SGT to hold raw materials conference

Published 20th December, 2018 by Greg Morris

The Society of Glass Technology (SGT) is holding a conference on Raw Materials for Glass Making in Cambridge, UK on 1-4^th September 2019.

The special conference will feature dedicated sessions on particular glass ingredients and the batch as a whole.

Topics that will be discussed include: the problem/inconvenience of iron; the role of alumina in glass; the value of magnesia in glass; the threat/tyranny of CO₂ emissions; other emissions, especially NOx; electric melting – the problem solver/saviour and transport – CO₂ emissions again!

It will run in parallel with other sessions on glass science and technology, as well as heritage and history as part of the SGT Annual Meeting.

SGT is calling for papers at www.sgt.org

For further information, contact Christine Brown at [email protected]

Greg Morris

Glass International Editor

Greg Morris has been editor of Glass International and organiser of the Glassman conferences since 2012, specialising in glass packaging. Prior to this he spent five years working in newspaper journalism.