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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.
Winemakers and retailers will learn this week how to reduce their impact on climate change by bottling imported wines within the UK – and boost recycling as they do so.
Glaziers in Yorkshire will be able to recycle their waste glass, wood and plastics, across a network of depots in the region - believed to be one of the first networks of its kind.
North East glassmakers are heading out to the United Arab Emirates as they look to break into the Gulf’s lucrative glass market.
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Everyday great inventions and the geniuses behind them go unrecognized. Then, there are some inventions making such an impact on our daily lives that they must be recognized and honored.
Following the search for strategic partners for its specialty bottles business, the Saint-Gobain Group has selected the project of a consortium of two investment funds, Sagard and Cognetas.
Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing system has been used to stunning effect at a new library in the southwest seaport town of Turku, Finland.
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.
The annual amount of glass recycled to make new bottles and jars has increased to a record 756,000 tonnes according to estimates from British Glass.
A new campaign will next month urge pubs, clubs and restaurants in northern England to start recycling their glass bottles.
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…
The average price of manufactured products in the U.K. recorded an increase of 0.3 per cent in February, the Office for National Statistics said a report Monday.
BBC reported that union officials say the announcement that St Helens Glass has gone into liquidation, leaving hundreds of workers jobless, is tragic. Rumours of the announcement were circulated before staff were given official confirmation at…
Pilkington Group Limited has announced the purchase of AG Glass and Glazing Limited. AG Glass and Glazing Ltd is a leading IGU manufacturer averaging more than 20,000 units per week from its state of the art manufacturing unit in Tankersley, near…
In a major coup for the event, Pilkington Activ™ has demonstrated its commitment to the new-look Glassex with the announcement that it will sponsor the popular Conservatory Design Competition next March.
Britvic has given its juices and mixer ranges a complete makeover in conjunction with Rockware Glass. The result is a new contemporary one-trip glass bottle satisfying the needs of on-premise consumers and the trade with a design that closely…
Bystronic Glass UK has developed a seminar programme that will be introduced at Glassex but will be extended beyond the arena of the exhibition.
Come learn and explore the age-old art of glass lampworking. Using a torch, you’ll melt and form glass into shapes that can become pendants, beads, marbles, paperweights, stir-sticks or anything you, as an artist, want to create.
Somerset County Council is backing a new television advertising campaign which encourages people to recycle more glass bottles and jars.
Two weeks into the new year, and the recycling industry is working overtime. The festive season created 750m extra glass bottles, most of which seemed to be lined up in my kitchen ready for the council to pick up.
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company and the world's leading beverage can maker, is issuing this trading statement for the year ending 31 December 2006 ahead of the scheduled announcement of its preliminary results on 20 February 2007.
Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, laid the foundation stone for RAK Gani Glass plant, a pharmaceutical container glass plant to be set up with an investment of $20 million (Dh71 million) at the RAK…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has directed all soft drinks manufacturers to phase out glass bottles and adopt the use of plastic bottles on or before January 2, 2008.
Glass container manufacturer Rockware Glass has produced what it is calling the UK's first-ever 70cl spirit bottle made with less than 300g of glass.