Ivalua, a global leader in spend management, has been selected by O-I Glass Inc to streamline its Global Direct and Indirect Source-to-Pay (S2P) Processes.

O-I Glass chose Ivalua after assessing technology and process gaps related to strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, category management, vendor quality, sustainability, and compliance. Additionally, O-I Glass intends to provide an optimised buying process with catalogues, guided buying, and an Amazon-like user experience.

The Glass Packaging Institute is developing a leasing model to help more materials recycling facilities (MRFs) finance glass cleanup systems. The initiative, which may be rolled out by the autumn, is part of GPI’s work to support MRFs in implementing best practices to recover clean, recyclable glass for bottle manufacturing. It comes after the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) unveiled its own lease-to-own financing model in June to help MRFs install aluminium can sorting equipment.

“It’s really kind of a lease payback system where you do consider the value of the commodity – the increased value of the commodity that’s coming out – and for a couple of years you use that differential to help repay the investment,” said Scott DeFife GPI President.

When the 2023 FISU World University Games begin in Lake Placid on 12 January 2023, the hard work of Alfred University glass engineering faculty and students will be evidenced every time a medallist climbs the award podium.

ZIPPE Industrieanlagen has been contracted to supply the entire technology in the field of batch and cullet for three Sisecam projects.

The new projects include one container glass plant and two flat glass facilities, and the plants will be established in Turkey and Hungary. Completion for the projects will be mid-March 2023.

For an exclusive Glass Worldwide interview with Şişecam Chairman and Executive Member of the Board, Professor Dr Ahmet Kırman, about the construction of the company’s first glass packaging facility in Europe, visit https://www.glassworldwide.co.uk/Articles/exclusive-sisecam-interview-0

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Guardian Glass is set to showcase a clear customer service focus at glasstec 2022 (Hall 10, stand A38). The world’s leading event for the glass industry opens its doors in Düsseldorf, Germany, 20-23 September.

A new Resource Hub offers both customers and the wider glass community a wealth of technical information. It will also feature a new Customer Service Portal to streamline communications and processes – allowing customers to easily check product availability, place an order and track deliveries via the portal – 24 hours a day. Along with the ability to contact Guardian at any time with requests and queries.

The official Facebook page for the Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly reports on his meeting with Counsellor Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones, to follow up on a number of projects that are being implemented, and the Authority's efforts to promote promising investment opportunities in the country.

Counsellor Abdel-Wahab had met with Mr Jose Octavio, Ambassador of the State of Mexico in Cairo, in the presence of Mr Adrián Sada, CEO of Vitro, a prominent global glass manufacturer and the largest producer in North America, pointing out that the meeting dealt with discussion new investments by the Mexican company in Egypt.

Gerresheimer has announced investments to rapidly expand its manufacturing, supply and logistics capability for glass vials in the US. The project will be supported by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with contracting support from the Department of Defense (DOD). BARDA has agreed to provide up to approximately $66 million for this project.

As part of the celebrations for the International Year of Glass (IYOG2022), the All India Glass, Manufacturers Federation (AIGMF) organised its annual contest for Youth: First Poem/Essay Writing Contest on ‘Green as Glass’ to coincide with the International Youth Day.

Online entries were invited from the age group between 7-24 and over 2000 entries were received from educational institutes and youth across India.

Former AIGMF Presidents, Mr Sanjay Somany and Mr S C Bansal were the jury members who judged the top three entries received from all over India. The winning entries are as follows:

First Prize (Rs. 25,000) was given to Akshita Tejwani, 14, Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls School, Jaipur.

As part of the Vidrala Logistics strategy, the company is working on a transversal plan that will include different emission reduction measures. The strategy will boost the growth of the transport fleet by 40% over the next three years, incorporating LNG trucks during 2022.
In addition, the plan will rely on synergies to achieve circular management material returns, enabling a 4% annual reduction in fuel consumption over the next three years.

Vidrala is aiming to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 47%, and its Scope 3 emissions by 28% by 2030, helping prevent the worst effects of climate change and future proofing the company.

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