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The Glass-Alliance appoints General-Manager
Press Release - Glass-Alliance, 2010-08-17The operational management of the Glass-Alliance has been strengthened by the appointment of Mr William Grüninger as General Manager on July 1, 2010.
At the Glassman show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 9–10 2010, the Glass-Alliance made its first public appearance. All four members (Zippe, Horn, Emhart Glass, and MSK) were represented on their own stands, with common banners showing the Glass-Alliance logo.
Interest from the industry was intense, clearly demonstrating that the Glass-Alliance meets a 
significant market demand. This was further emphasized by several requests to provide the entire range of equipment and services required either to build a new glass container plant or to extend an existing plant.
Of utmost interest for companies investing in glass container plants is the ability to provide leading technologies for glass container manufacturing that work seamlessly together. With the Glass-Alliance’s capability to provide plant engineering as well as project management for the construction of the plant, the client can significantly improve their projections of project risk, thereby reducing that risk drastically. The client is also released from the complex processes of procurement, managing construction and overseeing commissioning and startup.
Potential clients can contact the Glass-Alliance through the sales organization of any of its four members, or through the Glass-Alliance website (see below).
The operational management of the Glass-Alliance has been strengthened by the appointment of Mr William Grüninger as General Manager on July 1, 2010. In this capacity he supports and assists the sales organizations of the four members in acquiring new projects for the Glass-Alliance. Mr Grüninger continues to hold the position of Vice President Technical Services at Emhart Glass.
The Glass-Alliance stands for optimal solutions, independence, innovation, expertise, stability, and global presence. It aims to offer clients the core of their new glass container production facilities from a single partner taking a holistic approach.
For regular updates on the latest developments of the Glass-Alliance, please visit www.glass-alliance.com.
You can find all Glass-Alliance member at this year’s Glasstec in hall 13.
The complete glass know-how from one source
Press Release - Glass-Alliance, 2010-04-08Due to the alliance of four leading machine suppliers for the glass industry, container glass producers can profit from a unique increase in value for their glass plants in future.
The four internationally leading companies in the container glass industry, Emhart Glass, Horn, MSK and Zippe, have formed the Glass-Alliance in December 2009.
This cooperation of four independent partners serves to an additional value for container glass producers and potential customers, thanks to an enlarged offer of products and services:
The scope of offer ranges from the complete container glass production line, including batch plants, mixing and cullet processing, glass melting furnaces, glass forming and inspection, bottle conveying, palletizing and packaging, right through to the engineering and building of turnkey container glass factories and lines, including production start and training, with a unique quality of overall availability for the customer.
The longstanding know-how and experience, as well as the close cooperation of the four companies, ensure that projects are considered in theirentirety. The customer gets the complete result from one single source and without any risk of interface or compatibility problems.
A special strength of the Glass-Alliance is the internationally established high technology and innovation force of all four suppliers. Every Alliance member is also available individually with his special know-how in his relevant area.
Already within a short time a pleasing number of inquiries shows that the Glass-Alliance arouses great interest.
