News Archive

09/12/09 Exhibitions & Conferences
9 – 10.03.2010 SAO PAULO – SORG at Glassman South America

04/08/09 General News
Another SORG number – this time 3300

04/08/09 Exhibitions & Conferences
2 -. 4 December 2009 SORG at Glasspex India 2009

04/08/09 Exhibitions & Conferences
8 – 9.11.2009 DUBAI – SORG at Glassman Middle East

13/05/09 General News
SORG and Praxair join on oxy-fuel technology

17/04/09 Latest Installations
SORG furnace for manufacturer of famous German preserving jars

17/04/09 Exhibitions & Conferences
4. June 2009 – Richard Sims at the Furnace Solution meeting in Stoke, UK

17/04/09 General News
600 years of experience in the SORG design office

17/04/09 Exhibitions & Conferences
18 – 20 May 2009, SORG duo giving papers at the annual meeting of the German Society of Glass Techno

04/02/09 Latest Installations
Largest SORG end-fired furnace yet

04/02/09 General News
Systems to improve and simplify forehearth operation

04/02/09 Exhibitions & Conferences
8 – 11 June 2009, SORG at Mir Stekla in Moscow

04/02/09 General News
Herbert Lutz - 40 years with SORG

01/12/08 Latest Installations
THAILAND - Quad gob success for Emhart Glass forehearths

01/12/08 General News
Personnel changes in the Emhart Glass forehearth programme at SORG

01/12/08 Latest Installations
GERMANY - > 800 kcal/kg = excellent results

01/12/08 Exhibitions & Conferences
13 – 14. May 2009, SORG at Glassman Europe 2009 in Lyon

11/11/08 General News
Welcome (back ?)

16/06/08 General News
SORG expands Chinese presence

10/06/08 Latest Installations
Vitro leads on 340 forehearths

26/05/08 General News
Bubbler or booster – which is best ?

26/05/08 General News
Girl’s Day at SORG

26/05/08 Exhibitions & Conferences
21 – 25 October 2008 : SORG at GLASSTEC 2008

17/03/08 General News
Emhart Glass forehearth numbers good

17/03/08 General News
Record furnace lifetime – 2 furnaces at once

17/03/08 Latest Installations
GERMANY - SORG all-electric furnace goes on and on.

30/01/08 Latest Installations
USA - Hot lab project starts

30/01/08 Exhibitions & Conferences
12 - 15 FEBRUARY 2008 - IRAN GLASSTEC in Teheran

30/01/08 Exhibitions & Conferences
18 - 20 MARCH 2008 - GULF GLASS EXPO in Sharjah, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

30/01/08 Latest Installations
UNITED KINGDOM - Oxy-fuel again for C glass

30/01/08 General News
Important changes in the SORG organisation

30/01/08 New Technology
New version of SORG forehearth CONTI-DRAIN® available

16/11/07 General News
Keith Ellaby retires (well sort of)

16/11/07 General News
The future ?

16/11/07 General News
JOBS – a new service on the SORG web site

16/11/07 Exhibitions & Conferences
7 - 8th MAY 2008 - SORG at GLASSMAN America 2008

16/11/07 General News
Russian version of the SORG web site goes on-line.

01/08/07 Exhibitions & Conferences
4 - 5th SEPTEMBER GLASSMAN MIDDLE EAST

21/03/07 Exhibitions & Conferences
14th June 2007 -. Furnace Solutions in Stoke-on-Trent, England

21/03/07 Exhibitions & Conferences
4 – 6th June 2007 -. German Glass Society (DGG) technical conference

21/03/07 Exhibitions & Conferences
9 – 10th May 2007 -. GLASSMAN EUROPE in Prague

21/03/07 Exhibitions & Conferences
13 – 16th June 2007 - MIR STEKLA in Moscow

21/03/07 Latest Installations
CZECH REPUBLIC – oxy-fuel melter for C glass fibre

20/03/07 Latest Installations
RUSSIA – new SORG furnace producing mineral fibre for insulating wool

20/03/07 General News
Helmut Sorg elected to Fellowship of Society of Glass Technology

20/03/07 General News
100th forehearth CONTI-DRAIN® system goes to India

25/09/06 Exhibitions & Conferences
24th – 28th OCTOBER 2006 : Glasstec 2006

25/09/06 General News
Boosting technology review

25/09/06 General News
Electricity in the glass industry in a changing world

25/09/06 General News
SORG golf day at Bangkok Glass

04/07/06 General News
Emhart Glass transfers its glass conditioning business to SORG

05/05/06 Exhibitions & Conferences
Forehearth control paper at Glass Trends meeting

05/05/06 Exhibitions & Conferences
SORG at Mir Stekla

05/05/06 General News
Herbert Grauer retires

05/05/06 Latest Installations
CHINA - Latest SORG E glass furnace is world’s largest

28/11/05 General News
Jochen Matthes has died

23/11/05 General News
28 countries in 9 months

23/11/05 General News
Thermal Homogeneity Index – the truth revealed.

