Maintaining schedule on a greenfield glass plant despite Covid-19 Oct 27, 2021 0 comments The NSG Group is in the final stages of completing a turnkey float plant in Luckey, Ohio. Construction began in the second quarter of 2019 and production will start at the end of 2020. The $265 million, 511,000ft2 facility, will melt 600 tons per-day of transparent ... Read More A True Veteran of the Glass Industry Oct 26, 2021 0 comments Glass 5.0 Christopher J. Hoyle, Senior Vice President – Technical Director, has been a part of the TECO family for 21 years and has served the glass industry for 41 years. Read More Radiant Heating Systems In Glass Applications Oct 26, 2021 0 comments Glass 5.0 Radiant heat is employed in many sectors of the glass industry to control cooling of a material during the part of the process where direct contact of the glass is not viable. The use of radiant heat covers a large range of temperatures and often requires ... Read More Is Your Weighing System Accurate? Apr 05, 2021 0 comments Glass 5.0 This article is intended to provide а practical, and applications-oriented discussion of the issues involved in weigh system accuracy, and how to estimate the accuracy а particular system might achieve. Read More Economic Solutions of Ownership Mar 31, 2021 0 comments Glass 5.0 What is the right material for this application? Who should be responsible for this portion or that portion? Where should we set the limits of the scope of supply? How can we lower the installed cost? How can we reduce the delivered cost? Read More Furnaces for Low Iron Solar Glass Mar 31, 2021 0 comments Glass 5.0 Low iron glasses for solar PV (photovoltaic) applications are generally characterized by the following physical and chemical properties: Read More Maintaining schedule on a greenfield glass plant despite Covid-19 Nov 16, 2020 0 comments News The NSG Group’s Todd Huffman* discusses the new Luckey flat glass plant and the collaboration with the TECO Group as they faced the challenges the year 2020 presented with regards to the Covid pandemic. Read More NSG nearing completion of $260+M facility Sep 30, 2020 0 comments News The Toledo Business Journal writes about the completion of the NSG plant in Luckey in their October 2020 issue of their Lake Erie West Manufacturing $ Construction News. Read More Flexible All-Electric Furnace Design Sep 21, 2020 0 comments News In the September/October issue of Glass Worldwide, Brian Naveken emphasises the importance of bottom electrodes in the design of all-electric melting systems. Read More Design-Build, A Better Way – Part 2 Sep 17, 2020 0 comments Glass 5.0 In the last issue of Glass 5.0, “Design-Build, A Better Way – Part 1”, the merits of design-build versus design-bid-build project delivery methods were discussed; particularly as they pertain to large capital projects, typical in the glass industry, that involve budgets ... Read More Next Page Inside this Issue A True Veteran of the Glass Industry Radiant Heating Systems In Glass Applications Is Your Weighing System Accurate? Economic Solutions of Ownership Furnaces for Low Iron Solar Glass Categories Glass 5.0 News Archives 2021 Articles 2020 Articles Photo Gallery Subscribe Get Our eMagazine