Consultants

The following listing of consultants for the glass industry has been compiled from a survey of Society of Glass Technology Members of all grades; personal, collective and journal patron. The list was compiled for information purposes only, it is not a comprehensive representation of all the Society Members. Inclusion does not mean the services offered are endorsed by the Society.

Other sources of information on consultants and companies offering such services include: Glass's European Directory and Buyer's Guide, Glass Industry's Directory Issue and the World Glassware Industry Directory. Copies of these are held in the Society's Library.

Mr R D Argent FSGT

Argent Enterprises Inc, P O Box 163, Graysville, PA 15337-0163, USA

Tel: 724 499 5800

Fax: 724 499 5715

Email:aeinc@windstream.net

Speciality: Glass and glass related subjects

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Marc Brew

Brew Glass Technology & Training Ltd, 18 Moncrieffe Rd, Sheffield, S7 1HR, UK.

Tel and Fax: +44(0)114 258 2357

Email: marc@brewglass.co.uk

Website: www.brewglass.co.uk

Speciality: The analysis of glass failures and breakages of all types including bottles, jars, household and domestic articles, glazing and industrial equipment. Investigation of quality issues involving glass and glass making raw materials, glass defects, consumer complaints, personal injury, filling line and processing failures.

Laboratory examination or on site investigations can be carried out.

Law Society Approved Expert Witness.

Court experience in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

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Professor M P Brungs

University of New South Wales, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia

Tel: +61 2 9385 54306

Email: m.brungs@unsw.edu.au

Speciality: Glazing problems and failures with toughened, laminated, annealled and coated glass. Glass fracture analysis, both window and container glass.

Other interests: Glass chemistry/analysis, measurement of glass oxidation state.

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Mr Geoff Evans

GlasRef Consulting, Whitegates, Dudleston Heath, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 9LD U.K.

Tel: +44 (0)1691 690799

Fax: +44 (0)1691 690799

Email: evans@glasref.co.uk

Website: www.glasref.co.uk

Speciality: International experience in all aspects of glass melting, furnace design, refractories and troubleshooting.

Other interests: Expert witness services - UK and overseas; technical training.

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Mr J Ford

J F C Consultancy, 9 Southfields View, Netherton, WAKEFIELD, West Yorkshire, WF4 4HR, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1924 277375

Email: johnfordconsult@aol.com

Speciality: Manufacturing and general management consultancy. Glass fibre, container and double glazing. Quality control of raw materials and introduction of ISO9000

Other interests: Coated glass and project management of the introduction of new products and processes.

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Mr G Hardware

Glass Projects Consultancy, 8 Hamilton Court,Burnham Road, ALTHORNE, Chelmsford,
CM3 6DL, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1621 744808

Mob: +44 07976219378

Email: GaryHardwareuk@yahoo.co.uk

Speciality: Independent consultancy service to the glass industry, including market surveys, technical audits, technical and financial analysis, project management, general glass plant management

Other interests: Short and long term projects undertaken. To date assignments carried out in Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central America and Asia

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Mr J Henderson

Henderson Technology Ltd, 19 Mortomley Lane, High Green, SHEFFIELD, South Yorkshire,
S35 3HS, UK

Tel: +44 (0)114 284 6580

Fax: +44 (0)114 284 7546

Email: hentech@btconnect.com

Speciality: Independent Consultant working in all areas of glass formulation, melting, manufacture and end use. Confidential and sensitive work. Manufacturing & general management, change management, business development, problem solving. Market and competition studies, technical writing & technical assistance in due diligence.

Experienced in the design, manufacture and end use of glass in the coloured, scientific, technical, lighting, domestic, giftware and container market sectors.

Expert witness

Supplier of special glasses and components. Design and manufacturing service available.

Other interests: Strategic and policy management. Marketing. Vitrification of waste. Technology transfer. History of glass and glass making.

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Professor H J Hoffmann

Technische Universitat Berlin, Englische Strasse 20, Berlin, D-10587, Germany

Tel: 00 49 30 314 22352

Fax: 00 49 30 314 21100

Email: hoffmann.glas@tu-berlin.de

Website: www.glas.tu-berlin.de

Speciality: Basic research in the field of glasses; optical properties of glass; homogeneity and glass formation.

