July / August 2008 — Vision ring inspection is now available for the Emhart Inex Veritas iM multi-station inspection machine. Designed to be installed at any of the machine’s three rotate stations, vision ring inspection uses a high-resolution camera with LED backlighting to measure finish T and E dimensions as the container rotates in place.

May / June 2008 — The Multi-Cam Feeder software for the FlexIS control system creates the possibility for a customer to produce containers of various weight on different sections of the same NIS, AIS or IS machine. When using the multi-cam mode, users are not limited to running the same cam/height/stroke combination for each running section. In a multi-cam configuration, the cam/height/stroke can be set individually. Multi-cam jobs can be created, controlled and monitored from a single screen.

Sundsvall, Sweden — On November 15; 2007, our President, Martin Jetter, in his capacity as officer of Emhart Glass Sdn Bhd, signed a contract with Panoramic Industrial Development Sdn. Bhd to design and erect a new factory building for our operations in Malaysia, inclusive of the purchase of the land.

The new factory will be located in the same area as the present one, in Taman Preindustrian Cemerlang, Johor Bahru. The building will cover approximately 6000 m2. Under the same contract additional land was acquired for a possible later expansion.

March / April 2008 — Ware Handling is part of the Hot End Production where you can only lose! The forming is completed and the container is standing on the dead plate after the release of the take out. The challenge now is to bring the containers into the lehr without any loses and without creating defects on the containers.

January / February 2008 — The historical touch of a button occurred on Sunday, September 30, 2007 when Steve Pinkerton, VP RD&E, switched on the 40 ton furnace in our new research center located in Windsor, CT, USA. This event marks another milestone in the strategy of Emhart Glass: to provide automation solutions to our customers, which goes far beyond the delivery of machines.

Clearwater, FL, USA — Emhart Glass has opened a new cold end Technical Service Center in Madrid, Spain. Located at Avda de Manoteres 22, nave 118, the Madrid TSC, will serve as the central training, service, and Emhart Inex equipment demonstration facility for the Central and Eastern European, as well as Middle Eastern and African markets.

Cham, Switzerland — On December 13, 2007 the Emhart Glass’ new Hot End Training Center in Sundsvall, Sweden will be officially opened during a small inauguration ceremony. With more than 230 sqm the size has been doubled and provides spacious classrooms on the 5th floor of the main office building of Emhart Glass in Sundsvall. The entire previous training facility has been transformed into an area for hands-on training on all the products lately developed by Emhart Glass.