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Company proﬁle: IVC Construction of glass cathedral

Company proﬁle: Vidrio Formas Plans for a second plant

Trends: Could traceability plans silence glass nay-sayers?

Women in glassmaking : A proﬁle of female glassmakers

Forming: Emhart Smart feeder

Country Proﬁle: Mexican glass industry is thriving

Commodity price risk: Sisecam Using hedging tools to mitigate risk

Forming: Ross International SCADS system for glass mould design

Forming: FAMA launches CEIS 4.0 control

Furnaces: MGFS Mexican furnace group plant expansion

Company proﬁle: LWN Lufttechnik Management changes at engineering group

Company proﬁle: Shattersafe Plastic coated glass bottle

Events Diary: SGT Calendar of events for 2020

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Furnaces: PaneraTech Travel bans don’t stop PaneraTech

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Searching for positives

Like a prolonged disaster movie the Coronavirus has played out on our TV screens and phones for weeks now. Four or five times a day a panicky headlines with the latest update from around the world appears on our phones. This ‘noise’, increases an already high level of anxiety. The Coronavirus is an unprecedented situation, the likes of which have never been seen before. Every country has been impacted by it, whether it be closing borders or, sadly, the death of loved ones. In an effort to break away from the constant stream of negative headlines, I’ve attempted to find some positive news. From a purely industry perspective, glass manufacturers continue to produce as normal. It seems even Coronavirus cannot survive the high temperatures of the hot end. Cases of the virus have declined in China and South Korea, which indicates that the strategy of isolation and containment works. Environmentally, the pollution clouds that hovered over China and northern Italy have evaporated. Less manufacturing and fewer people on the move has helped the health of the planet. This lack of travel means the population has had to rely on new technologies. Virtual discussions via video calls that cross continents have become the norm. In this crisis period, perhaps a groundbreaking technology will be discovered which can help the glass industry improves its efficiencies.

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NSG to test hydrogen fuel for glassmaking NSG Group will test the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel on its float furnace at NSG Pilkington Greengate Works in St. Helens, UK. The initiative is part of a project managed by HyNet, a consortium of industries in the North West of England. NSG Group will investigate whether hydrogen can be used to wholly or partly replace the natural gas and oil that are the standard fuels for the glassmaking industries. If all of the natural gas can be replaced with hydrogen this would reduce emissions

of CO2 by around 80%. The work is supported by £5.2m of funding from the UK government under the Industrial Fuel Switching Scheme with first trials planned for November 2020. By 2030, NSG targets to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 21% compared to 2018. Over the past three years, the company said it has reduced CO2 emissions per production unit by 5% with ongoing measures to reduce energy usage and CO2 emissions.

Nampak has confirmed that the Competition Tribunal has approved the disposal of its glass business, subject to conditions. Nampak agreed to sell its glass business to Isanti Glass 1 in September 2019 for about RS 1.5bn (US$99.1 million). Isanti Glass 1 is a local subsidiary of beer maker AB InBev. Nampak previously said that selling would enable it to focus on the metals business, which generates more than 60% of the company’s trading profit.

Durobor workers wait for decision

Former workers at the Durobor tableware glassmaking plant in Belgium are still waiting on a decision on its future. Workers submitted a plan to rescue the troubled plant based in Soignies, Belgium, before Christmas but have still not received any news. The document is with Sogepa, the financial arm of the Walloon government and current owner of the glass factory. Approximately €10 million is required to revive the plant and re-start two production lines, as well as hire 70 of its former staff.

O-I’s Gironcourt hosts governmental meeting

Owens-Illinois’ (O-I’s) plant in Gironcourt, France hosted a meeting that included senior French government officials. The meeting was led by the Minister of Transports and the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Elisabeth Borne. Ms Borne said: “It is always good news when a large business invests in France.” Owens-Illinois (O-I) said in March 2019 it will invest more than $60 million to expand its plant. It will also recruit 60 new employees. Plans included building a new furnace for a total of three furnaces at the plant when the expansion project is completed in early 2020.

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Mexican glassmaker Vidrio Formas has restarted production – just 18 days after a fire at the plant. The company’s General Director, Marcos Bernstein, confirmed that the company’s Furnace One was working at full capacity. He said: “I’m very happy to inform that thanks to the magnificent effort of our

workers we are now running at full capacity our furnace 1 with its three machines. “The support of our suppliers has also been fantastic, particularly the support from Bottero.” A fire took hold at the company’s manufacturing site in Lerma, near Mexico City, in the early hours of Tuesday February 4.

Despite only lasting approximately 30 minutes, the fire destroyed furnace two and damaged machinery on furnace one. Furnace two will need to be rebuilt and could take between 45-60 days from the date of the fire until it restarts. The company manufacturers spirit bottles and food and beverage jars.

Oscar win for glass documentary ‘American Factory’ The Netflix documentary about Chinese glassmaker Fuyao Glass’ acquisition of a plant in USA in 2015 has won the Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Academy Awards. ‘American Factory’, documents the story of Fuyao Glass’ acquisition of a plant near Day-

ton, Ohio in 2015 and the subsequent culture clash between American and Chinese values. Michelle and Barack Obama’s company Higher Ground Productions produced the documentary. Mr Obama tweeted after the win saying: “Congrats to Julia

and Steven for telling such a complex, moving story about the very human consequences of wrenching economic change. “Glad to see two talented and downright good people take home the Oscar for Higher Ground’s first release.”

Verallia celebrates 20 years with French winemaker Verallia has celebrated its 20th anniversary with French winemaker Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux. In 2000 Verallia partnered with Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux to develop an exclusive colour called Tradiver. Twenty years later, the Tradiver glass continues its development in wine-growing

regions, driven by its dark elegance and optimum filtering power characteristics. One significant development over the last twenty years has been the creation of engraved Tradiver glass bottles. Today, eight bottles are engraved with its own identity, bringing uniqueness and pres-

ence to the bottle. Tradiver has been adopted by an increasing number of Bordeaux Châteaux, members of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux and Grands Crus Classés. Verallia has also launched a conical Grand Cru magnum to complement the rollout.

O-I CEO, Andres Lopez, says its MAGMA technology represents the future of glass manufacturing. The technology has been expanded to a plant in Germany which should be operational at the end of this year. Speaking during its full year 2019 results, Mr Lopez said: “The technology should enable dramatic reductions in capital intensity, improve speed to market and significantly enhance flexibility.”

Forglass moves to new HQ in Krakow, Poland

Polish glass technology provider Forglass has moved to new headquarters in Krakow, Poland. The expansion of the company’s engineering and R&D departments necessitated the move, which comes on the heels of the recent enlargement and modernisation of its machine production plant and construction bureau in Katowice. Forglass’ new headquarters is home to 100 employees and is located in one of Krakow’s main arteries (Wadowicka Street). It is nearly three times larger than the previous office.

Anchor Glass in $50m production expansion

Anchor Glass has officially opened its $50 million production facility expansion, made possible due to the ReCharge New York Initiative. Anchor Glass joined over 35 other Upstate New York businesses funded by the New York State Power Authority in unveiling a new facility expansion. Following the grant, Anchor Glass has added 600,000 bottles to its daily production of nearly four million containers per year. The ReCharge New York initiative supports Southern Tier businesses in working towards greater energy efficiency.

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Vidrio Formas re-starts glass manufacturing production

O-I CEO: Progress continues on MAGMA

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An investment group led by the owner of a global construction company has acquired Henry F. Teichmann. Stephen F. D’Angelo, owner, and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh-based dck worldwide, completed the transaction, positioning Teichmann as an affiliate and strategic partner of the construction firm that

has completed building projects in 125 countries. Mark F. Piedmonte, Teichmann’s President, said: “The fact someone who shares our vision for safety and quality, who understands the value of engineering and who has built a global construction firm, chose to invest in us says a lot about our capabilities.”

Piedmonte confirmed that there will be no changes to the leadership, project or support teams at Teichmann. Following its acquisition of E.W. Bowman in 2017, Teichmann will continue to be the sole approved global provider of new Bowman Lehrs, parts and services.

Pilkington IGP expands plant in Ostroleka, Poland Polish insulated glass manufacturer Pilkington IGP is to expand its manufacturing plant in Ostroleka. The extension is expected to double production efficiency and provide 80 new jobs. It aims to increase production and operational efficiency, as well as work

ergonomics. It has expanded its sites in Cracow and Skierniewice, as well as built a new plant in Bialystok. The plan includes an expansion of production area as well as office space to provide more floor space. Krzysztof Granicki,

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O-I Canada celebrates Montreal recycling

Owens Illinois (O-I) Canada has achieved keeping glass in the circular economy by helping the city of Montreal to expand its recycling systems. In January 2020, Montreal’s Minister of Environment announced an expansion of the province’s recycling depository system, its first since 1984. The updated system will now include wine and spirit bottles in the list of materials Quebec residents can recycle. The current capacity for recycled glass at the Montreal plant is 70,000 tonnes. With the new system, that number could potentially double.

GIMAV appoints Director

Fabrizio Cattaneo has been named as the new Director of GIMAV, the Association for Italian manufacturers and machinery suppliers. Dr Cattaneo replaces Laura Biason, who left the association at the end of 2019. He will assist the Board and President Gusti in guiding the glass processing machinery manufacturers association along a pathway of international outreach, strewn with challenges and events.

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Approval for O-I emission reduction targets

O-I Glass has become the first glass packaging company to receive approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its emission reduction targets. O-I has committed to reducing absolute scope 1,2 and 3 GHG emissions by 25% by 2030 from a 2017 base year. The SBTi’s Target Validation Team classified O-I’s company’s scope 1 and 2 target ambition and has determined that it is in line with a 2°C trajectory and in accordance with the Paris Agreement. O-I recently furthered its commitment to invest in sustainability projects by issuing a Green Bond.

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Large-scale hybrid electric furnace project conﬁrmed European glass manufacturers have joined together to build the first ever large-scale hybrid furnace to run on 80% green electricity. For the first time, the industry has adopted a collaborative approach where 20 glass container producers have mobilised resources to work on and fund a pilot project to prove the concept. With this new technology, it is hoped the industry will be

able to produce more than 300 tonnes per day of any glass colour, using high levels of recycled glass. Ardagh Group has volunteered to build the furnace in Germany. It will be built in 2022, with an assessment of first results planned for 2023. By adopting a sectorial approach, it also intends to gain the support of the European Commission through the ETS Finance for Innovation Fund

Programme. Founding member companies of the ‘Furnace of the Future’ project are Allied Glass, Ardagh Group, BA Glass, Beatson Clark, Bormioli Luigi, Gerresheimer, Gurallar Cam Ambalaj (GCA), O-I Europe, Pochet, Saverglass, SGD, Steklarna Hrastnik, Stoelzle, Verallia, Verescence, Vetreria Etrusca, Vetropack, Vidrala, Wiegand-Glas and Zignago Vetro.

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China Glass postponed

The organiser of China Glass 2020 has confirmed that the show due to be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on 14th – 17th April 2020 will be postponed to a later date. In a letter to the public, it says: “In order to effectively protect the physical health of exhibitors and visitors and ensure the exhibition effectiveness and economic benefit of domestic and overseas exhibitors and visitors, the 31st China International Glass industrial Technical Exhibition (China Glass 2020) will be postponed”.

Sibelco acquires two Italian recycling sites

Materials group Sibelco has acquired two glass recycling activities, Emiliana Rottami and Emill, through a bankruptcy auction in the Bologna region of Italy. Emiliana Rottami is an obsolete glass recycling plant with valid permits. Emill is a glass fines recycling plant. Both were part of the same group which went bankrupt in 2019. These acquisitions will allow Sibelco to further grow its Italian glass recycling footprint (with Emiliana Rottami) and extend its business model concept through a zero-waste approach (with Emill).

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Saint-Gobain’s German Glassolutions sold

Saint-Gobain has sold part of its glass transformation business Glassolutions in Germany to Berlin-based investment firm DIK Deutsche Industriekapita. The sale includes the company’s 350 employees and delivered sales of €45 million in 2019. Saint-Gobain Glassolutions will remain present in Germany through its glass transformation sites for industrial clients, as well as its sites producing solar glass or curved glass.

Glass Futures wins £7.1m alternative fuels contract Glass Futures has won a £7.1 million contract from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to provide an in-depth investigation into decarbonising the sector using sustainable alternative fuel sources. Glass Futures are looking at

scenarios to decarbonise the glass manufacturing process in line with Net Zero targets. The study and subsequent report will highlight what can and cannot be done on different production platforms in glass manufacturing and will influence the most suitable

routes for industry and government. The Glass Futures study, which is due to be completed in March 2021, will investigate and recommend the most cost effective and environmentally efficient routes to decarbonise.

Piramal in $42 million expansion Piramal Glass is to invest US$42 million to expand its Jambusar, India container glass manufacturing plant. The expansion plan includes one new furnace with seven manufacturing lines across its 300,000ft2 plant. It will cater to the high-end speciality spirit, food & beverage and pharmaceutical markets

for exports to countries in Asia, Europe and the US. The Indian glass packager said the facility will be oneof-its-kind in Asia as there is a growing need for high-end water bottles, spirits bottles and food packaging The Jambusar plant already has three furnaces with 23 manufacturing lines and pro-

duces 540 tonnes per day of glass. It employs 2130 people and with this expansion it will create additional direct employment to 700 people. Piramal Glass has global sales of US$357 million and operates from India, Sri Lanka and the US through its four manufacturing facilities and several decoration plants.

Nipro in €45 million investment Pharmaceutical glass packager Nipro will invest €45 million to build a second factory at its site in Aumale, France. Nipro PharmaPackaging plans to inaugurate the new facility in 2022. The company is a specialist

in drawn glass tubes for pharmaceutical, paramedical and cosmetic use. The project will include a new 25,000m2 building and the installation of three new furnaces, which will add to the five already on site.

The first oven will start in 2022, the second in 2023 and the third scheduled for 2030. The project will increase the number of staff by 70 from its current 130. The facility will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2021.

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Construction of IVC’s glass ‘cathedral’ IVC successfully lit its ﬁfth glass manufacturing furnace at its Piedras Negras, Mexico site last month. Greg Morris visited the site and met the company’s project expansion director, Luis Lema, who says the expansion was the ‘project of his life’.

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exican glass container manufacturer Industria Vidriera de Coahuila (IVC) has successfully inaugurated the fifth furnace at its Piedras Negras plant. The beer bottle glassmaker lit the Sorg furnace at a celebration ceremony early last month. It will allow the company to expand its output to 3.5 billion bottles a year. The combined glass manufacturing site and brewery has grown rapidly in recent years from a single furnace with three production lines in 2014 to a fifth furnace and 16 production lines today. IVC is a collaboration between glassmaker O-I and brewer Constellation Brands. It manufacturers Corona and Modelo glass beer bottles which are decorated and filled on site before being distributed to the USA. IVC acquired the plant in 2014 and has expanded the site to its current capacity of 2200 tonnes of glass a day. Overseeing the expansions has been IVC’s Project Expansion Director, Mr Luis Lema. Mr Lema has been employed by O-I for 25 years and in the past has worked for the company on engineering projects in his native Colombia in China and Peru. He began working for IVC in late 2014 and states that the past five and a bit years have been among the most fulfilling of his career. “When assigned to a huge expansion such as this

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one you realise you are going to be constructing one of the biggest projects in the history of O-I. “This has been the project of my life, it is something special. It has been a wonderful opportunity to reinforce all the engineering concepts and everything that I had learnt in the past. “When I saw how big the size of this project was going to be, it challenged everything I knew about the glass construction business so it was really a challenge to put it together. “It is a mega project and as a team we learnt something new every day. Having such a wonderful team has helped achieve the results we have today.” When Mr Lema first arrived in Piedras Negras, the site was surrounded by ‘lots of green ground.’ Specialists came from the USA and Peru and investigated the needs and design of the facility. Together they formulated a master plan of how it could be grown. The job was split between what the team called ‘out of the box’, which was the civil construction, and ‘in the box’, which was the equipment inside the factory such as the furnaces, compressors and cold end equipment. One requirement was to include plenty of open space inside the facility, meaning no columns would be installed, which could hinder the installation of equipment. It was a concept that Mr Lema had seen in successful use at an O-I plant in Peru. That building was only 47-metres wide but IVC wanted it to be 55-metres wide. Mr Lema outlined the dilemma to his team of structural engineers who rose to the challenge and successfully built the required specification. It means there is plenty of open space for workers to move around. “Communication is key in a glass factory so we were able to have all the open space between the hot and cold end. It is easy to move around, to facilitate maintenance and it helps in the process of double checking that everything is running smoothly in the factory,” said Mr Lema.

FAST FACTS: IVC PRODUCTION SITE FIVE FURNACES (ALL SORG) 16 PRODUCTION LINES (ALL EMHART) 2200 TONNES PER DAY GLASSMAKING CAPACITY 3.5 BILLION BOTTLES A YEAR OUTPUT IVC, PIEDRAS NEGRAS, COAHULIA, MEXICO The factory today is the same as how the original sketches were outlined when Mr Lema and his team planned the expansion. The original idea had been to only build up to furnace four but such was the success of the factory, the decision was made to install a fifth furnace. The company contracted its technology suppliers from its previous furnace projects for the new oven. These included Germany’s EME and Sorg for the batch house and furnace, Emhart, Antonini, Tiama, AGR International and Zecchetti. Other suppliers to the site include Sheppee International, Zippe, Pneumofore and Strutz International. The new furnace will increase the number of bottles produced at the plant from 7.5 million a day to 9.5 million. Before furnace five was lit, approximately 70% of production was of Corona bottles and 30% Modelo, but this will change to 60% Corona and 40% Modelo when furnace five reaches full production. The fifth furnace was lit on Wednesday Feb 10 and was a proud moment for the team. Mr Lema said: “I have been blessed to have the opportunity to work with such a talented team. They are professional people, being able to accomplish this job here on site. “We are not just putting bricks and machines together, we are building a glass cathedral. Continued>>

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“We feel it is something more than just producing bottles, we want to be the best glass factory for the company. The team has been up for the challenge and I am very proud of having these professionals work with me and working together.” “This is a standout glass plant. We have one of the world’s largest brewers and one of the largest glassmakers. They have requested so many bottles and of the highest quality so we had to raise the bar.”

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At its peak the furnace five project had 850 people working on site, including contractors. Safety was a priority and a request was made to ensure one safety supervisor for every 20 workers. At the same time the company increased its safety team to overlook the supervisors and organised a safety committee to meet each week. As a result accidents during the project were negligible and the company recently achieved 1 million man hours without accidents. Many of the 1100 staff at the site were unfamiliar with glassmaking before they started working at IVC. The company has adopted the O-I manufacturing fundamentals and each new member of staff is given a mentor and full training. It uses O-I guides and manuals for to help aid staff in their glassmaking development. They will also be sent to another O-I glassmaking facility before

they start working with the company to enhance their knowledge. “We have 1100 staff so there is a lot of training involved and we follow the O-I manufacturing fundamentals to produce top quality bottles. At the same time it's a challenge to keep the factory in good shape. When you walk through the factory it is clean, it is organised and staff are very proud of taking good care of the facility.” Many staff are from the region and are graduates from some of the regional universities, which IVC has formed links with. There is also a focus on employing more women – 10% of staff are female, which is a high figure compared to other glass plants. The next steps of the furnace five project are to stabilise production and to try and match and then improve on the 93% pack to melt rate achieved by colleagues on furnace three at the site. For the expansion team it is a case of wait and see what happens next. There is talk of a furnace six but this is not confirmed yet. “It’s been an amazing journey and I think the factory shines as a brand new idea and example of a model that has been successful. “Every bottle produced goes to the brewery, they are expecting more bottles from us, that's why Furnace five was born because they required more bottles for the brewery. We fell we’ve given them an iconic bottle that represents Mexico in the world.” �

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Company profile: Vidrio Formas

Vidrio Formas unveils plans for second glassmaking plant

exican glass bottle maker Vidrio Formas is building a second glass plant. The company, which specialises in the short run manufacture of white flint glass for spirits bottles and food jars, said the expansion was a result of a growth in demand for its glass packaging. The new factoryis scheduled to be operational in Q1 2021 and will initially comprise of one furnace and two IS machines – although, in time, this may increase to four machines. The company’s General Director, Marcos Bernstein, has been with the company since its formation more than 30 years ago and states: “I’m looking forward to the challenge, it’s an exciting time for the company. “There will be challenges along the way but to paraphrase a quote from Antoine-Lauren Lavoisier, ‘The energy is not created or destroyed, it only transforms you.’

Expansion The company first mooted the idea to increase capacity 10 years ago, and then seriously discussed the matter three years ago. At the time the order book was full and demand for the company’s glass bottles showed no signs of slowing. The board considered locations elsewhere in

� Vidrio Formas is based in Lerma, near Mexico City.

