Giancarlo Currarino is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at O-I.

Hartford-Empire, the forerunner of Emhart Glass, was one of the first firms to explore the potential of automatic inspection during the 1940s. Six decades, two acquisitions and many innovations later, the company has emerged as a leading provider of inspection technology for glass container makers. Mike Rentschler discusses the firm's current range and the features and benefits of each model.

Hartford-Empire, the forerunner of Emhart Glass, was one of the first firms to explore the potential of automatic inspection during the 1940s. Six decades, two acquisitions and many innovations later, the company has emerged as a leading provider of inspection technology for glass container makers. Mike Rentschler discusses the firm's current range and the features and benefits of each model.

Increasingly, the stability of the forming process is key to improving pack-to-melt and glass container quality. Currently, variations can only be managed by skilled operators. The magic required to address this situation is the 'closed loop', suggests Andreas Helfenstein.

We visited Emhart Glass, one of the hollow glass market's most enduring companies, to learn how it has grown and evolved over the last 100 years. We found that the company that invented the IS machine is still innovating, in every area from forming to inspection.

Philippe Spiteri presents ProLab, an innovative system designed specifically to help glassmakers bring the forming process to target pack-to-melt efficiencies.