According to Bernd Schaetzler, to make climate protection tangible, to increase energy efficiency in production, reduce the use of resources, improve the CO2 emissions balance and significantly reduce costs, the waste heat recovery system from Grenzebach and CNUD EFCO GFT is a mature and highly efficient technology. The full version of this article appears in the November/December issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

The handling of customer complaints, recalls, resorting and claims is more than a headache for many glass container producers. Above all, when these things occur, time and money spending is high says Paul Schreuders, whose company XPAR Vision has created a specialist image storage capability as an add on to its InfraRed Dual camera system (IR-D) for the inspection of all glass containers produced and monitoring the glass forming process. The full version of this article appears in the November/December issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

The latest advances of hot gas filtration technology are addressed in the following contribution by Manfred Salinger. The full version of this article appears in the November/December issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

Researchers from UK-based Glass Technology Services are leading key research areas to develop innovations to significantly reduce carbon emissions generated during glass manufacture. Victoria Adams discusses the project and its goals. The full version of this article appears in the November/December issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

Having moved into its new 12,000m² production facility (pictured) in Löhne, Germany at the beginning of this year, Koenig & Bauer Kammann GmbH is currently presenting its latest developments and machines to a wider audience. Originally, of course, these announcements were scheduled to take place during the glasstec 2020 exhibition in October, an event that has been postponed until next June.

Over the past 60 years, the General Assembly of the United Nations has acknowledged important fields of international endeavour and their contributions to society by declaring United Nations International Years. The International Commission on Glass, along with the Community of Glass Associations and the Glass Art Society are promoting a United Nations International Year of Glass for 2022. It will underline the technological, scientific and economic importance of glass… that transparent and enabling material underpinning many technologies and can facilitate the development of more just and sustainable societies to meet the challenges of globalisation. Alicia Durán explains.

Andreas Kohl, Global Senior Vice President Operations, Technics and Quality Moulded Glass, discusses some of the key priorities for the international Gerresheimer Group in terms of satisfying increasingly more stringent customer requirements and the organisation’s growing success in reducing its carbon footprint. The full version of this article appears in the September/October issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

Having overseen impressive progress at the world’s largest automotive glass facility since its commission in Ohio in 2016, Jeff Daochuan Liu’s responsibilities with Fuyao Glass recently expanded to managing all North America activities, including the company’s float glass facility in Illinois and operations in Mexico. He spoke exclusively to Glass Worldwide about the restructuring, as well as the impact to the business following the Covid-19 pandemic. The full version of this article appears in the September/October issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.

The glass container manufacturing industry is seizing an opportunity to recapture packaging market share in North American markets, with a focus on key policy and market initiatives. A re-energised Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) has expanded its membership base and continues to explore new programmes to mobilise the industry around growing markets for glass packaging. Scott DeFife reports. The full version of this article appears in the September/October issue that has been mailed globally and is also now available free of charge in the digital archive*.