Bacardi and Hrastnik1860 cut carbon footprint of glass production in hydrogen trial

Bacardi and Hrastnik1860 cut carbon footprint of glass production in hydrogen trial

8th December, 2023

Spirits company Bacardi has completed production of a glass spirits bottle fuelled by hydrogen in a trial at glassmaker Hrastnik1860’s Slovenia facility.

US glass recycler files for bankruptcy

US glass recycler files for bankruptcy

7th December, 2023

Strategic Materials (SMI) has filed for bankruptcy, which will see the company restructure to reduce its total debt by over $300 million.

Ciner Glass Chair meets King Charles at Global Investment Summit

Ciner Glass Chair meets King Charles at Global Investment Summit

7th December, 2023

Didem Ciner, Chair of Ciner Glass and We Soda, met with His Majesty King Charles at the Global Investment Summit last month.

Latest issue: November 2023

November 2023

Welcome to the November 2023 issue.

This month, the focus is on Şişecam. We speak to Chief Production Officer Abdullah Kilinc, who discusses Şişecam’s €54 million furnace upgrade at its site in Eskieshir, Turkey.

We also review the Phoenix Awards, where Şişecam Chairman Prof Dr Ahmet Kirman received the Glass Person of the Year award, and 7Cbasalia’s Gürhan Dural outlines how Şişecam piloted the company’s biotechnology at its Mersin factory in Turkey.

Elsewhere, decarbonisation takes focus with articles from Shell Energy, Bernard Bonnefond, K2-CO2, and BDF Industries. Our recent Glassman Asia conference is also reviewed.

We also have technical articles from Guenter Lubitz, EMS, Peter Firth with TechFlame, Schott with Siemens, and Technische Hochschule Deggendorf.

Front cover courtesy of Falorni Tech.