[Forming] Single-Stage Bottle Forming Research Project Success

"If we want to remain competitive in the packaging market, we have to make our glass thinner," says Dr Ing M Kellner, head of product development at Heye GmbH, the equipment specialist for glass production lines. Heye is part of the Ardagh Group, one of Europe's biggest producers of glass containers with around 6500 employees. In this article, the author discusses a research project with German mechanical engineers and the Technical University Bergakademie Freigerg, where theoretical principles for a single-stage glass container forming process have been established.