We are at service of glass industry customers
and users of glass products, including the pharmaceutical, food and
beverage industries, breweries and end users with glass quality issues.
Glass characteristics, glass quality, glass failure and glass defects
trouble-shooting
Whether you are using float glass, container glass, fibre, tableware or
special glass types, we can help you solving your problems using our
expertise and knowledge about glass defects, chemical compositions of
different glass types, chemical and physical characteristics of glass,
colour definitions, etc.
We can do research on specific glass technology topics. E.g. we can help
breweries in optimizing their glass colour for a better light protection,
blocking the riboflavin light absorption and/or to block UV wavelengths or
we can assist pharmaceutical companies improving the chemical durability
of their glass packaging.
Glass is a unique packaging material: it’s a
natural, appealing material, inexpensive, reusable, recyclable and
environmentally safe. It will never affect the taste or smell of your
quality product. Multiple colour variation possibilities and numerous
containers design possibilities give your product the ultimate
attractiveness it deserves.
However glass is heavy and it breaks. Both characteristics are linked in a
quite complex way. Lightweight container glass does not necessarily
implicate an increased risk for failures. Reducing weight of your bottles
or jars, reducing breakage risk? Troubles with your glass colour, chemical
durability, scuffing, ...? Dealing with defects in your float glass
products e.g. anisotropy, cords, NiS inclusions, thermal stress,
breakage,...? We will advise and help you with any glass product related
problem.
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Glass packaging quality control
All food-& beverage companies and pharmaceutical companies, highly
concerned about the quality of their products, are well aware of the
possible quality risks of glass packaging and their often catastrophic
consequences: product recall, production losses, damage claims, ...
As a 'simple' acceptance quality control of glass containers cannot
guarantee a perfect container glass quality, close follow-up of the
technology level and the performance of your container glass supplier is
highly recommended. Thanks to our vast 'insider' know-how on the container
glass manufacturing side, we are in a unique position to help you with a
detailed process and quality control at the glass plant during the
production of your glass containers/bottles. We also perform complete
glass manufacturing plant audits, glass production and glass quality
audits of your glass container supplier(s).
Using our glass technology experiences, our flexibility and independence,
there are many possibilities of collaboration and opportunities to take
full advantage of all freelance collaboration benefits and project results
including quality, production improvement and cost reduction.
Let’s create a win-win situation!
Glass courses and training
Effective supplier follow-up and quality inspections require fundamental
knowledge of glass production. We offer on-site training courses, such as
the "Glass Technology Essentials" course, tailored to your specific needs
and objectives.
GEM-Projects can deliver on-site training courses such as a one day 'Glass
technology essentials' course or develop further courses which tailor the
content specifically to your needs and objectives.
