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GLASS PACKAGING SOLUTIONS


                              ARDAGH GROUP






                                creating value                                   With a mission of



                   through innovation                                            being the market

                                                                                 leader in glass


                                                                                 innovation and the

                                                                                 first choice partner

                                                                                 for innovation

               NNOVATION                      applications, process and sus-     projects, Ardagh
                 Passion for innovation and   tainability improvements.                                          Glass packaging solutions
            I creativity are the qualities      The result is creative think-    – in this article –
            which have positioned Ardagh as   ing throughout the organisation,
            a world-leading packaging busi-   from design to delivery, so each   shows us just how it
            ness, also thanks to an innovation   integral part of the business feels
            programme that harnesses the      the benefit and customers reap      is working to reach
            power of a cross-functional team,   the rewards.
            which includes members from                                          this important goal,
            key regions and business func-    INNOVATION IN
            tions. Ardagh’s focus is on being   LIGHTWEIGHTING                   also with the long
            reactive as well as proactive and   Many bottles today are up to 50
            the company drives an innova-     per cent lighter… Twenty years     term development
            tion agenda across new product    ago a typical 330ml beer bottle
                                                                                 of new products,

                                                                                 processes and

                                                                                 technologies.
































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