Mexico but decided on a site just 5km away from its headquarters in Lerma, Mexico. With the support of Citibank financial group, the company acquired a piece of land that was 50% larger than its current footprint. The location is situated close to the main Mexico City to Toluca highway and is in the proximity of a natural gas pipe and a water well. More imoprtantly, is is also near to the company’s Mexican customers. It also means the organisation’s management and technical staff can easily transfer between each site. Construction has already started on the 36,000m2 facility, called Plant 2, and is progressing well. The organisation has already started the recruitment procedure for the new site, which will increase its current 700 staff. It wants to be a responsible glass manufacturer and will analyse the market first before opting to increase capacity with more machines and a furnace. “We will only start with two machines because we want to be responsible and not have idle capacity at the beginning,” states Mr Bernstein. As well as the production facility, Plant 2 will contain a storage warehouse and a railway line Continued>>

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Company profile: Vidrio Formas

“I’m looking forward to the challenge, it’s an exciting time for the company. There will be challenges along the way but to paraphrase a quote from Lavoisier, ‘The energy is not created or destroyed, it only transforms you’.” Marcos Bernstein, General Director

which will be used specifically for soda ash raw material supply. The group currently receives its soda ash from the Green River site in Wyoming, USA as well as a site close to Monterrey in Mexico. This is transported by rail to Mexico City where it is then distributed to the site by trucks.

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Production runs Mr Bernstein said that the Mexican population is forecast to grow between 2 and 6% a year in the future. “In recent years the purchasing power of the population has improved so it means the glass industry should grow accordingly. “Most of the recent growth of companies in the Mexican glass market has been in the beer business. There’s been a lack of extra capacity for small runs and customised bottles, which is what we specialise in. We produce tailor made packaging and we are extremely flexible,” he states. The number of bottles per production run can vary from as low as 36,000 bottles up to several million. Glass packaging manufactured by the company varies in sizes between 15ml and 3 litres. Its hot end staff are expert in job changes, with an average of 50 mould changes a month on its seven machines, with an average run time of three days. The group currently manufacturers glass

� Construction has already begun on Vidrio Formas’s second plant.

from its two furnaces at its Plant 1 site. Its oxy fuel furnaces were designed in-house and have a capacity of 240t/day and 300t/day.

History The company was formally constituted in 1988 and started operations in 1990 as both a manual manufacturer of glass as well as with a 4-section IS machine. The company has a varied history. It started automatic production in 1993 after investment from a US producer. For several years it focused on the wine and spirits market, with an emphasis on the tequila market. But then in the aftermath of the Mexican financial crisis in 1995 the company was sold to an American investment fund. The company enjoyed an excellent partnership with them and invested in a 140t/day furnace. In 2004 it successfully divested itself away from the financial group and once again be under Mexican control. In 2016, with the arrival of new members on the board, the company felt confident enough to invest in the second plant. Mr Bernstein has been with the company every step of the way and states: “I know every bolt of Continued>>

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this glass plant, I have helped build it with my own hands.” He credits a former colleague Francis Palladino, for his support and know-how. Unfortunately Mr Palladino passed away, aged 80, two years ago but his influence is still felt today. As technical advisor, he helped design and build the company’s furnaces, which enabled the glassmaker to maximise its furnace pull and quality. Mr Palladino’s personal influence also left a lasting legacy. Mr Bernstein says: “We are where we are thanks to him and we will always be thankful to him. He became my second father, my mentor and my teacher and I will always recognise his support. He was well known in the industry and it was a privilege to have his support and friendship.” The factory was in the news in February this year when a fire devastated the plant in the early hours of Tuesday February 4. Despite only lasting 30 minutes, the fire destroyed furnace two and damaged equipment on furnace one. Emergency services were immediately on hand and while three people were treated for shock, no one was injured. Such was the loyalty of staff and former employees, that people arrived early in the morning to help. Mr Bernstein said: “On the Tuesday morning we even had retired employees and staff arriving on site to show us their support and asking what they could do to help. “They offered to clean, to sweep the floor and to do whatever was needed. It was incredible.” Despite the setback, furnace one was back up and running at full capacity within 18 days. The fire was not expected to hamper

� Vidrio Formas is a short run specialist and manufactures flint glass for the spirits and food markets.

construction of plant 2. The new plant will manufacture the same type of glass as Plant 1 and serve the same spirits and food markets. Most of Vidrio Formas’ custom is Mexican based, with 20% of glass exported to nearby countries such as the US, Carribbean and Central America. Its output is composed of 60% food, 40% spirit bottles in terms of pieces but this is reversed to 60% spirit bottles and 40% food if compared in tonnes. Its customers include global brand names such as Diageo, Nestle, Kraft Mondelez and Cuervo. Rising energy costs means the company will install a regenerative - instead of oxy-fuel furnace, which will supplied by Sorg. Technology suppliers to the company are household names in the industry such as Sefpro for refractories, EME for the batch house, Bottero IS machines, Quantum’s plungers, Car Met’s annealing lehrs, Iris Inspection machines, Zecchetti cold end equipment, as well as Graphoidal technology. Tiama inspection equipment and services of Parkinson-spencer Refractories (PSR) have also been used. It also has a decoration facility, which contains a Fermac machine capable of adding a variety of colours to its bottles. For now the company will spend the next few months ensuring furnace 2 gets back on track and ensuring Plant 2 is ready to start production early in 2021. “There is something magnetic about working in the glass industry, it keeps you,” concludes Mr Bernstein. “I enjoy the process of making glass and the fact that you take something and then make something useful from it.” �

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Could traceability silence critics? Richard van Breda* suggests the use of technologies such as serialisation and traceability will improve the image of glassmaking among its critics.

n a newspaper article (Feb. 21 2020) in the UK’s Financial Times, Jancis Robinson, its respected wine connoisseur, laid down the gauntlet to the glass industry. In the article she called on wine consumers to ditch glass and adopt other packaging forms. The premise being that glass bottles and their transport are the biggest culprits when it comes to carbon footprints. Robinson claimed, “… it would make a massive difference to wine’s impact on the earth’s atmosphere if glass bottles were dispensed with …” and “What is needed is a big change in consumers’ perceptions of glass bottles.” Fortunately, the European Container Glass Federation, FEVE, via its President Michel Giannuzzi, quickly responded to this provocative article. In a letter to the newspaper, he corrected and dispelled some of the viewpoints in the article, defending the position and virtues of glass as the packaging of choice for the wine industry. Pressure is mounting on glass packaging sustainability and the focus is shifting from plastics to glass. The glass industry needs to respond and be proactive. A solution could be in new serialisation technology emerging in the container glass sector. The point is that commentators are turning their attacks on glass and the industry needs to defend its position. Being proactive is often better than being reactive. The recyclability of glass was acknowledged in Robinson’s article as a key factor in improving the carbon foot print. However, she attacked regions where glass recycling rates are ‘woefully low’. Glass recycling rates are exceptionally high in select geographies,

such as Switzerland and Netherlands but are indeed woefully low in regions such as the US. However, in regions like Australia, the government is using deposit legislation to further incentivise consumers to recycle. Most states have this in place with the remaining two states, Tasmania and Victoria, coming on stream by 2023. Essentially, this entails placing a 10c to 20c deposit on every bottle sold. This deposit is refunded when the bottles are returned for recycling – post consumer. Governments approve this mechanism

as it drives recycling and generates revenue for their coffers – (every bottle that is not returned/recycled means the deposit remains in the government’s treasury). Conversely big brand owners detest this methodology as it increases the purchase price of beverages, often resulting in a commensurate decreased overall sales volumes. Like it or not, the deposit legislation has been effective in increasing the glass recycling rates. This bodes well for the silencing of the glass critics. However, these systems are prone to obstacles, including the opportunity for fraud. So what technology can the glass industry bring to the table to further promote the recycling of glass? The emerging technology of serialisation and traceability may be one breakthrough technology. This is where every bottle is given a unique 2D dot matrix code. This allows every bottle to be specifically identified. If this technology is linked with bottle deposit legislation – it means every bottle that is filled and sold can be accurately registered as part of deposit legislation programmes. When the used glass is returned – the bottle can be effectively scanned in. This way, there is no opportunity for bottles to be ‘double returned’. It gives precise data on the return cycles, time frames and geographies. This data will provide important distribution data. These technologies could assist the industry and brand owners in effectively managing the return cycles and recycling efficiently. At the same time it will fulfilling the demand of the consumer for a more eco-friendly packaging for their wine and hopefully go some way to silence glass critics. �

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Richard van Breda has extensive experience in packaging and glass particularly. His experience in large global FMCG businesses allows him to provide a fresh perspective to glass manufacturing from both sides of the supply relationship. AUTHOR: Richard van Breda Richard van Breda Consulting richard@richardvanbreda.com

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George Lewis spoke to a variety of women to ﬁnd out why there is a lack of females in the industry and what can be done to improve diversity.

Women in the glass industry

EMMA SANTI, BATCH & FURNACE MANAGER AT O-I WINGLES, FRANCE

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e speak to different women who work throughout the glass industry, in different areas from hot end to quality control in the cold end to scientiﬁc research. They explain how they got into the glass industry, why they decided to have this career and how the industry can be better equipped for future generations to follow suit.

A look back in time Professor Alicia Duran has spent her whole career in the industry and is President of the International Commission on Glass (ICG). She suggests women have been neglected for generations in the science sector. For more than 25 years, Professor Duran has served as Secretary of the Glass Section of the Spanish Ceramic and Glass Society. She was named Phoenix Committee Glass Person of the Year 2019 for her dedication to glass research. She has published more than 250 articles and

books throughout her career. She states that the history of women in science has always been poor. Professor Rosalind Franklin obtained the first X-ray image of DNA but her male colleagues Watson, Crick and Wilkins received the Nobel Prize. Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars but her male Ph.D. thesis Director was awarded the Nobel Prize. Despite Marie Curie twice winning the Nobel Prize, only 3% of prizes in medicine, physics or chemistry have been awarded to women. In her presentation at the British Glass Focus conference in Sheffield in November 2019, Professor Duran said there was a ‘glass ceiling’ for women in having the ability to access the top jobs in a company. Professor Duran also mentioned there is also a ‘sticky floor’ – a problem that women face in remaining in the same job ‘with no escape’ such as promotion to another role or stuck due to personal life such as giving birth and maternity leave. But while history suggests that gender equality was worse in previous generations, it is still happening today. Just last year, there was only one woman for every nine men in the ‘elite’ of European science. European women scientists are said to occupy few decisionmaking positions. Professor Duran argues gender equality increases creativity, efficiency and competitiveness.

MARIA FERRACCIOLI, QUALITY CONTROL GROUP MANAGER AT BORMIOLI PHARMA, ITALY

“The important aspect is the character of a person, whether it’s a man or woman.”

Emma Santi, who works as the Batch & Furnace Manager at Owens-Illinois (OI) discovered glass during her Master’s Degree in a French engineering school that specialised in ceramic materials. Ms Santi said working in ceramic materials meant some optional courses were orientated on glass and she knew from the moment she took those classes, that it would be of interest to her. She entered the glass industry through her ﬁnal internship in 2017, in which the former Batch and Furnace Manager at O-I Wingles gave her chance to discover the industry from the inside. From that, O-I offered her a Junior Batch and Furnace Engineer position at its Veauche plant, in France before returning to Wingles to become the Batch and Furnace Manager. She now manages a team of seven men. Before entering the glass industry, she thought it was impossible was to ﬁnd a Continued>>

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ANNIE CHAUX, DECORATING AND PACKAGING MANAGER, AT IVC, MEXICO

“Women in leadership positions at IVC shows our contribution and professional value.”

position in the production part, especially at the hot end. She said: “Glass is a beautiful and fascinating material. There are so many possibilities in terms of types of glass, forming methods, application. This industry seemed really attractive, dynamic and full of surprise.” Lieke de Cock, who joined Dutch process optimisation consultancy group CelSian Glass & Solar after graduating said: “I was not considering the glass industry at all and I was hesitant to start in this industry at ﬁrst. “A colleague took me to visit a glass plant and I was immediately hooked!” She said the ‘clean shining fresh glass rolling over the bands going out’, and the ‘overwhelming heat and hot and hard labour that is necessary to create such a clear and clean product’, left a lasting impression on her. The fascination surrounding glass also swept some who had not been interested in glass from a younger age.

Erika Ferrari, Executive Sales Manager for BDF Industries, previously worked within the construction industry and was looking for a new start but it was the pull of working within glass that attracted her. Annie Chaux, the Decorating and Packaging Manager at Mexican container glass manufacturer IVC began working in the industry after ﬁnishing a mechatronics degree. She began her career in Colombia at the Covet factory in Bogota on 2010 before being hired by O-I in 2011 as the Decorating Area Manager for the Tableware plant in Buga. She now leads more than 200 people in the production and maintenance areas of the company, while her responsibilities include 40 decorating machines and 13 packaging lines for four glass furnaces.

Equal opportunity Saint-Gobain has said it has introduced systems to encourage the recruitment of women and to support their advancement

at all levels within the group. As a result, the number of women managers across the company has risen from 17% to 24%. Increasingly, companies provide funds to bring more equal opportunities to the organisation such as better safety clothing designed particualry for women. Most interviewed believed that women are under-represented in certain parts of the glass industry. Ms Santi believes that in areas such as R&D or sales, there are more opportunities for women. She said: “On the production side of the glass industry there are only a few women. The atmosphere is really hot, dirty, full of heavy mechanics, therefore some people (both men and women) don’t think it’s not the proper place for a woman. Mentalities need to change, and it can start by hiring more women at the cold end at first.” Hiring more women in these types of role could lead to a generational mentality change, she suggests. Maria Ferraccioli, Quality Control Group Manager at Italian pharmaceutical packaging company Bormioli Pharma, said despite women being underrepresented in the industry, the ‘important aspect is the character of a person, whether it’s a man or woman’. Bormioli Pharma owns two pharmaceutical glassworks in Bergantino and San Vito al Tagliamento in Italy. She said: “Glass is a fascinating and difficult material, which has always intrigued me. Working it, printing it, decorating it: these are complex procedures that require specific skills. The important thing is to put passion into what you do, not matter who you are and what you do in life.” She also believes a company should evaluate the best employee to hire based on his/her skills and character, regardless of their gender. Women comprise approximately 10% of employees at IVC, a number which has steadily grown in recent years, said Ms Chaux. She said: “Women in leadership positions at IVC shows our contribution and professional value. “I have colleagues in different departments who are leaders, who I admire since they have achieved satisfactory results in all types of projects, which characterises them in a sense of belonging and persistence.” Continued>>

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ERIKA FERRARI, EXECUTIVE SALES MANAGER, BDF INDUSTRIES

“The pull of working in the glass industry was too hard to turn down.

The increase of women could lead younger generations to join the industry. Companies should use social media and other communication channels to promote the women that are already working with them, said Ms Santi. She said: “Show some tangible examples, interview them, let them testify about how they see their job and how they feel about it. Younger women most of the time needs role models to realise they can choose this way.” Ms de Cock added that the interesting challenges that are facing the industry could attract youngsters to have a career in glass. Ms Chaux believes companies should also approach universities and high schools to show the young generations how exciting glassmaking can be as a way of getting more women into the industry. She said: “If they want to receive challenges and take on responsibilities that impact the business, they are the ones that are needed in the industry. “Not only in this type of industry but in any place where we show that we are able to get what we set out to do and that tenacity is a characteristic that identiﬁes us and we should promote it.”

Optimism Ms Santi says that what she sees at O-I and in other glass companies where some of her friends work makes her optimistic. She said: “There is certainly a need for a better communication on female positions in the glass industry, especially production, where prejudices are

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tough. If such jobs remain conﬁdential, mentalities won’t change, and women won’t be thought about for such opportunities. “But mentalities have begun their transformation, sometimes faster in some places than others. If women continue to pave the way, and believe in their capacities, there’s no reason it will stop.” Saint-Gobain has said it would like to see 25% women managers in 2020 and 25% female executives by 2025. Ms Ferraccioli added that there has been a considerable opening towards female workers areas considered a ‘man’s job’ until just a few years ago. She said that ‘in glassware women aim to always increase their skills and push themselves into ‘less feminine’ work areas, while on the other hand, companies nowadays tend to value people more by their skills and way of working’. Ms de Cock said that she is optimistic of change, but thinks that it will take a long time: “Changes are visible but slow.” Ms Chaux said: “Gradually the glass companies have diversiﬁed since women are achieving great results in accordance with the business expectations.” Ms Ferraccioli added: “I believe there are no limitations for women who want

to join the glass sector, and that there simply must be the desire to always question oneself, to never give in to the ﬁrst obvious cause of defect. ”It’s an industry that is never just as it seems, but that is actually noisy and ‘dirty’ and yet it manages to create a ‘perfect’ product.”

Outlook Ms de Cock believes it is not something that is up to companies to change, but it is up to society in general. She said: “People are more likely to hire people who are like themselves. “So if it is a male-dominated industry, more men will be selected for vacancies than women. “I don’t think that we should have women quota, but be aware of the easy way and try something off the beaten track every now and then.” And Ms Santi concluded: “Gender equality is a key subject for the young generation. “If the industry shows them there are more women in every area of industry, young people will better identify themselves to companies with such a philosophy.” �

LIEKE DE COCK, FURNACE SUPPORT, CELSIAN GLASS & SOLAR, THE NETHERLANDS

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Smart Feeder Encouraged by specialised glass plants with experience in multi article production, Bucher Emhart Glass has invested in setting up production with a multi gob application.

ulti gob weight production was already supported on a basic level by the first FlexIS controls generation. The current FlexIS generation, with its newly built User Interface, supports a true multi article setup. On this basis, a further supportive tool, the Multi Gob Application (MGA) was integrated into the controls system. The MGA allows the operator to define a desired sequence of gob weights and then calculates the optimal settings for the feeder. This may sound easy, but changing the feeder settings for one gob can influence the previous or the next one in the cutting sequence. The MGA algorithms provide a solution to this problem, no matter how the weight sequence has been defined by the operator. This is already a great help, but still requires a certain number of weighing to fine-tune the result. Automatic weighing could resolve this issue while additional gob measurements would also be welcome. To meet this need, Bucher Emhart Glass (BEG) is currently developing the Smart Feeder product, which is a fully closed loop controlled feeder system to form the desired target gobs, including gob weight, length, shape, and tilting control for each individual section. The BEG GobRadar will serve as the gob sensor for the Smart Feeder system (Fig 1).

works with a user-friendly interface (fig 2). By providing the needed real time feedback of gob weight, length, shape and tilting for each individual cut, the GobRadar system advances the Smart Feeder development.

Automatic gob weight and length control A mathematical model was developed to correlate gob parameters (gob weight, length, … ) with feeder control parameters (feeder plunger motion, tube height) and shear control parameters. The model has been implemented into the FlexIS user interface to setup multi gob weight production. The operator can type in a target gob weight for each section and the MGA will determine a feeder parameter preset to achieve the target weight sequence. Providing the actual gob weight, the MGA can further fine tune the feeder setup to maintain the desired gob weight over time. With the GobRadar integration into the system, the MGA will receive the gob measurements cut by cut and can carry out the fine tuning automatically and continuously. The MGA system requires some model calibration procedure during which

the user needs to grab bottles/gobs to do measurements and feed the gob information into the model. This is a somewhat time-consuming step in the original use of the MGA. The GobRadar’s auto measurements will greatly relieve the operator from the bottle grabbing and weighing work and reduce the calibration time. The control model was recently expanded to include gob length control in addition to the gob weight control capability. The GobRadar measurements are now fed back into the control algorithm to fully close the gob weight and length control loop for each cut. A series of trials on the BEG research machine and in field production validate the Smart Feeder control capability on gob weight and length control. Figure 3 shows a closed loop gob length control test on the four-section research NIS machine. The gob weight was maintained at 400g for all sections. The gob length of section 4 was set to 200mm and in a second step to 180mm while the other three gob lengths stayed at 220mm. Figure 4 presents a field trial of a gob weight control. Section 9 and 10 gob Continued>>

In 2019, Bucher Emhart Glass completed the acquisition of Symplex Vision Systems, which expanded the BEG inspection capability in the hot and cold ends. The GobRadar is one member of the vision systems family. The GobRadar system is installed under the gob shearing system to provide real time gob information, including: gob weight, length, diameter, 3D shape, gob tilting angle, gob drifting, and gob temperature for every individual cut. The GobRadar system itself offers the capability of pure gob weight control through tube and feeder plunger height adjustment and

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weight and length were set to 506g and 131mm. On all other 8 sections, the gob weights and lengths were kept at 496g and 128mm. The various test results show that the Smart Feeder control can achieve the desired gob weight and length for each individual section and maintain the target gob weight and length precisely.

Smart Feeder vision The goal of the Smart Feeder development is to provide an automatic setup of all relevant gob forming parameters to form and maintain the desired gob sequence for the production. This includes a stable gob weight, length, shape, dropping etc. for single weight and also multi weight production. The useful potential of the entire BEG product range is far from exhausted. In addition to the already running gob weight and length control, further functions are on the development list. � Monitoring and uniforming of the gob length/shape also on the blank level by processing signals from the BlankRadar � Automatic compensation of the tilting of each gob (thicker/thinner) by influencing the shear parameters � Achieving a similar gob shape as with the last good run of the same

� Fig 2. GobRadar user interface showing gob weight, length, diameter, tilting angle, tube and feeder plunger heights and gob shape images.

production � Extension of the achievable range of double and triple gob multi weight production by the Individual Needle Feeder At the end, the Smart Feeder is a fully closed loop controlled gob forming system. The Smart Feeder system will also serve as an information source within the End to End concept. The basic principle of a viscometer is somewhat similar to the feeder with its tube and plunger

mechanism. When the information of the gob characteristics measured by the GobRadar is connected with the 9-point grid history data of the forehearth and tube/plunger height settings, changes in glass viscosity can be detected. Awareness of these changes gives the possibility to adjust the forming process and the gob shape accordingly and to proactively counteract defects. �

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� Fig 3. Section 4 gob length being shortened to 200mm and then to 180mm maintaining its weight.

