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A special 2013 as we celebrate 90 years of Pneumofore! Guests are welcome anytime to visit our factory in Turin, Italy but we also participate to most Exhibitions and Conferences of the Hollow Glass Industry worldwide.

In 2012, the Steklarna Hrastnik Group continued its sound management practice. It generated nearly €51.36 million in total revenues, which is 3% more than in 2011 and 30% more than in 2009, when the Group operated with a loss of €5 million.

Analyzing glass products is a particularly challenging automation task. Glass tableware, for example, exhibits many different physical and optical properties.

Russia is committed to attaining the same level of wealth as leading Western countries and especially the US by 2030.

Italian exports of glass processing machinery and products have shifted into higher gear. According to Cinzia Schiatti, President of Gimav, much of the credit goes to the companies that have rejuvenated their product lines and adjusted them to new…

Clean energy production using CSP technology has moved out of the doldrums and is making considerable headway.

The new Chinese leadership has pledged to rebalance its economy in the next 10 years. The yawning divide between large and small cities, urban centers and the country, affluence and poverty will be bridged and more widespread wealth guaranteed in…

Technology applied to photovoltaic systems is making great strides ahead achieving noteworthy performance levels versus the recent past.

Things are looking very good for 2013 based on year-end 2012 results, the pickup in demand in the United States and the growing demand for quality machinery in China.

Vitrum 2013 has already caught the attention of the international press and organized a dinner in Düsseldorf to present the first details about the event.

The Gimav 2013 calendar to organize its participation in the leading international exhibitions has been finalized and preparations are now in full swing.

If  there’s one specific phenomenon that holds out hope for the future, it’s the one that’s surfacing as this year draws to a close – the desire for a change.

Steklarna Hrastnik is to undergo a scheduled two-month refit. Today, the technologists in the Vitrum business unit will shut down the G melting furnace, and as of 1 February also the H melting furnace.

After Vitrum 2011 closed its doors and it was time to take stock, satisfaction over the excellent results rested on some very meaningful considerations.

The dates have been confirmed for the upcoming Vitrum event, the biennial International trade show specialized in machinery, equipment and systems for flat, bent and hollow glass and in glass and processed products for the industry.

German glass scanning manufacturer, Viprotron, has recently appointed The Glass Machinery Company as sole UK distributor for its range of products.

Durst, an Italian company with more than 75 years’ experience, will showcase its new digital decoration system at the Milan-based Vitrum 2011.

From November 9 till November 11 2011, Steklarna Hrastnik will again participate in the Brau Beviale trade fair.

Italmatic manufactures high-tech autoclaves for flat-, curved- and photovoltaic glass, featuring: continuous research, ad hoc solutions personalized with clients, technological development, excellent performance and high quality standard; use…

Immense satisfaction and complete success sum up participation by Italian manufacturers at China Glass, the leading industry trade fair in all of Asia, and one of the most important in the world.

From 1990 to the present, the business begun by Antonio Piazza, with the construction of the first glass storage systems, has changed dramatically, including the creation of several different companies, the most recent of which is Antonio Piazza…

The Chinese market is readying itself again shortly to be among the top destinations for Italian manufacturers in the glass industry -- both as a point of reference for sales, and as a hub for new production centers.

After a year of ups and downs, endured in a state half-way between the hope of seeing the power train driving the global economy take off for good, and the fear of being caught up again in the grips of the waning crisis.

A season filled with appointments for Gimav and its member companies.

According to data presented on December 14 by Anima, the Federation of the Italian Associations of Mechanical and Engineering Industries, the growth forecast for the industry in 2011 is 3% -- an estimate based on positive forecasts for exports --…