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  • 2025 GPC Returning to Toledo

    GMIC is pleased to announce that the 86th Glass Problems Conference will be held at the Glass City Center in Toledo, Ohio, October 6-8, 2025. The annual GMIC/GlassTrend Symposium will follow on Thursday, October 9. This year’s GPC, also in…

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  • Ohio consortium that includes GMIC wins state grant for glass

    GMIC is proud to be part of the Northwest Ohio Innovation Consortium (NOIC) to support our area members and the entire glass industry. Last week, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (pictured in photo by Scott Cooper, CelSian), Lt. Governor Jon Husted,…

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  • Latest ACerS Bulletin Features Electric Melting Article

    The May 2024 edition of the ACerS Bulletin includes, “Empowering Sustainability: The US glass industry charged to break barriers for a greener future.” The article, by Scott Cooper, GMIC Past President and Technical Director USA for CelSian; and Kerry Ward,…

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  • DOE Announces Glass Decarbonization Workshop

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office (IEDO) is inviting stakeholders from across the glass manufacturing supply chain (e.g., glass manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, raw material providers, etc.) to participate in a workshop on glass decarbonization on…

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  • Three GMIC Members Receive DOE Grants

    Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) announced up to $6 billion in funding to decarbonize energy-intensive industries. Proposals from GMIC members Gallo Glass, Libbey Glass, and O-I Glass were among 33 projects selected…

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  • GMIC to Receive Funding to Help Decarbonize America’s Industrial Sector

    The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive $3 million in funding to research advanced electric melting in glass manufacturing. The research is intended to…

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  • GPC Call for Abstracts

    The call for abstracts is now available for the 85th anniversary Glass Problems Conference (GPC) and the 14th Advances in Fusion and Processing of Glass Conference (AFPG), being held jointly September 16-19, 2024, at the Glass City Center in Toledo, Ohio,…

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  • GMIC Welcomes New President

    Marie Kistler, Market Manager in Air Products’ Americas Strategic Marketing and Development organization, started her term as GMIC President on January 1. Marie’s focus is on market dynamics and solutions for energy-intensive industries, such as Glass and Steel, where industrial…

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  • New Video Celebrates International Year of Glass

    A new video, “The Age of Glass,” showcases activities from around the world that were developed in support of the 2022 United Nations International Year of Glass. The video is available at YouTube and includes events from last December’s Debriefing…

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  • 2023 GPC Student Tour

    Continuing a ten year tradition, GMIC is awarding up to ten $1,000 student travel grants for the upcoming Glass Problems Conference in Columbus, OH. We’re expecting students from Missouri S&T, Iowa State University, the University of Dayton, and Toledo University. …

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