This presentation explores the evolving importance of inspection, emerging trends in glass and plastic packaging and the technologies and processes that are helping bottle manufacturers navigate and excel in today’s dynamic landscape. 

The global glass and plastic bottle industries are continuing to experience quality expectations, sustainability pressures and the need for real-time manufacturing optimization. Inspection technologies play a central role in this evolution, ensuring bottle integrity, reducing waste and enabling producers to meet increasingly diverse performance standards. While the glass sector has a long history of structured quality practices, the plastics industry has followed a different trajectory, facing challenges including but not limited to material variability and recycling complexity. The demand for consistent quality and efficient production has never been greater.

Industry forces—ranging from lightweighting initiatives and recycling mandates to economic volatility and shifting consumer expectations—continue to shape manufacturing priorities. Bottle makers and fillers must now optimize in real time, relying on advanced inspection systems and process-control solutions to improve throughput, reduce defects and respond to changing conditions.