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Address:
Glafo, PG Vejdes väg 15,
SE-351 96 Växjö
SWEDE
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Visitor's address:
Vejdes plats 3

Tel: +46 10-516 63 50
E-mail: info@glafo.se

You find a map at the
"about Glafo" page.


 

 

About NGF - the Scandinavian Society of Glass Technology 
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Programme at previous meetings

Annual Meeting
in Kosta, Sweden, 2010
Utopian?! constructions with columns and beams in glass
Florian Witt, Glafo AB, Växjö

Structural use of glass
Kent Persson - Lund University, Lund

Increased day-light in buildings by bonded glass into the window
Thim Pettersson, SIKA, Stockholm

Development of the interface between glass and wood
Elisabeth Flygt, Glafo AB, Växjö

The use and developments of glass for PV-modules and Solar Collectors
Björn Karlsson, Mälardalens Högskola, Västerås

Information from Loctite
Håkan Jacobson, Henkel Norden AB, Göteborg

Glas i offentlig miljö - Glass in official environment
Kjell Engman, Kosta Boda, Kosta

Studies of glass colours
Päivi Jokela, Linnaeus University, Kalmar

Application of perceptual representation of colour in glass - a tool for designers and glass industry. Part 2 Compositional effect on glass colour
Lina Grund, Linnaeus University
, Växjö

Glass strengthening and ion exchange phenomena
Stefan Karlsson, Linnæus University, Växjö

Nitrogen rich glasses in alkaline earth-Si-O-N systems
Sharafat Ali - Linnæus University, Växjö

No more acid polishing?
Christina Stålhandske, Glafo AB, Växjö

Future plans for Glafo
Marianne Grauers, Glafo AB, Växjö


Annual Meeting in Parma, Italy, 2009
(together with A.T.I.V.)
A revised IPPC BREF for the glass manufacturing industry
Bianca Maria Scalet - European IPPC Bureau - European Commission JRC-IPTS, Competitiveness and Sustainability

Revision of IPPC and Emission Trading directives: which consequences for the Glass Industry?
Guy Tackels - Saint Gobain - France

Glass industries: Italian and European overview
Nicola Favaro - Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro - Italy

Glassy sand from primary treatment units waste cullet. Qualitative, energetic, and environmental analysis after 5 years of continuous and still growing deliveries to glass containers Italian plants
Paolo Bertuzzi- Sasil - Italy, Piero Ercole - Consultant - Italy, Claudio Ferrero - Gruppo Minerali - Italy and Lodovico Ramon- Sasil - Italy

Glass recycling strategies based on viscous flow sintering
Enrico Bernardo - University of Padova - Italy

Modeling the quality of glass melting processes
Adriaan Lankhorst, Andries Habraken, Mathi Rongen, Johan Reijers and Ruud G.C. Beerkens, TNO Science and Industry, Glass Group - The Netherlands

Optimised design and performance of the latest generations of glass furnaces
Richard Sims - SORG - Germany

Cold end glass inspection: elements to improve efficiency, costs and quality
José Maria Garcia - Lomas - Emhart Glass - Spain

Improving IS machine forming technology
Gianclaudio Borsarelli - Bottero - Italy

Advanced and supervisory process control of glass furnaces
Leo Huisman, Johan Reijers, Roeland Brugman - TNO Science and Industry, Glass Group - The Netherlands

The inventor of the 12 camera concept by Iris Inspection Machines
Jean Luc Logel - Iris Inspection Machines - France

New technology for flexible and efficient feeding for semiautomatic high quality production
Klaus Poeting - WALTEC Maschinen - Germany

Primary packaging of tubular glass
Fabio Nicoletti and Emanuel Guadagnino - Stevanato Group - Italy

Improving the scratch resistance of glass through the solgel deposition of protective films
Paolo Zurlinia, Andrea Lorenzia, Ilaria Alfieria, Guglielmina Gnappia, Angelo Monteneroa, Nicola Seninc, Roberto Groppettia and Paola Fabbrid

Towards an Italian code for structural glass
Gianni Royer - Carfagni and Mirko Silvestri - University of Parma

The new glasses for photovoltaic technology, their actual chemical and optical characteristics and future evolutions
Heiko Hessenkemper - TU Bergakademie - Germany

Glass panes subjected to dynamic impulse loads
Kent Persson and Blake Doepker - Lund University - Sweden

Glass and wood together
Elisabeth Flygt and Maria Lang - Glafo - Sweden

Polishing glass with water jet technology
Christina Stålhandske, Lars Gunnar Johansson and Maria Lang - Glafo - Sweden

Application of layer-wise shell elements to laminated glass shell structures
Maria Fröling and Kent Persson - Lund University - Sweden

Classifi cation of glass for structural use
Tobias Lindberg - Lund University - Sweden

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)