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Vol. 2, No. 3, October - December, 2014 www.aigmf.com Kanch | Vol 2 | No. 3 | October-December 2014 1 13 - 15 March 2015 4th International Exhibition for Glass Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre Goregaon (East), Mumbai, India 2 Kanch | Vol 2 | No. 3 | October-December 2014 www.aigmf.com Achieve more with less Be cost effective while retaining high quality with the new 30-35 HRC nickel base powders from Höganäs. With our three new Surfit® powder grades it is possible to achieve the same coating properties, welding behaviour and machinability as with self-fluxing grades containing more than 85% nickel. The difference is the optimised nickel content of our powders which ensures a more stable material cost: a great opportunity to achieve more with less. Test our new powders today by contacting us today. Scan for product details in your mobile We push the limits of metal powder. www.hoganasthermalspray.com Kanch | Vol 2 | No. 3 | October-December 2014 1 WE ARE GLASS PEOPLE HEYE SPEEDLINE IS-MACHINES HIGH SPEED AT HIGH QUALITY PLUS SUPERIOR LIFETIME High safety and high usability to protect staff and equipment Clear interfaces for fast installation and exchange of parts Clean design to fulfil HACCP requirements Flexibility through modular design Same core – same variables www.heye-international.com 2 Kanch | Vol 2 | No. 3 | October-December 2014 RZ_HEY_HiP_Speedline_Schutzgitter_KANCH.indd 1 30.09.14 10:47 www.aigmf.com President SANJAY GANJOO Sr. Vice President ARUN KUMAR D Vice President RAJ KUMAR MITTAL Hon. General Secretary BHARAT SOMANY Hon. Treasurer SANJAY AGARWAL Member Editorial Board A K BANDYOPadhyay Quarterly Journal of THE ALL INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ FEDERATION Ex-Principal, Govt. College of Engineering & Ceramic Technology-GCECT, Kolkata DEVENDRA KUMAR Professor, Department of Ceramic, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Vol. 2, No. 3, October - December, 2014 K K SHARMA President, NIGMA and Plant Head, HNG Neemrana, Rajasthan MEMBER ASSOCIatIONS EASTERN INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION (EIGMA) c/o La Opala RG Ltd. Contents Chitrakoot, 10th Floor, 230 A, A.J.C. Bose Road Kolkata - 700 020 From President’s Desk 5 President - Sushil Jhunjhunwala NORTHERN INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION (NIGMA) c/o Hindustan National Glass & Industries Limited Glass News India 7 Post Office - Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar, Haryana-124507 President - KK Sharma Vice President - Jimmy Tyagi Glass News Worldwide 12 Honorary General Secretary - NN Goyal Secretary & Treasurer - JB Bhardwaj Glasspex India 2015 16 SOUTH INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION (SIGMA) c/o AGI Glasspac (An SBU of HSIL Ltd.,) Glass Factory Road, Off. Motinagar Advertise in Kanch 21 PB No. 1930, Sanathnagar, PO Hyderabad -500018 President - Sandip Somany UTTAR PRADESH GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ SYNDICATE (UPGMS) Indian Glass Industry set for ‘Brisk Action’ 22 c/o General Traders A-10, Industrial Estate, Firozabad – 283203 (UP) President - Raj Kumar Mittal Abbe Number and Transparency for Optical Glasses 27 Vice President - Dharmendra Mohan Gupta Vice President - Santosh Agarwal Hony. Secretary - Sanjay Agarwal Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of 32 Treasurer - Deepak Gupta Jt. Secretary - Pramod Kumar Garg Revenue) Notification No. 48/2014-Customs (ADD) WESTERN INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION (WIGMA) c/o Pragati Glass Works (P) Ltd. 111, Damji Shamji Industrial Complex, 9, LBS Marg, Kurla (W), Mumbai - 400070 Optimistic Mood at glasstec 2014 36 President - H R Bhandari Honorary Secretary - G K Sarda Transparency in Float Glass and some Applications 39 Quarterly Journal of glass industry, published & printed by Vinit No contact please! 43 Kapur on behalf of the All India Glass Manufacturers’ Federation from 812, New Delhi House, 27 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi – 110001 (New non-contact inspection modules improve job-change and printed at New United Process, A-26, Ph-II, Naraina Indl. Area, New Delhi-110028 times in container glass production) T: +91 11 23316507 F: +91 11 23350357 E: [email protected] 45 Editor MOHAN LALVANI समाचार Complimentary copy for Members/Government/NGOs and those connected with Glass Industry Safety First with Heye IS-Machines 47 Others: Price (Excluding Bank Charges): Indian Companies : ` 125 per Copy Confidence in the Future 50 Annual Subscription ` 450 Foreign Companies : US$ 25 per Copy Annual Subscription US$ 80 List of Advertisers 50 Membership of AIGMF 51 www.glassworldwide.co.uk Kanch | Vol 2 | No. 3 | October-December 2014 3 4 Kanch | Vol 2 | No. 3 | October-December 2014 www.aigmf.com From President’s Desk I would like to thank members of AIGMF for electing me as President of AIGMF in its Annual General Meeting held on Sept 26, 