A glass bottles are bottles made up of glass, which are used for handling liquid, paste or powder products from beverage, cosmetic or pharmaceutical industries. Shape, color and size of glass bottles may vary according to clients demand, architecture and strength. Almost all glass bottles are flat bottom, straight with a ‘neck’ for corking or sealing.
Glass bottle come in a large variety of sizes and in different colors. These bottles are generally used for wine. Wine bottles are usually sealed with cork, but screw-top caps are becoming popular, and there are several other methods used to seal a bottle.
The entire process of bottle making is almost fully automated.Glass bottles are used in various places such as they are used for packing juices, wine, beer, alcohol, oil.They are also used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry.
The total market of glass was valued at Rs. 60 bn with 80% supplied by domestic producers. The industry is growing at around 8% per annum. Consumption per capita of glass in India is only about 0.8 kg compared to 3.5 kg in China, 5.2 kg in Thailand, 12 kg in Malaysia and 2.5 kg in Indonesia. The total organised producers in the glass market have a turnover estimated at over Rs. 40 bn, represented by a fairly large number of suppliers.
Apart from a very large number of small players in the glass industry, there are some 76 large and medium-sized producers.Of these, 44 produce containers and hollowware with a capacity of 1.5 mntonnes, which registered a production of 1.43 mntonnes. Although a good packaging medium, glass containers are progressively being replaced by substitute materials like plastics, aluminium and tetrapack. Glass, however, is the relatively more eco-friendly of materials.As a whole there is a good scope for new entrepreneur with manufacturing of good quality of product.
Few Indian Major Players are as under
• Hindustan National Glass
• Haldyn Glass
• Victory Glass & Industries
• Universal Glass
• MahalaxmiGobind Glass
• Mohan Crystal Glass
• Alembic Glass Industries
