The Air Products Foundation has donated $15,000 to The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) and The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC), both located in Columbus, Ohio, to foster innovation by the next generation of ceramic and glass professionals.

The 83rd Conference on Glass Problems (GPC), which was presented by the GMIC, took place October 31–November 3, 2022 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Allied Glass has been sold to Verallia Group, the third largest producer of glass packaging for beverages and food products globally, for a total enterprise value of £315 million.

An affiliate of private investment firm Sun European acquired Allied in December 2019, this then led to a programme of value creation through product innovation, increasing recycled content in glass production and a bolstering of the ESG profile. Allied also introduced activity-based, product level costing platforms to enhance commercial and operational decision making and cost savings. Furthermore, a capex programme for a new facility increased capacity and manufacturing efficiency. Each of these initiatives expanded the company’s market share and profitability.

Ardagh Glass Packaging – Africa has announced a further extension of its Nigel production facility in Gauteng, South Africa. The investment in a third furnace (N3) follows the recently commissioned Nigel 2 expansion and further increases the facility’s capacity to provide sustainable glass packaging to support current and projected demand growth over the next few years.

N3 will be a replica of the N2 expansion completed earlier this year, and will similarly incorporate a new furnace and additional production lines. It will also provide significant energy, water efficiency and environmental benefits, representing another important step in AGP – Africa’s journey to decarbonise the glass production process and reduce emissions.

Şişecam’s consolidated net sales totalled TRY 66.2 billion and international sales accounted for 63% in the first nine months of 2022. The company produced 4.3 million tons of glass, 3.6 million tons of soda ash and 3.4 million tons of industrial raw materials in the same period. Thanks to its journey of change and transformation, financial targets were achieved despite an atmosphere macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties on a global scale.

Gerresheimer and Stevanato Group have launched a new and innovative ready-to-use (RTU) vial platform, EZ-fill Smart. A solution designed to improve drug packaging quality, reduce total cost of ownership (TCO), and shorten lead times for customers. The new platform is an evolution of Stevanato’s EZ-fill, and it creates significant enhancements to customer product offerings amid growing demand for RTU vials.

Encirc are a great example of companies taking a positive approach to reducing their climate impact, on a local and national level and set a precedent on how other manufacturers can operate. Their work includes creating a green corridor with local businesses, as well as incorporating agricultural education and other biodiversity activities into local schools and colleges.

Nippon Electric Glass has developed jewellery glass, branded infiora, which has a brilliance and transparency comparable to diamonds. The company has established a service of renting tiaras made of infiora at the shops of a major dress company that operates wedding businesses across Japan.

The infiora glass has the world’s highest refractive index among colourless transparent glasses. In addition, due to its large light-dispersion characteristics, it emits a strong and beautiful seven-colour sparkle when a brilliant cut is applied to it. NEG’s advanced glass material design technology and its innovative glass melting technology have realised these advantages that enabled the creation of this unprecedented type of jewellery glass.

The everyday glass milk bottle has been voted by leading experts as the most iconic glass packaging in the UK. The single pint reusable glass milk bottle won out thanks to its instantly recognisable shape, perfectly suited design and enduring sustainable, made-to-be-reused credentials.

As part of the UN International Year of Glass 2022 celebrations, experts from the worlds of packaging, retail, manufacturing and plastic-free living were brought together to choose the UK’s top ten glass bottles and jars.

SCHOTT Pharma hosted an event to mark the construction start of the new production hub for prefillable glass syringes in Lukácsháza, Hungary. The company plans to invest a double-digit million Euro amount and create 120 new jobs at the site where work is scheduled for completion in 2024.

“With this move, we are staying one step ahead in providing high-value solutions to store biologics, vaccines and the latest generation of mRNA-based medications,” said Andreas Reisse, CEO at SCHOTT Pharma. The company’s investment is supported by funding from the local government.