Vetropack issues glass manufacturing jobs and shutdown warning for 2024
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Dear reader,?
This week's industry news?from?Gerresheimer,?Falorni Tech,?Verallia,?Zignago Vetro,?Owens Corning, Close the Glass Loop, and the NSG Group.
Elsewhere, Tariq Glass Industries is to speak at the Glassman Latin America conference in Mexico, Vetropack warns of job cuts and shutdowns in 2024, and Groupe Pochet and Koa Glass form a glass beauty agreement.
This is also a call for Furnaces in Glassmaking?related articles for our May?2024?issue - see bottom of newsletter for more details.
Pakistani glass manufacturer Tariq Glass Industries is to speak at the Glassman Latin America conference in Mexico.
Hector Garcia, Gerresheimer's Senior Vice President of the Americas, discusses an investment plan at the manufacturer's Querétaro, Mexico facility.
Falorni Tech will refurbish a tableware furnace at the NOVER plant in Chlef, Algeria.
Vetropack has warned of job cuts and shutdowns in 2024 as a result of the glass downturn.
Verallia has signed a green energy supply agreement with Edison Energia for its Italian glass manufacturing facilities.
Italian glassmaker Zignago Vetro has appointed Biagio Costantini as CEO.
Groupe Pochet and Koa Glass have signed a partnership to share their glass expertise and meet the needs of the glass beauty market.
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US glass producer Owens Corning has decided to review alternatives for its global glass reinforcements (GR) business.
The Netherlands is the first new country to join the Close the Glass Loop partnership since its inception back in June 2020.
NSG Group will cease production on a float line at Weiherhammer site, Germany, ahead of a cold repair planned next year.
March issue coming soon
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]