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PACKAGING
Packaging
T
he Stoelzle Glass Group
manufactures a broad
range of products, wheth-
er in standard designs or cus-
tomised shapes - thus catering
to a huge variety of branches
and applications. Based in
Europe, it seeks to prioritise
both the emotions and ideas
promised by its products -
always with a keen attention
to what’s most sustainable and
technically-feasible.

GROUP EXPANSION
With the demand for decorat-
ed glass containers constantly on
the rise over the past few years,
Stoelzle has been investing in all tles, perfumes, cosmetic jars and
three of its decoration facilities insists on using only eco-friendly, pharmaceutical glass containers.
in Poland, UK and France - all water-based inks.
to offer enhanced capacities and Equipped with an automatic PUTTING SUSTAINABILITY
modern processes and technolo- loading and unloading system, FIRST
gies for a broad range of applica- the new spraying line also takes The group continues to be
tions destined to international advantage of fast-curing by infra- driven by a conviction that glass
markets. red lamps, which enhances pro- remains one of the most sustain-
In March 2022, a new high- duction capacity still further. able packaging materials, given
speed spraying line was start- The high-speed line, set up that it’s made from 100 per-
ed up at the decoration site in with an investment of EUR 1M, cent natural raw materials and
Stoelzle CzĊstochowa, Poland. is forecast to reach a daily output is inert - meaning that glass has
Being the fourth spray line at the of more than 100,000 sprayed no impact upon its contents.
Polish site, technically this one’s bottles whilst being technically But that’s not all. In rendering
state-of-the-art in every respect - adapted to process containers of the final bottle as sustainable as
including performance, efficien- up to 200 mm in size. possible it’s always been just as
cy, automation and sustainability. Stoelzle offers an array of clear to consider the ecological
Here the company relies upon its traditional, trendy and innova- aspects of the decorating itself.
CSR strategy, to which Stoelzle tive techniques that range from Here Stoelzle’s R&D team has
has been committed for a couple silk screen printing to spraying, leveraged its collective intelli-
of years already after abandon- frosting, hot foil stamping, digi- gence to arrive at both energy
ing solvent-based colours at all tal printing, decals and acces- saving and CO reduction solu-
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three of its decoration sites as it sory application for spirits bot- tions within every area of pro-

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