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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.
Uli Grötsch, member of the German Parliament, and his companions were warmly welcomed by the HORN management team led by CEO Stephan Meindl.
On May 5th 2022 Glass for Europe hosted its 2nd workshop on flat glass recycling.
State-of-the-art technologies, innovative spirit and technological leadership - all these attributes stand for both HORN Glass Industries AG and Wiegand-Glas.
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.
Şişecam lays the foundation of its first European glass packaging facility in Hungary
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.
Recently, the performance test could be carried out on the repaired F1 furnace of AmBev in Brazil - with success. The project, the overhaul of the 360 t/d end fired furnace, has thus been successfully completed.
Şişecam to ensure sustainability in investments with a new strategic acquisition.
The completion of this acquisition represents an important step in the growth strategy of the Fenzi Group.
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.
Glass manufacturer Stoelzle has been producing high-quality packaging glass at seven locations for over 200 years. HORN has now successfully commissioned the new construction of furnace 02 at the Köflach plant in Austria.
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.
The new EUR 84 million glass packaging furnace is planned to be commissioned at the beginning of 2023.
Growing steadily with new investments globally, Şişecam is making its first European glass packaging production facility investment in Hungary.
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Thanks to the good cooperation with PGP Glass, the entire project was realised within the specified time schedule and the new 250 t/d furnace was successfully put into operation at the end of August 2021.
The push towards climate neutrality is also reaching the glass industry. Besides using more sustainable fuels, the call for the incorporation of more green electric power to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions is growing louder.
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.