Quality and technical innovation is a top priority of glass packaging manufacturers. The industry has risen to match the competitiveness of the sector by increasing filling line speeds by 330%, reducing filling line breakage by 1000% & increasing filling line efficiency by 160%. All these improvements have been made possible by heavy investment in all aspects of the business & this is illustrated by the work of Rockware Glass, which has undergone a furnace rebuilding programme to install the latest energy efficient technology and with emissions reduction that exceeds the strict new EU requirements, which become mandatory in 2007. The beer industry is now served by the UK's first 10-section IS quadruple gob machine, producing high quality, lightweight beer bottles supported by the latest image processing systems for quality inspection.
