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 subjectsDr. Paul A. Bingham
Dr. Paul A. Bingham
Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield. S1 1WB
Tel: +44 (0)114 2256449
Email: p.a.bingham@shu.ac.uk
Specialist areas: Energy and environmental issues; radioactive and non-radioactive waste management and vitrification; development of new and novel glass formulations; glass batch and chemistry modification to meet legislative and economic targets.
Other areas: Coloured glasses; optical properties; glass chemistry; analysisMarc 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.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.Mr Geoff Evans
GlasRef Consulting, Whitegates, Dudleston Heath, Ellesmere, Shropshire SY12 9LD U.K.
Tel: +44 (0)1691 690799
Email: evans@glasref.co.uk
Web: 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.
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.
Mr T D Forster
31 Squires Walk, Spinney Hill, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6AL, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1604 643090
Fax: +44 (0)1604 643090
Email: forstersquires@waitrose.com
Speciality: Glass container processing problems; quality assurance, inspection systems and procedures, fracture analysis; expert witness in liability cases involving personal injury and technical disputes.
Other interests: Advice on container design suitability for manufacturing and processing.
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 AsiaMr 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 witnessSupplier 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.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
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: hollisdavid@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.paisley.ac.uk
Speciality: Novel optical and electronic glasses; structure; property relationships
Other interests: Coloured glass - control of batch and furnace redox.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
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 behaviorMr 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.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.Dr J Ma Rincon
Institute E Torroja Ciencias Construccion, The Glass Ceramics Lab, CSIS, C.Gerrand Galvache Stu, Madrid, 28033, Spain
Tel: 34 91 3020440
Fax: 34 91 3020700
Email: jrincon@fresuo.csic.es
Speciality: Glasses, ceramics and glass-ceramics, composition of glass-ceramicsMr 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.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 glassMr N Tapadar
6 Hague Bush Close, Lowton, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 2JR, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1942 713212
Email ntapadar@hotmail.com
Speciality: Glass composition, properties, raw materials, furnace operation, refractories, annealing and coating.
Other interests: Troubleshooting and auditing.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 networksMs 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.Mr I Wozniak
6 Rawle Close, Cheadle, Staffordshire, ST10 1UX, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1538 751200
Fax: +44 (0)1538 751200
Email: WOZNII@aol.com
Website: www.Pottersfriend.co.uk
Speciality: Raw materials for pottery production, pottery manufacture and quality. Glaze development, manufacture and application. Body development and process
Other interests: Tile manufacture, sanitaryware, glass decorationProfessor 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