AGR’s Senior Scientist, Dr.  Brandon Aldinger, was recently invited to the exclusive “Nipro’s Experience Days” event in Philadelphia.  He witnessed the unveiling of Nipro’s new Vialex technology for increased chemical durability of pharmaceutical vials. Plant tours showed the process in action at Nipro’s nearby vial conversion and tubing manufacturing facilities. Brandon is an instructor of AGR’s “Testing and Fracture Diagnosis of Pharmaceutical Glassware” seminar. Click here to learn more about our next Pharm breakage seminar Sept. 25-27 on our Butler, PA, USA campus.

We recently published a White Paper entitled “Scratching of glass by metals: The hardness question revisited” written by Peter de Haan and Gary Smay which appeared in Glass Worldwide. The white paper presents the results of investigations that show soft as well as hard metals can create damage on glass surfaces. If you would like to download this paper visit our White Paper Library or click HERE.

A 1-Day seminar entitled “The How’s and Why’s of Pharmaceutical Breakage” is now being offered. The purpose is to introduce attendees to the analysis of breakage and provide an understanding of the causes. To learn more read our just released Q1 e-Newsletter.

The new AGR testing laboratory in Delft The Netherlands officially opened on February 8th with a ribbon cutting by local Delft Official City Council Member Ferrie Förster. There was also a unique opening of Champagne bottles by Agr CEO, Henry Dimmick, Jr.  and AGR Director of Research, Bill Slusser. They used sabers to expertly cut off the top of the Champagne bottles demonstrating a technique they would normally not endorse. However, in light of the festive occasion they made an exception.
According to CEO Henry Dimmick, Jr., “The new AGR testing laboratory in Delft, will provide numerous benefits to our customers including shorter turnaround times which will save money. In addition, they will enjoy the added convenience of transacting business in the same language, time zone and currency”.

As we close our 90th Anniversary Commemoration we want to share with you two of our Legacy White Papers. These two white papers cover the topics of the effect of coatings on closure rusting and the effect that caustic wash solutions have on hot end coatings that are applied to refillable containers.  We hope these will enhance your understanding of coatings and how they can affect the performance of glass containers. They are entitled “How Tin oxide Coatings Affect Closure Rusting”,  written by Gary L. Smay and published in Glass Worldwide in 2011, and “Effect of Alkaline Solutions on Tin oxide Coated Glass Surfaces”,  written by G.L. Smay and J.S. Wasylyk, and published in Glass Technology in 1981. We hope you enjoy them and they help start your New Year off right.

AGR’s new European testing laboratory in Delft, Netherlands is now open to serve the glass manufacturing and beverage filling industries. At this moment, all modern analysis and testing equipment has been installed and is ready for use.

To learn more about this new testing lab, read the just released News Alert by clicking HERE.