Using an integrated automation concept based on Siemens’ PCS 7 process control system, container glass manufacturer Wiegand-Glas reaps the benefits of production and energy efficiency that extends from the raw materials and hot end to auxiliary installations. Tobias Wachtmann explores the potential of plant-wide control system standardisation. The full version of this article appears in the July/August issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.* René Meuleman urges glassmakers to consider new ways to prepare for the decarbonisation of the glass industry, including using simulation software to optimise glass melting processes. The full version of this article appears in the July/August issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

With misinformation clouding the public discourse about glass and leading to needless landfilling, GPI’s Scott DeFife (pictured) stresses the need for America to support and promote responsible recycling practices to obtain cleaner streams of glass for remanufacture. The full version of this article appears in the July/August issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

Manufacturer of cold end equipment for the glass industry MSK offers solutions for conveying, palletising and packaging right through to fully automatic complete systems. Uwe Jonkmanns explains why Swiss glass packaging manufacturer Vetropack chose MSK to supply industrial packaging lines and logistics systems at its Croatian plant. The full version of this article appears in the July/August issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

In response to the global Covid-19 pandemic Turkish glass giant Şişecam focused its R&D efforts on glassware with permanent antimicrobial properties. Dr Reha Akçakaya shares the process behind the resultant V-Block coating and explores its virus-repelling capabilities. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

Glaston’s search for a new President and CEO to lead the diversified flat glass processing machinery specialist ended when Anders Dahlblom took office at the company’s headquarters in Helsinki, Finland at the start of this year. Glass Worldwide caught up with him in March to discuss the flat glass business and its prospects as the industry responds to challenges posed by the pandemic. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

Part of one of largest global glass manufacturers, Verescence North America focuses on the US beauty market, producing glass bottles for leading brands and retailers of fragrance, skin care and make-up products from its two facilities in Georgia, USA. In an exclusive contribution for Glass Worldwide, Richard McDonough reports on the rarefied business of working with major beauty players. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

President of The Society of Glass Technology Stuart Hakes explains the format of this year’s web-based Furnace Solutions and offers a taster of the content that will feature across two Zoom webinars to be held on 9 and 10 June. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, GlassTrend is a consortium of worldwide operating industries and institutes working in the field of glass and glass production. Having taken over as Chairman in January 2021, Oscar Verheijen spoke to Glass Worldwide, preferred journal of GlassTrend, about the organisation’s aims to co-ordinate research and development activities to improve the competitive strength of glass industries, its suppliers and customers. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.