November
25
/ 2021
- Virtual trials on new coatings to significantly reduce the weight of glass bottles to start in January 2022, with anticipated product testing in summer 2022
- Virtual trials reduce the risks and timescales of the development and testing process for glass strengthening and lightweighting
- Reducing the weight of glass bottles reduces the raw materials and energy used in the glass melting process and reduces emissions in manufacture and transportation
- If successful, significant lightweighting could be transformational for the glass industry on its journey to net zero