� Fig 4. Section 9 and 10 gob weights were set to +10g compared to the others. Their length was set to +3mm compared to the others.

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No two glass container factories are alike. That is why we offer two different vision inspection solutions. Both feature SCOUT and are End to End ready. Both are easy to integrate, adjust and quickly job change. Whether you prefer the precise adjustability of FleXinspect or the automation of Symplex – the choice is yours. For more information about our Inspection machines go to www.emhartglass.com/products/container-inspection

Country proﬁle: Mexican container industry

Mexican glass industry continues to thrive It’s been more than two years since our last country proﬁle on the Mexican glass industry – and the country’s glass packaging sector has continued to exceed expectations. Ahead of Glassman Latin America in Monterrey, we highlight the country’s container glass manufacturers.

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FEVISA, VIENO MEXICALI

VICHISA, CHIHUAHUA

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NAVA, COAHUILA

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VETRO DE CANTABRIA, O-I MEXICO + VITRO COSMOS TOLUCA

CROWN MEXICO (SIVESA) ORIZABA, VERACRUZ

AB INBEV, VERACRUZ

NOPALTEPEC, VERACRUZ

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Glassman Latin America takes place in Monterrey, Mexico. The event focuses on the hollow glassmaking industry and aims to bring together international experts, glass container manufacturers and businesses that use glass containers, to discover the latest innovations. The exhibiting companies will come from Europe, Asia, North and South America as well as Mexico. Such has been the popularity of the event that only limited exhibition space is still available. www.glassmanevents.com/latin-america

global consumer trend for Mexican beers and spirits shows no sign of slowing. The rise of premiumisation, ‘hand crafted’ beverages, and even the consumption of mass alcoholic beverages has continued apace around the world – and Mexican glass makers have responded to the trend. For the majority of glassmakers the past two years have seen an upward curve characterised by investment, innovation and new capacity. Mexican glassmakers have transformed themselves in the past 15 years from domestic suppliers of beverages to international providers. The country is a sizeable exporter of beer, tequila and other spirits to a number of markets, which has propelled demand. In this issue alone we proﬁle two glassmakers who have announced capacity expansions (IVC and Vidrio Formas) as a result of increased demand for their products. Rumours also abound of further furnace expansions at the end of this year at several other companies. The Mexican hollow glassmaking sector comprises of 22 plants (not including pharma) located throughout the country, from Mexicali on the US border in the north, to Veracruz on the Carribbean coast in the south. Companies range from multi-nationals such as O-I and AB InBev to one-plant organisations such as Pavisa, Glass&Glass and Vidrio Formas (which is in the process of expanding to two plants). While all types of glass are manufactured, the largest component of container glass manufacturing is the alcoholic sector. Beer and spirits dominate. Beer brands such as Corona and Modelo are globally renowned while domestically-distilled spirits Tequila and Mezcal can be found throughout the globe.

the domestic container manufacturing industry has been the construction of Saverglass’s new plant in Jalisco state. The French manufacturer’s facility is located about 40 km from the city of Guadalajara and close to the town of Tequila. It celebrated its first anniversary in October, and has been a roaring success since its opening. It is conveniently located to export to the US, Carribbean, and other Central American markets. The $120 million glass manufacturing and decoration facility is focused on the increased trend for premiumisation in the beverages sector, such as tequilas, mezcals, fine wine and spirits and rums. From a single 85,000 tonnes a year furnace, the company produces some 120 million bottles in extra white flint and antique glass. The French company has disrupted the market. Established Mexican players have lost accounts to their competitor and have had to re-strategise. Another headwind has been rising energy and labour costs. There are also worries about new leftleaning President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his relationship with businesses. Despite this the glass industry continues to grow apace. The beer sector is estimated to be worth MXN 379 billion in value terms to the economy. Mexico is the fourth largest brewer in the world and is dominated by major brewers Grupo Modelo (AB InBev’s market subsidiary) and Heineken. In November 2019, year to date beer exports to the US stood at 751,248,673 million gallons – a 4.8% rise from the previous year. Global tastes for Mexican spirits are growing, with new markets in China and the Far East.

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Commodity price risk

Using hedging tools to mitigate commodity price risk Murat Gencer* and Mehmet Çalıskan **highlight how the use of hedging instruments can provide effective commodity price risk management against the effects of unwanted price changes.

Commodity price risk Commodities are often used as inputs, such as raw or partially processed materials to produce a finished product. They are tangible, interchangeable and marketable goods and show uniform characteristics. Commodities are divided into three categories: � Soft commodities, such as wheat, coffee, sugar and fruit; � Metals, such as gold, silver, aluminium and copper; and � Energy commodities, such as oil, gas and coal. The commodities used by the glass manufacturing industry are mainly: Coal, Steel, Tin, Palladium, Silver, Electricity, Natural Gas, Crude Oil (Diesel), Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB) While commodity producers are negatively affected by price falls that

cause loss of revenues, commodity consumers are affected by price increases, which increase the cost of commodities they purchase. Commodity price risk is considered a threat to the company’s finances, causing uncertainty, which may negatively be affected due to fluctuations i.e. volatility in the prices of commodities. The term price volatility describes price fluctuations of a commodity. According to studies, commodity volatility tends to be the highest of all the different asset classes. In the article ‘Why Are the Commodities More Volatile than Other Assets’ Andrew Height, describes the reasons why commodities are the most volatile asset class in terms of liquidity, mother-nature, geopolitics, leverage and supply-demand.

When we compute the annual volatility of different asset classes from the 2017-2019 data set, we can see that the commodity volatilities are relatively higher than the others’ volatilities (Fig 1).

Managing commodity exposure Given the uncertainty in commodity prices and volatility, companies should better understand their true commodity exposure. The first starting point is to use analytics and modeling tools to simulate potential commodity price paths within a determined time horizon. Studies can be enriched not only with data-based statistical and mathematical models, but also with basic scenario where expert Continued>>

� Fig 1. Annual volatility of different asset classes from the 2017-2019 data set

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isk as an uncertain consequence is an undesirable event that could or could not happen. Risk management is defined as an integrated process of identifying the risk through recognising and describing, carrying out an ongoing assessment and planning what to do to deal with risks to an acceptable level in a company. Financial risk can be expressed as a negative impact on a company’s income due to direct or indirect negative effects on input and output prices. Financial risk management is the process of recognition and management of the financial risks, which a company might be exposed. In the case of a highly integrated and globalised economic environment, financial risk management for a company is more vital than before. There are three categories of financial risks: Interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk and commodity price risk.

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judgements also contribute. By the help of many advanced simulation techniques, the company would have a richer understanding of possible outcomes versus a single, static forecast. If there is a need of exposure to be monitored and limited in the company, Value-at-Risk; a numerical solution of simulation outputs can be used as a metric as well. Second step is to integrate possible sales and production amount scenarios into simulated price outcomes and reach a distribution of pro forma financial statements. The critical issue in this step is to apply price and demand elasticities into scenario outputs. The main output of first and second steps is to obtain the 5th and 95th percentile of outcomes in which the risk management strategies are mainly focused. In addition, since the proforma financial performance distribution has been obtained, numeric solutions such as earning-at-risk and cash flow-at-risk can now be calculated to support managerial decisions. In the third step, risk management strategies are determined. Here the important thing is to follow a portfolio approach because of interactions among the different functions of the organisation. Then, the following risk management options are considered: i) Transferring risks i.e. pass-through to sales and/or purchase prices. ii) Balance, share and mitigate risks on purchase and sales contracts. Some of the

methods are price ceilings & floors, price bands, knock-in & knock-out clauses. iii) Up or downstream integration in the business field of activities. This is a long-term strategy. iv) Financial hedging.

Financial hedging The spot market is a market in which financial instruments or commodities are traded for immediate delivery. However, the futures market delivery is due later. The companies are directly affected by spot market price movements. However, commodity producers and consumers can trade in futures markets to protect against negative price movements in the spot market that can lead to major financial losses. This protection is known as financial hedging. The main purpose of hedging is to minimise unexpected future losses by locking prices today. Financial instruments in the futures markets such as forward, future, option and swap are also known as derivatives that can be used for hedging. The pricing of derivatives contracts is principally based on the underlying asset in the spot market. A future contract is a standardised financial agreement to buy/sell an asset at a future date for a given price in the organised markets. However, a forward contract is a financial agreement between the two parties in the over-the-counter (OTC) markets. Options give the buyer/

seller the right, but not the obligation, to buy/sell that asset by a given date and price not only in over the counter markets but also in the organised markets. Unlike future and forward, at the beginning of the option transaction, a premium should be paid to have the right to exercise the contract. In addition, a swap is a financial contract in which two or more parties exchange liabilities or expected cash flows. All hedging tools are used by companies to diminish the risk and hedge the physical asset or financial position with the existence of two positions; long position and short position. Long position refers to the take a financial position with the expectation of price increasing whereas short position refers to the take a financial position with the expectation of price decreasing. Table 1 summarises the purposes, advantages and disadvantages of financial derivatives.

Hedging stages The first step in commodity price risk hedging is to collate and aggregate the total exposure. It is simply an identification and recognition of commodity exposures based on budgeted procurement and sales figures with the maturity profile information. The second step is to quantify the risk with an assessment of the potential impacts of negative outcomes in price movements. After determining the total risk exposure, in the third step, the most appropriate hedging method and tool is chosen within the hedging ratios and limits, which are in line with the company’s risk appetite. This step should be enriched by hedging policy documents and other governance-related topics. In the fourth step, consider the targeted profit margins purchase and/or sales prices of goods in which the company trades are fixed in the derivatives market.

Product Purpose

Advantages

Disadvantages

Forward contract •Locking the future price with a fixed date

•Specific delivery dates and quantities physical delivery

•Counterparty risk

for the transaction

•Pricing not transparent

Futures contract

•Unlike forward contract, physical settlement not required

•Fixed contract

•Standardised contract •No counterparty risk since settled through clearing house

Commodity swaps

•Exchange expected cash flows

•Provides longer term hedge

•Counterparty risk

Commodity options

•Provide a right to exercise not obligation

•Ability to take advantage of favourable movement

•Premium payment has to be done

in commodity price

•Fewer cash flow issues than other tools

Table 1. Purposes, advantages and disadvantages of financial derivatives.

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In the fifth stage, hedge transactions are executed. There is a need for hedge rationale documentation supporting and linking hedges to underlying exposures in this stage. The sixth stage is related to calculating and monitoring the mark to market values of hedges and exposures. In the seventh stage, hedge performance is assessed together with the business exposure. Based on the results there may be a need for adjustments in the hedging strategy and hedging ratios. In the latest stage, hedge accounting rules and principles are applied in presenting the financial statements fairly.

Beneﬁts of hedging To manage the price risk to some level, better planning, business development and more flexibility with regard to pricing policies are essential. Financial hedging provides prominent benefits as follows: � Reducing portfolio risks of the company � Increasing predictability � Enables consistent and stable cash flows. � Effective cost management � Better inventory management � Enhancing company’s value � Balance sheet protection against random shocks

Conclusion Every company can be exposed to different types of risks and unexpected circumstances, which should be managed for financial sustainability. Risks can be considered as threats, but business needs to deal with those. Furthermore, there are many cases to think that there might be many unpredictable risks on the way, more importantly, financial risks. Hence, the concept of ‘Commodity Risk Management’ comes into being and should be taken into account to protect against unexpected price changes which may result in higher production costs or lower revenues. This article aims to analyse a practical model of potential determinants of effective commodity risk management by using hedging instruments such as forwards, futures, swaps, and options to mitigate the effects of unwanted price changes in commodities, which are the major components of a production cost structure of a glass manufacturing company. Findings from this article may shed light on why a hedging strategy should be taken into consideration in financial risk management policy. Financial hedging instruments should be involved in the decision-making processes. �

References CPA Australia (2012). “Guide to Managing Commodity Risk” Deloitte (2018). “Commodity Price Risk Management; A Manual Of Hedging Commodity Price Risk For Corporates” IMF (2019). “Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts – IMF World Economic Outlook, Growth Slowdown, Precarious Recovery, Chapter one” Height, Andrew (2019). “Why Are The Commodities More Volatile Than Other Assets”

* Financial Risk and Insurance Manager ** Financial Risk and Insurance Assistant Manager, Sisecam, Istanbul, Turkey www.sisecam.com MUGENCER@sisecam.com, MECALISKAN@sisecam.com

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Juan G. Cadavid* highlights how the creation of a SCADS system has brought numerous benefits to product design data for glass mould equipment design and also in manufacturing efficiencies.

n January 2014, the RI Colombia team embarked on a path that would lead to improved efficiencies and effectiveness throughout the entire company and each of its processes. The focus began with the engineering process and the interactions between technical processes, including anyone who handled customers specifications. This area was ripe for improvement as most customer specifications were in an analogue, non-standardised format and every downstream process required rereading and retyping them every time

needed. To improve overall performance and improve competitiveness, the RI Colombia team decided to convert all Product Design Data and Quality Records into digital format only and use the data to automate and simplify tasks across the board, eliminating redundancy preventing errors, gaining efficiency, reducing cost and saving time to foster further innovation.

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How Ross International created a SCADS system for glass mould design

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Accomplishment The RI Colombia team was able to accomplish the following, using existing resources including the existing standalone software coupled with enthusiasm and hard work: � Created a standard environment of all the technical features of all product families and made it the only technical language between processes. � Created a library of standard variables accordingly to the language for any software that needed it, either existing or new. � Developed Parametric 3D-Modelling Masters to change the engineering process and be able to 3D-Model each and every product of every order, validate the design and obtain all Product Design Data in digital format. � Built an entire platform - fully integrated with the ERP and the Product Design Data - of Digital Quality Control Forms to collect all quality records in digital format only, which they called the RI Digital Shop. � Every single quality record collected is traceable to the operator, machine tool and measuring instrument involved

� There is a ubiquitous - and never seen before - visibility of the quality (even on mobile phone and off-site) at any stage of the process and in real-time. � Defined the database architecture and built the database structure to centralise all the - now standardised data, and smartly choosing it to be on the ERP database, which integrated it all with administrative and financial data. � Developed specific software bridges between the central database and all the stand-alone software packages to automatically transfer any data needed to automate tasks. � Adapted all existing technical software tools such as CNC & CMM Macros, scheduling and pricing programmes, SPC reporting programmes. � Created new software tools such as the Design Parameters Validation - automatic validation of assemblies between components and compliance to standards/manuals - self customising and pre-filling Quality Control Forms (part of the RI Digital Shop) to always be compatible with the standard variables.

Managing the project The January 2014 project was named

Automatic Specifications Use (ASU). Selected members from all RI Colombia technical teams spearheaded the work on depicting and shaping all the above as well as managing the project. For approximately 1.5 years the team met weekly to discuss, learn and understand other departments’ (internal customers/vendors) capabilities and needs. They would brainstorm issues requiring problem solving or to innovate new ideas for implementation. The team would also evaluate progress toward its goal of improving all processes that benefitted from the standardisation, digitalisation and centralisation of design and quality control data. All the technical employees of RI Colombia participated and contributed in the actual development.

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RI recently changed the name ASU to SCADS, as the latter contains the initials of Standardise, Digitalise, Centralise, Automate and Simplify and also because SCADS (meaning plentiful) provides an abundance of manufacturing enhancements.

Product Design Data SCADS is building comprehensive Product Design Data for glass mould equipment design, for all components of the mould equipment, for its use in the manufacture of this equipment for customers around the world. Such data is stored along with quality control records data and administrative and financial data. The possibilities of further development with it are endless. SCADS now automatically: 1) Validates whether glass mould equipment components will assemble according to each customer’s parameters/ tolerances - and produces a report of results that is immediately shared with customer so that problems identified can be resolved before drawings are issued for manufacturing. If the design is correctly validated it is then stored as part of the Quality Assurance process.

2) Defines Product Manufacturing Routes (including particular Setup and Run times as per designs/specifications), produces CNC & CMM Programmes, Customises & Pre-fills (with orders information, target dimensions, tolerances) Quality Control Forms, statistically and graphically process and presents quality control data in real-time and generates and emails SPC Reports. SCADS has been fully implemented at RI’s Colombian machining shop and has achieved efficiency gains of 80+%. It has improved the quality of life of employees, the team has grown professionally and reinvented themselves as engineers. The time saved has allowed the evaluation and introduction of new technologies at RI such as User-Friendly Parametric 3D-Modelling, Additive Manufacturing, Hybrid Manufacturing (laser-cladding and machining on the same CNC machine) and High-Speed Drilling and recently Machine Learning - leveraging the vast source of very well structured data - to solve highly complex problems. Task automation and simplification is branching out beyond technical

departments, SCADS is now impacting purchasing, sales, general management, etc. SCADS has brought a virtuous cycle of improvement to RI. It is now a global RI standard operating procedure and is being implemented in the machining shops in South Africa and Hungary. RI also believes SCADS can be itself a commercial opportunity and a new source of revenue. Ross International (RI) is a multinational hollow glass mould manufacturing company with plants in the US, Colombia, South Africa, France and Hungary and a global team of 500+ employees. �

*Executive Vice President Ross International, www.rossint.com

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exico’s FAMA was founded in 1943 as Virto’s subsidiary for in-house machinery manufacturing. It has a record of creating forward-thinking industrial technology. The Monterrey-based company has developed CEIS 4.0, an electronic IS control with 4.0 technology. It includes predictive software to reach artificial intelligence and improve productivity through a flexible operation of any process reaching a high-level performance. It is adaptable in a modular way with other glass container production systems such as pneumatic, servo-pneumatic or complete servo systems. With CEIS 4.0, FAMA looks forward to creating hightechnology information systems and artificial intelligence that creates high level information (Big Data). This is stored in the digital Cloud through a media consulting platform to analyse value information that allows a total control of the process, which is crucial for taking decisions toward business. FAMA develops its machinery with an industry 4.0 nextgeneration electronics DNA. �

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Company profile: MGFS

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Hans Mehl* discusses MGFS’ recent expansion. Mr Mehl also discusses the Mexican market and the company’s latest projects. 1 Why did you decide to expand? We decided to expand because our two companies, MGFS and Heat-Up Latin America are growing rapidly and we are investing a lot of money in modern equipment to be ready to attend our clients’ needs. For example we now have one of the most modern equipment for glass draining with recycling of water. This represents a huge saving in cost for water and it contributes to preserve the environment. Furthermore, MGFS has an agreement with the

company NOSCO from Malaysia and we will be performing ceramic welding jobs together with them in our market. All this equipment is already here in Mexico and requires also a lot of storage space. Lastly, MGFS has invested in two complete sets of endoscopes to be able to perform more and better furnace audits for our customers. Heat Up Latin America today, with the equipment we have, is able to perform three heat-up jobs simultaneously in case it should become necessary.

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Company profile: MGFS

Today, we have a warehouse with 1300m2 and the ofﬁces are integrated in the building. This represents a huge improvement ant time saving for us. Everything is integrated and our teamwork, deﬁnitely will improve. The location is still in the city of Cuernavaca in the state of Morelos but at the other side of town. We are located 100 km southwest of Mexico City and normally we can reach Mexico City airport within 90 minutes.

the supervision of a complete new furnace construction in Chile and most probably we will be doing also the heat up and ﬁlling of this furnace.

2 Has business been busy in the past few years? I have to say that our market and our customers have increased during the past years. We have been very busy in Mexico but also outside of Mexico and even outside of Latin America. We can see that our activities are increasing as the number of our employees is increasing every year. 3 Can you give some details about the expansion, such as size and location? Until the beginning of this year MGFS had a warehouse with a total of 400m2 and had to move our offices to another location due to lack of space. This meant continuous transportation between the warehouse and the office. Offices and warehouse were not together in one building and this meant a lot of time loss.

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5 Have you invested in any new equipment? We have been investing in new endoscopes, updating of burner units for heating up, modernisation of our equipment for cullet fill, ceramic welding equipment and the complete water recycling system for furnace draining. This year we are planning on buying our own truck for the transportation of our equipment as well as a considerable amount of new burner units. We also have invested a lot of time and money in training of our staff. All of our personnel have gas handling certification and all of the relevant security trainings and certifications needed for these jobs. This year everybody will have also their welding certificates and they will undergo updates of their first aid certifications. We are not only investing in equipment but also in the skills of our employees. 6 What will the investment mean for your customers? For our customers, all of these investments, represent more flexibility for their job planning, faster reaction time from our side in emergency cases, our customers always will have the latest equipment with updated security features at their disposal. Continued>>

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4 What equipment does the new facility contain? In the new facility we store all the furnace draining equipment, heat up burner sets including combustion air fans and gas pressure reducing skids with the safety gas shut-off valves. Mobile scraper units, mobile water tanks and mobile cooling towers for the recycling water recycling system. We also have water-cooled vibratory chutes and water-cooled tubes for ﬁlling the furnaces after heat-up. Also our dust reducing units for cullet blowing is stored here. There is also all the equipment for ceramic welding and also the welding refractory material stored. Furthermore for MGFS we have all the equipment for furnace audits and the endoscope units as well as equipment for oxygen measuring, temperature measuring and metering and the thermographic cameras.

