The City of Selkirk, Manitoba was chosen as the preferred location for the new Canadian Premium Sand solar glass manufacturing facility.

The decision follows an extensive evaluation of possible options in Canada and the United States.

Encirc has announced its plans to build a £75 million next generation national distribution centre for the UK and European drinks industry.

The fully automated ‘mega hub’ will be built within the next three years and marks a significant step for glass packaging supply chains in the UK.

While the exact location is yet to be confirmed, the hub will have around 170,000 pallet storage spaces for customers’ bottles filled at Encirc’s Cheshire plant, as well as state-of-the-art robotic case picking, with the prepared pallets able to be delivered directly to retailers across the UK and Europe.

In 2011 SORG installed the first a batch preheater at Wiegand-Glas in Steinbach, on their also newly built furnace No. 1. The preheater, with a capacity of 250tpd, was set up next to the melting tank due to the layout inside the building.

All three elements of the Batch3 concept were implemented for the first time, which included SORG’S preheater, the dust-tight EME-NEND batch charger and the IRD doghouse.

The batch charger sought to eliminate dust around the furnace, while the doghouse for glazing the batch aimed to reduce dust inside the furnace.

SORG delivered 10 years of trouble-free operation with only routine maintenance work required, before the preheater was shut down and inspected in March 2021 prior to the planned reconstruction of furnace No. 1.

A pioneer of the Indian glass industry, Mr B L Kheruka passed away on 12 December 2021.

Mr Kheruka was born in 1930 and was already the founder of Window Glass Ltd when he took the decision to acquire Borosil from Corning in 1988, overseeing the company’s transformation into a leading diversified specialist glassmaker and processor with interests spanning a growing number of sectors. In recent years, Mr B L Kheruka served as Borosil’s Executive Chairman with his son Pradeep as Vice Chairman and grandson Shreevar as Managing Director.

Rebecca Edwards, a young British designer at Hunter Luxury, is the winner of the O-I : Expressions Design Awards 2021.

She was awarded the top honour for her entry inspired by Old Norse legends.

The competition offered designers a distinct challenge: creating a high-end glass packaging design addressing a familiar issue spirits brands face: conveying enhanced sustainability and premium brand cues simultaneously.

Edwards created a drinks brand she named Ormr, Old Norse for snake, inspired by the story of the giant serpent Jörmungandr, which grows so large that it encircles the world.

Guardian Glass Europe has launched the latest product in their leading SunGuard eXtraSelective range, Guardian SunGuard SNX 70.

This is a new triple silver-coated glass that boasts outstanding solar control and light transmission approaching 70%, plus high thermal insulation.

Yet it also has a uniquely clean, natural appearance and a subtle reflective quality that achieves a strikingly uniform aesthetic across design contours and different viewing angles.

This means SunGuard SNX 70 offers architects the opportunity to introduce more natural light, the possibility of improvements in energy efficiency and comfort for inhabitants, along with a superior design aesthetic.

The Board of Directors of Verallia have recognised the wishes of Mr Michel Giannuzzi to see an evolution of his responsibilities within the Group after approximately five years as both Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Effective from May 2022 Mr Giannuzzi will remain Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr Patrice Lucas will be appointed Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Lucas will join Verallia in February 2022, as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. As Chairman, Mr Michel Giannuzzi will provide the Board and Mr Patrice Lucas with the benefit of his knowledge of strategic issues and his recognised experience in the industry, particularly in glass containers, as well as his experience in governance matters.

An independent report published by the consulting team at Reconomy Group company, Valpak for British Glass has shown that recycling glass packaging through an improved, consistent kerbside scheme already planned for 2023 is better for the environment than a deposit return scheme, saving over two million tonnes more CO₂ by 2035 (11% per annum), as well as achieving a higher collection rate of 90%.

Deceuninck, a specialist in the development and production of PVC and aluminium window and door profiles, and AGC Glass Europe have entered into a strategic partnership.

The combination of their know-how and expertise in their respective fields has resulted in new innovative solutions that enable the integration of Fineo vacuum glass into the PVC and aluminium profiles of the Elegant and Decalu series, respectively.

This offers architects, building contractors and owners with access to solutions that meet the ever stricter requirements in the field of thermal and acoustic performance and light transmission.

Although the two elements have been inextricably connected for centuries, window frames and glazing were two very distinct things until recently.