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Vol. 7 | No. 4 | January - March 2020 Quarterly Journal of The All India Glass Manufacturers’ Federation Bi-lingual Special Feature • Glass News • Absorption, Reflection and Birefringence in Glasses PREFERRED INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL • Reputation Built on AIGMF online library of Performance Glass Worldwide articles • Customer Focus Drives Over 60 articles covering the activities of The All India Glass Manufacturers’ Federation and Positive Results for Indian member companies are available for FREE download from the AIGMF website, including: Glassmaker Indian market reports: architectural processed glass, container glass, float glass, optical fibre, pharmaceutical, raw materials, refractories, specialty glass and tableware. • Emerging Trends in Exclusive interviews with figureheads from:AGI glaspac, Adarsh Kanch Udyog, Asahi India Glass (AIS), Borosil, Ceracon, Empire Industries-Vitrum Glass, Gerresheimer, Gold Plus Glass Industry, HNG, La Opala, Container Glass Packaging Mascot, Piramal Group, Pragati Glass, Saint-Gobain India, SGD Pharma India and many more! for the Food and Beverage Industry • Colour Centres or Solarization and Colour due to Suspended Particles in Glasses • On the Spot… Rajesh K Khosla Visit the AIGMF online library • Glass Production and of Glass Worldwide articles at Sustainability www.aigmf.com • Heye Ranger 2 – Camera Check Detection at its Best Upcoming Events • AIGMF Executive Committee Meeting (April 20, 2020) via Video- For weekly news update and highlights of the latest issue Conference of Glass Worldwide, visit www.glassworldwide.co.uk GW AIGMF A4 Advert.indd 1 15/07/2019 13:23 High-Quality Gx® Glass Vials for Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics Product offering Gerresheimer India for Pharmaceutical Primary Packaging made of Glass Moulded glass range Tubular glass range · Material: Glass types I, II and III · Material: Type I borosilicate glass · Syrup bottles: Light-glass, Euro medicine, · Clear and amber ampoules: ISO types B, C, D EHV, Veral, Combi bottles as well as customized shapes · Shaped bottles: Meplat, Montana, Oval bottles · One Point Cut, Colour Break Ring, and Score Ring · Dropper bottles: All-round, standard, break systems for ampoules special dropper bottles · Clear and amber vials: Crimp neck and screw neck · Tablet jars, wide mouth jars, and cream jars · Dental cartridges · Injection, infusion and transfusion bottles · Ammonium sulphate treatment · Chemical/technical bottles · Diverse printing techniques Registered Address Gerresheimer Pharmaceutical Packaging Mumbai Private Limited Phone: +91 222 926 2360 Moulded Glass: [email protected] 906, Windfall, Sahar Plaza Complex Tubular Glass: [email protected] Mathrudas Vasanji Road, J.B. 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For Enquiry Contact:- 040 2383 1771 [email protected] www.agi-glaspac.com 2 Kanch | Vol. 7 | No. 4 | January-March 2020 www.aigmf.com President RAJ KUMAR MITTAL Sr. Vice President BHARAT SOMANY Vice President SANJAY AGARWAL Hon. General Secretary KAILASH CHANDRA JAIN Hon. Treasurer HARGUN C. BHAMBANI Member Editorial Board K ANNAPURNA Quarterly Journal of THE ALL INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ FEDERATION Senior Principal Scientist, Glass Division, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata Vol. 7 | No. 4 | January-March 2020 A K BANDYOPADHYAY Former Principal, Govt. College of Engineering & Ceramic Technology-GCECT, Kolkata DEVENDRA KUMAR Prof. & HOD, Dept. of Ceramic, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) K K SHARMA President, NIGMA and Vice President, HNG Neemrana, Rajasthan ZONAL ASSOCIATIONS EASTERN INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION (EIGMA) Contents c/o La Opala RG Ltd. Chitrakoot, 10th Floor, 230 A A.J.C. Bose Road Kolkata - 700 020 From President's Desk 5 President - S K Jhunjhunwala NORTHERN INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION (NIGMA) c/o Hindustan National Glass & Industries Ltd. Glass News 7 Post Office - Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar, Haryana-124 507 President - K K Sharma Vice President - Jimmy Tyagi New Members 15 Honorary General Secretary - N N Goyal Secretary & Treasurer - Ankit Bhatnagar SOUTH INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION (SIGMA) Membership of the Federation 15 c/o AGI glaspac (HSIL's Packaging Products Division) Glass Factory Road, Off. Motinagar PB No. 1930, Sanathnagar, PO Hyderabad -500 018 Absorption, Reflection and Birefringence in Glasses 16 President - Sandip Somany UTTAR PRADESH GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ SYNDICATE (UPGMS) c/o General Traders About The AIGMF 19 A-10, Industrial Estate, Firozabad – 283203 (UP) President - Raj Kumar Mittal Vice President - Sanjay Agarwal Reputation Built on Performance 20 Vice President - Uma Shankar Agarwal Hony. Secretary - Parag Gupta Treasurer - Deepak Gupta List of Advertisers 20 Jt. Secretary - Ritesh Mittal WESTERN INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION (WIGMA) c/o Empire Industries Ltd.