Glass Bottle Supplier do Everything Possible to Save the Market

el Lonsway said that the recent completion offell 3% to 4%. "Glass bottle manufacturing is also
Ohio's "Imagination Center" OI is the marketingcommitted to reducing energy consumption during
and technology company will combine theproduction and the introduction of lightweight
importance of product innovation. "Imaginationtechnology. Vitro has worked with companies in
Center" will be the O I Corporation works,California's wine companies collaborate Wente
Designers, R & D team and market high techFamily Estates, the average weight of its glass
gathering. Here, OI will collaborate with customersbottles, 23% lower. OI Corporation Fetzer
to realize breakthrough in glass packaging industryVineyards will also help reduce carbon emissions
to work together. OI plans to an area of 2,500by glass bottles by 14%. Fetzer Vineyards wine
square feet (about 232m2) and its distributioncompany's sustainable development manager, Dr.
facilities in Europe, South America and Asia PacificAnn Thrupp, said: "Our bottles are lightweight
region to create centers connected through thesolutions using a double bottom line innovation.
network. Meanwhile, the first innovativeBoth environmentally friendly and can improve
technology will be available a few months. Michaelproductivity, and thus can support us goals of
Lonsway said: "Since its inception this center has asustainable development. "
dozen major clients to center, and we exploreOI also announced that its plant in Adelaide,
the suitability of glass packaging solutions."Australia Australian investment 3,500 million for
In terms of technology, Lonsway said, OIinvestment in equipment and improvements to
Corporation is developing a new type of blackproduction processes, for wine bottles to
glass. Excellent UV blocking properties to make"downsizing" in order to achieve weight loss goal
such black glass, the beer industry not only helpsof 28%. By then, Australia Adelaide plant each
customers to improve product quality, can also beyear will reduce carbon emissions by 11,130 tons.
applied to other areas of ordinary glass does notNot only that, Adelaide plant's average production
apply.As consumers and beverage marketersfor each container water consumption would drop
increasingly favor environmentally friendlyby 12%, while annual savings of material can be
packaging, glass industry to respond quickly toused to produce 20,000 tons of glass bottles.
emphasize the high recovery of glass bottles, asCartons and PET bottles in the consumer ease of
well as environmental advantages of suchuse on the performance of more and more
packaging. Broken glass in the recycling rate,prominent, so that the glass manufacturers
usually based on their origin and exhibited largerestless. Glass manufacturers have begun to pay
differences. For example, California's recoveryattention to this issue. Thus, glass bottle
efficiency of 35%, whereas Europe was up 60%.manufacturers have begun to stress "more than
U.S. Glass Packaging Institute and its memberever green" features and other advantages. Glass
organizations have made a commitment to 2013,manufacturers also work together with our
the recovery of broken glass will not be less thancustomers, using innovative technology to
50% utilization.improve the performance of glass bottles.For OI
Vitro Packaging Marketing Manager Horacio Trujillo,companies, has to pass several broad definition of
said: "In order to provide a high strength, brokenthe core elements of glass packaging in order to
glass from recycled glass bottles, broken glass,re exciting the future of this moment. OI
the amount will be increased by 10%, will alsocompany's product development manager Michael
reduce the amount of other materials 8%.Lonsway, said: "These core elements include
nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide consumptionapplication and promotion of technical innovation of
was reduced by 4%, respectively and 10%. Thus,glass.
the final energy consumption of glass production