Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Verallia Group since 2017, Michel Giannuzzi was recently elected President of FEVE, the European Container Glass Federation. Representing 60 corporate members belonging to approximately 20 independent corporate groups with manufacturing plants located across 23 European States, Mr Giannuzzi outlined FEVE’s objectives to Glass Worldwide, preferred journal of FEVE, as well as describing prevailing market conditions in Europe. The full version of this article appears in the September/October issue *.

Over 100 leading names from across the UK glass industry and supply chain, academia as well as local and national government, attended the Glass Futures Industry Conference at the Totally Wicked Rugby League Stadium in St Helens, Merseyside this July. On behalf of fellow Glass Futures advisory board member Ludovic Valette, Dave Dalton delivered the following speech entitled ‘Global industry and the future’. This is one in a series of Glass Futures articles from the September/October issue of Glass Worldwide, preferred media partner of Glass Futures, that outlines the initiative’s plans to connect the glass industry and academia to create an industry cluster to ensure increased productivity and sustainability in the sector.

Several years ago, Eurotherm by Schneider Electric worked with leading glass manufacturers to develop the EPower controller, an intelligent electrical power management control solution. This SCR device is still very popular, both as a product and as part of Eurotherm power control system solutions, as René Meuleman and Amber Watkin explain. The full version of this article appears in the September/October issue *.

Based on the Bottero/Tiama partnership, the latest step forward in gob shape process automation is discussed in the following contribution. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.

René Meuleman and Lois Holman discuss the options and challenges involved in reducing the glass industry’s carbon footprint. Is hydrogen or electrical power the answer to creating a green glass industry? The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.

The 34th Hotbels glass industry seminar was held in Lexington, KY, USA on 23-24 April and featured a number of informative and well-received presentations by glass industry suppliers and glassmakers. Brian Naveken of Toledo Engineering Co Inc was selected as recipient of the 2019 Hotbels BTU Award. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.

According to Bertrand Mercier, an even more comprehensive quality inspection is now available in float glass production, including coating inspection, detection of low-contrast optical lines and improved core size accuracy. The inspection possibilities are the latest additions to a proven range, further boosting the effectiveness of fully automatic optical quality assurance, while numerous system enhancements are also available for existing systems. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.

In the first of a series of four articles, Dominique Vassaux explains the importance of mould cooling, its influence on the performance of the IS process and on container quality. The full version of this article appears in the July/Aug issue *.

Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Glass UK since 2013, Steve Severs was recently announced President of British Glass. With members facing Brexit influencing market conditions, Mr Severs spoke exclusively to Glass Worldwide about the confederation’s objective to assist the UK glass industry to have the influence, knowledge and skills to be world leading and globally competitive. The full version of this article appears in the May/June issue *.