Other interests: Materials science and solar technology

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Dr D B Hollis

University of Paisley, Dept of Physics, High Street, Paisley, Strathclyde, PA1 1BE, UK

Tel: +44 (0)141 848 3606

Fax: +44 (0)141 848 3616

Email: +

Website: www.paisley.ac.uk

Speciality: Novel optical and electronic glasses; structure; property relationships

Other interests: Coloured glass - control of batch and furnace redox.

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Professor T D McGee

Iowa State University, Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, 3053 Gilman Hall, Ames
Iowa 50014-3543, USA

Tel: 515 292 8021

Fax: 515 292 8021

Email: tmcgee@iastate.edu

Speciality: Fracture analysis, temperature measurement. High temperature processes of refractories.

Other interests: Biomedical engineering including bioceramic prostheses of orthopedic applications

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Dr M Ojovan

University of Sheffield, Department of Engineering Materials, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 3JD, UK

Tel: +44 (0)114 222 5143

Email: m.Ojovan@sheffield.ac.uk

Website: www.shef.ac.uk/isu

Speciality: Nuclear waste management, immobilisation and vitrification

Other interests: Radiation effects; durability of glasses; corrosion behavior

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Mr D A Oldfield

1 The Green, Elvington, YORK, North Yorkshire, YO41 4AF, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1904 607086

Fax: +44 (0)1904 607086

Email: don@daoldfield.co.uk

Website: www.daoldfield.freeserve.co.uk

Speciality: Glass container hot end ware handling, radial transfers, conveyors, stackers design, build install conmmissioning and overhaul of ware transfers. Consultancy on bottle handling

Other interests: Transfer of tableware and synchronisation of glass production lines.

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Mr J A Reynolds

4 Chilvers Court, Brayton, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 9SX, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1757 708 829

Fax: +44 (0)1757 210062

Email: jareyncons@aol.com

Speciality: Raw materials (properties, processing and marketing), glass batches and compositions, laboratory testing, advice and training.

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Mr C P Ross

Glass Industry Consulting, PO Box 6730, Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-6730, USA

Tel: ++1 949 493 7293

Fax: ++1 949 493 8887

Email: gici@cox.net

Website: www.GlassIndustryConsulting.com

Speciality: Consulting from a 37 year career in all aspects of glassmelting, batch formulation, raw material specifications; furnace design, construction and operations. Air emission issues, expert witness, feasibility studies. Specialising in soda-lime container and tableware melting operations, training and troubleshooting.

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Professor V Sglavo

Université degli Studi di Trento, Dipartimento de Ingegneria del Materiali, Via Messiano 77, Trento, I-38050, Italy

Tel: 39 0461 882468

Fax: 39 0461 881977

Email: sglavo@ing.unitn.it

Website: www.sglavo.it

Speciality: Mechanical behavior, strengthening and toughening, residual strress measurement, ion-exchange and tempering ESP glass

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Dr T T Volotinen

Ofcon Optical Fiber Consultants AB, Kolonivagen 12, 82450 Hudiksvall, Sweden

Tel: +46 650 18429, +46 70 2462941

Email: tarja.volotinen.ofcon@telia.com

Speciality: optical fibres, materials of optical fibres, reliability, lifetimes, testing, strength, silica glass and properties, optical glasses

Other interests: Transmission properties and theories of fibre optics, components of fibre optics, optical fibre labels, optical communications networks

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Ms H M West

West X-Ray Solutions, 405 Whirlowdale Road, Whirlow, SHEFFIELD, South Yorkshire, S11 9NF, UK

Tel: +44 (0)114 249 0517

Fax: +44 (0)114 249 0517

Email: margaretwest@blueyonder.co.uk

Speciality: Independent consultant, XRF method development & training, analysis of glass, raw materials, refractories and inclusions in glasses.

Other interests: Glass fracture analysis. Technical writing of manuals and laboratory procedures.

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Professor E D Zanotto

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlo, Dept de Engenharia de Mater, Via Washington Luiz KM 235, Sao Carlos 13.560, Brazil

Email: dedz@power.ufscar.br

Website: www.nit.ufscar.br/lamav

Speciality: Crystallisation and devitrification glass properties; glass-ceramics

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