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Luxury Yoghurt Now Sold in Beatson Clark Glass Jars

Luxury Yoghurt Now Sold in Beatson Clark Glass Jars

Langage Farm near Plymouth has been taking Beatson Clark’s 125g glass jars with a recyclable plastic lid for its layered yoghurts since 2017. Now the company has decided to embrace glass packaging by switching to a 350g Beatson Clark glass jar with a metal screw lid for its stirred yoghurt products.

Langage Farm is home to a herd of 250 pedigree Jersey and Guernsey cows and uses the freshest and best ingredients to make its ice cream, clotted cream, yoghurts and sorbets.

Published: 
02/02/2023

Glass Futures Welcomes Its First Ever Apprentices

Glass Futures Welcomes Its First Ever Apprentices

Three students will be among those at the heart of the new £54million glass melting facility in St Helens after being enlisted as Glass Futures’ first ever apprentices.

The main building work has been completed for the 165,000ft2 Global Centre of Excellence for Glass which will spearhead research into decarbonising glass and other industries and be home to a 30tpd experimental furnace.

Glass Futures has now formally added three apprentices from Waterside Training to its workforce with the new recruits to spend four days a week on site from July 2023 and the remaining day at college.

Published: 
02/02/2023

Positive Bulk Test for Canadian Premium Sand

Positive Bulk Test for Canadian Premium Sand

Canadian Premium Sand undertook a comprehensive, large scale test conducted by Hazen Research that simulated the industrial scale processes required to produce solar glass specification sand as the primary feedstock for the Company’s patterned solar glass manufacturing facility being developed in Selkirk, Manitoba.

The testing verified that the requirement for simple mechanical treatment processes including only basic attrition scrubbing and gravity and magnetic separation. It confirmed a low-cost and environmentally responsible process methodology can be employed to produce solar glass grade silica sand without the use of iron reducing chemicals. This finalizes the pre-construction engineering and design of the Company’s sand processing facility.

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02/02/2023

Munehiro Hosonuma Appointed NSG President and CEOO

Munehiro Hosonuma Appointed NSG President and CEOO

Shigeki Mori will be stepping down from his position as President and CEO of NSG with effect from 1 April 2023 with Munehiro Hosonuma appointed as his replacement.

Since the Company’s operating profit has been improving with the implementation of initiatives under the medium term management plan “Revival Plan24 (RP24)” and financial risks have been reducing with the impairment of the goodwill related to Automotive business in Europe arising on the acquisition of Pilkington, management is handed over to the next generation for renewal.

Mr Mori will take on the role as Chairperson of the Company

Published: 
02/02/2023

O-I ULTRA Lightweighting

O-I ULTRA Lightweighting

The O-I Glass video (https://youtu.be/jajQKkzcD_I) opening the lid on the developing MAGMA technologies also mentioned a new initiative for lightweighting. ULTRA offers up to 30% savings on the weight of a typical container made in an O-I “heritage” glass manufacturing site.

Research and development trials are taking place in Colombia. ULTRA will improve efficiencies, reduce carbon footprint while maintaining the properties of the containers manufactured.

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https://youtu.be/jajQKkzcD_I

Published: 
02/02/2023

Half Year 2022 glass packaging production at highest levels

Half Year 2022 glass packaging production at highest levels

According to data gathered by FEVE – the European Container Glass Federation – in the first half of 2022, production and total sales reached new record levels confirming the pace already registered for the Year 2021. Production increased by 3% in both tonnes and units between the first half of 2021 and that of 2022. In fact, in the same period, total sales reached a growth of 8.0% in tonnes and 8.5% in units compared to the first half of 2021.

Published: 
31/01/2023

O-I Provides Inside Look at Transformational Magma Glass Technology

O-I Provides Inside Look at Transformational Magma Glass Technology

O-I Glass has released a video (https://youtu.be/jajQKkzcD_I) offering a first look at existing MAGMA operations as the company prepares for its first, purpose-built factory in Bowling Green, KY featuring the third generation of the process. The video combines live footage of MAGMA lines with insight as to the transformational nature of the new technology.

Published: 
27/01/2023

AGC Develops Digital Twin Technology for Glass Melting

AGC Develops Digital Twin Technology for Glass Melting

AGC has developed the CADTANK Online Computation and Optimization Assistant (COCOA) as a digital twin technology for the glass melting process that integrates an online simulator with a digital prototyping tool. Full-scale operational verification at AGC’s float furnaces is scheduled to begin in February 2023. This technology enables rapid and detailed understanding of the glass melting process and preliminary study of production conditions, which have been difficult to achieve in the past.

Published: 
26/01/2023

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