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             there? And how is this mar-      glass tubing are now moving         Crescentini: We are starting
             ket changing with regards to     towards higher quality produc-   to see growth in Europe too, in
             Borosilicate AE1 glass?          tion to be able to use higher qual-  Germany and in Italy for exam-
               Crescentini:  If, until a few   ity imported glass tubes such as   ple, as well as east Europe (for-
             years ago, after some months     those from Schott and Corning,   mer USSR), of course, where
             of slight decline, we have been   etc., and to be able to use OCMI   we are having sales of machines
             witnessing new growth in the     vertical machinery and technol-  again instead of just upgrading
             Chinese market for a couple of   ogy with higher finished quality.  existing ones. O
             years now with growth – for us     Other markets are also start-
             meaning new clients, of course,   ing to open up to higher produc-
             with orders for our lines. Some   tion needs such as east Europe
             of these new clients are com-    (former USSR) where we are
             pletely new to the sector, coming   now working on a large order for
             from the flat glass sector and    an important expansion project
             moving to hollow glass to follow   for one of our clients in that area
             the important growth and devel-  for vial production.                 OCMI OTG SPA
             opments.
               Other companies that previ-      GMP&A: Are there any other             Via Venezia Giulia 7
             ously used ‘local’ horizontal    markets developments that you           20157 Milano (MI) - Italy
                                                                                     Tel.: +39 - 02 - 3909181
             machinery to process low-level   can mention?                           Fax: +39 - 02 - 3570944
                                                                                    E-mail: info@ocmigroup.com
                                                                                     www.ocmigroup.com

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