Helens, UK.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is investing £15 million in an experimental glass furnace facility run by Glass Futures Ltd. The plant will be located in St Helens on the site of a former United Glass facility.

This funding represents the largest single item from UKRI’s Transforming Foundation Industry (TFI) Wave 3 Challenge budget of £66 million across four years.