2014. I assure all members to work in the best interest of glass industry. Jan-March 2015 issue of Kanch will be released as special issue during Glasspex 2015 (March 13-15) at Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. We are looking forward to a magnificent display of latest technology, by world renowned companies exhibiting their products in the exhibition. There are many challenges for glass industry in terms of its usage due to misconceptions, inadequate knowledge, absence of codes and standards. AIGMF is working on to bring in more awareness through conference on usage of glass. A step in that direction is organizing conference in coming Glasspex India 2015 on Use of Glass in Buildings, Glass Façade Regulations & Implementation. Another challenge that glass industry faces is energy conservation. AIGMF is organizing a conference and expert view on latest development in this direction during Glasspex India 2015. I invite one and all from glass fraternity to participate in Glasspex India 2015. Mumbai Fire Brigade, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) organized "Survival Environment" Workshop on Fire Curtain and Glass Facade Regulation & Implementation in collaboration with Institute of Fire Engineers India on Nov 29, 2014 at Mumbai with the active support of AIGMF/AGP member companies (Asahi India Glass, Gold Plus Group, HNG Float Glass, Gujarat Guardian), CCPS and Saint Gobain India. The Workshop was organized at Four Seasons Hotel at Worli, Mumbai and attended by more than 100 delegates comprising of officers from State Govt., Fire Safety Engineers, Builders, Developers, Architects, Professionals, Glass industry, Mumbai Fire Brigade, Delhi Fire Service, MCGM, (The Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry) MCHI, (The Confederation of Construction Products and Services) CCPS, (Practicing Engineers Architects and Town Planners Association) PEATA etc. Bureau of Indian Standards has released IS: 16231 (Part 4) – 2014 on “Code of Practice on Use of Glass in Buildings - Safety Related to Human Impact” with inputs derived from CCPS publication (supported by Architectural Glass Panel/ AIGMF) ‘Guidelines on Use of Glass in Buildings-Human Safety’- http://aigmf.com/Guidelines.pdf My best wishes to all readers for Happy & Prosperous New year 2015. Sanjay Ganjoo President, AIGMF and COO, Asahi India Glass Ltd., Taloja (Maharashtra) Kanch | Vol 2 | No. 3 | October-December 2014 5 6 Kanch | Vol 2 | No. 3 | October-December 2014 www.aigmf.com GLASS News India AIGMF EXECUTIVE technical collaboration, transfer of EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEET AND technology & business development. MEMBERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Vice President – Mr. Raj Kumar Secretary announced names of The Executive Committee Meet and Mittal members of Executive Committee of Annual General meeting were held at the AIGMF for the Year 2014-15: Casurina Hall, India Habitat Centre, Mittal Ceramics, Firozabad Mr. S.C. Bansal - outgoing President New Delhi on September 26, 2014. A Commerce Graduate; elected as Apart from normal agenda and the Chairman of Indian Industries NOMINEES OF proceedings, highlight of the day Association (IIA) Firozabad Chapter and WESTERN INDIA GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ was election of President and office President of UP Glass Manufacturers’ ASSOCIATION bearers for the year 2014-15. Syndicate. Associated with Glass Following were unanimously elected Industry for almost 30 years. He heads 1. Mr. H.R. Bhandari - Pragati Glass in the Annual General Body Meeting: five glass companies in Firozabad. Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai 2. Mr. G.K. Sarda - Empire Ind. Ltd., President – Mr. Sanjay Ganjoo Hony. General Secretary – Mr. Bharat Somany Vitrum Glass, Mumbai. 3. Mr. Vijay Shah - Piramal Glass Ltd., HNG & Inds. Ltd., Bahadurgarh Mumbai. (Haryana) 4. Mr. S.U. Mody – Neutral Glass & A Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Allied Industries Ltd., Mumbai graduate from University of Delhi with a 5. Mr. Sanjay Jain - HNG & Industries professional course in Management from Ltd., Mumbai the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and multifarious hands- NOMINEES OF EASTERN INDIA on training in the glass industry from GLASS MANUFACTURERS’ various leading companies around the ASSOCIATION Asahi India Glass Ltd., Taloja world (Germany, Italy, USA & Japan). 1. Mr. Sushil Jhunjhunwala - La-Opala (Maharashtra) Apart from association with Hindusthan RG Ltd., Kolkata National Glass & Industries Limited, A Mechanical Engineer; joined Asahi NOMINEES OF U.P. GLASS India in 1989 and is currently working Executive Director at Glass Equipment MANUFACTURERS’ SYNDICATE (India) Limited, an engineering unit of as COO of architectural glass business. 1. Mr. Raj Kumar Mittal - Mittal HNG & Industries Limited. Sr. Vice President – Mr. Arun Ceramics, Firozabad Kumar D Hony. Treasurer – Mr. Sanjay 2. Mr. Mohan Lal Agarwal