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We can attend more jobs at the same time, what directly reflects on customer benefit because we can react better and faster to unforeseen date changes, which are common nowadays. When we started in this business, we were pretty much working on a first come, first served basis. Due to all of our investments lately, we are able to serve our customers a lot better and quicker. We have heat up equipment in our facilities to perform three jobs at the same time. All these further investments will allow us to focus also on clients outside of Mexico. Investing in the skills of our employees’ benefits also our customers, as we want to make sure our customers can always count on specialised and professional personnel.

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7 How has the Mexican glass market been and can you outline some of the projects you have been involved in in recent years? The Mexican market has been growing in the past years and this has allowed us to grow too. Lately we have seen a certain slowing down of the market, mostly related to the Government change we had last year. The economic situation of the country today is still uncertain and big parts of the industry are waiting for the situation to improve. At the end, the glass market is still very strong and despite all, investments are being made. Last year we had our first glass drain with the recycling water system, which was used on a big float glass furnace in Mexico. We drained 2200 tonnes with recycled water and two scraper units to evacuate the drained glass. We heated up and filled a furnace in Bolivia, which was important for us, together with the project in Syria, as we are trying to do jobs outside of Mexico. We drained a float glass furnace of 2200 tonnes, with recycled

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water and two scraper units to evacuate the drained glass with our new water recycling system. We had the chance to commission our new equipment and demonstrate the good performance of the equipment. A considerable amount of this equipment was made locally in Mexico and we are proud of that. One other important project for us was the supervision of a turnkey furnace construction in Guadalajara, Mexico, for a non Mexican glass manufacturer. This was important for us as we realised that we were also being considered by foreign companies.

9 How was the project in Syria? Are you able to give details about your time in the country and life there? Syria was better than expected. We heated up and commissioned a brand new furnace. We were called due to the fact that it was very difficult for the customer to get specialised personnel for this project. A lot of companies rejected to send people to Syria because of the uncertain and dangerous situation. Nevertheless, we went there and everything turned out good. The life in Syria is still a little difficult as a lot of houses, factories, shops and other institutions are still destroyed and not functioning. The people are very helpful and we were welcomed as friends. I had a feeling of great thankfulness towards us as people realised that we were there to help start up some new business. It is still difficult to get some tools, equipment or other construction material but I had the feeling that also this situation was improving. Syria and their people are trying to start up the country again and you can see their efforts. �

*Owner & Managing Director MGFS Glass Factory Services & Heat-Up Latin America Cuernavaca, Mexico https://mglassfactoryservices.com/en/

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8 Have you been in any projects outside of Mexico? Last year we performed a heat up and cullet fill of a furnace in Bolivia, we made some furnace audits in Brazil and we made a complete start up from cold testing of the equipment up to filling and commissioning of a brand new furnace in Syria. This year we have already an order for the supervision of a complete new furnace construction in Chile and most probably we will be doing also the heat up and filling of this furnace. MGFS and Heat Up Latin America are evaluating the possibility to expand their business units to South America and presently we are evaluating the best market and the best possibilities for our companies and we are looking for the best location for this new challenging project.

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Company proﬁle: LWN Lufttechnik

Changes at LWN Lufttechnik LWN Lufttechnik has made operational changes within the management of the company. George Lewis spoke to one of its new Managing Directors and co-owner, Aleksander Pinda.

n 2018, LWN Lufttechnik owner Reiner Giesbert asked Aleksander Pinda, who joined the company in 2011 as a Design Engineer before working as the company’s Construction Manager, whether he wanted to own shares in the company after former co-owner Wieland Wittig relinquished his. As Mr Pinda was starting to have a greater influence at the company and meeting more customers, he decided to accept Mr Giesbert’s offer, and they became joint Managing Directors in October 2019 having completed the sale in August. Since the management change last year, Mr Giesbert and Mr Pinda has hired industry veteran Michael Nisius in its sales department. Mr Nisius has been in the glass industry since

1980 including sales roles at Ernst Pennekamp and Heye International among others. Mr Nisius will work with the rest of the sales team, which includes Johann Keyserlingk, Frank Lohbach and Mr Wittig to reach new clients across the world. Mr Pinda said: “Michael is a strong addition to LWN and will help solidify current customers and bring LWN to new ones in the future.”

The history � 1. LWN offer a complete service for improvements surrounding a company’s cooling system.

LWN Lufttechnik was formed in 1997 and moved into its current location in Wilsdruff near Dresden, Germany in 2002. After spotting a niche in the market, the company launched with four partners and six employees, supplying process air technology to all

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parts of the German glass industry. In 2002, LWN’s planning, construction and production divisions were merged and a single production site for system components was created, which is where the production line is still based today. The production line was originally used to build fans to increase its portfolio firstly in the glass sector, but is now developing customers within other sectors as well. The company can now help companies with the piping of compressed air, water and vacuum as well as the complete electrical wiring.

� 2. Over 60 people now work for the company based near Dresden in Germany.

� 3. Aleksander Pinda (l) and Reiner Giesbert (r) with industry veteran Michael Nisius (middle).

52 people now work directly for the company, plus another 12 assemblers who travel the world giving customers a bespoke service, something seen as a strength of LWN. The company feels it understands the complete production process, not just a small part and does not require certain parts of a project to be outsourced. Knowing the whole process is beneficial to the customer as it can help improve efficiency and energy consumption across the machinery installed at a plant. Improving efficiency and reducing energy consumption is seen by Mr Pinda as a ‘good conversation starter’ for LWN trying to introduce themselves to potential new customers.

4 LWN also has between 20 to 30 sub suppliers who provide LWN’s products to other suppliers across the globe. Mr Pinda said: “There is no company like ours. We show a commitment to work with the company and never leave them unhappy. “If there is a problem with certain cooling systems, we work with them to find the solution. This builds good customer relationships.” Mr Pinda explained that the company still has fans working from projects that were completed in 2007. He jokingly admitted that having fans that last so long is ‘good for the customer, but bad for us as a company’ as the products last for many years without breaking down or requiring maintenance. Customer’s trust in LWN is also seen as a requirement for Mr Pinda. He said that LWN has customer’s complete trust to not use knowledge seen at a glass plant for the benefit of a rival (confidentiality).

A management team that recognises its people As Mr Pinda has worked his way up to part own the company, he understands that he now has a responsibility for workers at the Wilsdruff plant. He is on first name terms with all of his staff, and as an owner of a company, he understands that he is ‘working with real people’ so any decision has to be of the benefit of those workers and assemblers. Throughout its time as a company, the main problem that arose with customers was that Continued>>

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companies had previously tended to purchase oversized fans when a smaller fan would suffice. This is something LWN help as part of its bespoke service, offering customers the right sized fans to help the production process. LWN worked with Turkish glass manufacturer Sisecam in 2017 to compare its current cooling systems. Mr Pinda asked to run the current and potential future systems side by side simultaneously to show the differences that LWN could provide. Sisecam were so impressed with the redesigned system from LWN that it ordered 17 cooling systems in 2018. Another project of importance to LWN is that with Polish company Dekor Glass. After a recent takeover, Dekor asked LWN to replace its cooling systems for both its furnace and IS machine. The company also wanted help replacing the piping and cabling, something that historically would have been done by a different company alongside LWN. But through its work on construction sites, LWN was able to have these expertise’s on hand to bring this in house, to the benefit of the customer. The project was completed in September 2019.

Progressing the company The future is looking positive for LWN after a steady period of growth for the company. It aims to ‘develop the market’ in all areas of the glass industry including hollow and flat glass. This includes initial contact with Ardagh Group. Projects are also on going in Chile, Mexico and Brazil, while new market options include potential customers in Italy but it is open to projects from anywhere in the world. LWN also recently installed helped install three machine fans at Wiegand Glass’ Schleusingen plant in Germany. But it is not just the glass industry focused on at LWN. It has recently bought into four companies within the steel industry and believes the improvement of its cooling systems and better efficiency by using new calculations will see the business grow. Mr Pinda said: “We are always learning. Our skills are always being updated due to new customers bringing different productions to work on.” Its newest investment is in new software for air flow simulation. This investment will give customers a more efficient fan design and the management change will see the business go from strength to strength. �

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Company profile: ShatterSafe

Plastic coated glass bottle hoping to break new markets After a career in environmental chemistry, Walt Himelstein* thought of an idea to coat a glass bottle in plastic to stop it breaking. George Lewis spoke to him about his newfound love for glass.

n American environmental chemist turned entrepreneur has designed an ‘unbreakable’ glass bottle which aims to tackle the worldwide single use plastics problem. He says that his glass bottle is coated in a plastic resin, which makes it resistant to breaking and can even be recycled by normal means. After years of perfecting the bottle, in early 2020 it is about to get its launch online in a bid to supply customers with a bottle that tastes like glass but with the sturdiness of a plastic bottle.

The beginnings Baltimore resident Walt Himelstein, 65 started studying environmental chemistry with the help of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who’s Super Fund meant he could ply his trade cleaning hazardous waste plots around the USA. From this, Mr Himelstein found himself at the General Physics Corporation as Vice President, working with 70 colleagues to analyse soils and water. Once it had been analysed, his team would advise engineers on-site about what chemicals were found in order for them to safely clean sites up. It was during this part of his career that the idea of a coated bottle was first discussed. Mr Himelstein explained that when chemicals were received from suppliers, they were in glass bottles. These glass bottles would sometimes be dropped, causing not only the chemicals to be exposed but also causing shards of glass to shatter everywhere. The chemists devised an idea to coat the bottles in a plastic resin in order to stop breakages from occurring. This was where the ShatterSafe bottle idea was born.

The birth of the bottle Following a successful career at General Physics Corporation, Mr Himelstein spent the early noughties working with his wife in the retail estate industry, fixing up and selling houses. But when the financial crash hit in 2009, the retail industry slowed, and it meant Mr Himelstein and his wife went from selling 30+ houses a year to just two. It was during the next year that the Himelstein’s devoted the majority of their time researching how to create the bottle. Mr Himelstein eventually found a company that could coat the bottles but a problem arose with finding a local American company who could supply the bottles. Most American glassmakers were only being able to provide mass amounts of bottles, but Mr

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Himelstein only required a small amount, and eventually found a Chinese bottle maker, which could provide the number of bottles he required. In late 2010, Mr Himelstein had a bottle, which had been properly tested and could be taken to the market. He also had a website ready to promote the bottle. He thought that the bottle was “the best thing since sliced bread”. Mr Himelstein thoroughly tested the bottles and confirmed that the bottles were not only resistant to breaking; they also could be recycled. He claims the plastic resin coating will “vaporise” at 2000 degrees Fahrenheit when going through the recycling process. His first point of call was to contact “big box stores”, such as Urban Outfitters and other major retailers to promote the bottle. He was told to contact the buyer direct but Mr Himelstein conceded that he would be “lucky to get the buyer’s assistant’s PA, let alone the actual buyer!” He believed he was trying to connect to the market in the “old way”. He needed to try something different.

A Hard Launch Later in 2010, Mr Himelstein exhibited at a Chicago houseware trade show. He met Marc Heinke, President and Chief Executive of Precidio Design, a Canadian tableware company. The two of them forged a partnership that would last for six years. During the first two years in the partnership, Mr Heinke redesigned the bottle lid. But despite making a better bottle, Mr Heinke also found that gaining interest in the bottle was hard to come by. After six years working together, Mr Heinke released Mr Himelstein from their distribution agreement. Mr Himelstein brought in his daughter Julianna, 26, to promote the bottle in a more modern way. Ms Himelstein would do this alongside her full time job. Ms Himelstein created a press release that was sent out to different organisations, while she also redesigned the website landing page, giving a way to collect emails for the pre-launch of the bottle. Ms Himelstein decided to create a page on Kickstarter, a website used all over the world to “kick start” projects from music, films and designers. Creators can decide when they are ready to launch their project and backers can put money towards it. The Himelstein’s put the bottle on the website and decided that the minimum amount of money they require is enough to make 3000 bottles. They felt this would eventually enable Ms Himelstein to work full time on the bottle.

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With the bottle on Kickstarter and ready for the world to see, Mr Himelstein hopes that 2020 is finally the moment when the ShatterSafe bottle takes off. Mr Himelstein has hinted that if successful, he has up to 10 glass products that can be coated in the plastic resin coating, including protein shake bottles, and food jars, all of which can be recycled. He also aims to be able to personalise the bottles, using ceramic ink under the plastic coating meaning the creations wouldn’t fade. He had someone in mind to create these personalisations. It has been a long road to get where they are now, and he had learnt a lot since entering the glass industry. Mr Himelstein said he had “learned from the school of hard knocks”. The bottle is due to be released in early 2020, and will be a 100% online business, which includes promotion of the bottle on Amazon. If you want to sign up to the email list, visit the Shattersafe bottle website. �

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Events world: SGT

SGT calendar for 2020 SGT President Stuart Hakes outlines the Society of Glass Technology’s events for the rest of the year.

� Stuart Hakes with last year’s Furnace Solutions winner Burcin Gul.

he beginning of a new calendar year is always a busy time for the Society of Glass Technology planning its activities. During the coming year we hope to have our AGM in May, subject to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

Training Day Our Training Day and Furnace Solutions meetings take place on June 3 and 4. We have an exciting schedule planned for the Training Day, with presentations to pass on knowledge to a younger audience and people new to the industry. Confirmed speakers including Hans Mahrenholtz of Glass Service in the Czech Republic entitled ‘A Different Approach to Furnace Audits’. This presentation is not the usual look at the ways of furnace auditing and should be informative. Alan Stevens of Fives will deliver a paper ‘Forehearth Audits – Is Glass Conditioning Equipment at its Best’. Glass conditioning takes place in the working end and forehearths and is a vital part of good glass production, so ensuring this is functioning as it should be and knowing when it is not is a pre-requisite for a wellrun container plant. The session will be a brief outline of the steps necessary to achieve this, structural condition, combustion system set-up, cooling equipment functions and temperature control system operation. Also on Training Day, Jan DuPlessis Theron of Lucideon will present ‘The Challenges of Tin Bath Blocks in the Float Process & How to Test them’. The tin bath blocks are exposed to a unique operating environment and if not produced correctly will create problems such as tadpole faults, transpiration faults, seven inch splitting and nepheline flaking. To avoid these disasters in the float glass melter, there are tests to ensure the material to be used for this application

will not suffer from any of these. Pauline Darbouret of Ferro France will speak about ‘Forehearth Colour Technology, Today’s Performance Needs & New Challenges of Tomorrow.’ The colouring of molten glass in a forehearth instead of inside the tank has been a key innovation for tableware and premium packaging glass manufacturers. This technology has helped the customisation of glass items when mass colouring was usually dedicated to long coloured glass campaigns. The running of forehearth colours requires expertise, patience and an understanding of the molten glass physical chemistry. The talk proposes a quick overview of the daily challenges, looks at glass defects and how they can be overcome. The second part of the talk will cover the sustainable ways of existing to keep on supplying the glass industry with colourful ideas. Lieke De Cock from Celsian Glass & Solar will discuss ‘The Application of Glass Sensors in the Glass Industry’. A presentation from Rob Ireson of Glass Futures will focus on ‘Alternative Low Carbon Fuel Technologies for Glass Manufacturing’ and will cover the projects and opportunities which Glass Futures is running. This would include an update on the Fuel Switching project and may well include the outcome of its capital bid for the pilot plants proposed by Glass Futures. We are also expecting Mathias Hagen of Luft-und Thermotchnik Bayreuth. The paper will look at Nox, in particular, looking at sources of Nox in glass

production, current and future limits, possibilities to reduce Nox, concepts and advantages, considering other pollutants, and storage areas for reactant impacts on planning permission.

Presentations The event will also include presentations from Fred Aker from PaneraTech on Reliable Manufacturing. The presentation introduces a new furnace health platform which captures audit data from multiple sources and ongoing risks. Dominic Oates of Saveway will talk on Real-time Monitoring of Refractory Lining Status in Glass melt tanks. Saveway has developed systems which enable real-time lining measurement in harsh environments such as glass tanks and furnaces. Our Annual Meeting in Cambridge, UK takes place September 6-9 with the theme of Changes & Challenges. This meeting will also incorporate GLASSAC 2020. More on this in the next issue. The Society is currently sifting through nominations for the Sir Alistair Pilkington Award – we have five nominees. This award will be given at the ESG/ICG meeting in Krakow, Poland on September 13. The Society will present the Michael Garvey Award during Furnace Solutions. We are also investigating a David Martlew Award aimed at the History & Heritage/ Arts side of the glass industry to honour his impact on this field. �

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AGR INTERNATIONAL Stand A10 Marta de la Torre 615 Whitestown Road Butler, PA 16001 United States Phone: +34/609-243523 Email: mdelatorre@agrintl.com Website: http://www.agrintl.com Agr International offers a variety of equipment and services specifically designed to meet the quality assurance needs of the global glass container manufacturing, filling and packaging industries. Agr’s products include high throughput, on-line inspection and process monitoring systems for containers and packaging products, automated laboratory products and a variety of manual gauges for use in the laboratory or on the production floor. Agr products play a significant role in the quality and safety of containers and packaging used around the world. Agr’s Sampling Pressure Tester, the SPT2, pushes the boundaries of throughput, pressure generation, handling versatility and measurement precision to levels previously thought impossible. In this product, Agr has married the rugged

and reliable performance of previous Agr pressure testing systems with the latest pressure and volume measurement technology. This combination has resulted in a device that can perform highly accurate, hands-free pressure and volume tests on bottles at a rate of up to 270 bottles per hour. As an industry leader for over 90 years, Agr is committed to provide the glass container industry with the most technologically advanced products and services available for quality control and productivity improvement. Agr products can be found in over 120 countries.

ALL GLASS SRL Stand D11 Via Cesare Sarti 20 - 43029 Traversetolo (PR) Italy Phone: +39 0521 340810 Email: info@allglass.it Website: www.allglass.it All Glass S.r.l. ITALY Leadership in cold-end conveyors and palletisers. Nowadays All Glass is recognized as a worldwide leading supplier of conveying lines and palletisers in the cold-end area of the glassworks industry. The numerous references in such installations for the most important international glassworks allowed All Glass to make a name for himself as reference partner in this sector. In last years all the most important glassworks chose All Glass gaining a full satisfaction in terms of excellent performance, efficiency and service. Considering that the production of glass furnace never stops, in its machinery All Glass uses first-class components and long-term tested elements only. All Glass technical structure is organised to

guarantee a constant assistance during all the steps of design, assembling and startup and to assure a prompt after-sales support during the maintenance periods. Making use of consolidate synergies, All Glass is the ideal partner to entrust the service of complete engineering for turnkey new solutions and for retrofits or relocations of existing installations. The keys of All Glass team’s success are the constant research in direct symbiosis with Clients to develop taylor-made customised solutions, and the natural bent to aftersales assistance and support, which makes All Glass be the ideal partner in terms of performance.

ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN. TIC. LTD. Stand A08 Mr. A Altingoz Yeni Mahalle, Ciftlik Cad. No:2 Cayirova, Kocaeli 41420 Turkey Phone: +90 262 7436373 Email: info@atestugla.com Website: http://www.atestugla.com Since 1977, Altingoz Ates Tugla Refrakter Ltd. has been in the refractory market and providing various types of refractories for Glass industry. In our factory we have cutting, drilling and polishing facilities and this enables us to shape the refractories as per customer needs and also refractories are pre-assembled in-house according to the orders. Our products can be listed: Fused Cast AZS/Alumina Refractory Blocks, High Zirconia Fused Cast Blocks, Zircon, Zircon-Mullite, Andalusite, Silimanite, Silica Bricks and Refractory Mortars. We have delivered refractory products and complete forehearth refractories to many glass factories all around the world by road, air or by sea.

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Via Medaglie d’Oro della Resistenza, 2 50053 Empoli - Florence Italy Phone: +39 0571 93221 Email: com@antoninisrl.com Website: http://www.antoninisrl.com Antonini srl is an Italian Company working since 1946 in the branch of hollow glass. Antonini supplies annealing and decorating lehrs, tempering lines, mould prehating kilns, thermal shock lehrs, cold end coating spray and dosing unit. The company is very active also in upgrading and reparation of second hand lehrs of all brands. Low consumption and zero maintenance are the strong qualities of Antonini’s equipment, together with the post sales service, made by high specialised technicians. All equipment is made in Italy and all materials are high quality, to keep the standard in a top level. Up to today more than 1600 new lehrs have been installed.

