Glass International Issue
July/August 2018

2 Editor’s Comment

5 International news

12 Personality profile Philipp Zippe:

Philipp guides Zippe into digital future

17 Forming Bucher Emhart Glass:

Bringing new technology to life

22 Company profile Wiegand-Glas:

Wiegand-Glas embarks on major investment campaign.

27 Plant Utilities Sorg:

Applying modern inventory techniques to plant repairs.

31 Hot end Rondot:

Rondot’s Smart Tong

32 Company profile Pennine Industrial:

Pennine celebrates 50th anniversary

36 Company profile Guardian Glass:

Guardian set for largest investment year in its history.

42 Forming GTS:

Using Virtual Reality in glassmaking

46 Furnaces Sivesa:

Sivesa celebrates furnace start up

49 History
Is red for stop?

50 Industry 4.0 Siemens:

Steklarna Hrastnik goes digital

52 Forming Emhart:

Collaboration to improve BIS machines

54 Event review Furnace Solutions:

International guests dominate at event

59 Inspection Marposs:

Inspecting the container sector

62 Event review Mir Stekla:

Celebrating 20th anniversary in style