Glass International Issue
October 2017 issue out now

Contents

2 Editor’s Comment
5 International news

Company profile

12 Zhaoqing Tongchan:
Investments boosts Zhaoqing Tongchan’s market profile.

Lubrication

17 Socabelec:
SGD Kipfenberg and Ardagh benefit from swabbing robot.

Events review

21 Glassman Europe:
All set for the digital area.

Company profile

26 Ramsey Products:
Silent chain speaks volume.

Spirits Packaging Summit:

29 O-I to speak at summit

History

30 The importance of the ICG

Furnaces

32 BV Glas:
A vision for 2050: an 81% reduction in glass furnace energy.

35 Simullex:
Making better use of electric boosting in glass furnaces.

Coatings

40 Stewart Engineers:

Value-added coating can save struggling glass manufacturers.

Decoration

42 KBA-Kammann:
KBA-Kammann delivers 200th machine to Pepper Décor

44 Fermac:
Fermac celebrates successful Satimat installation in France

Events review

46 World Soda Ash conference:
What effect will new Turkish soda ash capacity have on global glass industry?

Batch house

49 Forglass:
Batch house technological assistant