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New White Paper Published
New White Paper Published

We are pleased to share with you our recently released white paper "Identifying breakage issues in crown closure bottles" written by Dr. Clarissa L. Justino de Lima and Peter de Haan of our Delft, the Netherlands testing laboratory.  The paper was published in the March/April issue of Glass Worldwide.

Download our white paper HERE

Research Engineer, Brain Collins retires after 35 years at AGR
Research Engineer, Brain Collins retires after 35 years at AGR

Our American Glass Research Research Familly wishes Brian the best of luck for a long, relaxing and properous retirement.

Brian has carved out an impressive legacy during his time at AGR. He developed an expertise in the operation and maintenance of multiple Scanning Electron Microsopes over the courese of his career and is considered a world leading expert in Stone Identification and is a subject matter expert based on his teachings. 

Breakage of Sauce Jars Case Study Released
Breakage of Sauce Jars Case Study Released

We would like to share with you another case study as a noteworthy example of fracture diagnosis: Breakage of Sauce Jars

Download directly from our Library HERE.

New White Paper Published
New White Paper Published

We are pleased to share our just released white paper "Stresses Caused by Thermal Expansion Differences Between an Applied Ceramic Label and Soda-lime-silica Glass Surfaces" by AGR Senior Scientists Wenke Hu and Gary Smay published in the January/February issue of Glass Worldwide Magazine. Download free from our library HERE.

2022 In-Person Training Seminars Now Open for Enrollment
2022 In-Person Training Seminars Now Open for Enrollment

We are pleased to announce our 2022 in-person training seminar schedule with all dates and locations. See our just released Q4 e-Newsletter to learn more:

New "Coatings for Containers - Purpose & Performance" live webinar
New "Coatings for Containers - Purpose & Performance" live webinar

We are pleased to announce our latest live webinar in our "Spotlight On" seriers "Coatings for Containers - Purpose and Performance".  The first of the two, live 1 hour sessions will be conducted on Tuesday September 21 and the second on Thursday 23.  Both begin at 9:00 AM EDT/13:00 GMT/15:00 CEST. The two session will be recorded and attendees can replay at their convenience. Learn more or register HERE.