Glass International Issue
March 2020

2 Editor’s Comment + International news

10 Company profile: IVC
Construction of glass cathedral

19 Company profile: Vidrio Formas
Plans for a second plant

24 Trends: Could traceability plans silence glass nay-sayers?

26 Women in glassmaking: A profile of female glassmakers

33 Forming: Emhart
Smart feeder

36 Country Profile: Mexican glass industry is thriving

41 Commodity price risk: Sisecam
Using hedging tools to mitigate risk

45 Forming: Ross International
SCADS system for glass mould design

49 Forming:
FAMA launches CEIS 4.0 control

50 Furnaces: MGFS
Mexican furnace group plant expansion

54 Company profile: LWN Lufttechnik
Management changes
at engineering group

58 Company profile: Shattersafe
Plastic coated glass bottle

60 Events Diary: SGT
Calendar of events for 2020

63 Glassman Latin America Catalogue

85 Furnaces: PaneraTech
Travel bans don’t stop PaneraTech

87 History: Health and safety at work