GPC 2026 Symposium Presentations

PaneraTech Inc.

What Temperature Can’t Tell You: How Real-Time Wear Data Drives Better Furnace Decisions

Frederic Rougevin-Baville, Technical Manager

Roman Manufacturing

Utilizing Sensors to Evaluate Power Systems

Stanley F. Rutkowski III, Senior Applications Engineer, BSEE

Argonne National Laboratory

Introducing BLAZE, a National Laboratory Resource to Advance Industrial Heating Flexibility

Douglas Longman, Manager, Advanced Power Systems

TME Engineering

From Thermal Monitoring to Process Capability: How Closed-Loop Thermal Control Supports Lightweight Glass Container Manufacturing

Raphael Malvezin, CEO

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Physics and Challenges of High Temperature Sensing for Glass

Charmayne Lonergan, Assistant Professor

Glass Service Italy (s.r.l.)

Radar-Based Non-Contact Glass Level Measurement: A New Approach for Accurate and Reliable Furnace Control

Emanuele Donati, Sales Manager

J.M. Canty, Inc.

Latest Advancements in Dynamic Image Analysis for Glass Production

Matthew Spink

Bucher Emhart Glass

GobRadar – Closed Loop Control

Tanner Kremer