June 2011

This issue of Glass International brings you the latest developments in electric melting and boosting, as well as contributions from both the flat glass processing and mould equipment sectors. Reviews of the recent Glassman Europe and Mir Stekla exhibitions are provided; the latter reported by our Russian representative, Alex Gurov.

A special feature entitled 'History of Glass' comprises an extract from a newly published book on English glassmaking between 1650 and 1775; an age when the manufacturing process and composition of glass were somewhat different to today.

Meanwhile, GMIC Executive Director Robert Weisenburger Lipetz contributes his second column, which discusses the successful GMIC-sponsored symposium on how to improve glass recycling in the USA and its implications.