Glass Facts

The GMIC has been submitting a column to the American Ceramics Society's "Ceramic Bulletin" on a regular basis for a number of years.  These columns have described developments in or challenges to the U.S. glass industry that GMIC members and committees have been or are involved with.  We invite you to review columns of interest and to pass them on to others in your company that might find them of interest.

As this is an ongoing process, we'd welcome your suggestions for future columns that we could submit.  If you have some information you would like to disseminate to the glass industry, please contact Michael Greenman, Executive Director at GMIC, by email mgreenman@gmic.org with your suggestions and a joint submission with your "byline" could be published.

Our Articles

To review a specific article please click on the title below

2008

• Going Global Part II - The Cost of Energy and the Impact of the Industry on the World's Climate January 2008

• The Search for Energy Efficiency - Glass a Energy intensive Manufacturing Industry February 2008

• Glass Industry Sustainability GMIC/DOE Study Points the Way - Carbon Constraints in Glass Making April 2008

2007

• Cut Energy Use - Greenhouse Gases 70% Energy Usage in the United States January 2007

• Automation and Process Control - Energy Efficiency from a Productivity Standpoint March 2007

• Energy Efficiency - A Clear and "Actionable" Path Forward April 2007

• The Odd Couple - GMIC Strength in Glass Contest Conclusion and Developing New Attributes and Applications for Glass May 2007 

• New Refractory Offers Economy Endurance - Announcing a New Silica Brick for Testing that Expects to Provide Longer Life than Traditional Silica Brick  July 2007

• Paths to Sustainability - The Search for Energy Efficiency August 2007 

• Glass Executives Project Challenges - Challenges, Collaborating on Solutions and Support from the Ranks September 2007

• GMIC Goes Global - A Global Industry with Global Challenges December 2007

2006

• Serving the Glass Industry- Research, Identification and Coordination May 2006

• Shattering Stale Concepts - Re-inventing the Glass Industry July 2006

• Coal Gasification for Melting Glass - Reducing the Cost of Energy September 2006

• Energy Management - More Than Just a Price November 2006

• "Glass Tec" Equivalent - Nothing Quite Comparative December 2006

2004

• Glass Furnace Simulation Model - The Development of an Innovative 3-D Glass Melting Furnace February 2004

• Best Practices Training - Workshop Highlights March 2004

• Oxy-gas Fired Submerged Combustion Melter - Project Description, Progress & Milestones, Benefits and Commercialization April 2004

• Alliance for Materials Manufacturing - Collaboration for Survival May 2004

• High Intensity Plasma Glass Melter - A Technology Applicable to All Sectors of the Glass Industry June 2004

• Advanced Oxy-Fuel Fired Front End System - Changes in the Last 50 Years August 2004

• Growing the Glass Market - Workshop Information September 2004