More than a century ago, a small group of engineers who would not accept the status quo and refused to quit in their quest to revolutionise the way a glass bottle is made changed the hollow glass container industry forever. They formed a company known then as Hartford Empire that paved the way by designing the machines, defining the processes and setting the standard methods in which glass bottles are still produced.

Ten years ago, Emhart Glass (as it was then called) laid plans for a new state-of-theart manufacturing plant in Taman Preindustrian Cemerlang, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Construction began in 2008, and the new plant was officially opened in 2009. Covering a total area of around 6,000 square meters, the plant replaced an existing site managed by Formac, a former supplier that Emhart Glass had acquired in 2006.

In 2014, Bucher Emhart Glass launched its BlankRadar forming process control system, based on XPAR Vision’s Gob Assist and Blank Temperature Control products. Now, this agreement has been extended, with Bucher Emhart Glass selling the XPAR IR-D system under the Bucher Emhart Glass FlexRadar brand. Martin Jetter, President of Bucher Emhart Glass spoke exclusively to Glass Worldwide about this development and its positive implications for the international glass container industry.

Kuwait’s Gulf Glass Manufacturing Company undertook a modernisation in 2016 at its 300 tonnes a day plant. It selected Bucher Emhart Glass’s inspection machinery for its cold end and was pleased with how smoothly the installation went.

Mike Rentschler discusses the benefits of SCOUT technology from Bucher Emhart Glass for multiple article production operations.

Martin Grönblad discusses the production flexibility afforded by the latest multi gob manufacturing technology for glass containers.