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The new end fired furnace, which produces container glass in the colours amber and green, was finally successfully commissioned at the end of the first quarter of 2022.
On May 5th 2022 Glass for Europe hosted its 2nd workshop on flat glass recycling.
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British Glass hosted the second annual UK glass recycling summit on 24 March 2022.
For our customer Bastürk Cam we will soon build a 560 t/d end fired furnace with a melting surface of 185.4 m² in their plant in Malatya, Turkey.
British Glass is delighted to announce the programme for the second annual UK Glass recycling summit.
On Thursday 24 February, representatives of glass and glazing national associations and Glass for Europe’s members companies participated in the first workshop on “Flat glass recycling”.
Bottero and Tiama are pleased to announce the creation of an independent company called GlassFORM.ai based in Rovereto, Trento, Italy, with the goal to develop solutions for process automation.
Research trials into low carbon alternative fuels for glass furnaces are currently ongoing as part of Glass Futures’ Government funded Industrial Fuel Switching Phase 3 programme.
European flat glass manufacturers promotes the dismantling, collection and recycling of end-of-life building glass (from windows, glazing and other products) to ensure that end-of-life flat glass does not end up in landfill.
What is currently being discussed at COP26 in Glasgow should ideally be a guideline for everyone in order to put a stop to climate change. This topic is also highly relevant to the glass industry.
Adding to the dialogue on the transition towards a climate-neutral society, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has called for more action to be taken to protect the European glass industry.
HORN received the order for a rebuild of Steklotech’s Furnace 1 at the beginning of August 2021.
The Fenzi range of paints developed for the hollow glass industry is expanding with a new line of organic, water-based paints designed for glass packaging.
British Glass, the representative body for the UK glass sector, in consultation with its members has today (19 July) published a strategy that sets out the glass industries potential route to net zero carbon emissions.
Installation is planned to start in the second quarter of 2022.
Şişecam will establish its first glass packaging plant in Europe with 2 furnaces in Hungary.
HORN® has started the furnace heat-up process at glass packaging supplier Frigoglass' 300 t/d end fired furnace GF2 in Nigeria.
As part of a wide a varied programme of topics and subjects that will be covered at the FENEX main event in September, one of the central pillars to the show will be a focus on fenestration sector sustainability and energy efficiency.
The Panel on Recycling and Re-use of Glass Waste has taken place within the event programme of the Mir Stekla 2021 exhibition.
AGI glaspac has partnered with HORN Glass Industries AG of Germany to build a new furnace of 154 TPD at AGI Speciality Glass Division’s Bhongir plant in Telangana.
British Glass, the representative body for the UK glass sector, held the first UK Glass Recycling Summit on 17 March with attendance from across the glass supply chain.
The UK Glass Recycling Summit 2021: 90% by 2030 will take place virtually on 17 March 2021.