Bucher Emhart Glass will be showing two of its flagship machines at its booth during glasstec 2014.

South African glass manufacturer Nampak Glass recently invested in a second BIS machine from Bucher Emhart Glass. We find out why BIS is making so many waves in the container glass industry.

Jarmo Kammonen discusses how the co-ordinated efforts of equipment suppliers led to the creation of a lehr loading solution for a glass container producer operating a high performance quad gob NIS machine.

Bucher Emhart Glass' involvement with refractories dates right back to the firm's early years. In 1926, Hartford-Empire, the forerunner of today's Bucher Emhart Glass, formed Corhart Refractories, a joint venture with Corning Glass Works to design, engineer, and manufacture refractory systems.

The company was formed in 1912 by a small group of engineers and entrepreneurs. Soon, their experiments led to the technique of feeding molten glass into moulds in gobs, rather than by suction. Withint a a few years, they developed the IS technology, which quickly established itself as the industry standard.

On 30 September 2013, Emhart Glass announced its new name, Bucher Emhart Glass, along with a new logo and visual identity. We spoke to senior executives at the company to learn more about the repositioning of the brand and the company’s current commercial and technical priorities.