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Antonini S.r.l. has Antonini announced a massive
undertaken to supply
the equivalent of
forty standard lehrs
to Owens-Illinois for its
Mexican glassworks.
The ex-works order
was mostly for large
decorating lehrs to
be delivered over the
next year and is the
largest order in the
company’s history
NTONINI SRL
Antonini Srl of Empoli,
AItaly have been making plant
and equipment for the glass indus-
try since 1946. Over those 70 years
the company has grown to be a
major player on the world market
for annealing, decorating, temper-
ing lehrs and accessories. They
have had 1,600 installations in
more than 80 countries. Recently
card for Antonini. We had already
order – the largest in its history – been supplying annealing and dec-
from Owens Illinois for the equiva- orating lehrs to IVC and when
lent of forty standard lehr units to they decided to expand in Piedras
be supplied to glass manufacturers Negras, we were in a good position
in Mexico. to pitch for the order. We were
Lorenzo Frediani, an engineer highly thought of, the client was
with Antonini.Srl explained some very satisfied with our products
aspects of the deal: and services, and no doubt O-I
were advised that on past perfor-
LONG ESTABLISHED IN mance, Antonini were among the
MEXICO top. Of course, reputation alone
“It goes back a long way. We is never enough; we had to get all
have been supplying lehrs to O-I the details and calculations right
all over the world – from New in our negotiations with O-I, but
Zealand to Chile, as they say – and eventually our bid was accepted.
we were also a supplier to the IVC To the best of my knowledge, this
glassworks in Piedras Negras in is the biggest one-shot order in
Mexico. You will find Antonini Anonini’s history.
lehrs up and down the country as
we have been supplying Mexican THE HARDWARE
glassworks for about twenty years, Initially, we were to supply elev-
so we are well known and respect- en long decorating lehrs (which
ed for the quality of our products.” are double the standard unit length
O-I has been involved with con- of 25m).The extra length is needed
tainer glass in Mexico since 1909 because in decorating lehrs it is
(when Vidriera Monterrey opened necessary to heat up the glass first
the first glass factory in Mexico to – unlike the annealing lehrs where
produce container glass using an the lehr receives the bottles already
automated system licensed from hot. In addition, the temperatures
Owens-Illinois) and they have reached are about 100º hotter, so
recently acquired such companies the materials used in these lehrs
as Vitro, and Antonini ‘s client at have to be a higher quality to cope
Piedras Negras, IVC . with the extra stress.
Along with these there was also
SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS an order for eight standard lehrs.
The people at Vitro are very This brought the total to the equiv-
happy with the results they get with alent of thirty standard units. We
our lehrs so it is a good visiting- were also negotiating with another
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