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INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY
Industry sustainability
we created a very flexible design
that’s upgradable and can be mod-
ernised at any time.” As Technical
Director Grant Bailey, who is to lead
the installation, explained further:
“We’ve put a lot of focus on 3D tech-
nology, creating models, flows and
process analysis. This is extremely
important because the batch house
is being integrated into a mixed-
use warehouse facility.” Bailey went reasoning he spoke of seeing the
on to recount how they needed to own words: “They approached the initiative as beneficial for the whole
consider pre-existing designs from project with an open mind, which is glass world, stressing how it marks a
other suppliers that would have to why we’ve been able to work togeth- unique opportunity to test new ideas
integrate with the equipment while er to identify the correct solutions.” - also for the younger generation,
not compromising on the opera- Said Bailey: “EME works globally. which, said Woltz, can be educated
tional and functional requirements We have more than 20 projects at and trained there.
of the facility. any one time anywhere in the world. As Liggett corroborated: “What
Based on this we have vast experi- Glass Futures is trying to provide
ALLOWANCES MADE FOR ence in finding local partners and is an extremely flexible platform
TACKLING CHALLENGES local resources to deliver projects in where we can try new materials,
Said Bailey: “We believe we were different countries.” different compositions, new forms
selected because we’re able to adapt of energy and new ways of operat-
and accommodate the challenges EQUIPMENT SUPPLY FOR THE ing the plant.” He concluded by
along the way. We spent a lot of time PROJECT underscoring the shared target of
focusing on the needs of the industry Bailey explained that EME will Glass Futures and EME, which is
from a technical and safety stand- be supplying the batch house on a to take the commercial glassmak-
point - really focusing on where we turnkey basis - supplying building ing world towards a position where
would see batch plants in the future.” infrastructure where equipment will glass can be generated with a low
Here Woltz added: “During be mounted and housed in access carbon footprint as well as high
the tendering phase, we contacted platforms, as well as installation ser- levels of energy efficiency, flexibility
a lot of British sub-suppliers and vices. It will also conduct control and adaptability. O
chose two companies. One is for system training while supporting
the secondary steel - they will install staff during start-up.
our equipment together with our
supervisors. We also have a British PROJECT TIMELINE
partner who will make the electric As to questions concerning the
installation and connect cabling with overall project timeline, Woltz clari-
our cabinets.” fies that the furnace will be heated up EME GmbH
in mid-2023 though the batch plant
CHOOSING EME AS BATCH will be commissioned beforehand,
HOUSE SUPPLIER with the installation of secondary Wockerather Weg 45
Liggett explained that each ten- steel in October of this year and 41812 Erkelenz - GERMANY
Tel.: +49-2431-9618-0
der was asked how they’d apply equipment installation starting in Fax: +49-2431-9618-50
quality control to the process and early 2023. E-mail: contact@eme.de
manage the contract. Answers from www.eme.de
the evaluation were given a scor- THE IMPACT OF GLASS FUTURES
ing matrix, with EME’s tallying the UPON THE INDUSTRY
highest. He said Glass Futures had Concerning the importance of
built a great relationship with EME Glass Futures for the industry at
- describing how, right from the large, Wolz observed that “the glass
beginning, the understanding from industry is very traditional and con-
the engineering group had matched servative,” which led him to opine GLASS FUTURES
Glass Futures’ own ambition to look that “it’s always hard to convince
at the best ways to provide facilities manufacturers to install new equip- 9 Churchill Way - Chapeltown
with what they needed. In Liggett’s ment and technologies.” By that Sheffield S35 2PY - UNITED KINGDOM
TEL. +44-114-290-1860
E-mail: info@glass-futures.org
www.glass-futures.org
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