German primary packaging solutions provider Gerresheimer is set to exhibit its opal glass bottles and jars at this year’s LuxePack event in Monaco. The event will take place between 2 and 4 October. At the event, the company will ...
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American beverage alcohol company Constellation Brands has finalised the joint venture agreement with Owens-Illinois (O-I) and also completed the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's (ABI) glass production plant located next to ...
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Nampak has opened its energy-efficient glass furnace in Gauteng, South Africa, with an investment of around $0.11bn (R1.2bn). The new furnace, which is the company's third, will increase the plant's capacity to 295 000 tons per annum and ...
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BA Glass Group is all set to upgrade and expand two container glass production facilities in western Poland upon receiving a €16.5m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Said to be the first part of the total approved ...
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There was the long-awaited event today: CFG furnace warm up commenced !!! The day was a culmination of efforts by many people. The close-knit CFG Project Team together with CFG Partners having worked hard for the key moment. The ...
Demolition of PPG Industries' Ontario float glass plant began recently, and continues with the removal of limestone and silica-based material from the plant's silos, according to an Oct. 9 Owen Sound Sun Times article. The waste will be ...
‘World’s first’ leaded glass furnace operational in UK WEEE recycler SWEEEP Kuusaksoki has installed the ‘world’s first’ glass furnace capable of recovering pure glass and lead from leaded cathode ray ...
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100 people gather to discuss glass production developments - From 10-12 April 2013, the Interational Commission onn Glass (ICG) and the industrial consortium GlassTrend organized a seminar for the Technical Committees in the cluster Glass ...
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As China Glass 2013 is coming to us, all the Chinese glass companies are actively preparing for it. The 24th China Glass Expo (China Glass Expo 2013), organized by the Chinese Ceramic Society (CCS), will take place at China International ...
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Corrosion Resistance. The most important characteristic of any glass melt furnace is that the lining be able to withstand the highly corrosive fumes frequently generated by glass chemistry at high temperatures. High alumina ceramic for ...
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More than one billion glass containers are manufactured by Gerresheimer Essen every year. The facility has two furnaces - one for transparent and one for brown glass - which supply the production lines day and night with molten glass ...
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A leak from a glass furnace occurred at 3 a.m. this morning at PPG Industries’ Carlisle, Pa., flat glass plant, according to a statement from the company. “Molten glass leaked from the furnace into the plant’s basement ...
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The Belarusian company OAO Gomelglass is expected to launch a modernized line to make polished glass on 20 December, the press service of the Belarusian Architecture and Construction Ministry told BelTA. The kindling of the glass furnace ...
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AGC Glass Company North America announced it will cease production of photovoltaic cover glass in the North American market and indefinitely close its Kingsport, Tenn., manufacturing facility, effective November 7. AGNA cited the sluggish ...
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WEEE recycler SWEEEP Kuusaksoki has installed the ‘world’s first’ glass furnace capable of recovering pure glass and lead from leaded cathode ray tube (CRT) glass, at its facility in Sittingbourne, Kent. The furnace, which ...
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