- Vitrum Glass Customer Focus Drives Positive Results for Indian Glassmaker 24 Empire House, 2nd Floor, 414 S.B. Marg Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 013 Emerging Trends in Container Glass Packaging for the Food and President - G K Sarda 28 Honorary Secretary - Ashok Jain Beverage Industry Quarterly Journal of Glass Industry, published and printed by Vinit Kapur on behalf of The All India Glass Manufacturers’ Federation Colour Centres or Solarization and Colour due to Suspended from 812, New Delhi House, 27 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi – 110001 32 and printed at New United Process, A-26, Ph-II, Naraina Indl. Area, Particles in Glasses New Delhi-110028 T:+91 11 2331 6507 E: [email protected] On the Spot… Rajesh K Khosla 36 Editor MOHAN LALVANI Complimentary copy for Members / Government Departments / NGO's and those connected with Glass Industry Glass Production and Sustainability 40 Others: Price (excluding bank charges): Indian Companies : ` 125 per copy Heye Ranger 2 – Camera Check Detection at its Best 42 Annual Subscription ` 450 Foreign Companies : US$ 25 per copy Annual Subscription US$ 80 Advertise in Kanch 43 www.glassworldwide.co.uk Kanch | Vol. 7 | No. 4 | January-March 2020 3 Borosil Renewables Limited 4 Kanch | Vol. 7 | No. 4 | January-March 2020 www.aigmf.com From President’s Desk Due to the current developments regarding COVID-19, AIGMF Executive Committee Meeting slated for March 21 at The Taj, Jaipur was postponed to April 20. The meeting would now be held over the video-conference facility as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has allowed companies to use video meets, other audio-visual means. I request all members to join the Executive Committee for which meeting link would be sent in due course by the Secretariat. Inputs were invited from the Member companies on the anticipated disruption (owing to COVID-19 outbreak) in Products, Production, Sales, Essential Raw Materials/Intermediate Goods required to be imported for Production, Exports or Any other Issues like GST/Direct or Indirect Taxes etc. A detailed industry representation was submitted to various Ministries of GoI and Trade Chambers covering present industry position due to Coronavirus (COVID-19); problems being faced by the Industry; problems anticipated in the future and support sought from the Government. Virtual meetings were held with CII, DPIIT and we aim to work more closely to seek concessions for the Industry in these trying times. The nation-wide lockdown, announced on March 24, to contain the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted glass production significantly and only essential packaging related glass production are currently being carried out by glass manufacturers i.e., producing vials/glass bottles of different sizes required by Pharma, Food and Beverage Industries. Most of the units are either closed; operational in the reduced capacity or in a recycling mode as Glass manufacturing facilities utilize high-temperature furnaces that must run continuously, 24 hours a day. They cannot be turned off or easily idled and when shut down, and can take months to restart, highlighting the need for its supply chain to be fully functioning and operational. To safeguard employees, contract staff and others, manufacturing units have driven various awareness programmes through banners, leaflets, workshops, etc., to bring in safety as the utmost priority for the workers. I am happy to report that AIGMF Secretariat is working remotely round-the-clock in the present lockdown situation; coordinating with various stakeholders on daily basis over tele/video conferences; preparing representations wrt urgent nationwide operational permission for glass industry to operate as required by the user industries under essential category; ensuring Requisite Logistics Clearances for Availability of Raw Materials and Fuel to Industry and for downstream supply of