Glass International Issue
March 2018

2 Editor’s Comment

5 International news

13 Company profile

Gerresheimer

Gerresheimer’s Neutral Glass unveils Indian furnace

17 Phoenix Committee chairman

Pennine’s Graham Womersley is privileged to be this year’s Phoenix Committee chairman

21 Refractories

P Carlo Ratto and SSV

A new generation of services for the industry

27 Chinese Flat Glass overview

An overview of the sector

30 Process Control

Tiama

Maximising the output of hot end process control

33 Furnaces

CelSian

Improved combustion control using CO laser

36 PaneraTech
Measuring the thickness of high zirconia refractories

38 Stara Glass
Reappraising the role of port necks in regenerative furnaces

42 Furnace Solutions
The SGT’s Furnace Solutions keeps informing engineers

43 Testing and Research
American Glass Research

AGR opens European testing lab

46 Forming

Bürkert
Precise control over flame characteristics

49 History

50 Glassman Asia Review

54 Profile: Guangdong Huaxing Glass

Huaxing continues to expand

56 Chinese language supplement