Our approach to glass design
At Ardagh Glass Packaging (AGP), we understand the importance of branding and packaging design. Our customers have received more than 100 Clear Choice Awards from the Glass Packaging Institute for packaging their products in innovative glass containers manufactured by AGP-North America. From innovations in complex bottle shapes, to embossing and debossing techniques, to breakthroughs in closure finishes, we are constantly pioneering new ways to get our customers’ products beyond the shelf and into the consumers’ hands.
Our Vision4Glass℠ process brings knowledge of advanced glassmaking techniques and aesthetic sensibility to every project. Our Product Design team’s portability allows us to host Ideation Sessions and work with customers anywhere – in their offices, our offices, or via phone and internet. Based on project guidelines, one or more design concepts will be created using our 3D modeling software, and the approved concept will be developed into a fully-detailed technical drawing. After a design is completed, we offer photo-realistic renderings and a selection of prototype models to bring the package to life. AGP-North America’s Vision4Glass enhances the collaboration process and provides true speed to market for our customers’ products.
Limitless possibilities
At Ardagh, we’re not just making glass containers, we’re creating the future of glass packaging. We offer technology, expertise, innovation, a vast geographical spread and full end-to-end supply chain service. With more than 125 years of glass container manufacturing experience, we have nine manufacturing facilities strategically located throughout the U.S.
Our containers range in size from 2oz to 131oz, and we have more than 10 colors available, including the traditional choices of flint, amber and green, as well as more contemporary blue and grey options. In addition to creative shapes, we can design our glass bottles and jars to include unique sculptured features that provide a strong brand identity. Our large stock catalog details hundreds of shape, size, closure and color combination possibilities.
Glass performance simulation
Our New Product Development team offers a service that includes glass packaging performance simulation to identify potential performance concerns before producing, filling and labeling a product. Our finite element analysis (FEA) provides customers with feedback on stresses generated by normal trade forces, including internal pressure, vertical load and impact forces. Based on this analysis, we optimize and, if needed, modify the glass design for maximum performance.
Development Machine
Whether you want to create a custom bottle, launch a new product or unveil a small, limited edition release, AGP-North America’s Individual Section Development Machine (view video) is capable of simulating nearly every manufacturing condition to make glass bottles and jars with a variety of heights, weights and diameters, and can produce glass packaging that incorporates the latest design trends, including unique shapes, textures and embossing.
This technology allows Ardagh Glass Packaging to test new products in real-life manufacturing conditions, including full-quality inspection processes, assuring high-quality products for sampling and in full production.
We also offer a variety of in-line packaging options, including both bulk and case packing, for products produced on the Development Machine.
Located in our facility in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, the Development Machine provides a speed-to-market advantage to brand owners that are introducing new products into the market. If you’re interested in exploring niche markets or getting your new or redesigned products to market faster than ever before, contact us for more information.
ECO Series®
AGP-North America was the first company in the U.S. to offer bottles and jars that combine product aesthetics with a reduced environmental impact, known as ECO Series®. This innovative series provides all the eco-friendly advantages of glass – a neutral and inert material that is infinitely recyclable, while maintaining high quality, enhancing customer appeal, and lessening the overall impact on the environment.
In production, the ECO Series range meets the same standards of technical and aesthetic quality as traditional containers, while resulting in immediate gains for the customers’ transportation optimization and illustrating a commitment to sustainability.
Customer service
We believe that our responsibility to our customers must extend throughout the supply chain. We employ a dedicated team of account coordinators and managers, technical service experts who understand filling line operations, logistics professionals who are familiar with all aspects of transportation and warehousing, and resources who can advise on recycling and sustainability.
Because AGP-North America places great importance on providing the industry’s best customer service, we strive to ensure that customers’ expectations are met at all times and exceeded where possible.