Is It Time To Change Batch?
Friday 1 December 2006
For as long as anyone can remember container glass batch has been ostensibly unchanged in composition. Save for minor tweaks for improvement in durability, the same trusted formulae have been the constant by which the industry is measured (and have measured!).... Read More
Minimising the Environmental Impact of LCDs
Thursday 16 November 2006
Glass Technology Services Ltd (GTS) is currently involved in a new DTI-funded research project concerning the recycling of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Read More
These Testing Times
Friday 1 September 2006
The Product Performance Department of Glass Technology Services Ltd (GTS), the UK’s leading technical glass solutions provider, has a long-standing reputation, built up over decades, in physical testing and fractography across the range of all glass... Read More
Glass Container Lightweighting Conference
Monday 24 July 2006
Hosted by Glass Technology Services ( GTS), British Glass, WRAP and Faraday Packaging at the British Glass offices in Sheffield, the Glass Container Lightweighting Conference on 16 June 2006 reviewed the work carried out to date in... Read More
New Lightweight Glass Packaging
Thursday 23 June 2005
A new research project to reduce the amount of household glass waste being sent to landfill has been launched this month. At present there are 2.4m tonnes of container glass in circulation in the UK annually and less than one million tonnes of this... Read More
Successful Tender by GTS for the Position of Technical Advisers to Wrap for Glass...
Friday 13 May 2005
Glass Technology Services Limited (GTS) has recently been awarded a contract to be one of WRAP's Technical Advisers to support WRAP's glass related activities. The work will be on an ad hoc basis as required by WRAP. Read More
Carbon Trust & GTS Study Proves the Benefits of Using Recycled Glass
Tuesday 19 October 2004
Over a 12 month period (June 2002 to May 2003) energy consumption by the glass container industry was monitored, which resulted in findings collated by Glass Technology Services (GTS) Limited that the industry had consumed some 4.64 TWh (4.64... Read More
Major Carbon Trust Award for Glass Technology Services
Friday 23 July 2004
Glass Technology Services Ltd (GTS) has been awarded £192,019, one of the biggest grants given by The Carbon Trust, towards a project which will reduce energy consumption and lower CO2 emissions by the reformulation of container glass... Read More
Migration From Glass Study
Monday 17 February 2003
Dr Adam Kelsall and Nicola Broadhurst of Glass Technology Services in Sheffield have recently completed a major study on the migration from glass items in contact with foodstuffs, simulating wherever possible real conditions of use.... Read More
GTS Offers More Than Just a Test Certificate!
Wednesday 8 January 2003
Glass Technology Services (GTS) is continually evolving its skills and service base to be in tune with the demands of modern industry - and more particularly in the field of Environmental Monitoring Services. Read More
