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ENERGY AND COST SAVINGS
Energy and cost savings
GMP&A: Why did you decide to
come to glasstec?
VPInstruments: This is, in fact,
our first time at glasstec, because
so far our focus has always been
only on compressed air trade
shows or those dedicated to
energy management. But right
now we are focussing on the
glass market, because glass man- of course, because, as we said, we
ufacturers are major consumers
of compressed air.
So, after being present at a
smaller show in Europe last year,
we discovered that glasstec is
a show that you must attend.
We have a lot of contacts from
glass factories and it’s our job to
convince them that they need to
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with a number of important glass
groups, but there are still more out
there that we can help with saving
energy.
So being at glasstec for us
means to get our name out there
in the glass sector.
GMP&A: What about growth?
How many people work for your
company?
VPInstruments: We have about
20 people working with us, and
we also work with Delft University
and some technical schools, which
means that we often have the col-
laboration of students.
GMP&A: How do you see the
future for VPInstruments?
VPInstruments: I think we will
have more projects going on in
the glass sector but also in other
manufacturing sectors too. Our
sensors are – and will be used
more and more to monitor the
compressed air systems in these
sectors.
We are also looking into the use
of vacuum in the glass industry,
working with auditors to see what
we can do.
We hope to have something
certain to say and show in 2019
about vacuum.
And with the trend of Industry
4.0 there is so much demand for
something about energy manage- data that you need more sensors to
ment –so far so good! provide this information – so the
future is looking good for us! O
GMP&A: What are you expect-
ing from the show? What kind of
results would you like to have from
glasstec?
VPInstruments: First and fore-
most, more growth in our turnover
have started to focus more on the
glass market where we get a lot
of larger-scale monitoring project VPINSTRUMENTS
from this sector, and there are still
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