AGR’s “Stones in Glass: Analysis and Identification” in-person seminar has trained glass industry professionals for over 10 years in this specialized skill. To introduce practical stone analysis to a broader audience, we are offering a shortened version of this seminar that will be useful for glass plant QC employees, batch & furnace workers, and some filling line QC personnel.

American Glass Research is pleased to announce our first on-demand e-seminar “Spotlight on: Pharmaceutical Glass Flaws”. this new, 2.5-hour E-seminar is broken into 12 modules and covers the visual identification of flaws in pharmaceutical glass containers – specifically flaws in molded and tubing pharmaceutical packaging such as vials and syringes. For each flaw, attendees will learn its identifying characteristics, its source, and the effect that the flaw has on container performance.

We are pleased to announce we will be conducting our third live webinar, “Spotlight on: Pharmaceutical Glass Flaws” on October 20.  AGR has been conducting live in-person training to the glass manufacturing industry and glass container fillers worldwide for over 60 years.  In response to the COVID pandemic and heightened health safety considerations, AGR has constructed a dedicated studio for the production of live webinars and self- paced e-seminar modules.  

We are pleased to announce our “Sand to Shelf: Essentials of Glass Containers” webinar, a six-session course offering a comprehensive overview of what you need to know about glass containers, covering the highlights of glass as a material, container manufacturing, filling, testing, design, and fracture analysis.

Attendees will gain an appreciation for glass as a material and how it can be used to manufacture high quality glass containers, avoid defects and analyze breakage.

Cost for all six sessions is $650 USD.

Register HERE.

The just released Q4 e-Newsletter announces the 2020 Worldwide Open Enrollment Training Schedule is now available for registrations.  Also the new “Color Atlas of Glass Container Defects” book has been republished and is available to order.

The Q4 e-Newsletter also includes interesting features on old glass turning purple and the elastic properties of glass. Download it from our library HERE.

Did you know the founder of AGR, Dr. Frank Preston, was a prolific inventor? He had at least 60 patent ideas in a wide range of fields. Visti our Library to read more in our just released Q1 e-Newsletter.