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BDF INDUSTRIES Stand B05 Claudia Vedovato via dell’industria, 40 Italy Phone: +390444286100 Email: c.vedovato@bdf.it Website: http://www.bdf.it BDF Industries is a company with headquarter based in Vicenza and has 112 years of history and tradition of mechanical and automation competence. Serving Glass Manufacturers all over the world for more than 60 years. Thanks to its own internal division competences of MELTING - FORMING - AUTOMATION - ENERGY, is the sole player in the Hollow Glass Market, able to offer turn key plants from the engineering to the maintenance service with advanced technological products and solutions. Our mission is to serve customers with competitive plant and process technology and automation to produce quality and offer skilled after-sales service involving top-specialised engineers. BDF Industries production range includes: IS Machine, Gob Forming and Delivery Timing System, Forehearts, Batch Chargers, Glass Level, Control Systems and Energy Recovery Systems.

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Mr Mario Zanin Via Cavour, 9 31013 Cimetta Di Codogne’ - Treviso Italy Phone: +39 0438 794784 Email: info@carmetspa.it Website: http://www.carmetspa.it CAR-MET dedicates its activity to the hollow glass, decorating and tempering industry. The company has chosen to develop its own technology with the aim to improve the performances of its machines assuring always a lower consumption and offering to customers the highest technology available in the market. CAR-MET has the complete construction of its machines under its own control: design, structure, mechanical components, combustion installation, burners and the electrical installation are carried out inside the Italian plant. This system enables to control and assure the qualitative standard, makes possible the respect of the delivery terms, allows to have spare parts always available. PRODUCTION: Annealing & decorating lehrs Toughening lines Mould pre-heating ovens Cross conveyors Stackers Hot glass scrapers

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CHANGSHU LEGE MOULD TECH CO. LTD Stand F26 158 Shali Road, Shajiabang Town Changshu City, Jiangsu Province China Phone: +86 1377 6230225 Email: ray@legemouled.com Website: www.legemould.com Changshu Lege Moud MFG specialises in the glass moud design and manufacturing. Lege Mould introduces international advanced equipment, absorbing the advanced experience & way of the modernisation of the company management and running, and with each kind of specialty lab, Lege could offer the best technical support & service for each customer.

CHANGSHU WEIHENG MOULD MANUFACTURE CO LTD Stand C12 No 66, Tonghua Road, Guli Town Changshu 215533 China Phone: +86 13722 641109 Website: www.weiheng.cn

CORTEX GLASS B.V. Stand D25 Sint Jansstraat 2F, Groningen 9712 JN Groningen Netherlands Phone: +31 5085 17127 Email: kamperhoff@cortexglass.com Website: www.cortexglass.com Cortex Glass develops and sells innovative Hot End Camera Inspection, Monitoring and Control systems for the container, pharmaceutical, perfume, cosmetics and tableware glass industries. With our systems all process steps at the Hot End can be monitored, optimised and (automatically) controlled. This results in an improved production yield and product quality, a reduction of energy, waste and and the possibility to reduce the workforce. All Cortex Glass systems are equipped with easy to use, state of the art Touch Screen user interfaces. At Cortex Glass, we strive to improve the competitiveness of the glass industry through innovation. In our vision, the glass industry must continuously improve the glass production process with innovative inspection, monitoring and control systems.

COVIA Stand C20 Loma Larga 2621, Colonia Obispado Monterrey 64060 Mexico Phone: +52 81 8151 2800 Email: jessica.torres@coviacorp.com Website: www.coviacorp.com

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DITER Stand E05 Bernardo Ortiz Varela Av Del Parque 628 Col. Fraccionamiento Industrial San Rafael Guadalupe, N.L. 67710 Mexico Phone: +52 81 83 27 30 79 Email: info@diter.com.mx Website: http://www.diter.com.mx/ Diter is your best ally in the glass industry for furnace refractory solutions and their maintenance. We represent well extablished suppliers of refractory solutions for glass furnaces worldwide.

DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO Stand E22 Adrian Lopez Jardon Juan Zuazua No. 3740, Col. Del Norte, Monterrey, NL, Mexico Phone:+ 52 1 5530556493 Email: adrian.lopez@dominion-global.com Website: http://dominion-global.com/ dominion-Industry Dominion Industry is an entity that adds together the historical experience of Karrena, Burwitz and CTP, the capacity in complex projects of CRI, Altac and Bierrum, the specialised technologies from Steelcon and Novocos, and the leadership of Dominion and Beroa. A success story of knowledge, innovation and integration to Continued>>

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EIRICH MACHINES INC Stand A12 Luis Salazar 4033 Ryan Road Gurnee, IL 60031 United States Phone: +52 1 811 066 3693 Email: lsalazar@eirichusa.com Website: http://www.eirichusa.com Eirich Machines designs, manufactures & supplies individual mixers, dryers & reactors to complete turnkey plants for the processing of raw materials, compounds, waste & residues in a wide range of industries. The Eirich product line for mixing, agglomerating, pelletising, grinding, granulating & plasticising, ranging from 1 to 12,000 litres can also be equipped with vacuum. The results of this process technology are synonymous worldwide for some outstanding achievements in the solution of problems in diverse applications. In addition, our American Process Systems product line of sanitary equipment for mixing, drying, reacting and material processing includes; Ribbon Blenders, PlowBlend Plow Blenders, OptimaBlend Fluidising Paddle Blenders, OptimaIIBlend Fluidised Zone Mixers, Paddle Ribbon Blenders, Paddle Blenders, Bag Dump

Workstations, High Speed Finishers and USDA design and ASME certified pressure vessels. A full line of test equipment allows for pre-sale testing in our lab or the customer’s own plant.

ELECTROGLASS LTD Stand E02 Grahame Stuart 4 Brunel Road, Manor Trading Estate, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 4PS United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1268 565577 Email: info@electroglass.co.uk Website: http://www.electroglass.co.uk Electroglass is an independent specialist in all-electric glass melting, conditioning, electric boosting and related systems. Based on decades of experience and ongoing technical development, Electroglass provides the most up to date technology for Electric Furnaces, Forehearths and Boost Systems for all glass types, as well as Precision Control Bubblers and ancillary equipment, such as Glass Level Sensors, Throat Heating and Drain Systems. Our scope of supply includes design and specification, equipment supply and installation, plus commissioning of individual specialised equipment or complete system packages. All Electric Furnaces ranging from 200kg to over 250 Tonnes/day provide operating economy and glass quality assurance. High efficiency Convection Current Control Boost systems improve furnace pull and glass quality and enable significant tonnage increases with simultaneous reductions in electrical consumption. All Electric Forehearths for both volatile and non-volatile glasses offer substantial energy cost savings compared with other all-electric and gas-fired designs. Electroglass high quality, insulated, water-cooled electrode holders are available for horizontal and vertical applications. Based in south east England we offer world-wide service to our customers in all five continents with local representation in many regions.

EME GmbH Stand E06

Wockerather Weg 45 41812 Erkelenz Germany

Phone: +49 2431 9618-0 Email: contact@eme.de Website: http://www.eme.de EME is a leading global supplier of batch preparation plants, cullet handling equipment and batch charging technology to the glass industry. Customised solutions ranging from single component supply to complex turnkey batch plants.

EMS Group Stand D03 Fabrizio Boschi Via Galileo Galilei 29 42027 Montecchio Emilia (RE) Italy Phone: +39 0522 861911 Email: emmeti@emmeti-spa.it Website: http://www.emmeti-spa.it Established in 1982, Emmeti is one of the leading suppliers of palletisers and depalletisers to the global glass market. The synergy between Emmeti and its associated company SIPAC allows us to offer a complete range of palletising, depalletising and conveying lines – either semi or fully automatic, sweeping or gripping, high or low level solutions. Emmeti can also design, in conjunction with SIPAC, complete cold end and packaging lines manufactured, assembled and tested entirely at its own plant. Customers deal with one supplier only for the integration of all the equipment.

F.I.C (UK) Limited Stand D01

Mr Stuart Hakes Longrock Industrial Estate, Penzance Cornwall TR20 8HX United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1736366962 Email: general@fic-uk.com Website: http://www.fic-uk.com F.I.C. (UK) Limited design and supply all-electric furnaces as well as boosting systems for a wide range of glass types and manufacturing processes including float, fibre, container, and borosilicate. In addition we offer a number of glass conditioning options such as our Isothermal unit for glass conditioning in the forehearth or distributor to eliminate top-tobottom and side-to-middle temperature differences. This system will significantly improve thermal homogeneity in coloured glasses and high productivity forehearths in flint glass. We also offer heat extraction

systems to extract heat out of the glass to aid glass conditioning and reduce gas consumption by the use of removable water-cooled bubblers. These tubes can be placed anywhere from the throat through to the back of the forehearth. Within the range of electrode holders manufactured by FIC is our unique High ‘Q’ holder in which the cooling circuit is replaceable in under 10 minutes. Our Maxi ‘Q’ holder is a weld-free type with no critical welds within the furnace refractory structure. We can supply all-electric forehearths offering major energy savings as well as other glass conditioning options such as our Isothermal unit for glass conditioning in the forehearth or distributor to eliminate topto-bottom and side-to-middle temperature differences.

FALORNI TECH GLASS INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCE Stand E16 Andrea Zucconi- Commercial Director Viale IV Novembre 15 50053 Italy Phone: +390571922333 Email: a.zucconi@falornitech.com Website: http://www.falornitech.com 60 years serving the glass industry Energy savings, lower emissions and environmental impact are critical factors for the industry which want to improve their competitiveness. Analyzing these new challenges, Falorni Tech has focused its mission on helping glass producers to mantain their competitiveness and at the same time, complying with enviromental law- restriction. Falorni Tech combines engineering, installations and tailored customer service with particular focus on delivery, timeliness, information, professionalism and staff attitude. Solutions: melting furnaces (regenerative, recuperative, oxy fuel from 20 to 350 tonne/ day) ancillary equipment (batch charger, combustion systems, burners, recuperators, reversal system etc) complete working ends for high capacity plants coloring forehearths. Services: Glass engineering turnkey glass plant solutions and greenfield project Full engineering service to study and to define the solutions corresponding to the specific needs of every single customer with 2D and 3D layouting. Project management & consultancy Full service for furnace installation, start up, preheating. Furnace rebuilding, renovating service, oxy conversion, refurbishment of existing batch plants. Workshop (we produce ourselves Continued>>

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equipment as furnaces, heat recuperators, batch charging, furnaces controllers etc.) Glass defects analysis, batching analysis, raw materials analysis. Technical assistance & supervision ( preheating and start up)

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FAMA Stand C01 Keramos 225 pte, Colonia del Prado, Monterrey Mexico Phone: +52 (81) 8863 2822 Email: ventasfama@vitro.com Website: http://www.fama.com.mx/ FAMA has more than 70 years of experience serving the glass industry. Now we expand our products and services worldwide offering integral solutions for glass manufacturers. We have a specialised workforce and high quality standards and services that will bring solutions to enhance our customers’ success into their operations. Our wide range of products and services can be classified into five categories: Moulds, Machinery, Special Equipment, Automation and Engineering Services.

FERMAC Stand C06

Alessandro Ghirardini Via La Spezia 162/1, Parma 43126 Italy Phone: +39-0521-989056 Email: sales@fermac.it Website: http://www.fermac.it Fermac designs, manufactures and installs equipment and complete lines for decoration of hollow glass items. Based in Parma, north Italy, is offering its services since 1993. The product range includes semi-automatic and automatic machines for screen printing of tumblers, bottles, jugs, cups, pots, ashtrays, and cosmetic items. Technologies are different; from the consolidate screen printing with ceramic enamels, to more environmental friendly UV range, up to latest development with digital ink jet decoration on odd shape items . Fermac carries out its activities in 55 different countries worldwide with more than 400 units installed and operating in different market segments.

Mr Remi Pujol Regional Sales Manager Americas 4A Churchward, Southmead Park Oxon OX11 7HB United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1235 811 111 Mobile 07467 955178 Email: Remi.Pujol@fivesgroup.com Website: glass.fivesgroup Fives Stein Ltd, part of the Fives Glass Division, is a leading equipment supplier for high-quality glass melting and conditioning of all types of glass. With over 100 years proven expertise worldwide in the supply of gas, electric and mixed-fuel furnace, boost systems, ancillary plant, working ends and forehearths. The company is able to tailor its equipment to best match the production requirements and provide glass producers with a comprehensive range of furnace and foreheath related services. Fives Stein Ltd is the glassmakers’ partner offering a dedicated range of services in automotive, architectural, ultra-thin, container, perfume, fibre, crystal and special glass processes.

FlammaTec, spol. s ro Stand D01 Petr Vojtech Rokytnice 60, 755 01 Vsetin Czech Republic Phone: +420 571 498 566 Email: info@flammatec.com Website: http://www.flammatec.com FlammaTec, spol. s r.o. (Czech Republic) and its daughter company FlammaTec GmbH (Germany) have become leading suppliers of advanced burner technology for glass furnaces. FlammaTec was founded by two partner companies (STG Combustion Control GmbH & Co KG, and Glass Service, a.s.) as a joint venture. The long term know how of how to supply optimal and flexible heat into the glass can be found back in the advanced burner concepts. After eight years since its start in 2008, FlammaTec has already supplied well over 2500 burners to over 120 projects on float, container, tableware and special glass furnaces. Such a strong reference clearly shows

the benefit of this innovative combustion technology that offers high performance solutions to the FlammaTec customers. FlammateTec burners improve heat transfer from combustion to the glass melt and thus also improve furnace efficiency and lower emission when replacing conventional burners. FlammaTec offers the following advanced LoNOx burner types: • Underport Gas Injector, Flex or Freejet • Underport Gas/Oil Dual Injector, Flex of Freejet • Underport Heavy Oil Injector (also can be used for backup solutions) • Sideport Gas Injector, Flex • New Oxy/Gas Burner

FONDERIE VALDELSANE SPA Stand F23 Strada di Gabbricce, 6 53035 Monteriggioni (Siena) Italy Phone: +39 0577 304730 Email: com@fonderievaldelsane.com Website: http://www.fonderievaldelsane. com Fonderie Valdelsane is internationally acknowledged as the most experienced and specialised firm in the production of rough glass moulding components. Its specific focus on training of the staff, who have grown up with the Company, continuous modernisation of the plants, and enhancing the quality of special alloys, have been rewarded with the achievement of increasingly ambitious goals. Today as in the past, the identity of the Foundries is strongly linked to the production of glass: a pure, immutable and safe material, which is also synonymous with environmental sustainability. The material of the future, rooted in the distant past, just like Fonderie Valdelsane.

FORMA GLAS GMBH Stand C21 Salzburgerstraße 5145 Neukirchen an der Enknach Austria Phone: +43 7729 20299 Email: info@formaglass.com Website: www.info@formaglass.com Forma Glas is an innovative manufacturer of glass production machines for stemware, tumblers and press articles from Austria. With more than 120 years of experience, we build individually machines and complete production plants. Production lines for Stemware production, Tumbler production, Vases and bowles, Ophthalmic lenses, Car headlights, Thermos flasks, Laboratory glass articles, Lamp bulbs, Press glass lines Glass processing machines Blowing machines IBS with 8 up to 32 stations

for stemware bowls,tumblers, laboratory articles, lamp bulbs, thermos flasks, vases and bolwes etc. up to 60/pc. /min. Presses type ISP with 8 up to 20 stations hydraulic or servo for the production of stems for stemware (with bottom), ophthalmic lenses and smaller pressed glass articles. Double stations presses up to 14 double stations (ISP 14/2) Presses type RPH, hydraulic or servo, with 6 up to 16 stations for the production of pressed table glassware. Presses for the production of technical glass (car headlights) Servo Gob Feeder Cold processing machines Automatic crackingoff, grinding and polishing machine type ASA with 13, 26 or 39 stations for the finishing in standard cut-off process or laser cutting. Washing and drying belt, Fire polishing machine, Tableware inspection machine

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FUSIONTEC SRL Stand D30 Mr.Gianfranco Tempesta - Export Manager Via Mario Carraro, 9/11 Montecchio Maggiore (VI) 30675 Italy Phone: +39 342 3942907 Email: g.tempesta@fusiontec.eu Website: http://www.fusiontec.eu Fusiontec is a Revimac company that has been founded with the purpose to integrate under one roof all activities related to the industrial manufacturing of refractory materials for furnace/working end, forehearths and feeder expendables. Revimac and Fusiontec may offer a complete package including high quality material refractories and equipment for the full control of the glass melting & conditioning process.

FUTRONIC Stand C21 Tolnauerstr. 3-4 D-88069 Tettnang Germany Phone: +49 (0)7542 5307 0 Email: info@futronic.de Website: www.futronic.de The German company futronic GmbH - a subsidiary of the German Jetter AG - attained an exceptionally well reputation as a hightech electronics engineering company world-wide. futronic holds the experience Continued>>

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Glass experts Furnace support Process optimization Training and R&D Celsianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aim is to minimize the cost of making glass for end users and the environment. We have an agile team of glass experts using proven methods like furnace modelling, laboratory measurements and practical furnace health checks to optimize glass melting processes. We also train operators and glass technologists through our standard course, dedicated programs and various e-learning modules. We strive to be the best partner for optimization of glass production worldwide.

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of more than 45 years developing, manufacturing and commissioning electronic control systems for the hollow glass manufacturing and tableware industry, i.e. Electronic Timing Systems for various range of needs, Synchronous Drive Systems, hot end reject systems for stuck and down ware, gateways to integrate components from other suppliers, cold end coating systems, controlling of proportional valves, automation of the lehr, training systems and various, useful software packages. The new generation of timing system is called ”FMT 24S”. This Flexible Modular Timing System for a maximum of 24 sections offers a high degree of flexibility and could be adapted to any type of I.S. Machine. Customer satisfaction and constantly improved quality are the focus of futronic´s activities, what reflects in fast delivery, comprehensive pre- and after-sales support, training and remote maintenance service.

GIANCARLO PEREGO S.p.a Stand C14 Mr. Leonardo Perego Via Marchesina 58 20090 Trezzano sul Naviglio ( Mi ) Italy Phone: +39 02 48400060 Email: gperego@gperego.it Website: http://www.gperego.it Production of Moulds for Glass Industries

GLASS INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE

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Quartz House, 20 Clarendon Road Redhill Surrey RH1 1QX United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1737 855000 Email: glass@quartzltd.com Website: http://www.glass-international. com Glass International offers readers the latest news from across the hollow, container, flat, and speciality glassmaking industry and is the official media partner for the global Glassman events. The magazine focuses on industrial, economic and environmental issues affecting the industry and includes articles discussing the latest developments and challenges in glass manufacturing.

Regular features comprise of global news and events, company and country profiles, and previews and reviews of important industry conferences and exhibitions.

GLASS MACHINERY PLANTS Stand F06 Luciano Molina via A. Gramsci 57 20032 Cormano (Milano) Italy Phone: 0039 0266306866 Email: luciano.molina@glassonline.com Website: http://www.glassonline.com/site/ Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories is one of the leading international magazines for glass manufacturing, and is targeted at glassworks involved in the production and processing of hollowware and special glass (bottles, containers, household, lighting, technical, scientific, industrial and medical glassware). GMP&A is a bi-monthly periodical with about 100 pages of product news, current world news, technical articles and dossiers, worldwide exhibitions, glassworks in the world, Yellow Pages, etc.. GMP&A is supported by GlassOnLine. com, the most visited international website for the glass industry and by the Glass Industry Directory, an annual guide which gives a complete overview of international glassworks and suppliers involved in hollowware and special glass manufacturing.

GLASS SERVICE Stand D01 Erik Muijsenberg Rokytnice 60, 755 01 Vsetín Czech Republic Phone: +420 571 412 626 Email: info@gsl.cz Website: https://www.gsl.cz Glass Service (GS), headquartered in the Czech Republic with offices in the Netherlands, U.S.A, China and Slovakia, is a leading consultant in the field of glass melting, furnace control, operation, troubleshooting, and optimizing furnace designs. GS programmers have developed in-house mathematical modeling software enabling the optimisation of glass melting and combustion processes in glass furnaces and forehearths. More than 700 different projects have been completed using GS software. Presently a new version of furnace modeling software (GFM 5.0) is being developed. GFM 5.0 uses a new generation of non-orthogonal mesh which enables proper representation of all geometric features and local refinement. GS has its

own laboratory for glass defect analysis and analyzes more than 2,000 defects yearly. Additional testing capabilities utilise basic and applied research in the field of glass melting, GS has invested considerable effort into developing a new technology called a “Supervisory Advanced Control System” using our proprietary software known as the Expert System - ESIIITM. More than 155 installations have been successfully deployed worldwide. GS supplies high quality selected raw materials to the glass industry.

GLASS SERVICE S.R.L Stand A14 Via Cascina Lari, San Miniato Pisa 56027 Italy Phone: +39 348 911 8173 Email: a.dorazio@glassservice.it Website: http://www.glassservice.it Glass Service S.r.l. is an Italian company that engineers and realises high-end melting (and conditioning) solutions for several types of glasses such as: container, tableware, mineral-wools, neutralborosilicate, sodium silicate and others. From turnkey projects to single ancillaries (like slitting or batch chargers). Glass Service cooperates with the bigger names of the industry all over the world. Our strength-points are flexibility, competitive price/quality ratio, and a wide experience on combustion systems, colouring feeders, borosilicate glass and stirring mechanisims. Glass Service: Made in Italy.

GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL Stand E02 William Brinkman Park Lane, Halesowen West Midlands. B63 2QS United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1384560666 Email: wbrinkman@glassworkshounsell. co.uk Website: http://www.glassworkshounsell. co.uk Glassworks Housell fue fundada en 1887 conocida por sus ingenieros de precisión y ahora trabaja en una gran variedad de industrias que ofrecen soluciones a medida. Para la industria del vidrio, somos proveedores desde hace mucho tiempo para todo tipo de cargadores de materia prima y equipos de alimentación asociados (para todo tipo de vidrio). El equipo de carga que se está volviendo cada vez más sofisticado y personalizado para adaptarse a las demandas y requisitos del usuario final (Nox, Flexibilidad, Costo)

Glassworks también es un proveedor global de Electrodos de fusión de vidrio (óxido de estaño) para usos en fundición y refinación en diversas aplicaciones - brindándonos una experiencia única y valiosa con una serie de soluciones diferentes que, combinadas con nuestras habilidades de ingeniería de precisión, nos posiciona como el proveedor ideal para ofrecer un sinfín de soluciones a medida para hornos, ya sea para carga de materia prima o fundición. Ponga esta experiencia a trabajar para usted.

GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics Stand F15 Buckweg 2 31848 Bad Muender Germany Phone: +49 (0) 1735469906 Email: info@glass-tech-ceramics.com Website: www.glass-tech-ceramics.com GTC – Glass Technology & Ceramics is a customer orientated company, which is specialised in international trading, technical and commercial support for container glass manufacturers and purchasing assistance for the ceramic industry. Moreover, we can assist our customers regarding all kind of equipment purchase, which is required to ensure a trouble free and profitable production. Regardless, if our customers are looking for suited equipment for their batch plant and furnace section or for IS machines, annealing lehrs and quality control systems, GTC can assist to find the right supplier with the right technology for all specific needs.

HarbisonWalker International Stand C25

Gerhard Schmitt, Manager Technology & Sales | Glass Industry 1305 Cherrington Parkway, Suite 100 Moon Township, PA 15108 United States Phone: +49 6130 945497 Email: gschmitt@thinkHWI.com Website: http://thinkHWI.com HarbisonWalker International (HWI) has over 85 years of research and development in the glass market that has enabled us to pioneer innovative glass solutions. Our dedicated glass application specialists Continued>>

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build custom solutions, troubleshoot issues, develop technical papers, and offer a range of consultation services.

HEAT UP LATIN AMERICA Stand B01 Hans Mehl Nueva Inglaterra 505-B, Lomas de Cortés Cuernavaca Morelos Mexico Phone: +52 1 777 267 6666 Email: hans.mehl@heat-up.mx Website: http://www.heat-up.mx Heat Up Latin America is a Mexican based company supplying services and products for the glass industry in North, Central and South America. We are specialised in Furnaces Heat Up, Expansion control, Dust Free Cullet Fill, Furnace Draining with complete water recycling, Thermal Regenerator cleaning and Hot Drilling (Bubbler, Thermocouple, Electrode Holders) for all kind of glass melting furnaces. Being backed up by our mother Hotwork International (Europe), apart from the refractory services, Heat Up Latin America has also an experienced engineering department, providing Combustion Technology Solutions. Our combustions systems include all types of gas and oil burners, for underport, sideport and throughport firing, as well as, all types of Oxygen Burners for furnace and forehearths. Heat Up Latin America is the preferred partner in the glass industry when it comes to Energy saving and NOx reduction.

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HEIDELBERG MEXICO S DE R.L DE C.V Stand A20 Eduardo Siloé Corona Solís Av. Santa Fe # 170, Interior 8-4-4, Lomas de Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón México CP-01219 Mexico Phone: +52 1 (55) 4187 6841 Email: eduardo.corona@heidelberg.com Website: https://www.heidelberg.com/ global/l1/products/screen_printing/ screen_printing.jsp The Gallus Group with its production sites in Switzerland and Germany is the world market leader in the development, production and sale of narrow-web, reel-fed presses designed for label manufacturers. The machine portfolio is augmented by a broad range of screen printing plates (Gallus Screeny), globally decentralised service operations, and a broad offering of printing accessories and replacement parts. The comprehensive portfolio also includes consulting services provided by

label experts in all relevant printing and process engineering tasks. The Gallus Group is a member of the Heidelberg Group and employs around 360 people, of whom 225 are based in Switzerland. The group headquarters is in St.Gallen, Switzerland. As a member of the Heidelberg Group, the Gallus Group uses the Heidelberg global sales and service network.

HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. Stand B10 Sam Leaper 3009 Washington Road McMurray, PA 15317 United States Phone: +1 724 4389550 Email: info@hft.com Website: http://www.hft.com Since 1947 Henry F. Teichmann, Inc’s engineering, technical service, purchasing, construction and project management teams have been committed to providing turnkey services for batch plants, complete glass plants, container glass furnaces, float glass furnaces, fiberglass furnaces, foam glass furnaces, sodium silicate furnaces, pressed glass melting services, hand glass processes, tableware & lighting products. In their 70 plus years the engineering staff have provided furnace designs utilising regenerative package furnace, cross-fire furnace, end-fire furnace, electric furnace and oxy-fuel melting technologies, and have serviced over 1,000 projects worldwide. HFT’s vast construction experience has led to them gaining a formidable reputation throughout the world for their outstanding record of safe, on-time and under budget performance for the construction of glass manufacturing plants and furnaces. HFT’s highly trained and experienced project managers and supervisors, having a diverse range of experience and skills are among the most respected in the industry. World famous Lehr supplier E.W. Bowman is now part of HFT. Bowman specializes in the supply of container glass Annealing Lehrs, Decorating Lehrs, Mould Pre-Heating Kilns, Belt Cleaning rushes, Lehr process consultation & Lehr overhauls.

HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG Stand B01 Bergstrasse 2, 95703 Ploessberg Germany Phone: +49 96369204142 Email: andreas.mattes@hornglas.de Website: http://www.hornglass.com Horn Glass Industries AG, a German

specialist in the design and supply of complete glass melting technology is a solution partner for the worldwide glass industry. With its abroad subsidiary companies in Czech Republic, India, Malaysia and China Horn matches the glass industry’s requirements for local and fast activities. With its more than 130 years of experience in glass melting, Horn has a wide range of experience in the design, manufacture and supply of different furnace types for production of lighting ware, tableware, containers, cast glass, float glass, solar glass and technical glassware. The range of products and services includes utility equipment such as combustion systems, electric control equipment as well as modern process controlling with SCADA systems of the highest standard, and the design engineering and site service, to name just a few. Moreover, with its service people, Horn can cover the full requirements of the glass industry. A wide range of experts is available to install and commission all melting tanks worldwide. Service people can react quickly in order to provide assistance in case of any trouble during the glass production.

HOTWORK - USA LLC Stand C33 223 Gold Rush Road Lexington, KY 40503 United States Phone: +1 859 2761570 Website: http://www.hotwork.com/ Since 1965, Hotwork has provided glass furnace heatup services to glass manufacturers around the world. Hotwork has a range of specialised services developed to serve the needs of glass furnace operators. Along with heatups, these services include: expansion and contraction control supervision, sulfate burnouts, glass draining including hot water recycling, controlled and rapid steam cooldowns, hold hots, cullet fills (dry, wet and vibrated), cullet screening and electronic crown rise monitoring.”

ICEBEL Stand E23 Afonso Cardeira Rua 1º de Janeiro, 53 Marinha Grande Portugal Phone: +351 244545310 / +351 912278990 Email: cardeira@icebel.com Website: http://www.icebel.com Icebel began its activity in the production of cold-end line equipment in 1992. With its foundations in cold-line equipment, it

has been involving itself in other industrial sectors with customised solutions, keeping as a source the equipment for automatic handling, palletising, articles and palletised loads conveyance and pallets packaging. Installs complete systems, integrating its production equipment with those made by other manufacturers. Icebel’s mission is to study and design, build, assemble and provide automatic cold-end line equipment, mainly including: palletising, depalletising, handling, articles and palletised loads conveyance. While meeting its mission the company assumes a posture of ethics, honesty and credibility, providing customer satisfaction and economics, seeks partnerships with the suppliers for mutual benefit and provides professional improvement and personal enhancement of its employees. Main products and services: Complete studies for the design and construction of cold end machinery. - Full automatic cold end lines with supervision. - Palletisers and depalitisers for semi-automatic lines or high-speed fully automatic lines. - Shuttle car systems to one of more palletisers for pallets to be loaded and unloaded. - Conveyors to carry pallet loads. - Checking and preparing line for empty pallets. - Process optimisation service in the cold end.

INTERGLASS, SA DE CV Stand E02 Aldo Chanón Lateral Sur Periférico Norte 559, Parque Industrial Belenes Norte, 45150, Zapopan, Jalisco. Mexico Phone: +52 3793 8800 ext. 4303 Email: sales@interlub.com Website: http://www.interglass.com.mx/ esp/index Interglass es una empresa líder en el desarrollo de lubricantes especializados para la industria del vidrio. • Lubricantes para cuchillas de corte. • Lubricantes y recubrimientos para equipo de entrega. • La más amplia gama de compuestos desmoldantes. • Lubricantes especializados de alto desempeño. Nuestros productos logran optimizar los diferentes procesos de fabricación dentro de la industria vidriera, reduciendo costos de mantenimiento, aumentando la productividad y eficiencia de empaque de su empresa. Lubricantes especializados para Envases, Cristalería, Vidrio plano, Tubo de Borosilicato y Vidrio Automotriz.

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Stand D05 Z.I. du Chêne 14 rue du 35ème Régiment d’Aviation 69500 Bron France Phone: +33 (0)4 72 78 35 27 Email: contact@iris-im.com Website: http://www.iris-im.com IRIS Inspection Machines is a leading provider of turnkey sorting solutions for glass containers of any shape or color, including wine, beer, Jars, liquor and Champagne bottles, pharmaceuticals, perfumes and food containers. A team of dedicated Research and Development engineers has evolved a performing range of equipment to match the industry’s demanding requirements and satisfy the quality needs of key international brands. IRIS Inspection Machines is known for its EVOLUTION 12 sidewall and sidewall stress inspection equipment, for its EVOLUTION 5 base, base stress, finish and mold reader machine. But IRIS has recently introduced two new equipments dedicated to the perfume, high value liquors and flaconnage industry, EVOLUTION Ultimate for transparentdefects and EVOLUTION Dim for precise dimensional on line. The company has based its development on a long-term partnership with glassmakers in the field of glass defects detection, as well as on an exceptional know-how in the most innovative vision technologies. IRIS was the first to develop and propose a 12 camera inspection machine. The success of IRIS is due not only to the exceptional efficiency of its Evolution machines range but also to the excellent support provided by engineers worldwide.

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Rindelbacherstraße 36-40 73479 Ellwangen Germany Phone: +4979618860 Email: info@isimat.de Website: www.isimat.com Isimat is the expert in complex, fully automatic printing machines and your go-to choice for efficient, high quality and

exceptional glass and plastics decoration. Whether ambitiously shaped hollow articles, jars or tubes, we develop tailored solutions precisely aligned to your needs, and combine them with comprehensive support. Only here you will find a complete lineup of printing technologies, including screen printing, flexo printing, digital printing, hot-stamping and inLINE FOILING, merged into one single machine. As a manufacturer of advanced printing machines with technical know-how and enormous innovative capacity, we will break new ground together with you in the finishing of exceptional packaging. Our machines are in use all over the world. We export within Europe, Asia, Australia, Northand South-America. We provide a full-time service and supporting our customers via remote maintenance in order to maximize the machine availability.

KLUBER LUBRICATION MEXICANA SA SE CV Stand D16 Av. de la Montaña no. 109 Parque Industrial Querétaro 76220, Santa Rosa Jáuregui, Querétaro Mexico Phone: +52 (442)229 5706 Website: http://www.klueber.com

KOENIG & BAUER KAMMANN GMBH Stand C16 Andre Tiesmeier Weidehorst 80, D-32584 Löhne Germany Phone: +49 (0)5744 7710-5412 Email: tiesmeier@kba-kammann.com Website: kammann.de Koenig & Bauer Kammann GmbH, Germany is the leading supplier of fully automatic CNC controlled screen and digital printing machines for the decoration of glass bottles, drinking glasses and cosmetic glass packaging with almost no limitation to article shapes. These state-of-the-art printing machines can be combined with other decorating systems e.g. hot-foil stamping, pad printing, labelling etc. Koenig & Bauer machines are available with up to 12 printing heads. Traditional ceramic inks and UV-curable inks can be used. Modern camera based article pre-register systems and “Single Captured Tooling” guarantee best colour-to-colour print accuracy. Koenig & Bauer printing machines are easy to use and set-up with extremely short change-over times.

LATTIMER USA Stand D10 3603 North Mill Road Vineland, New Jersey 08360 United States Phone: +1 856 691 2203 Email: sales@lattimer.com Website: www.lattimer.com For many years Lattimer has been at the forefront of the design and manufacture of innovative machine parts and accessories for the glass container forming industry. Lattimer offers a service matched only by the quality of its products The company prides itself on providing the glass industry unrivalled support and has done for over 30 years. Lattimer manufacture both industry standard machine parts and also bespoke parts to customer specification. The company continually invests in the most modern manufacturing technology to develop new and innovative products that set new bench marks within the glass container forming industry keeping businesses running smoothly and enabling them to be one step ahead of the competition.

LOGISTICA COMERCIAL BRIGMADI Stand F20 Jacobo Duque Arranz Tomillo 63, Victoria De Las Democracias, Azcapotzalco, C.P. 02810, Ciudad de Mexico Mexico Phone: +521 55 3367 8664 Email: jacobo.duque@lcbrigmadi.com.mx Website: http://www.lcb.com.mx We are a proudly Mexican company specialized in refractory and mechanical works, with several years of experience that has given us the recognition of our customers in different services for the glass industry, including: Fabrication, supply and installation of structural steel. Installation of castables and refractory bricks and special pieces. Hot repairs. Heat up and sealing. Based on customer specifications and engineering, LCB builds furnaces for glass production processes and give them maintenance during its operation. By selecting the qualified operating staff, equipment and tools, our goal is to ensure a correct refractory installation in order to maximise the furnace operational life and to reduce the maintenance costs. This sector offers one of the biggest challenges in the refractory industry because of the required specialized works, delivery time and quality of the service. Since 2013 to 2017 we have reached 980,000 Man-Hours performed and 35,000 tons of refractory material installed.

In 2014 we certified all our processes under the international norms ISO 9001:2008 (QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS) and OHSAS 18001:2007 (OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS). The implementation of our management system reflects the conviction that we have to establish ourselves as an organisation in continuous learning and improvement, where customer satisfaction is our ultimate goal and we ensure to provide to our workers safety and health.

LWN Lufttechnik GmbH Stand F15 Hühndorfer Höhe 7 D - 01723 Wilsdruff Germany Phone: +49 176 127 08506 Website: http://www.lufttechnik-lwn.de LWN Lufttechnik is a worldwide market leader in cooling systems for glass industry. The company produces not only high efficiency fans but also valves (up to 1000°c), air ducts, nozzles, electrical cabinets and automatic control systems. With its innovative colling system for mould cooling of IS machines, it’s possible not only to save energy but also to increase production speed. It is the first complex control system of mould cooling of IS machines, built as combination of fans, fans automatic control and control of mould temperature, the entire system is supported by thermal calculations of the moulds. LWN cooling systems for container glass are successfully installed and used in over 50 countries all around the world including the biggest container glass producers (i.e. Ardagh, Vetropack, CanPack, Veralia, Ambev) LWN produces also a furnace cooling system for both container and float glass plants. Companies like AGC, Euroglass, Saint Gobain in float and Sorg, Horn, in container uses with success our furnace cooling equipment all around the world. From 2014 LWN provides also FEM calculations of thermal distribution on moulds for IS machines, air glow and pressure losses in air ducts and cooling nozzles. We will cool Your glass!

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Website: http://www.magneco-metrel.com Magneco Metrel, Inc. (MMI) es fabricante de una familia de productos monolíticos refractarios de marca “Metpump” para su aplicación en los Hornos de Vidrio. La formulación única, 100% libre de cemento y de liga cerámica tipo sílica coloidal de los productos Magneco / Metrel ofrecen una alternativa a la tecnología de los refractarios tradicionales utilizados en el horno de vidrio. Los productos Metpump poseen excelentes propiedades de resistencia al choque térmico y pueden ser utilizados en diversas aplicaciones para reparaciones en caliente y en frío, pars emergencias y también mantenimientos planeados. Construcción completa y reparaciones mayores en áreas como: regeneradores, tanque de fusión (cualquier zona) y cámara de refinación. Reparación en caliente de todas las áreas del horno de vidrio Piezas cerámicas prefundidas, presecadas de cualquier geometría: mirillas, bloques de quemador, bloques de superestructura, etc. Magneco/Metrel, Inc. (MMI) has developed a family of refractory products referred to as “Metpump” for Glass Furnace Applications. MMI’s unique cement-free colloidal silica bonded monolithic refractory products offer an alternative to traditional refractory technology used in the glass furnace. Metpump products have excellent thermal shock capabilities and can be used in many different applications for hot or cold repairs for emergencies or scheduled maintenance.

MAINSER Mirsa Stand C05 Av. Acueducto 832, Residencial Zacatenco, 07369 Mexico City Mexico Phone: +52 (55) 5586 5213 Email: contacto@mainsermx.com Website: https://www.mainsermx.com/

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MAQUINADOS FLORES GONZALEZ S.A. DE C.V Stand D02 Ing. Pedro Flores G. Prada Fresno 1426, Valle Verde, Tonala Mexico Phone: 3336205115 Email: pflores@maquinadosflores.com Website: http://www.maquinadosflores. com Empresa dedicada a la fabricación de equipo de moldeo para maquinas IS y semiautomático. Con mas de 15 años de experiencia y certificados en ISO 90012015. Ofrecemos un servicio integral adaptándonos a las necesidades del cliente.

Company dedicated to the manufacture of molding equipment for IS and semiautomatic machines. With more than 15 years of experience and certified in ISO 9001-2015. We offer a comprehensive service adapting to the needs of the custmers.

MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V. Stand B01 Hans Mehl Nueva Inglaterra 505-B, Lomas de Cortés Cuernavaca Morelos Mexico Phone: +52 1 777 267 6666 Email: h.mehl@mglassfactoryservices.com Website:http://wwwmglassfactoryservices. com M-Glass Factory Services is dedicated to offer the best services for the glass industry. As a unique supplier we combine international well reknowned companies in our profile, allowing M-Glass Factory Services to offer the complete service from the unloading of raw materials and their processing till the Gob. It operates since 2011 with highly qualified, dedicated engineers being backed up by our Expert Hans Mehl with over 30 years of experience in the glass industry world wide. Besides the supply of equipment, the company is specialised in providing specific services such as the Supervision of Furnace Construction (Steel Structure and Refractory), Furnace Operation and Technical assistance, Audits of Furnaces along with refiners and forehearths as well as taking care of our clients problems and offering tailor made solutions.

MICAMOL S.L. Stand D31 C/ Josep Maria Sert, 15 08911 Badalona (Barcelona) Spain Phone: +34 93 464 71 10 Email: micamol@micamol.com Website: https://www.micamol.com/

MINERAL SOLUTIONS

Phone: +52 811 631 1305 Email: sales@ibulkmls.com Mineral Solutions is a Glass Raw Materials provider, offering Bulk Mineral Alternatives to our Glass Customers in North and South America. We are based in Monterrey Mexico with over 40 years combined experience in Mineral Sourcing, Shipping, Storage, and Distribution of Industrial Minerals. We also Process, Bag, and Transload products as needed based on Customer requirements. Our goal is to provide High Value products that offer better Alternatives to Current Mineral options, by providing Locally Stocked, Quality Raw Materials, at Competitive Prices with significant Added Value.

MIXER SYSTEMS Stand A15 David Boles 190 Simmons Ave. Pewaukee, WI United States Phone: +1 262-893-5315 Email: daveb@mixersystems.com Website: http://www.mixersystems.com Mixer Systems is an American manufacturer of four types of mechanical batch mixers and batching equipment for the glass, ceramic and refractory industries. Located near Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA., we have supplied over 4,200 projects in 51 countries worldwide since 1945. Batch size ranges from 85 to 4590 Litres. The Glassmaster Turbin is a low profile, pan mixer that features angled mixing paddles that move in a circle for constant, intensive mixing action. The preferred choice of most glass manufacturers. The Planetary mixer is a stationary pan type that utilises a dual mixing action in which the mixing paddles spin in small circles while the entire assembly spins in a large circle. This provides excellent mixing action where top to bottom mixing action is critical to the end product. The Horizontal Shaft mixer uses paddles or spiral blades and is a lower cost, lower maintenance mixer due to its lower rpms.

