Sisecam: Eski?ehir is world’s largest glass site after double furnace lighting
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Dear reader,?
This week's industry news?from Vidrala, the NSG Group, HFT,?Acmon Systems, the?Foamit Group, the German Society of Glass Technology (DGG), and Fosbel.
Elsewhere, the Glassman Latin America show in Mexico is sold out, and ?i?ecam's Eski?ehir plant in Turkey becomes the world’s largest glass site after a double furnace lighting. ??
This is also a call for Furnaces in Glassmaking?related articles for our May?2024?issue - see bottom of newsletter for more details.
All booths at the Glassman Latin America trade show in Mexico in May have now been sold.
The NSG Group has started the installation of a solar facility at its Maizuru plant in Japan, as part of a power purchase agreement (PPA).
?i?ecam has ignited its new glass packaging furnace in Eski?ehir, Turkey and put its glassware furnace into operation after cold repair.
PQ LLC has appointed HFT to design and build its new silicate production line in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Vidrala’s current CFO Raúl Gómez will succeed Gorka Schmitt as CEO.
Foamit is to invest €10million to double capacity at its foam glass manufacturing facilty in Ons?y, Norway.
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The 97th Glass-Technology Conference will take place in Aachen, Germany on May 27 – 29.
Glass engineering company Fosbel has promoted Marcio Magni to South America Glass Business Unit Manager.
Acmon Systems’ tailor-made batch and cullet solutions have been implemented at glass plants owned by Vetropack, as well as a new container plant in Qatar.
March issue coming soon
Featuring interviews with Arglass, Graphoidal and Zignago Vetro France, this edition is our largest March issue to date.
It is also our Glassman Latin America show issue, and we include a number of articles from exhibitors and conference speakers about glass manufacturing efficiency and how to improve the glass production process.
To commemorate International Women’s Day, we speak to a number of women working at glassmakers such as O-I, Sisecam, Saverglass and Verallia to hear their thoughts of what it is like to be a woman working in glass and the satisfaction their career has brought them.
Elsewhere, we hear from the Rising Star winner from the Glass Focus Awards, Saint-Gobain’s Beata Zalinska, who explains that no matter what age we are, education never stops.
Our focus this month is on batch plants, with technical articles from specialists in this area including EME and Lahti.
Front cover courtesy of Zippe.
CALL FOR PAPERS - MAY 2024 ISSUE
Glass International is sourcing papers for its?Furnaces in Glassmaking?feature in the May?2024?issue.
If you would like to write about the use of furnace equipment in the glass manufacturing industry and how it benefits the production process, then please contact Greg Morris at?[email protected]
For more news and feature articles, please visit?www.glass-international.com
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Greg Morris?
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Email: [email protected]