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About NGF - the Scandinavian Society of Glass Technology 
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The Scandinavian Society of Glass Technology, NGF, was founded in 1949 and is a non-profit society for glass technologists.

Aim - increased glass knowledge and network
The aim of NGF is to increase and deepen the knowledge of glass technically and scientifically. Also to give the possibility of contact and cooperation between persons and societies in and outside the Scandinavian countries. The society have individual and company (supportive) members.

Annual meeting
NGF holds one meeting per year. The annual meeing is held in May or June in one of the Scandinavian countries in turn.

However, the next meeting 2010 will take place in September. Read more here.

Invited lecturers
NGF's programme committee invites the lecturers from institutes, universities, glassworks or suppliers.

10 - 15 lectures, often several within the same theme are presented during two half-days. Abstracts of the lectures are published as pdf-articles in Virtual Glasteknisk tidskrift. These articles can be down-loaded without cost.

NGF is a member of the European Society of Glass Science and Technology, ESG, like seventeen other glass technical societies.

More information about membership is given on the membership page.

Contact us for more information.

Programme at previous meetings

Annual Meeting
in Finland, 2008
Abstracts can be down-loaded here.

What happens with Glafo?
Bertil Fredlund, Glafo, Sweden

Wood fired glass furnaces – history or future
Bo Jonson, Växjö University, Sweden

Processing methods for lead crystal glass manufacturing: Past, present, and future
Holly Crawford, School of Engineering Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, US

Achieving long lifetimes and extremely low failure rates for silica glass optical fibres in communications networks
Tarja Volotinen, OFCON Glass and Fibre Consulting AB, Sweden

Methods for in-house recycling of coloured cullet
Elisabeth Flygt, Glafo, Sweden

Easy-to clean coatings on glasses
Minna Piispanen, Process Chemistry Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

IKEA history and today
Lars Göran Pettersson, IKEA, Sweden

Natural gas, safe and environmentally friendly fuel
Arto Riikonen, Gasum Oy, Finland

Measuring the ion dissolution from glasses
Susanne Taipale, Process Chemistry Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Optical and thermal properties of functional glazing for high performance windows
Annica Nilsson and Arne Roos, The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden

Glass melting electrodes - a common product in new fashion
Ulrika Tilliander, Plansee Nordic AB, Sweden

Mechanical and adhesive joints in structural glass
Kent Persson, Inst. of Construction Sciences, Lund University, Sweden

Case study: Estonian monument of the war of independence - Glass in Monumental Art
Rainer Sternfeld, Sternfeld & Laidre Ltd., Estonia


Annual Meeting at Margretetorp, Sweden, 2007

Are you ready for REACH?
Owe Fredholm, Plast- & Kemiföretagen, (The Swedish Plastics and Chemicals Federation), Sweden

Risk assessment of antimony trioxide in EU
Mats Forkman, Kemikalieinspektionen (Swedish Chemicals Agency),
Sweden

Flat glass co-operation in Sweden. A focus on research, education and information
Bertil Fredlund, Lund University / Glafo, Sweden

Re-use of coloured cullet – from waste to resource
Karin Lundstedt / Elisabeth Flygt, Glafo, Sweden

CO2 neutral processing – a pilot project
Bo Jonson, Växjö University, Sweden

Pilkington at a glance. Self-cleaning glass
Alf Rolandsson, Pilkington Floatglas, Sweden

The economy of small EGC furnaces – furnace philosophy
Kalevi Lystimäki, EGC Furnace Oy, Finland

Refining with HYFINETM – higher glass quality through H2 and O2 bubbling
Rüdiger Eichler, AGA Gas AB, Sweden

Compositional effect on fining, and oxygen activity in mixed alkali
silicate glass
Lina Grund, Växjö University, Sweden

Blokkiln – using IR technique for glass
Anders Welinder, Cebex AB, Sweden

Electric pot furnaces
Petr Skarabela, Glass Service, Czech Republic

Glass tank reinforcements
Ulrika Tilliander, Plansee Nordic AB, Sweden

My work as a designer at Orrefors glassworks
Lena Bergström, Orrefors Kosta Boda AB, Sweden

Annual meeting in Oslo, Norway, 2006
Red glasses (pdf)
Torun Bring, Glass Group, Växjö University, Sweden

A study in crystal: University student perspectives on the crystal industry
Holly Crawford and her students, Rutgers University, School of Engineering, USA

Scandinavian approach to unleaded ’crystal’ (pdf)
Bo Jonson, Glass Group, Växjö University, Sweden

Demolition and rebuilding furnace and feeder (pdf)
Søren Harsted, Calderys Danmark A/S, Denmark

’Bringing Back The Sparkle’; Recent developments at Waterford Manufacturing (pdf)
Colin McGookin, Waterford Crystal Ltd., Ireland

New crystal formulations: The savior of the crystal glass industry?
Holly Crawford and her students, Rutgers University, School of Engineering, USA

Mathematical description of absorption spectra of Fe, Cr, Co and Cu ions in soda-lime-silica glass at 200-3200 nm wavelength range
Tarja Volotinen, Department of Engineering Materials, Sheffield University, England

Improvement of surface properties: Experiences with a new technique (pdf)

Heiko Hessenkemper, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Strength of bolt fixed laminated toughened glass (pdf)
Kent Persson, Lund University, Div of Structural Mechanics, Sweden

Nonlinear modelling of material properties of mineral wools of different compositions (pdf)
Abhay Bulsari, Ab Nonlinear Solutions Oy, Finland

Mould fluxes for steelmaking – composition design and characterisation
of properties
(pdf)
Carl-Åke Däcker, KIMAB – Corrosion and Metals Research Institute, Sweden

Från krissituation till ökade möjligheter
Anders Klevsand, AB Helmer Nilsson, Sweden

A presentation of buildings in glass, e.g. the opera house in Oslo
Tom Holtman, Snøhetta AS, Norway


Annual meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2005

Gold ruby an environmental friendly red colour (pdf)
Christina Stålhandske, Glafo, Växjö, Sweden

Use of pelletised wood for glass melting (pdf)
Björn Zethræus, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden

Oxy-fuel glass melting in Nordic countries and Baltic states (pdf)
Rüdiger Eichler, AGA Gas AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Alkali resistance of stone and glass wools (pdf)
Heidi Fagerholm, Top Analytica Ltd., Åbo, Finland

Design – a question of survival (pdf)
Erika Lagerbielke, Orrefors Glasbruk, Orrefors, Sweden

Coatings on float glass (pdf)
Bo Larsson, Pilkington, Halmstad, Sweden

Low melting glass (pdf)
Lars Gunnar Johansson, Glafo, Växjö, Sweden

Mould sooting and CO2 blasting (pdf)
Rüdiger Eichler, AGA Gas AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Down-load the programme as a Word-file here.

Annual meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, 2004 (programme)
Annual meeting in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland, 2003 (pdf-article
in Swedish)
Autumn meeting in Växjö, Sweden, 2002 (
download an article on the meeting in pdf format here)
Autumn meeting in Växjö, Sweden, 2001(
in Scandinavian languages)
Annual meeting in Lillehammer, Norway, 2001
Autumn meeting in Växjö, Sweden, 2000
(
in Scandinavian languages)
Annual meeting in Kolding, Denmark 2000

Autumn meeting in Växjö, Sweden, 1999 (in Scandinavian languages)
Annual meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, 1999 (NGF:s 50th anniversary)

     


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