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Garry Webb Distrito B5, 105, Colonia Leones Monterrey Mexico

Stand D02 Prado Fresno N 1426 Col Valle Verde Guadelajara 45410 Mexico Phone: +52 (33) 33 36 66 28 Email: pflores@maquinadosflores.com Website: www.maquinadosflores.com

MONOFRAX LLC Stand A13 Iván García M. 1870 New York Avenue Falconer, NY 14733 United States Phone: +1 52 8118807545 Email: ivan.garcia@monofrax.com Website: http://monofrax.com At Monofrax, we understand our customers’ unique technical problems and concerns and provide reliable refractory solutions for manufacturers of container, flat, and specialty glass. While much has changed over the past 70 years, our name continues to represent product quality, innovation, performance, reliability, and consummate customer service.

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OLIVOTTO GLASS TECHNOLOGIES Stand A02

Viale Gandhi 22, Avigliana (10051) Italy Phone: +39 0119343511 Email: info@olivotto.it Website: http://www.olivotto.it Olivotto Glass Technologies company (OGT) is the World Leader in the engineering, production and commissioning of hollow glass forming plants, systems and machines. We develop, design and manufacture machineries and services for hollow glass: O’90 Press & Blow m/c, Blow-Blow m/c, High-Tech Presses, HighSpeed Spinning m/c, Stretching/Burn-off and Welding Stretching m/c for Stemware Production, Glass Bricks and Glass Insulators lines, Large Containers m/c. Last entry: complete plants for the production of Glass Wool and glassware automatic packaging line. The Excellence in Pharma Packaging, thanks to our Tubing Lines for Neutral Glass Tube production.

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PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD

PNEUMOFORE Stand E17

Stand A11 Simon Parkinson Holmfield, Halifax West Yorkshire HX3 6SX United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 1422254472 Website: www.parkinson-spencer.co.uk/ Parkinson-Spencer Refractories Ltd is a leading supplier of refractories and engineered products for the glass manufacturing industry and are specialists in glass conditioning. As a licensee of Emhart Glass we are one of the world’s leading suppliers of feeder expendable refractories for the glass industry. Feeder expendables are refractory parts used in the glass gob-forming system, a system that is essential to the manufacture of many different types of glassware such as glass containers and glass tableware. We are also one of the foremost suppliers of forehearth and distributor systems to the glass industry worldwide and our ability to design and manufacture both the refractories and the engineered systems is unique. The PSR System 5oo is a unique design of forehearth and distributor that has established a worldwide reputation for achieving the best in glass thermal homogeneity, temperature stability and fuel efficiency. We design, manufacture and supply the complete refractory assembly for our System 5oo forehearths including channel blocks, distributor glass contact blocks and forehearth superstructure refractories. PSR’s Cord Dispersal System is also the only proven solution to the common problem of ‘cat-scratch’ cord an each one is supplied with a money-back guarantee.

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PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD Stand E02 Graham Womersley Manor Croft House, Commercial Road, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 9DT United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)1484 864 733 Email: sales@pennine.org Website: http://www.pennine.org/ Pennine Industrial es líder en la producción de cadenas transportadoras silenciosas y engranes. Con más de 30 años de experiencia, su enfoque principal es ayudar a los clientes en todos los aspectos del transporte de vidrio en área caliente.

Via N. Bruno 34 10098 Rivoli Italy Phone: +39 011.950.40.30 Email: info@pneumofore.com Website: http://www.pneumofore.com Founded in 1923, Pneumofore manufactures vacuum pumps and air compressors for industrial applications worldwide and supplies the hollow glass industry with centralized vacuum and compressed air systems, designed for the pneumatic requirements of the IS machines. With references in Latin America such as O-I, AB InBev - Modelo Group, Crown, Carib Glass, Vidrio Formas, Glass & Glass and more, Pneumofore compressors and vacuum pumps are found worldwide, whenever customers require extraordinary reliability and constant performance. Leader in Rotary Vane technology, Pneumofore solutions focus on efficiency, durability, minimal Life Cycle Cost, and high environmental respect. Air Compressors PNEUMOFORE Engineering/plant design services

POCO GRAPHITE INC. an Entegris Company Stand E02 LaVon Hayes 300 Old Greenwood Road, 76234 Decatur, TX United States Phone: +1 940 393 4296 Email: lavon.hayes@entegris.com Website: http://poco.com/ Con la variedad de materiales disponibles en el mercado actual, el uso del grafito desarrollado para aplicaciones específicas asegura una óptima vida útil, incrementa la eficiencia de empaque y mejora el costobeneficio. Entegris produce una línea de materiales específicamente diseñados para el manejo de vidrio. El proceso de los materiales patentados de POCO GLASSMATE permite la diferenciación sobre materiales de grafito convencionales minimizando los defectos en la producción que reducen la rentabilidad. La producción única de los materiales POCO, compañía de Entegris Inc. provee material para el manejo del vidrio con alta resistencia, baja conducción térmica, y una consistente microestructura que disminuye el desgaste e incrementa su vida útil, comparado con materiales de grafito

convencionales en el mercado. Nuestro producto más destacado es el Porta Inserto ILS para Botellas Pequeñas. El diseño ILS elimina los tornillos que pudieran vibrar o dañarse, causando desgaste prematuro de los insertos. Los insertos ILS incluyen muelles de acero inoxidable asegurados entre el inserto y el interior del porta inserto. Los muelles permiten cambiar el inserto más fácilmente y la reparación es simple. Asiste a nuestro stand y permite que uno de nuestros Expertos en Soluciones demuestre como POCO puede optimizar su costo-beneficio.

PYROTEK INC Stand C30 705 West 1st Avenue Spokane, WA 99201 United States Phone: +1 717 240 4186 Website: https://www.pyrotek.com/ Pyrotek is a global engineering leader and innovator of technical solutions and integrated systems design for container glass, flat glass, metals and other hightemperature industries. Learn more at www. pyrotek.com/glass.

QUANTUM ENGINEERED PRODUCTS Stand F22 Steven Kozora 438 Saxonburg Boulevard United States Phone: +1 7243525100 Email: stevenk@quantumforming.com Website: http://www.quantumforming. com/ At Quantum we have been solving container forming problems for nearly four decades. The Quantum Forming System can operate on any IS machine and be used in any container forming process. Throughout the glass container industry the Quantum name is synonymous with innovation and quality. We have developed many technologies that have revolutionized the glass container forming industry. Quantum is the leading innovator in the industry to improve production processes that reduce costs and improve the product quality of our clients around the globe. At Quantum, we remain committed to the intelligent engineering of glass container forming systems. Solving your container forming problems is more than just part of our business; it is our only business!

RAMSEY PRODUCTS CORPORATION Stand E11 135 Performance Drive, Belmont North Carolina 28012 United States Phone: +1 704 394 0322 Email: sales@ramseychain.com Website: www.ramseychain.com Ramsey Silent Chain. Ramsey is a worldwide leading manufacturer of silent chains (inverted tooth chains) for conveying and power transmission applications. Ramsey offers the world’s widest range of top quality silent chain products, the highest level of service, and competitive prices. Ramsey works with glass manufacturers in every part of the world, providing conveyor chains that can run at faster speeds, operate more smoothly, and deliver longer life than ever before. New Products: Sentry chains combine the best features of Ramsey’s established wear protected chains with features developed for high speed power transmission chain. Ramsey’s RKO tool provides for easy connection and disconnection of Wear Protected chains and holds a US and a European patent. Other Unique Products: Wear Protected Chains: Lifeguard - with three US patents and a European patent, and Allguard FX feature recessed pin heads for maximum wear protection. R-Select, with highly wear resistant chromium alloy links only in the parts of the chain that wear the most, holds a US patent. Other industry favourites: Ultralife and RPV silent chain exemplify Ramsey’s focus on developing conveying chain products that serve the exacting requirements of glass production. Visit Stand #A07 to learn more about our chains.

RECKMANN GMBH Stand B11 Stefan Ribjitzki Werkzeugstrasse 19-23 Hagen North Rhine-Westphalia 58093 Germany Phone: +49 2331 3501-0 Email: info@reckmann.de Website: http://www.reckmanngmbh.com Platinum Thermocouples quality “Made in Germany”. With more than 45 years of experience and with 185 employees we are one of the leading manufacturers of temperature sensors. We are specialised in the production of high quality thermocouples for the glass industry: + Thermocouples PtRh-Pt type S/R and B + various designs (customised) for all applications (Forehearths/Feeder/Stack/

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REFEL S.p.A Stand B01

Roland Heidrich Via Pescopagano 12, Z.I.P.R., 33078 San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) Italy Phone: +39 0434 849111 Email: roland.heidrich@refel.com Website: http://www.refel.com Excellence Made in Italy The Refel brand has been standing for high-quality refractory products and customer-oriented services for the glass industry ever since it was created. Refel is one of the world’s leading producers of fused cast AZS refractories thanks largely to a team of highly qualified specialists who have dedicated more than five decades to the research, development and production of these materials which are so essential to the glassmaking industry. The focus on quality and technologically sophisticated materials meets market needs, such as the demand for longer glass furnace service lives, enhanced specific furnace performance, ever higher glass grades and complex geometries, as employed in the special glass industry. Refel is not merely a supplier, but a partner with an extensive knowledge of their technical requirements able to provide support of the highest quality. The implemented quality assurance follows the product from the initial design phase right up to the final delivery, enabling Refel to guarantee the safety and reliability of its products. Refel’s after-sales service continues throughout the campaign of the furnace and includes support activities such as laboratory analyses and a continuous information feedback with the customer which helps to develop further improvements for future projects.

REFMON REFRACTORIES CO LTD Stand F03 Mr. Szabolcs ZOLTÁN Bereki út 1. 9246 Mosonudvar Hungary Phone: +3696578578 Email: szabolcs.zoltan@refmon.hu Website: http://www.refmon.hu REFMON has already been worldwide known as one of the most challenging companies, producing especially refractory expendables since 1997. Refmon presence in the world of glass by its vibrocast as well as pressed refractories make it possible to serve its customers in five continents already supplying expendables to over 150 Customers in packaging, table ware, technical, float, luxury and fancy glass manufacturers. Refmon name and behind is the guarantee for top quality products and service, Refmon wish to be a partner to the glass manufacturers, something more then a supplier. Worldwide competition is known for all refractory manufacturers in the world of glass, but could not be on top without continuous developments as well as focusing on long term partnership with our highest quality raw materials suppliers. 2010-2011 Refmon has been integrated into German-owned companies and keep going on the way of developments and investments by doublising its manufacturing capacity as well as entering to brand new industries like cermaic and biomass, too. December 2017, Refmon just recently opened its new manufacturing hall further significant support to glass industrial products manufacture by strengthtening its presence in the world of glass for long term. Refmon REFRACTORIES = QUALITY & FLEXIBILITY

REFRACTARIOS ZEDMEX Stand A03 Alejandro Olvera Galeana 415 Ote. El Lechugal Santa Catarina, N. L. Mexico Phone: +52 81 83363595 Email: aolvera@zedmex.com.mx Website: http://www.zedmex.com Refractarios Zedmex, SA is a Mexican private company, founded in 1979 with the objective of manufacturing special refractory parts and materials using high technology materials. As a result of its development, the company has achieved significant market share in the Mexican refractory industry and continues to grow in the supply of materials and parts in the global refractory consumer market. Zedmex

has over the years obtained excellent recognition in the refractory industry as a reliable supplier of the highest quality products available globally. We are a flexible manufacturer with a team of highly experienced technicians; Our mission is to meet the individual requirements of each customer through the supply of special refractory parts, complemented by a first class technical service. >> Industries •Glass •Steel •Aluminum / Metal •Ceramics / Chemical •Oil >> Tailormade Products Special Design Refractory Parts Standard pressed bricks Monolithic -Mortars -Concrete -Rammed Insulation >> Main characteristics of our products High purity materials High precision in dimensions Very high resistance to: -Thermal shock -Corrosión - Erosion -Hot load High dimensional stability at high temperatures. Full adaptation to the forms, designs, characteristics and special requirements of the client

REVIMAC S.R.L. Stand D30 Mr.Gianfranco Tempesta - Export Manager Via Mario Carraro, 19 36075 Montecchio Maggiore - Vicenza Italy Phone: +39 342 3942907 Email: gianfranco.tempesta@revimac.com Website: http://www.revimac.com Revimac belongs to the Bottero group of companies. The company boasts an experience of over 30 years with the major glass containers manufacturers in the world by supplying a wide range of machinery and equipment in the hot-end area. Revimac is the founder of Fusiontec born with the purpose to integrate under one roof all activities related to the industrial manufacturing of refractory materials for furnace/working end, forehearths and feeder expendables. Revimac and Fusiontec offer a complete package including high quality material refractories and equipment for the full control of the glass melting & conditioning process.

ROSARIO C2C BV Stand A16 Everdenberg 113 4902TT Oosterhout Netherlands Phone: +31 162 44 7750 Website: https://www.rosarioc2c.com/ Rosario c2c bv has served the glass industry for more than 50 years now and in a recent cooperation with Curvink bv they supply inkjet printing technology. We manufacture and supply complete high speed screen

printing and full colour inkjet printing lines, including palletising - and depalletising equipment. Additional to the complete lines, we have a full service in supplying spare parts, as well as a maintenance program for our machines and a full training for screen preparation, screen printing and machine maintenance.

ROVI SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES DE INGENIERIA Stand D20 Ricardo Rodríguez Rodríguez Santo Santiago 3595. Col. Jardines de los Arcos. 44500 Mexico Phone: +52 01 33 31 21 25 57 Email: info@rovisa.com.mx Website: http://www.rovisa.com.mx ROVI ingeniera is a Professional and Dynamic Company that uses the latest technology to meet the needs of the market through the selection and sales of specialised equipment for quality control, preventative and corrective maintenance and solution design. Specialists in inspection and analysis of variables in finished product (glass bottles) such as impact, scuffing, internal / external pressure, vertical load, wall thickness, residual stresses caused by tension or compression and visual defects in the decoration or labeling as incorrect impressions, screen printing, code, position, level, among others.

S.I.G.MA GROUP Stand A06 Via Delle Grigne 12/A Locate Varesino, Como 22070 Italy Phone: +39-0331-823.195 Email: sigmaref@tin.it Website: http://www.sigmaref.it/en/ With two manufacturing facilities, S.I.G.MA. GROUP is specialised in the production of refractory materials for the glass industry since 1990 and operates today on the five continents selling abroad more than 85% of its production. Thanks to continuous investments, Sigma Group has improved already widely used products like the specially grooved tube, the bonded high alumina for channel blocks and a high grade mullite as well as engineered a new structural design for the regenerator chambers. Supplier of refractories for glass furnaces

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Crown) + From single up to triple elements also with platinum thimble made of alloy (PT10%Rh) or specifically stabilised platinum DPH + Recycling of wast (old platinum) + Buying of old platinum + Best prices. Test us.

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SATINAL S.p.A. Stand C06 Leonardo Pirazzoli Via del Lavoro 1, 22036 Erba (Co) Italy Phone: +39 031 870573 Email: info@satinal.it Website: http://www.satinal.it

SEFPRO - Saint Gobain Stand D15 P.O. Box 60025, 84276 Le Pontet Cedex 2539 Route de Sorgues - Bat. L, 84131 Le Pontet Cedex France Email: sefpro.communication@saintgobain.com Website: http://www.sefpro.com SEFPRO is the only refractory group worldwide fully dedicated to and streamlined for offering top-of-the-line refractory solutions specifically to the Glass Industries. Thanks to our 85 years of experience, we are able to understand your requirements and to provide you a complete range of solutions for each application.

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SOCABELEC SA Stand A07 Rue Emile Vandervelde 56 5190 Ham sur Sambre Belgium Phone: +32 498928550 Email: marco.veri@socabelec.com Website: http://www.socabelec.com Socabelec invented the first swabbing-robot on the fly able to work on IS machines, with cavity rate up to 16 cycles/min/ sections. We are able to swab blanks on the fly, blanks+neck ring, blanks+neckrings+baffles. Our robot can be installed on Emhart, Heye, Bottero, BDF, O-I, Sklostroj or GPS IS machines. production NNPB, BB, PB, in SG, DG, TG,QG. Increase of productivity from 2 up to 4% depending of production, payback time, from 6 to 18 months depending on added-value of the products Our Socabelec Swabbing-robots, are installed already in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, Mexico.

SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY Stand F02 Christine Brown 9 Churchill Way

Sheffield S35 2PY United Kingdom Phone: 44 (0)114 263 4455 Email: christine@sgt.org Website: http://www.sgt.org The Society of Glass Technology is a non-profit making organisation serving a worldwide membership. We publish journals and text books; organise meetings and conferences on glass related topics; coordinate the activities of special interest groups and technical committees; and provide a communication framework geared to the needs of the glass community.

SOMOBRESLE Stand C11 Stéphane Franconville Zone Industrielle - Rue des Etangs 76340 BLANGY SUR BRESLE France Phone: +33(0)2 35 94 03 26 Email: stephane.franconville@gmail.com Website: http://www.somobresle.fr Somobresle, your reference in Glass Moulds : Located in the heart of the Glass Valley, our expertise was moulded with the most prestigious perfumes, cosmetics, and spirits brands. 40 years experience in Designing, Engineering, Manufacturing and Repairing glass moulds for all processes and all glass types (Semi automatic, IS blow & blow, Press & blow, NNPB, Press molds H28, Spinning). Our customers are the most well known companies in Tableware, Cookware, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics and Containers. State of the art manufacturing equipments : High speed milling, 5&4 axis, Integrated turning and milling centers, Welding plasma robot and manual, Finishing expertise.

SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG Stand E06

Dr. Hartmut Hegeler Stoltestrasse 23 97816 Lohr am Main Germany Phone: +49 (0)9352 507-0 Email: hegeler@sorg.de Website: http://www.sorg.de Sorg has been serving the glass industry continuously since 1872. Together with our group of companies, we offer total solutions from raw material delivery through glass conditioning with the services to keep our equipment running long and reliably. Sorg solutions provide our customers the lowest

total cost of ownership over the life of their investment. Sorg is the leading worldwide supplier of glass melting and conditioning technology, engineering, equipment and services for float, containers, flat glass, fibers, tableware, solar glass, etc. We serve customers in over 70 countries. Innovations include a new burner mount to make burner adjustments simple. This eases optimal combustion setup with the minimum amount of NOx emissions. The integrated angle adjustment setting allows easy adjustment of the burner angle via hand spindles or optionally with a motor from the furnaces contol room. Come to our booth to learn more.

SPECIALTY RONDOT Stand B15 30 Montgomery Street Ste 240, Jersey City Hudson 07042 United States Phone: +1 201 434 3600 Email: info@specialtyrondot.com Website: www.specialtyrondot.com Specialty Rondot, a Rondot Group company, specializes in servicing the container glass industry through the supply of unique products and customized engineering solutions. The product range comprises original products manufactured by RISE Group companies such as Graphoidal Developments, Rondot, Sonicam and Sheppee International. Additionally, Specialty represents leading OEMs, among them Pennine Industrial Equipment and Heat-Up. Experienced engineers are available to visit you and discuss your requirements as well as potential efficiency and quality improvements. CAD design services are offered for bespoke customer solutions or modifications to standard equipment. Products: - High speed Stackers, Ware Transfers and Cross Conveyors Multi-line Shear Spray Systems, - IS Spare parts and accessories - Multi-Zone Machine Lubrication Systems - Mould Temperature Measuring Equipment - Mould Volume Measuring Equipment - Mould Polishing and Plunger Polishing Machines - Conveyor Chains, Lehr Belts - Cold End Coating Bridges - Cold End Coating Dosing Systems - Furnace Inspection cameras

STRADA MOULDS Stand F01 Chicco Ferrari 12, Via Ada Negri 20081 - Abbiategrasso (Milan) Italy Phone: +39 0294966977

Email: cferrari@stradamoulds.it Website: http://www.stradamoulds.it Since 1945 STRADA is a globally recognised leading mouldmaker servicing the world packaging glass container segment specializing in the design and manufacture of moulds which are IS machines compatible and suitable for every processes ( B&B, P&B, NNP&B). The company focuses on bringing to Global Groups & Major Stand Alone Glass factories worldwide its expertise to form moulds from specialised cast irons, bronzes, steels and graphites. The Design department can prepare full manufacturing drawings from scratch and assist on processes of glass distribution improvements. Strategic partnership with leading IS machine makers & foundries can assist and support final customers on R&D achievements. Continuous investments into manufacturing process innovation contrinuted to create a paramount product quality which awards Strada as the pioneer company into efficient & modern manufatcuring systems applied to mould making industry.

STRATEGIC MATERIALS Stand C15

José María Castellanos Arriaga 17220 Katy Freeway, Suite 150, Houston, TX 77094 United States Phone: 686 292 26 23 Email: jmcastellanos@strategicmaterials. com Website: http://www.strategicmaterials. com Strategic Materials processes recycled glass and plastic for use in a wide array of products, creating efficiencies for our customers while conserving earth’s natural resources. We are the largest glass recycler in North America, operating at nearly 50 locations. With a more than 100 year history, we provide expert knowledge and innovative processing techniques to recycling large material quantities while still providing value to a variety of markets.

