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The tin bath is where the quality of float glass is determined. Here, the thickness of the glass ribbon must be regulated constantly, glass defects must be avoided and, if a defect does occur, it must be corrected as quickly and completely as…
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A name change and new branding has come about for a major European glass packaging manufacturer. The firm formally known as Rockware has changed its name to Ardagh.
Emirates Bank announced that the AED 292 million facility for Emirates Float Glass ('EFG') has been successfully closed, and oversubscribed.
Turkish glass giant Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari (Sisecam) is freezing plans that it had to double its investments in Bulgaria, until problems in the country’s labour laws are solved.
The workers of Trakia Glass Bulgaria, the local unit of Turkish glass and chemicals group Turkey Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari (Sisecam), will go on strike from Saturday after the management and the trade unions failed to agree on new pay benefits.
Turkish glassware maker Sisecam, one of the biggest green-field investors in Bulgaria, said it froze plans for further investment in the country until the government amends the labour legislation.
One of South Africa’s most prominent turnkey refractory and mechanical speci- alists, The Dickinson Group, has been awarded contracts for several local and international key industrial and mining projects.
Corning Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter profit rose 27 percent, exceeding Wall Street's expectations despite a seasonal slowdown in demand for liquid-crystal-display glass.
North East glassmakers are heading out to the United Arab Emirates as they look to break into the Gulf’s lucrative glass market.
The first edition of this fair dedicated to the Middle East Glass Industry has been a success. Exhibitors and visitors met at the prestigious Sharjah Expo Centre in United Arab EMirates, see picture.
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In float glass manufacturing, the tin bath heating system’s temperature performance and energy efficiency are essential, not least because of the enormously high energy densities the system produces, with an operating performance of up to 3 MW.
PPG Industries is evaluating the future of its plants, including its automotive glass manufacturing facility in Tipton.
Hydrogen has always played a crucial role in industrial processes ranging from hydrocarbon refining to pharmaceuticals manufacture, float glass production, food processing and much more in between.
High-tech plant churns out 600 beer bottles a minuteThe sprawling tan building that rises from the snowy plains houses technology its owners prefer to keep under wraps.
A new campaign will next month urge pubs, clubs and restaurants in northern England to start recycling their glass bottles.
The first flat glass plant to come to Yemen is expected to open by 2008, said Naji Daen, the Yemeni businessman who had the idea to open the plant.
The sprawling tan building that rises from the snowy plains houses technology its owners prefer to keep under wraps. "There are certain things you can't take pictures of," plant manager Dwayne Wendler advises minutes before leading a…
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Protective Packaging Limited, based in Manchester are delighted to announce that they have received an award from the European Alufoil Association (www.alufoil.org) The European Aluminium Foil Association is the international body representing…
The Chinese glass industry is significantly affected by soaring oil prices. To melt the raw materials for glass production, heavy fuel oil is used in the burners of the melting furnace.
The European Investment Bank is lending 55 million ЕUR to Sisecam, a leading Turkish glass manufacturer, for funding part of a modernisation and capacity expansion programme.