Designing and constructing glass packaging

When it comes to looking for the right product, what consumers need most of all is guidance, so it’s great when the glass packaging itself sends out a clear signal that the brand and quality are just what they are looking for. This is where specialists in glass design and construction come in.

Multi-trip bottles from lightweight glass

Motorsport is not the only case where success is measured by more than power alone. Only the perfect power-to-weight ratio makes champions. Judged by this indicator, the new extra light, multi-trip bottles by Vetropack have what it takes to win the race. Even the name sounds athletic: VIP – Vetropack Improved Performance Glass.

Review of BrauBeviale and SIMEI 2019

What’s the point of trade fairs if everyone can obtain information on the Internet nowadays? BrauBeviale and SIMEI, both in November 2019, were two of those industry events that showed why trade fairs are still worthwhile. Vetropack was there and took the opportunity to make plenty of new contacts.

The 2019 customer benefit analysis

Vetropack Group is developing very successfully year after year – regardless of the intense competition and changing market conditions. Good, stable and satisfied customer relations are fundamental to this. Vetropack’s objective is to continuously strive for solutions and improvements that have the potential to inspire its customers. This requires engaging in an active exchange and dialogue with customers with a view to gaining the best possible understanding of their needs and requirements and providing them with high-value benefits.

Vetropack at the Fête des Vignerons in Vevey

In summer 2019, the town of Vevey in Western Switzerland played host to a very special major event – the Fête des Vignerons. Vetropack was both a partner and a sponsor of this festival, which only comes around once every 20 to 25 years. The official wine bottle for the occasion was made at the Swiss plant in St-Prex.

Vetropack supports Musikschule Zürcher Unterland

Where better to give something back to society that in your own neighbourhood? The town of Bülach is home to many families with connections to Vetropack, so the company had no hesitation in deciding to get involved in its newly developed “Im Guss” quarter.

Coloured glass furnace overhaul

Once they are up to operating temperature, furnaces remain in constant use for around twelve years on average before they have to be renovated or completely rebuilt. Each thorough overhaul therefore needs to be planned carefully in advance. In November 2019, a new furnace for coloured glass was brought into operation at Vetropack’s Ukrainian plant in Gostomel.

Photovoltaic systems at Vetropack plants

Typical industrial plants have a lot of unused space – not in the production halls and warehouses, but at a higher level, so to speak. The Vetropack Straža plant in Croatia has capitalised on this previously disregarded idle asset. Solar power is now being produced on the extensive roof areas of the plant facilities.

Special production at Vetropack Slovakia

Flexible production processes are required for manufacturing bottles. Quick and simple changes in shape and colour are important for the economical production of small and medium batch sizes. If the quota ordered is really big, it’s a different matter. The Vetropack plant in Nemšová demonstrated how it works – and the next 75 days were a rhapsody in blue.

CEO Talks

At the beginning of 2019, another round of CEO talks were held at all Vetropack sites: in Bülach, St-Prex, Kremsmünster, Pöchlarn, Kyjov, Hum na Sutli, Nemšová, Gostomel and Trezzano sul Naviglio. The opportunity to find out information at first hand was a big hit among employees, with the individual events achieving great turnouts.

Bloggers discover glass with all their senses

Some things are so commonplace that they seem to become invisible. That’s how it is with glass. Time to put it back in the spotlight, thought Vetropack, and, of behalf of Friends of Glass, created a voyage of discovery for all the senses to make the overlooked sparkle. Bloggers in six European countries set off on this journey.