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THAI MALAYA GLASS Besides the batch plant,
EME also delivered fully
SB4 FURNACE STARTS OPERATION automatic cullet return
systems for both SB4 and
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Thai Malaya Sorg Deep Refiner capacity of 700 tpd. It SB5.
Glass successfully and melting booster. It is feeds not only the SB4 but The furnace and batch
commissioned the SB4 designed for a capacity the future SB5 furnace as house are both controlled
furnace in Saraburi of 300 tpd (tons per day) well, which is going to be by a high availability
on time. The plant flint and amber glass for commissioned in mid- Siemens S7-400.
construction was containers. The possibility 2018. Using a joint SCADA
on schedule, with of a performance increase Besides conventional system it is possible to
commissioning and up to 350 tpd is foreseen. metal detectors, a fully operate the complete
production starting Batch charging is automatic all-metal- process from every
smoothly. SB4 is a state- accomplished with the elimination by means of computer – from raw
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of-the-art furnace in all newest EME-NEND an eddy current system material delivery, batch
areas, with exemplary -S3 charger via IRD is integrated into the production and melting
efficiency and energy doghouse. Furthermore, cullet charging. Thus it to glass conditioning and
consumption. the plant is equipped with is possible to improve the factory cullet return. By
Sorg Group’s subsidiary a Sorg STW distributor quality of the charged using web servers, the
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and five Sorg 340S cullet and consequentially customer can use any
Nikolaus Sorg GmbH
& Co.KG delivered the forehearths. The batch increase the furnace computer as independent
furnace as well as the house delivered by lifetimes. clients – even mobile
EME is a tower system, Additionally, the plant is devices are possible. A
forehearths. EME GmbH
delivered the batch house designed for the highest provided with two mixers, firewall offers a VPN
and the fully automatic flexibility in production each with a capacity of access for remote service
cullet return. of various glass colours 1875 liters, as well as a purposes and provides a
SB4 is a gas-fired end- (various formulas) for two fully automatic pre-mix data interface to high-level
port furnace with a furnaces and with a total system. customer systems.

RUSSIA

RECYCLING STANDARDS OF GOODS

AND PACKAGING APPROVED UNTIL 2020

Russian Prime Minister for certain groups of corrugated paper and whereas for steel and
Dmitry Medvedev has goods, the waste disposal paperboard, as well glass packaging they
approved the standards standard for the year as containers of these are 15% and 25%
for the recycling of goods 2018 is 0% and then materials is 25%, and respectively.
and packaging after introduced with a smooth in 2020 it will be 45%. “The goal of the
the loss of consumer increase in values. The same standard is adopted decisions is
properties for 2018- Values of specifications approved for corrugated to reduce the burden
2020. The corresponding are established only for cardboard packaging. on the environment by
documents were groups of goods that are It is assumed that reducing the volumes
published on 10 January subject to disposal, for entrepreneurs in 2018 of disposal of consumer
on the website of the which the infrastructure should process 10% of waste at landfills of
Cabinet. for waste disposal has the packaging from paper solid household waste,
“The standard of waste been established and is and non-corrugated involving waste products
utilization in 2018 for functioning from the cardboard, and in 2020 that are subject to
most groups [of goods] use of these goods, “the - already 20%. Similar disposal, into economic
does not exceed or equal explanatory note to the standards are approved circulation as additional
to the waste management relevant order says. for polymeric, wooden sources of raw materials
standard established for In particular, in 2018 the and cork, as well as and energy,” the
2017. At the same time, standard for recycling aluminium packaging, explanatory note adds.

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