Glass industry news

10.04.2020, (O-I Toledo Plant)

O-I reports Solid First Quarter Operating Performance and Strong Liquidity

Most Plants Operating with Minimal Interruption Amid

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10.04.2020, (Glass International)

Travel bans don´t stop SmartMelter

Self-service SmartMelter inspections from PaneraTech will be available to new customers for initial inspections effective

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09.04.2020, (Glass International)

Italian glass industry: It’s business as normal

Italian glass manufacturers and technology suppliers have said business is carrying on as close to normal, after the country went into lock

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09.04.2020, (Glass International)

Libbey Holland aligns with company to produce glassware from used wine bottles

Global glass tableware manufacturer Libbey Holland has partnered with Rebottled, a circular start-up from the Netherlands that creates sustainable glassware from used wine

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08.04.2020, (Glass International)

O-I Australia to manufacture two new spiced rum bottles

O-I Australia has partnered with The Kraken Black Spiced Rum to provide a premium glass packaging solution for the launch of its new premix

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08.04.2020, (Glass International)

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

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07.04.2020, (Glass International)

Vertech’s SIL used by Italian container glass manufacturer

Italian container glass manufacturer Vetreria Etrusca has chosen supervision system SIL from Vertech´ as its Manufacturing Execution System for its plant in

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07.04.2020, (Glass International)

Glass worker dies in Heinz-Glas furnace fire

A worker has died after a furnace fire at the Heinz-Glas manufacturing site in

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06.04.2020, (Glass International)

Qatar´s Gulf Glass Factory signs EPC contract

Gulf Glass Factory has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Falorni Gianfranco for Qatar’s first container glass

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30.03.2020, (FEVE The European Container Glass Industry)

The Furnace of the Future - A vision for climate neutral packaging

For the first time ever, European container glass manufacturers have come together to build the world’s first large-scale hybrid electric furnace to run on 80% green

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12.03.2020, (O-I Toledo Plant)

Global Business Continues to Operate Without Interruption; Recent Demand Patterns Remain Stable

O-I Glass, Inc. provided a business update in lieu of management’s previously scheduled presentation at the JP Morgan investor conference which was cancelled by the organizers due to COVID-19. Additionally, a presentation originally intended for

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10.03.2020, (Glass International)

Asian Glass maker to invest 40 million Euro in container glass plant

The company is adding a further furnace

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04.03.2020, (Glass International)

Glass Futures wins contract to study alternative fuel sources for industry

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

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03.03.2020, (IVC (O-I/ Constellation Brands))

IVC lights fifth furnace at Piedras Negras plant

Mexican container glass manufacturer Industria Vidriera de Coahuila (IVC) has inaugurated the fifth furnace at its Piedras Negras

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10.01.2020, (Valmiera Glass Fibre Plc.)

AS VALMIERAS STIKLA ŠĶIEDRA reaches its planned production volumes and ensures output stability

AS VALMIERAS STIKLA ŠĶIEDRA hereby informs that the reconstruction of a high silica glass melting furnace No. 3.0 was successfully completed on 29th November 2019. The maximum capacity of the glass melting furnace was expected to be reached by the

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27.11.2019, (Saint-Gobain Cristaleria, S.A)

Furnace rupture at float glass factory in Spain

Firefighters from the Emergency Service of the Principality of Asturias (SEPA) with the collaboration of firefighters from ArcelorMittal have extinguished a fire reported at the facilities of a glassware company located in

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26.11.2019, (Glass International)

Embalvidro produces first glass gobs

Angolan container glass plant Embalvidro has produced its first liquid glass

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20.11.2019, (Glass International)

O-I confirms strategic review of Australian and NZ glassmaking business

O-I has confirmed it is conducting a strategic review of its Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) glassmaking

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18.11.2019, (Empakglass LDA)

Empakglass at Vetreria Etrusca

As we are starting to approach the countdown to the end of 2019, and still we several assignments in hands, we just wanted to mention our latest

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18.11.2019, (Glass International)

O-I plots European MAGMA glass technology expansion

The world’s largest container glassmaker announced in September it will install the technology at its Holzminden, Germany plant following a successful installation in its Streator, USA