Cuvée colour drift across campaigns?

Industry

Wine glass — colour, weight, premium SKU complexity and decoration coordination.

Flint, antique-green, cuvée colour management; punted bases; weight specs; decoration coordination.

Container glass bottles staged on a pack line

Hot-end profile

The shape of this industry's hot end.

Mid-volume · long campaigns at scale, short campaigns in premium · punted-base verticality · multi-colour furnace coordination · decoration-side handoff.

Defects that matter

What we see most often in wine.

Punt verticality and weight distribution

Colour shade drift on cuvée and antique-green

Surface defects affecting decoration adherence

Cosmetic defects (seeds, knots) at premium tolerance

Mould seam visibility on premium SKUs

Customer & regulatory

Specifications that drive the floor.

Bordeaux 750ml typically 410–550g · Burgundy and sparkling-specific weight bands · OIV / OIV-C colour standards · decorator alignment specs.

Customer base

Who the segment serves.

Gallo, Constellation Brands, Treasury Wine Estates, Pernod Ricard wines, Concha y Toro, château networks across Bordeaux and Burgundy.

How we apply

Lean Glass services for wine plants.

Hot End Audit

Independent audit of IS machines, forehearth, hot-end coating, ware handling and pack-to-melt KPIs.

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Forming Audit

Section timing, mould equipment, NNPB/BB/PB process control and defect taxonomy linked to root cause.

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Job Change Tool

The world's first systemised Job Change Tool — SKU Library · Live Execution · KPI Tracking.

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Digitalisation & Reporting

Live KPI dashboards, hot-end/cold-end data integration, digital audits, real-time defect tracking.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Forehearth conditioning + furnace cullet management is where this stabilises.

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