During the ICG – International Commission on Glass meetings held in Lyon on April 11 and 12, Erik Muijsenberg officially assumed the role of ICG President for the period 2026–2029, taking over from Hiroyuki Inoue.
The presidential badge was presented by former ICG President Reinhard Conradt, highlighting a long‑standing ICG tradition that symbolises continuity in leadership and shared responsibility.
The ICG Council also approved Dr. Edgar Dutra Zanotto as the new ICG Vice President.
Erik Muijsenberg is a Mechanical Engineering, he graduated from the University of Eindhoven in1990. He began his career at TNO Glass in Eindhoven, focusing on furnace modelling and glass melt technology, later becoming Head of the Glass Department.
In 1998, he became Managing Director of GLASS SERVICE B.V., establishing the company’s first subsidiary in the Netherlands. He later moved to the Czech Republic, where he served as Group Vice President. Since 2024, following the integration of Glass Service Group into SEFPRO, Erik has held the position of Group Business Development Director.
He has been a strong advocate of Industry 4.0 in the glass industry, promoting model-based furnace control and carbon emission reduction for more than 20 years. Erik is also the recipient of several international awards, including the Otto Schott Award in 1997, the ICG Turner Award in 2023 and the N.L. Varshneya Memorial Award in 2023, and served as Chairman of The Phoenix Glass Person of the Year in 2024.
The International Commission on Glass (ICG) is an international association of scientists and technologists, research centres, universities and companies, whose main objective is to promote understanding and stimulate cooperation in the field of glass science and technology, as well as glass history and art.