The first "Fracture Diagnostician Certification" Seminar gets underway in Munich, Germany Feb. 28. The critical focus of this seminar is on workshops using advanced fracture analysis techniques. Successful completion will earn AGR Certification. This Open Enrollment Seminar will be offered on our Butler, PA, USA campus March 28-32 and in Krakow, Poland September 19-22. Want to learn more or register? Visit our Seminar Catalogue:  http://www.americanglassresearch.com/training/fracture-3-glass-fracture-diagnostician-certification

Agr International is proud to announce the promotion of William Slusser to the position of “Director of Research” at American Glass Research.  Bill’s career and reputation with American Glass Research (AGR) are now 17 years in the making.  Most recently, he lead the strong growth of the company through the expansion of portfolio services, the targeting of geographic development, and the introduction of new and improved educational seminars, now offered more often, and in more places around the world than ever before.

AGR has just published the third and final White Paper entitled “FEA performance comparisons of NNPB and BB refillable bottles” which summarizes our research findings regarding the use of NNPB technology for returnable containers and whether or not it is a viable option.  The paper written by Dr. Wenke Hu, William Slusser and Gary Smay, was just published in November/December issue of Glass Worldwide Magazine. Click HERE to download from our Library.

American Glass Research has just published a book entitled Color Atlas of Stones In Glass. This hardbound book describes 39 stones, accompanied by more than 300 original color photographs, images and spectra. The Color Atlas is printed on high quality photo paper and is over 120 pages.

Detailed identification tips, compositions, causes and sources are given for each stone, as well as its physical and crystalline characteristics.

The 2017 Training Seminar Schedule has been released and is available for registrations. New in 2017 will be the "F3: Fracture Diagnostician Certification" Seminar held in Butler, Munich and Krakow; Back-to-back scheduling (same week) of our "Advanced Batch and Furnace" May 1-3 with our "Stones in Glass: Analysis and Identification" May 4-5 enabling participants to attend both in the same week while on our Butler campus saving travel time and money; And for the first time in Italy, two of our most popular seminars "Evaluation and Lightweighting of Glass Container Designs" and "Fracture 1: Testing and Breakage Diagnosis" will be offered as Open Enrollment in Montecchio, Italy on May 8-9 and May 10-11 respectively.

In the Fall our "Stone Analysis" and "Cord and Annealing" will be held back-to-back in Butler the week of September 16.

AGR Senior Scientist Peter de Haan and Bill Slusser are attending the glasstec International Trade Fair September 20-23 in Dusseldorf, Germany.  Visit them in Hall 14 Stand C28 or Contact Us if you would like to set up an appointment.