Arrival, registration and tabletop exhibition

Introduction and welcome

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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: CAPITALISING ON SUSTAINABILITY TO CONTINUE TO LEAD: THE CONTAINER GLASS INDUSTRY VISION

Michael Delle Selve, FEVE

Today, glass is the unquestioned packaging material of reference for its sustainability assets. Brands want more glass, consumers ask for glass. However, sustainability is no longer just a trend, it is progressively informing the way we live, produce, consume. In order to maintain our leadership role, as European Container Glass Industry we have also to adapt, to improve and to translate challenges into opportunities. In this journey towards a Sustainable Growth, we can’t travel alone, we actually want to engage with the whole value chain, and the printing industry; to see where we can work together to improve the way glass is produced, used by brands, recycled, and to look together for future solutions.

IS DIGITAL AN OPPORTUNITY OR RATHER A THREAT?

Alessandro Ghirardini and Klaus Ammann, Fermac

There is nothing more exciting than being immersed in an epochal change. The birth of the press, the industrial revolution and the birth and development of the web are just some of the great achievements, of the great changes that, inspired by technology, have led to radical and unexpected social and cultural revolutions. Social and cultural, certainly, but above all, economic. Printing on demand, or not anymore, or not only is a result of large-scale industrial needs, but also as an extemporaneous requirement, linked to events, opportunities, ceremonies and a thousand situations in private life that can be found in the decoration of objects. Containers and other glass products represent an ideal communication medium. A big mistake that many make is to think that digital printing technology on glass is an alternative to current technologies, when it is rather a totally new paradigm of industrial production and as such, complementary to the current traditional technologies.

AUTOMOTIVE INTERIEUR: FROM ANALOGUE DIALS TO DIGITAL DISPLAYS

Claudia Bauer, Marabu

Over many years analogue speedometer bezels have been established on the market, however, for some time now a significant decline has been observed. Elaborate designs with a multitude of printed colour layers have determined the appearance of the cockpit until now. In the course of digitalisation, the vehicle interior has become smart and a rethink has taken place. The number of digital display systems in the vehicle is constantly increasing and is associated with ever new display options. Here, too, screen printing is a fundamental element, less as a design but more as a functional ink layer in the display area. Requirements such as high adhesion values on PMMA and glass in combination with very high opacity or high transparency as well as excellent suitability for optical bonding are the new standard for screen printing. Especially for this application there are newly developed screen printing ink systems on the market which meet these requirements.

Lunch and tabletop exhibition

MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY UPDATE ON INKJET COATING AND DECORATION OF GLASS – FLAT, CONTAINER AND INDUSTRIAL

Debbie Thorp, Global Inkjet Systems

Advances in inkjet software and ink chemistry are enabling new opportunities and applications in glass decoration and coating. This presentation will provide an update on recent inkjet technology developments and product introductions in the flat, hollow container and industrial (complex shape) glass markets. The different requirements of decoration and coating will be addressed – and the challenges of implementing inkjet technology in increasingly demanding industrial applications. Examples will be presented where innovations in software are enabling more complex industrial products to be inkjet printed or coated, which can significantly reduce waste and cost.

ADDED VALUE FOR GLASS DECORATION: TECHNOLOGY AT A GLANCE

Alexandra Cordes, Ferro

Glass decoration can be done in a variety of technologies. Coloration of the glass melt itself, to obtain coloured glass or coating on top, is already a standard technique. The print decoration offers a wide range to differentiate your products in the market. All aim at achieving an attractive decoration or brand identification. Smart and functional applications are growing, too. All is possible with inorganic, coloured glass fluxes or organic product lines. Dependent on the required performance the best product can be chosen.

ADHESION OF INKJET INKS ON GLASS

Dr Marin Steenackers, ChemStream

This lecture will give insights in different strategies on how to improve and optimise the adhesion of UV-curable inkjet inks on glass. The aim of ChemStream over the past decade was to develop solutions for “direct to substrate adhesion” minimising tedious priming and other pre-treatment steps and thus enabling a significant reduction of the TCO of our clients. We will present how the key parameters that influence the adhesion of a UV-curable inkjet ink on glass can be tuned: shrinkage, physisorption as well as chemisorption. In different applications, a strong adhesion can be achieved by the smart design of our inks and incorporation of commercially available components. For more demanding applications in which high-end requirements cannot be achieved by commercially available ingredients, ChemStream has developed a new class of dedicated tailor-made adhesion promotors.

Coffee break and tabletop exhibition

SIMPLIFYING GLASS PRINTING WITH SCREEN AND CTS TECHNOLOGY

André Kreuter, Grünig/SignTronic

Functional and industrial screen printing remains very competitive if screen printers follow a few simple rules in screen production. Automation and standardisation in stretching, coating, washing and drying processes are indispensable to increase quality and lower costs. CtS direct exposing technology (replacing films) is a must as production steps are reduced tremendously and screen quality is increased. In this presentation, we will rediscover infinite screen printing possibilities with new screen and CtS technology, and prepare for a bright future in screen printing with the perfect screen as the central instrument.

DIRECT-TO-CYLINDER: DIGITAL PRINTING ON GLASSWARE

Ian Bedford, InkCups

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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: GERMAN GLASS INDUSTRY: SITUATION AND TRENDS

Dr Johann Overath, Bundesverband Glasindustrie

2018 was a very successful year for the glass industry in Germany. In 2018 the German glass industry not only achieved further substantial growth in total revenue, it also passed the 10 billion revenue mark for the first time. The number of employees in the glass industry also increased. In 2019, the deterioration of the general economic situation has also impacted the glass industry. The ifo Business Climate Index is currently at a very low level. Despite this trend, some of the glass sectors have experienced an upswing. The container glass sector has profited from a genuine revival in the popularity of glass as a packaging material among consumers. BV Glas also expects business to pick up in the other glass sectors during the course of the year.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: GLASSTEC 2020: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

Birgit Horn, glasstec / Messe Düsseldorf

Tabletop exhibition

Networking buffet and and tabletop exhibition

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