22/11/05 General News
Glass industry expansion with SORG furnaces - SORG Q3 2005 review

22/11/05 Exhibitions & Conferences
25 – 28th APRIL 2006 – CHINA GLASS 2006

21/11/05 Exhibitions & Conferences
10 – 11th JANUARY 2006 – GLASS INDIA 2006

21/11/05 Exhibitions & Conferences
5 – 6th April 2006 GLASSMAN SOUTH AMERICA 2006

29/08/05 General News
Forehearths and CONTI-DRAINS lead in Q2 2005

29/08/05 New Technology
11, 1 000 and 1 100 000 – the Drebkau figures

27/07/05 General News
Ministerial visit to SORG offices

22/06/05 Latest Installations
AUSTRIA - 8 years and more than a quarter of a million tons for electric furnace campaign

22/06/05 General News
Mathematical modelling award for Matthias Lindig

22/06/05 General News
SORG at Glassman Europe 2005

20/06/05 Exhibitions & Conferences
14 – 16.9.2005 XX ATIV Conference in Parma

17/05/05 Latest Installations
THAILAND - Bangkok Glass expands again

17/05/05 Exhibitions & Conferences
7 - 10.6.2005 : SORG at Mir Stekla 2005 exhibition in Moscow

17/05/05 Latest Installations
RUSSIA - Production facility upgrade features SORG ST SERIES technology

17/05/05 Exhibitions & Conferences
19 - 20.5.2005 - Matthias Lindig explains the problems

06/04/05 General News
INSIDER 14 – oxy-fuel, electric boosting, E glass and more

06/04/05 Latest Installations
IRAN – large tableware furnace running well

06/04/05 New Technology
Looking behind the scenes - the THERMON system

06/04/05 Latest Installations
RUSSIA – new bottle plant capable of producing more than 250 million bottles per year

06/04/05 General News
Welcome to a hot day in Lohr

01/03/05 General News
An old friend with a new job

01/03/05 Latest Installations
CHINA : Another large SORG E glass furnace commissioned

01/03/05 Latest Installations
NETHERLANDS : New Rexam furnace hits energy and NOx targets

28/02/05 Exhibitions & Conferences
17.3.05 German Society of Glass Technology Technical Committee 4

28/02/05 Exhibitions & Conferences
24 - 25.05.2005 Glassman Europe 2005

28/02/05 Exhibitions & Conferences
23 - 25th May 2005 - German Society of Glass Technology annual conference in Würzburg

28/02/05 New Technology
Short is bad – therefore ELM

27/01/05 New Technology
Stirring things up - especialy zircon cords ?

27/01/05 General News
1 centimetre of paper or 15 grams of plastic – it’s your choice

27/01/05 General News
Another first for SORG – CD in GLASS INTERNATIONAL

05/11/04 General News
INSIDER - Lucky 13 ?

17/06/04 New Technology
Large E glass furnace 4 years on

17/06/04 General News
14 forehearths in 3 months - SORG activities in Q1 2004.

17/06/04 General News
INSIDER issue 12 now available

17/06/04 Latest Installations
GERMANY - Cross-fired rebuild successfully completed

16/03/04 Exhibitions & Conferences
10 – 11. May 2004 – Zwieseler Fachschul-Glaskolloquium 2004

16/03/04 Exhibitions & Conferences
25th – 28th April 2004, Athens, 7th ESG conference

16/03/04 Latest Installations
GERMANY - Furnace rebuild in 21 days ?

16/03/04 Latest Installations
BULGARIA - new installation features SORG technology.

16/03/04 General News
Issue 11 of The INSIDER is now available.

16/03/04 General News
Five furnaces on four continents – SORG installations in Q4 2003

26/01/04 Latest Installations
SOUTH AFRICA - Sasol gas fired furnace rebuilt

26/01/04 Latest Installations
CHINA - All electric furnace for borosilicate tubing commissioned

26/01/04 Exhibitions & Conferences
6. - 7.2 2004 - GLASS INDIA 2004

26/01/04 General News
SORG component catalogue now available on CD ROM

26/01/04 Exhibitions & Conferences
9. - 13.11 2004 - Its GLASSTEC time again

08/12/03 Exhibitions & Conferences
7. - 11.06.2004 --- MIR STEKLA 2004

08/12/03 Latest Installations
IRAN - New fireproof ovenware production facility

08/12/03 General News
New Technical Services Centre for SORG

08/12/03 Latest Installations
SOUTH AFRICA - Largest VSM all electric furnace commissioned

01/12/03 Exhibitions & Conferences
11. - 14.04.2004 --- CHINA GLASS 2004

01/12/03 Exhibitions & Conferences
6. - 7.02.2004 --- GLASS INDIA 2004

11/11/03 New Technology
50th forehearth CONTI DRAIN® ordered

11/11/03 General News
Thüringer Behälterglas celebrates 150 years of glass manufacture.

03/07/03 General News
Major changes afoot at SORG main office complex

02/07/03 General News
Return of The INSIDER

01/07/03 New Technology
Five all electric furnaces at one time