At the very top of the list was the desire to significantly boost productivity across all production sites – by about nine percent! In this context, experts also refer to the pack-to-melt ratio. This is the ratio of manufactured melted glass at the hot end to pallets of packed goods at the cold end. What it means in practical terms: Bottles with small scratches have generally ended up as scrap. This is closely linked to the target quality, which is also important to Guangdong Huaxing Glass.

A comprehensive approach known as Digitalization Consulting (scoping workshops, maturity assessment, digitalization strategy, implementation of the digitalization roadmap). 

All-around expertise - Systematic from the very start - Careful analysis and evaluation.
Implementation roadmap as itinerary   “One of our many tasks in the consulting process was to balance and weigh the goals and their achievement as best we could, meaning optimal flexibility combined with optimal quality, productivity, and power consumption performance.”

Heinz-Josef Lennartz, in charge of consulting in the areas of digitalization, project development, and customer development for Vertical Glass and Solar at Siemens

Location: 15 factories in Asia

Everyone in the industry now acknowledges that Guangdong Huaxing Glass Co. Ltd., headquartered in Foshan City in China’s Guangdong Province, is Asia’s largest glass container manufacturer. This privately-owned business headed by founder Li ShenHua boasts an annual production capacity of nearly four million tons and annual sales that currently top 7 billion RMB, accounting for about 15 percent of the domestic market. The company produces glass containers that are mainly used in the domestic food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industries, among others. The range is impressive: Guangdong Huaxing Glass is able to produce glass containers in weights from 25 to 2,000 grams with capacities from 20 to 5,000 milliliters in all shapes and quantities. The color palette extends from ultra-white and clear compositions to emerald-green and tawny-brown, with more than 3,000 possible container designs. For companies of this size, it’s obviously highly effective to approach the digital transformation systematically and strategically.