STRUTZ INTERNATIONAL Stand E11 John M. Zwigart 440 Mars-Valencia Road Mars, PA 16046 U.S.A. United States

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Traceability solutions: laser code engraving and readers - Article quality control: vision and carrousel technologies such as MCAL4, MULTI4 and MX4 - IT intelligence tools for analysis and management of plant performances: “Tiama IQ range” Laboratory systems with TIAMA HOT lab & TIAMA COLD lab - Complete range of service activities: simulators, online courses, training, tooling, repairs, refurbishment… All our expertise combined help preparing the arrival of Business Intelligence also called “Industry 4.0”. We are developing Big Data capabilities. TIAMA: your co-pilot on the way to the Smart Factory www.tiama. com

UAS MESSTECHNIK GMBH

with our focus on our customers’ needs made us the professionals in delivering customized automatic cold-end solutions. We can offer a complete production range of palletising, depalletising and conveying lines – either semi or fully automatic, sweeping or gripping – but always having a look to provide something new with a step in the future. Our plants for empty glass containers, beverage & food, chemicals, personal and health care, cosmetics sectors are specifically designed to optimize the production process and, meanwhile, reduce at the lowest possible level the energy consumption. Our systems differ from others because they increase the real plant efficiency. We are a major player in more than 70 Countries thanks to our care for details, our capability to offer a 360° service, our skilled customer-care department.

TIAMA

Stand B01 Thomas Donaubauer Prof-Hermann-Staudinger-Strasse 4 Viechtach Germany Phone: +49 (0)99 42/94 86 - 0 Email: info@uas.de Website: http://www.uas.de UAS Messtechnik is an innovative company of international reputation in the field of instrumentation engineering. Due to our brand know-how and conclusive complete solutions for all kind of process industry, we are the ideal partner to increase the efficiency of your plant. UAS provides custom-made automation solutions. Our procuess management systems ensure a communication based on a hightly intelligent structure utilising an open, freely definable architecture. With our 50 highly qualified employees UAS is able to realise turnkey projects. Worldwide service and after sales support are part of our basic services.

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VETROMECCANICA SRL

Stand D10

Julie Isnard ZA des Plattes - 1 Chemin des Plattes 69390 Vourles France Phone: +33 612310163 Email: j.isnard@tiama.com Website: http://www.tiama.com/ Tiama is a global provider of real-time data and quality control for glass packaging industry. 50 year’s expertise for a one-stopshopping: - Process monitoring solutions with the new range “Tiama HOT systems” (HOT mass, HOT move, HOT form & HOT eye) -

Stand B07 Mr. Andrea Bertinelli Strada Isolanda 26 43024 Provazzano (PR) Italy Phone: +39 334 6125362 Email: a.bertinelli@vetromeccanica.it Website: https://www.vetromeccanica.it/ Vetromeccanica, founded in 1992, has its Headquarters in Provazzano (Parma) the core of the Italian Packaging Industry. From the very beginning, it has been our passion, for delivering customised solutions tailored on the real needs of all our clients, that leaded us. Nowadays we can provide complete cold end and packaging lines manufactured, assembled and tested entirely at our own plant. Our very specific know-how united

Laan Corpus den Hoorn 300 9728 JT Groningen Netherlands Phone: +31 50 316 2888 Email: contact@xparvision.com Website: www.xparvision.com XPAR Vision develops, installs, implements, services and maintains innovative technology for hot end inspection, process monitoring and quality control. Our products and services help to improve the quality selection, quality control and automated process control for the global container glass industry. XPAR Vision is committed

VIDMAR INGENIERIA SA DE DV Stand C07 Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1201 Apodaca Centro, Apodaca 66600 Mexico Phone: +52 (81) 8335 3943 Email: jorge.gomez@vidmargroup.com Website: www.vidmargroup.com

VIDREMOT S.A. Stand D31 Marcel Ortega Oriente 26, 08911 Badalona Spain Phone: +34 933890812 Email: ventas@vidremot.com Website: http://www.vidremot.com

XPAR VISION B.V

to assist container glass manufacturers in meeting the increasing customer demands and improving their product quality, whilst increasing efficiency levels and also reducing energy levels and carbon emission.

ZECCHETTI SRL Stand D03

Miriam Garimberti Via Galileo Galilei, 1-1/A 42027 Montecchio Emilia (RE) Italy Phone: +39 0522 867411 Email: m.garimberti@zecchetti.it Website: http://www.zecchetti.it Zecchetti proposes conveying/palletising turnkey lines for empty glass containers, from Lehr discharge up to finised pallet warehousing. The lines can cope with almost all kinds of articles and with a very wide range of speeds. The long experience and the cooperation with the biggest glass factories has located Zecchetti among the worldwide leader manufacturers. The ability to propose, manufacture and supply the AS/RS Warehouse system as well, allows Zecchetti to act as unique supplier for the complete empty container cold end section. Peculiar feature of Zecchetti is to aim at making Customer’s life easier, namely by studying with them and then realizing solutions “made to order”.

ZHENGZHOU XINGUANGSE REFRACTORY Stand E15 Maggie Ma Songzhai Industrial zone, Xinmi City 452376 Zhengzhou, xinmi, China Phone: +86 371 86122276 Email: info@chinasgs.cn Website: http://www.xinguangse.com Zhengzhou Xinguangse Refractory Co., Ltd. (SGS) is a Chinese company founded in 2002 with foreign investment from P.T. SIBALEC., Ltd (Indonesia). SGS is nowadays the largest completely independent AZS Supplier. With high flexibility and efficiency we’ve cooperated with each type of glass makers(hollow glass/flat glass/decorative glass/foam glass/fiber glass/lignting glass) all over the world in the past 15 years. Looking into the future, we truely believe with our high quality, customised service, reliability and precision, we’ll be a good choice of yours for partnership.

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Phone: +1 724-625-1501 Email: engineering@strutz.com Website: http://www.strutz.com Strutz International is the world’s leading manufacturer of high speed, high quality bottle decorating equipment. Since the introduction of the CLS-200 Chainless decorator, it has become the worlds top selling high speed bottle decorator. Strutz introduced the New CLS-175 which uses the same chainless technology but can decorate larger bottles. The CLS-200 is a revolutionary design that has replaced the carrier conveyor chain or “link system” with precision cams and can decorate a typical 12oz beverage bottle at speeds up to 200 BPM with ultra high precision. They are available in Left to Right, or Right to Left configurations which can conserve floor space and manpower when multiple decorators are used. A typical CLS-200 has one extra station which can be used for either seam registration or AN ADDITIONAL DECORATING STATION! This provides customers with a simple and economical means if in the future an additional color station is required, without seam registration. This is something that our competitors do not offer. Both the CLS200 and the CLS-175 come standard with user friendly touch screen control panels. Strutz International also manufactures and supplies ancillary equipment. Lehr loading Stackers: Push Bar, Pull Bar, Dual feed Stacker Systems Strutz Conveyors: Single Liners, Lehr Cross Conveyors and Dual Cross Conveyors Systems Automatic Color Feeding Systems: ECD-DSL-1 and ECD-DSL-2 with dual single loop accurate temperature control.

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Air compressors Pneumofore

Annealing lehrs/kilns

GUIDE TO PRODUCTS & SERVICES

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Batch chargers ELECTROGLASS LTD EME GmbH GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG

Batch plant

STRADA MOULDS VIDREMOT S.A.

Control systems, cold end GLASS SERVICE S.R.L ICEBEL TIAMA

Control systems, forming BDF INDUSTRIES CORTEX GLASS B.V. FORMA GLAS GMBH FUTRONIC GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics

Control systems, hot end

ACAMSA (Servicios Industriales) BTT VACUMM UG DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO EIRICH MACHINES INC EME GmbH GLASS SERVICE S.R.L GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V MIXER SYSTEMS

CORTEX GLASS B.V. FORMA GLAS GMBH FUTRONIC GLASS SERVICE GLASS SERVICE S.R.L GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics LWN Lufttechnik GmbH PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD RECKMANN GMBH TIAMA XPAR VISION B.V

Coatings, hot/cold end

Control systems, melting

ACAMSA (Servicios Industriales) ANTONINI S.R.L. INTERGLASS, SA DE CV REVIMAC S.R.L.

BDF INDUSTRIES ELECTROGLASS LTD F.I.C (UK) Limited GLASS SERVICE GLASS SERVICE S.R.L GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG RECKMANN GMBH SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG UAS MESSTECHNIK GMBH

Combustion equipment CAR-MET SRL DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO FIVES STEIN LIMITED FLAMMATEC, SPOL. S RO GLASS SERVICE S.R.L HEAT UP LATIN AMERICA LWN Lufttechnik GmbH REVIMAC S.R.L. SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG UAS MESSTECHNIK GMBH

Container forming machinery/components BDF INDUSTRIES BTT Vaccums UG FAMA FONDERIE VALDELSANE SPA FORMA GLAS GMBH FUTRONIC GIANCARLO PEREGO S.p.a GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics LATTIMER USA LWN Lufttechnik GmbH REVIMAC S.R.L. SOCABELEC SA

ROSARIO C2C BV SATINAL SPA STRUTZ INTERNATIONAL

Engineering/plant design services ACAMSA (Servicios Industriales) BDF INDUSTRIES DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO EME GmbH F.I.C (UK) Limited FALORNI TECH GLASS INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCE FAMA FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE GLASS SERVICE S.R.L GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. ICEBEL LWN Lufttechnik GmbH PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD PNEUMOFORE RECKMANN GMBH SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG

Feeder mechanisms FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics OLIVOTTO GLASS TECHNOLOGIES REVIMAC S.R.L. SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG

Fire polishers OLIVOTTO GLASS TECHNOLOGIES SOMOBRESLE

Forehearth assemblies

HEIDELBERG MEXICO S DE R.L DE C.V

ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN. TIC. LTD. DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO ELECTROGLASS LTD F.I.C (UK) Limited FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE GLASS SERVICE S.R.L GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD REFRACTARIOS ZEDMEX REVIMAC S.R.L. SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG

Decorating equipment, hollow glass

Handling & packaging equipment, cold end

CAR-MET SRL FERMAC HEIDELBERG MEXICO S DE R.L DE C.V ICEBEL ISIMAT GMBH SIEBDRUCKMASCHINEN KOENIG & BAUER KAMMANN GMBH

EMS Group GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics ICEBEL PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD ROSARIO C2C BV ROVI SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES DE

Cullet handling systems BTT Vaccums UG EME GmbH GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL ICEBEL

Decorating equipment, flat glass

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Handling equipment, hot end All Glass Srl BTT Vaccums UG DURA TEMP CORP. GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics PENNINE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD POCO GRAPHITE INC. an Entegris Company PYROTEK INC SPECIALTY RONDOT

Inspection equipment, flat glass ROVI SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES DE INGENIERIA

Inspection equipment, hollow glass AGR INTERNATIONAL CORTEX GLASS B.V. FAMA GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics IRIS INSPECTION MACHINES ROVI SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES INGENIERIA TIAMA XPAR VISION B.V

Lehrs, annealing/ decorating ACAMSA (Servicios Industriales) ANTONINI S.R.L. CAR-MET SRL GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V

Lehr loaders/unloaders CAR-MET SRL GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics PYROTEK INC ROSARIO C2C BV VETROMECCANICA SRL

Lubricants INTERGLASS, SA DE CV SOCABELEC SA

Melting furnaces ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN. TIC. LTD. BDF INDUSTRIES BTT VACCUMS UG DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO ELECTROGLASS LTD

F.I.C (UK) Limited FALORNI TECH GLASS INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCE FIVES STEIN LIMITED GLASS SERVICE S.R.L GLASSWORKS HOUNSELL GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V RECKMANN GMBH REFEL S.p.A SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG

Mould maintenance equipment CHANGSHU LEGE MOULD TECH CO. LTD CHANGSHU WEIHENG MOULD MANUFACTURE CO LTD FAMA GIANCARLO PEREGO S.p.a MAQUINADOS FLORES GONZALEZ S.A. DE C.V OLIVOTTO GLASS TECHNOLOGIES SOMOBRESLE

Oxy-fuel technology

DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO FALORNI TECH GLASS INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCE FlammaTec, spol. s ro GLASS SERVICE S.R.L HEAT UP LATIN AMERICA SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG UAS MESSTECHNIK GMBH

Palletisers All Glass Srl Plant utilities DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO EMS Group GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics ICEBEL ROSARIO C2C BV VETROMECCANICA SRL

Plant utilities DOMINION INDUSTRY GLASS SERVICE S.R.L PNEUMOFORE

Pollution control systems FlammaTec, spol. s ro GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics UAS MESSTECHNIK GMBH

Process control equipment

F.I.C (UK) Limited GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics OLIVOTTO GLASS TECHNOLOGIES PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD QUANTUM ENGINEERED PRODUCTS RECKMANN GMBH ROVI SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES DE INGENIERIA SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG TIAMA UAS MESSTECHNIK GMBH XPAR VISION B.V

Project management services ACAMSA (Servicios Industriales) DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO FALORNI TECH GLASS INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCE GLASS SERVICE S.R.L GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG MIXER SYSTEMS OLIVOTTO GLASS TECHNOLOGIES

Raw materials FONDERIE VALDELSANE SPA MINERAL SOLUTIONS SOMOBRESLE STRATEGIC MATERIALS

Refractories ALTINGOZ ATES TUGLA REFRAKTER SAN. TIC. LTD. DITER DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO FORMA GLAS GMBH FUSIONTEC GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICA COMERCIAL BRIGMADI MAGNECO/METREL, INC MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V MONOFRAX LLC PARKINSON-SPENCER REFRACTORIES LTD PYROTEK INC REFEL S.p.A REFMON REFRACTORIES CO LTD REFRACTARIOS ZEDMEX S.I.G.MA GROUP SEFPRO - Saint Gobain ZHENGZHOU XINGUANGSE VETROMECCANICA SRL

SHRINK WRAPPINEQUIPMENT VETROMECCANICA SRL

Tableware forming machinery LWN Lufttechnik GmbH OLIVOTTO GLASS TECHNOLOGIES SOMOBRESLE

Technical assistance/ training DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO EME GmbH FLAMMATEC, SPOL. S RO GLASS SERVICE S.R.L GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics HEIDELBERG MEXICO S DE R.L DE C.V LWN Lufttechnik GmbH Mixer Systems OLIVOTTO GLASS TECHNOLOGIES SOMOBRESLE UAS MESSTECHNIK GMBH

Temperature measurement equipment CORTEX GLASS B.V. DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO GLASS SERVICE S.R.L GTC - Glass Technology & Ceramics MGLASS FACTORY SERVICES S.A DE C.V RECKMANN GMBH ROVI SOLUCIONES INTEGRALES DE INGENIERIA SORG - Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG TIAMA UAS MESSTECHNIK GMBH XPAR VISION B.V

Turnkey glass plant construction DOMINION INDUSTRY MEXICO FALORNI TECH GLASS INDUSTRIES EXPERIENCE GLASS SERVICE S.R.L HENRY F. TEICHMANN, INC. HORN GLASS INDUSTRIES AG MIXER SYSTEMS

Trade publications GLASS INTERNATIONAL GLASS MACHINERY PLANTS SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGY

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Tube drawing machinery OLIVOTTO GLASS TECHNOLOGIES

Vacuum Pumps PNEUMOFORE

AGR INTERNATIONAL CORTEX GLASS B.V. EIRICH MACHINES INC

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Travel bans don’t stop PaneraTech Due to the situation surrounding Coronavirus COVID-19, Fred Aker* explains how PaneraTech will offer SmartMelter self-service inspections.

be shipped the equipment with a longer lease period to utilise it. An engineer is assigned to their project for virtual training and daily support to guide them through the inspection process. The SmartMelter team will provide daily

reports to the company on the progress of the inspection, with a full report within 1-2 weeks depending on urgency. �

*Vice President Sales and Marketing PaneraTech, Chantilly, VA, USA. www.paneratech.com

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elf-service SmartMelter inspections from PaneraTech will be available to new customers for initial inspections effective immediately. This service, previously extended only to repeat customers, will help glass manufacturers ensure safe and reliable furnace operations as they are forced to adjust maintenance and repair schedules. Over 50% of SmartMelter inspections to date have been self-service inspections performed by the glass manufacturers themselves. Because the equipment is intuitive, a short training equips plant staff to perform all measurements. However, first inspections have always required an on-site member of the SmartMelter team to perform the staff training and to label the furnace. In response to recent Coronavirus COVID-19 restrictions, PaneraTech has also developed a virtual training programme so that new customers can still perform inspections with the help of a dedicated engineer in a convenient time zone. Because the equipment is intuitive, a short training equips plant staff to perform all measurements. “We are hearing from manufacturers that that supply chain issues and travel restrictions are causing disruption to their repair schedule. “In some countries, the necessary repair skills aren’t available locally,” said Yakup Bayram, CEO of PaneraTech. He continued: “This increases furnace risk, so they need to be confident that their furnace can survive the delays. Therefore, we have developed a way to bring a self-service option to all customers without sacrificing support, training, or quality.” Manufacturers who are performing their first SmartMelter inspection will

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Prof. John Parker

Health and safety at work

hat first piqued my interest in this topic was an article written by Bernadino Ramazzini. Born in Italy (1633) he is revered as the father of Occupational Medicine. He wrote some of the earliest surveys of the health of workers in different professions, describing their varied illnesses. His first sentence on Venetian glass workers though begins by a comment that they were much to be envied! What follows suggests the English do not have a monopoly in irony. So, ‘In the whole Train of Tradesmen, I do not think there are any who manage their Business more wisely than those concerned in the Glass work, for they work only six Months of the Year, that is, in Winter and Spring, and the rest of the Year they enjoy themselves; and when they arrive at the fortieth Year of their Age, they seasonably bid adieu to their Trade, and spend the rest of their Time either in enjoying the easy Fruits of their former Labours, or in following some other Work’. The tenor of the article then shifts, ‘The hard, laborious Work which these men do, and which cannot be borne but by Men of a robust Constitution, and that in the Vigour of their Age, is absolutely intolerable for a long tract of Time.’ Dehydration (and loss of salts) was one issue, linked to the heat radiating from the furnaces, exacerbated by summertime temperatures. Wine was consumed in preference to water for ‘whoever drinks Water …. will find it much more hurtful than Wine, as appears from the many Instances of those who have died suddenly by drinking cold Water upon great Heats.’ Of course, UK glassmakers faced similar issues but preferred beer. A recent display in Barnsley City museum, now I believe in the Clifton Museum in Rotherham, includes comments in one company’s employment ledger concerning absences from work linked to bouts of heavy drinking. Ramazzini becomes yet more serious,

'far greater Misfortunes… attend those who make coloured glasses for bracelets and Ordinary Women’s Ornaments’ linked no doubt to the toxicity of the colouring agents and the lack of control of the dust during batch preparation. While ‘Those who make Looking-glasses, especially at Venice,’ are exposed... to the noxious quality of Mercury in covering large pieces of Chrystal with Quicksilver to make the reflection brighter...’ Then, ‘… in the island Murano at Venice, we may see these Workmen beholding their own miserable Hue in the Glasses they handle, and cursing the Trade they chose to follow.’ Another issue described graphically by Ramazzini was the effect of the intense radiation emitted from glory holes on the eyes. The changes induced are fortunately much rarer now because of the protective glasses available but even in the early 20th century the optimum materials for protection were still being researched. For example, reducing visible radiation meant the pupil opened wider, allowing in an increased flux of more damaging IR radiation. Sir William Crookes, an early vice president of the Society of Glass Technology, devoted his latter years to the issue. In an earlier life he had studied the world’s wheat supplies, water purification and sewage, disinfecting cattle and I still recall his evocative Crookes dark space in discharge lamps from A level Physics. He made his measurements in a factory in St Helen’s, even working late on occasional Saturday evenings before starting again the following Sunday morning. While working long hours was normal in Ramazzini’s time, working late is a modern privilege. Low light levels were an issue in earlier times for those

straining to work at night using dim candlelight. Again glass came to the rescue. The solution adopted by a farming family, the Brownes, during their 400 year occupancy of what is now a UK National Trust Property at Troutbeck in the Lake District, was to use a Weaver’s bowl; one is displayed in a collection of their chattels at the house. These large almost spherical glass bowls were filled with water and focussed the light from a candle on one side onto a small area on the opposite side for delicate stitching or to ease the manufacture of their rag rugs. This magnification of candlelight lengthened the working day and significantly impacted on productivity. The BBC in a recent series on objects that shaped the world made a Weaver’s Bowl one of their top hundred choices. Glass blowers produced significant pressures to expand their glass gathers into bottles and so developed cheeks significantly deformed by years of stretching. I often wondered how many won prizes in the very English ‘Gurning’ competitions, designed to celebrate those elderly gentlemen who could pull the ugliest faces. Although Ramazzini is best known for work on exposure to toxic materials, he also studied diseases of the musculoskeletal system warning against inactivity and the poor posture inherent in some jobs, major issues today although I’m sure not for glass-workers, even in their post-40 retirement! �

*Curator of the Turner Museum of Glass, The University of Shefﬁeld, UK. www.turnermuseum.group.shef.ac.uk j.m.parker@shefﬁeld.ac.uk

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