Glass International Issue
December/January 2018

Contents

2 Editor’s Comment

4 International news

11 Company profile:

Thai Glass Industries: Thai Malaya Glass unveils fourth Saraburi furnace

17 Company profile:

Asia Pacific Glass: APG opens second furnace.

22 Country overview:

Thailand: The container glass sector in Thailand.

29 Forming

GPS secures Bangkok Glass contract.

32 Company profile:

Siam Glass Industry: Siam Glass plots fourth production plant.

34 Company profile:

Parkinson-Spencer Refractories: A new generation at family business.

41 Cullet:

Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro (SSV):The assessment of glass cullet quality on the redox state.

47 Furnaces:

Sorg: Methods to reduce installation time.

50 Float Glass:

Stewart Engineers: Build wealth by investing in float glass

53 GLASSMAN ASIA CATALOGUE

Lubrication:

68 VDV Lubricants: A safer swabbing lubricant

71 Condat: Anadolu Cam’s Eskisehir plant benefits from swabbing oil

75 Personality profile:

VDMA: New chairman focuses on digital glassmaking.

78 History: Glassy eyed