Encirc and wine producer Indevin have announced a partnership to bottle a selection of the award-winning Villa Maria wines at Encirc’s Cheshire site in the UK. The new venture will significantly lower the carbon footprint of wine from one of New Zealand’s most iconic wineries and allow the brand to provide a more agile service to a crucial market.

The Annual General Meeting of Gerresheimer has expressed its confidence in the Management Board and Supervisory Board with regard to the growth course embarked on by the company, recording high approval rates for all agenda items. The company is paying its shareholders a dividend of €1.25 for the 2022 financial year. At the same time, the AGM approved the creation of new authorized and conditional capital, giving Gerresheimer the option to be flexible when financing its planned further growth. CEO Dietmar Siemssen reaffirmed the company’s forecast, with revenues and adjusted EBITDA expected to grow organically by at least 10%.

The "GCA Recycling Detectives Primary School Education Project", has been implemented in partnership with GCA and ÇEVKO Foundation. Their pilot project started in Kütahya Ağaçköy Primary School for third to sixth graders. Face-to-face training is provided within the scope of the project, which aims to raise awareness of the students about the environment and packaging waste from a young age. In the project raw materials used in glass production and recyclable wastes were introduced to the students and recycling booklets were given as gifts.

Addressing the need for low carbon building materials in the Indian Construction Industry, Saint-Gobain India has launched the first production of a new glass with a low carbon footprint. The product should have an estimated carbon footprint reduction of approximately 40% compared to existing glass products.

The world’s biggest glass companies have reaffirmed their commitment to reduce carbon emissions through continued support of Glass Futures as it opens the doors to its 165,000ft2 Global Centre of Glass Excellence.

Encirc, Guardian Glass, O-I Glass and Siemens were the ‘founding members’ of the not-for-profit when the idea of the Global Centre of Excellence was first conceived by Dave Dalton, CEO of British Glass. They each invested in a powerful idea which has since attracted major government innovation funding and seen construction completion of the £54 million Centre in St Helens.

Mike Losinger joins as Director, Forming Operations – Food and Spirits with 25 years of manufacturing experience.

Pat McGuire is taking on the role of Director, Forming Operations – Beer and Beverage, having gained a wealth of experience over his 30+ years in different positions and locations within AGP.

Mark O’Toole is returning to AGP as Director, Forming Operations – Wine, having previously worked at the company for a 21-year period in various roles and locations.

Mr Losinger, Mr McGuire and Mr O’Toole will be responsible for maximizing efficiency through automation, materials science and innovation for forming operations within the respective manufacturing facilities.

A ceremony was held on 24th May to celebrate the Grand Opening of renovated FunGlass premises with new scientific research infrastructure that were obtained from structural funds and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

The ceremony was attended by people from the academic community, as well as representatives of local government and industry. Speeches were delivered by the rector of the Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín Jozef Habánik, the chairman of the self-governing region Jaroslav Baška, the Mayor of the City of Trenčín Richard Rybníček and by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini from Institute of Biomaterials University of Erlangen – Nuremberg.

Ardagh Group has announced the first step towards the creation of a global Centre of Excellence (CoE) to be established in Cape Town, South Africa. The new CoE will deliver certain IT services to the company's businesses across Europe, the Americas and Africa.

"With world-class technology skills and an established infrastructure, Cape Town provides the perfect home for Ardagh's new Centre of Excellence," said Paul Coulson, Chairman, Ardagh Group. "We look forward to growing our presence to support our global business objectives."

Vitro Architectural Glass has chosen ClearShield Technologies to be part of its new Vitro X Innovation Partnership programme. The company’s programme to team up with a select group of growing businesses that are developing revolutionary technologies with the potential to impact the future of the glass industry.

“We are thrilled to welcome Ritec International and ClearShield Technologies to our Vitro X Innovation Partnerships program,” said Martin Bracamonte, Vice President, Marketing & Innovation at Vitro Architectural Glass. “With its legacy of proven success and decades of experience, we look forward to bringing this innovative glass protection product to a larger audience of glass industry leaders.”