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
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
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
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.
Recent News
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Orora acquires glass bottle manufacturing company Saverglass
4th December, 2023 -
NSG to invest in US solar glass capacity
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Ardagh Glass Packaging - Africa furnace starts to fill up (video)
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Canpack Group to transfer Polish glass business to BA Glass
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Investor plots to buy Weck glass
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European Parliament to protect glass packaging designs
29th November, 2023
Features
- Energy transition the focus at soda ash conference
- Korean manufacturer provides solutions for the global glass market
- Wine drinkers prefer glass as fit for the future
- Italian construction company provides sustainable solutions for the glass industry
- Electrical boosting on refractories
- A focus on decarbonisation
- Food Contact Chemicals: Promoting Healthy Glass Packaging
- Pulling out all the stops: electrification, automation and digitalisation of glass production
- Decarbonising the glass industry: the role of refractory solutions
