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Ardagh Glass Packaging and Belvoir Farm collaborate on glass bottle for new range
Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe (AGP-Europe) has collaborated with B&B Studio and Belvoir Farm to create a new glass bottle design for Belvoir Farm’s new range of sophisticated, non-alcoholic Botanical Sodas. The bottle is already a finalist in two packaging industry awards.
The new design is a fully recyclable 500ml flint glass bottle that contains 45% recycled glass and has a weight of just 380g. Its tall, slender profile features a short neck that curves into the tall, slender bottle profile, creating a retro shape with shelf stand-out.
Berlin Packaging Expands in Eastern Europe with the Acquisition of EPS
Berlin Packaging has acquired European Packaging Solutions (EPS), a family-owned Albanian distributor of glass packaging solutions.
Founded in 2005 in Tirana, EPS expanded its operations to Bulgaria in 2013. With offices and warehouses in both countries, the company has an impressive range of standard and bespoke glass packaging solutions and has created 30 private moulds for the exclusive use of its customers.
“With the acquisition of EPS, we extend our operations to new countries in Europe. This first-rate glass packaging supplier in the food and beverage industries will bring additional expertise to our company,” said Paolo Recrosio, CEO of Berlin Packaging EMEA.
Industrial Packaging Group and Treffpack announce the creation of Packaging Alliance Europe
The shareholders of Treffpack Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH and of Industrial Packaging Group SA have signed an agreement to combine their shareholdings into a new holding called Packaging Alliance Europe SA.
Over the past five years, Gaasch Packaging and Treffpack have gradually increased their cooperation. Through a common growth strategy and joint investments, the companies laid down the fundamentals for the next logical step which was recently formalised: A merger of equals in a Holding company called Packaging Alliance Europe. All operational companies will preserve their identity and day-to-day organisation, while benefiting from alliance-wide expertise and guidance.
O-I Glass Takes Leadership in Building Recycling Ecosystems for Glass Packaging
The 2022 O-I Glass Sustainability Report details the sustainable advancement in transforming process, products and interconnected relationships with key stakeholders.
“As we strive to be the most innovative, sustainable, and chosen supplier of brand-building packaging solutions, we are building a strong, resilient organization designed for the future,” said Andres Lopes, CEO of O-I Glass. “In this International Year of Glass it is well known that glass solves for a broad spectrum of sustainability balance issues, like waste, toxicity, recyclability and human wellness. And through our holistic approach to sustainability O-I is solving for consumer and customer demand for more sustainable production and processes.”
All-electric movement at Vidrala Castellar del Vallés
Within the framework of sustainability projects and aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative approved to prevent heating above 1.5°C, Vidrala at its plant in Castellar del Vallés, Barcelona, has just contracted Linde Material Handling to replace the thermal trucks that currently operate in the finished product warehouse with electric trucks with the highest energy efficiency standards.
Castellar will have a 100% electric park in the first quarter of 2023, reducing CO2 emissions by 300 tons.
This is in addition to the Vidrala plant in Marinha Grande, Portugal, by the end of 2022 this site will have a 100% electric truck park, both in the plant and in the finished product warehouse located a few kilometres away.
ASEAN Glass Conference technical session announced
The ASEAN Federation of Glass Manufacturers (AFGM) has revealed the technical session programme for the 44th ASEAN Glass Conference that will take place on 30 October–3 November in Pattaya, Thailand. Registration is open until 7 October (https://www.aseanglasscon2022.com/registration/).
The conference will be hosted by the Glass Manufacturers Industry Club, The Federation of Thai Industries (GMFTI) with Glass Worldwide as exclusive official journal and technical presentations under the event’s ‘Glass: Sustainable World Solutions’ theme will include:
AGC Glass Europe announces new float glass range with reduced carbon footprint
Under AGC Glass Europe’s Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality, the Group has announced that by the end of 2022 it will produce a float glass range featuring a significantly reduced carbon footprint of less than 7kg of CO2 per m2 for 4 mm thick clear float glass. This reduces the carbon emissions by more than 40%.
AGC is taking a holistic approach to sustainably producing low-carbon glass using: sustainable sourcing of raw materials; highly efficient melting furnaces; increased cullet (recycled glass); green energy sources; optimised transport between Group sites for finishing processes; and optimised transport for finished products.
Glaston wins deal for five new-generation solar lines
Glaston Group has signed a contract for five flat tempering lines for solar panel tempering with Chinese Kibing Glass. The order, valued at close to €5 million, is the first win for Glaston’s new tailor-made concept for the solar industry.
Kibing Glass is an innovative high-technology company, specializing in float glass, energy-saving building glass, low-iron ultra-white glass, photovoltaic glass, and pharmaceutical glass. The company is investing heavily to expand its photovoltaic glass production base in China and Malaysia and the number of photovoltaic glass projects has been accelerating.