Glass International News
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Consol Glass celebrates its Women in Glass
Throughout August, South African glass manufacturer Consol Glass celebrated the women that take up the many different roles throughout the company. In this article we hear from some of them.
07 September 2021 -
Creating one of O-I’s most energy-efficient plants
O-I Villotta in Italy is now one of the glass container manufacturer’s most energy-efficient plants. George Lewis spoke to Alessandro Lanzellotto* and Ludovic Valette** about the investments at the production facility.
13 August 2021 -
UK waste strategy must align with industry to successfully close the loop
Tim Gent* explains how the industry should work together to bring the circular economy together.
12 August 2021 -
Sibirskoe Steklo completes €20 million furnace expansion
Siberian container glass manufacturer Sibirskoe Steklo recently completed the expansion of Furnace No1 at its Novosibirsk, Russian facility. Its CEO, Pavel Bobosik, discusses the investment as well as market conditions in the region.
21 July 2021 -
Extended Life and Times of an Oxy-Fuel Furnace
Collaboration between companies leads to successful projects. One such project between TECO and a customer had led to an oxy-fuel furnace operating successfully for 17 years reports Brian Naveken.*
13 July 2021 -
Ongoing developments at Zippe during Covid-19
Despite the ongoing pandemic, Zippe Industrieanlagen has remained focused on delivering batch plant developments for its customers.
06 July 2021 -
Prof. Alicia Duran: A year devoted to glass
Prof John Parker* and ICG President Prof Alicia Duran discuss how IYOG2022 came about and what happens next.
01 July 2021 -
Czech glassmaker modernises container glass furnace
Sklarny Moravia has recently updated its furnace, named Anna. We hear about the investments from Radim Bondy*.
22 June 2021 -
Could carbon capture work in the glass manufacturing sector?
Dr James Wheatley*, Dr Douglas Barnes** and Dr Helen Atkinson*** discuss a laboratory-based evaluation of the lifetime and degradation of C-Capture’s carbon capture system to assess the feasibility of implementation in the glassmaking sector.
04 June 2021
