company profile: business is booming for mgfs...•asistencia en la selección de refractarios...
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Company profile:
Glass International February 2018
www.glass-international.com
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How is life in the Mexican glass container industry at the moment?
It is very busy right now but also very exciting. There are a lot of new projects in the Mexican glass world. We are sometimes taking care of two projects at the same time. It gets undoubtedly busy in the container glass industry.
Hardly a week goes by without a new story about the Mexican glass industry, such as new investments and innova-tions. Has it kept you busy?Absolutely. We have never had so many projects as today. There are a lot of new investments made in the container glass industry. We deal with everything, from big, turn-key projects to heat up jobs and smaller maintenance jobs. We are fully booked throughout this year.
Why, in your opinion, is the Mexican glass industry going through such a boom peri-od at the moment? Is glassmaking part of the culture in Mexico?I don’t think that it has to do with the culture in Mexico, but it has to do more with the strategic location of Mexico. There is our big brother, the USA, in the North and then there is a border with the tlantic cean, one ith the acific cean and one with the Caribbean. The US market is demanding a lot of bottles, mostly for beer and wine. Mexico is a low cost producer. Export is easy due to the vicinity to the oceans. As for the beer bottles, Mexico is not exporting so many beer bottles but mostly bottled beer. These bottles go into the export and do not return to the country.
Business is booming in the Mexican container glass industry at the moment
with a number of new investments and construction of a new plant. As Hans
Mehl, Director of MGFS, states, the company has never been so busy.
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A family business: Hans
Mehl, (left) with his wife
Isabel Gonzalez (centre) and
nephew Luis Weller (right).
Business is booming for MGFS
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Company profile:
Glass International February 2018
www.glass-international.com
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We last spoke at the Glassman event in Mexico in 2015. What has changed at MGFS? Are you closer to Hotwork International and Heat Up Latin America now?MGFS is still an independent company. Heat Up Latin America was established together with Hotwork International from Switzerland also as an independent company. MGFS is not part of Hotwork but we cooperate very closely. We share service personnel and I am also the CEO of Heat Up Latin America. MGFS has gone stronger into furnace and batch plant projects. MGFS has also increased the number of companies which we represent. Together with the companies we represent, we are present in nearly every project here in Mexico.
What services do the groups provide? MGFS provides: Supervision of furnace constructions (steel structure and refractory installation). Supervision of hot repairs, furnace operation and technical assistance, furnace audits including endoscope inspection. Furnace heat up including bolt control. Supervision of batch plant constructions. Audits of fused cast pre-assemblies.
Heat Up Latin America provides: Furnace heat up and cool down. Expansion control, furnace drains, checker cleaning, all sorts of drilling, electrode exchange and electrode drilling in hot conditions. Combustion systems and burners. Oxy-fuel systems for emergency regenerator hot repair or checker exchange.
What markets do you serve?We serve every market in the glass industry. Hollow
lass, oat lass, lass, pharmaceutical lass etc We serve mostly the Mexican market but we also
work in the US, Trinidad & Tobago, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Chile and Argentina.
hat benefits does this bring to customers in the region?We are very close to our customers. Reaction time in case of any emergency is very short. All of our employees speak Spanish and English. Communication is easy. The products of the companies we represent are very broad. Therefore the customer can contact us for various needs and the contact person is always the same. We have more than 25 years calling on the Latin American market.
With Heat Up Latin America, we are also constantly improving our equipment and trying to implement solutions to well-known problems.
What, in your opinion, makes you stand out from your competitors?More than 30 years of experience in the glass industry. Strong links to other companies who can support us in case of need. Fast reaction time
in emergency cases. First, we solve the problem, then we speak about invoicing. Dealing directly with customers’ problems and together with the customer solve these problems. Constant improvement of our equipment and technology.
You (Hans) have spent a number of years working in the glass industry. What motivates you to keep going?The team I work with. Every day, they show me their commitment, not only to the company, but also to me. Every day is a challenge and I like that. We have spread out our activities, and there is no time for boredom. Glass is my passion and I hope to “deal with heat” for a long time.
Do you anticipate more growth in the Mexican industry or is this the peak?I think we are far from the peak. We hear a lot about new projects and even if they are still not all confirmed, if only of these rumours are realised, there is a lot of work to be done and there is a bright future for the Mexican glass industry.
Finally, how many staff do you have at the company? Does your nephew still work for you? In 2015, MGFS was a company consisting of 3 people and today we are a team of 10. Yes, Luis Weller, my nephew, still works with us and today he is our Operations Manager and also cooperates with Heat Up Latin America. My wife Isabel Gonzalez is also working with MGFS and she is our Financial Director and also takes care of Human Resources for both companies.
Heat Up Latin America consists of a team of another 10 specialists who are full time employees and we can count on another 10 freelancers who cooperate with us. �
MGFS, Cuernavaca, Mexicomglassfactoryservices.com/en/
“The team I work
with every day,
show me their
commitment, not
only to the
company, but also
to me. Every day is
a challenge and I
like that.”
Hans Mehl has been in
the glass industry for more
than 30 years.
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M-Glass Factory Services es una compañía dedicada a ofrecerasistencia a la Industria Vidriera. Junto a nuestras representadasestamos en capacidad ofrecer los siguientes servicios:
• Supervisión de construcciones de hornos(Estructura metálica y refractario)
• Supervisión de reparaciones en caliente• Supervisión y reparación de hornos• Mantenimiento y construcción de plantas de mezclas• Operación de hornos y asistencia técnica• Asistencia en la selección de refractarios• Asistencia en pre-montajes de ma terial electrofundido• Auditoria de hornos, refinadores y forehearth.
Nueva Inglaterra 505-B Colonia Lomas de Cortes, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C.P. 62240www.mglassfactoryservices.com
WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH THE COMPANIES WE REPRESENTDEDICATION TO GLASS
As a subsidiary of Hotwork International,Heat Up Latin America - in partnership with M-Glass Factory Services -supplies the full range of services and products of Hotwork International.
More details at www.hotwork.ag
CALENTAMIENTO DE HORNOS
DRENADO DE HORNOS
TECNOLOGIA DE FUSION Y COMBUSTION
WE DEAL WITH HEAT.
HEAT UP LATIN AMERICA S. DE R.L. DE C.V.member of
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Hans [email protected]
0052 1 777 2676666
Luis [email protected]
0052 1 777 2318910
FURNACE HEAT UP
FURNACE DRAINING
COMBUSTION & MELTING
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