Allied Glass have agreed the supply of 66GWh/year of 100% renewable electricity from Drax from one of the Scottish run of river hydro-electric stations.

The Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) allows Allied to use hydro-backed Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGO) certificates to support its carbon reduction goals, linked to the generation at the Galloway hydro scheme.

The CPPA means that Allied Glass can state with authority where their energy is sourced from and will help the business to further reduce its carbon emissions – already down by more than 10% since 2015.

Being able to attribute renewable power to a named generator can support organisations in their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals.

In response to the recent, significant changes in the business environment NSG has strengthened its senior leadership to support the CEO.

Munehiro Hosonuma has been appointed Vice President and COO (Chief Operating Officer) formerly Senior Executive Officer, Head of Architectural Glass SBU. As of 1 April 2022, the Company will have two Representative Executive Officers, Shigeki Mori (President and CEO) and Mr Hosonuma.

Leopoldo Garces Castiella has also been appointed Senior Executive Officer and Head of Architectural Glass SBU having been Head of Architectural Glass South America. Hisashi Okamoto the Head of Creative Technology SBU and Head of Business Innovation Centre has also moved up to Senior Executive Officer.

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Ardagh Glass Packaging – North America (AGP – North America) is now offering two new beer bottles, a 12oz long-neck bottle and a 22oz Belgian-style bottle, on its website.

The new bottles are available for purchase on the group’s BOB site (BuyOurBottles).

The Pinnacle 2.0, a 12oz standard North American long-neck bottle is available in both bulk and 24-pack cases.

The Admiral, a 22oz Belgian-style bottle is available in both bulk and 12-pack cases. Both bottles are designed and manufactured in the US by AGP – North America out of high-quality amber glass that is endlessly recyclable.

Verescence has had its decarbonization plan to 2034 validated by Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and recognised as compatible with the scenario of limiting global warming to well below 2°C, in line with the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Paris Climate Agreement.

This roadmap covers both direct CO2 emissions related to the manufacture of bottles (Scope 1) and indirect emissions related to energy consumption (Scope 2), representing more than 60% of the Group's total emissions combined.

In concrete terms, Verescence is committed to reducing its CO2 emissions by 40% in absolute terms on Scopes 1 and 2 by 2034, compared to 2019.

AGC has developed a transparent antenna for fixed wireless access-customer premises equipment (FWA-CPE) that can be installed on indoor window glass for the improvement of indoor communication areas in the 5G millimetre wave (28GHz) band.

Work will continue to optimise performance and confirm the reliability, aiming to commercialise the antenna in 2024.

AGC has now developed a transparent antenna for FWA-CPE for 5G millimetre wave by combining its ultra-low- loss glass substrate and ALCAN Systems' liquid crystal phased array antenna.

Furnace 2 at the Wiegand-Glas Schleusingen plant is now in operation. HORN started with the heat-up of the new end fired furnace in early March.

The new container glass furnace with three forehearths produces amber glass.

Despite the current extremely uncertain supply and cost situation on the energy market, management decided to start up the second furnace in the new glass plant in Thuringia.

A sign that Wiegand-Glas is convinced that the currently very difficult situation can be overcome.

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Image: The second furnace at Wiegand-Glas Schleusingen is now producing glass.

HORN customer Bastürk Cam is building a 560 t/d end fired furnace with a melting surface of 185.4 m² in their plant in Malatya, Turkey.

The new furnace is designed with six forehearths for the production of container glass.

HORN´s scope of supply for this project includes two new HVR 600F batch chargers.

The HVR is a popular and reliable batch charger for glass plants and, as a true classic, the most successful batch charging machine on the market.

The two batch chargers were recently subjected to a test with regard to conveyor capacity.

Each batch charger must have a conveyor capacity of 700 tonnes per day, so that each machine itself can handle the entire capacity of the furnace.

The General Assembly of Glass for Europe has elected Joana Arreguy Chairwoman of the Board of Directors.

Ms Arreguy began her career in Saint-Gobain in 2011 and has since then held different managerial positions in supply chain management, technical and industrial affairs.

She is now Glass Industrial Director responsible for the industrial direction of upstream and downstream transformation and the supply of flat glass and glazing products throughout all regions.

Guardian Glass honoured the glaziers and fabricators of six commercial projects at its fifth annual Commercial Project Awards on 28 March. More than 50 recently completed projects were nominated.

“Guardian Glass is privileged to recognize these outstanding commercial projects from our glazier and fabricator partners,” said Rick Zoulek, Executive Vice President, Guardian Glass. “Glaziers and fabricators play an integral role in taking an architect’s glass vision to reality, so we are grateful for the opportunity to partner with them on these amazing projects."

“We look forward to continued collaboration in 2022. Our team is committed to delivering the product solutions that will deliver the next round of exciting new projects.”