The Heye International Symposium took place in Germany in early September 2011, under the theme ‘The Future of Glass’.
More than 50 experts from the glass industry came together, including representatives from leading glass container manufacturers throughout the world. ??
On the first day, the topic of future trends was on the agenda. Futurologist Patrick Jordan gave a preview of Super Trends for the 21st century, which was followed by a quantitative forecast of the global glass market by Euromonitor. After this look into the future of glass manufacturing, the evening was a journey into the past at the Gernheim Glassworks industrial museum. ??
The second day was marked with customers’ success stories and discussions on technical solutions for the production process, the underlying objective being to find ways to produce more sustainable container glass efficiently. Solutions for assortment production and the new press duration control system were discussed, as well as innovative camera-based inspection systems. ??
Heye International has confirmed that it will continue this series of events in the future.