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October – November 2006                                                                        Louisville, KY

Over 16,000 cases of a highly specialized and expensive spirit bottle manufactured in Germany were on hold for numerous cosmetic defects. An initial attempt to reselect the ware by a local crew in Kentucky yielded loss rates of over 30%. That was way too high. Clearware was called in to finish the reselection. A crew experienced in quality limits was sent to Kentucky and reselected the ware. The net result: 96% of the glass was deemed acceptable and shipped to the customer.

October 2006                                                                                                Avenel, NJ

A simple cavity pull was performed on 20,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles.

October 2006                                                                                           Montreal, Canada

7,000 cases of a 1 liter spirits bottle were placed on hold for glue on the finish. Clearware wiped down each bottle and removed all contaminates. 

October 2006                                                                                           Montreal, Canada

Reselected 20 bulk pallets of 375ml jars for oil spots. In doing this reselection the bulk pallets were depalletized and then repalletized and shipped to the customer.

October 2006                                                                                                Montreal, Canada

A simple cavity pull was performed on 3,000 cases of 1.14 liter vodka bottles.

October 2006                                                                                                Avenel, NJ

Due to a graphics change, 40,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles needed to be repacked. Clearware was sent the knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.

September 2006                                                                                    Lacrosse, WI

As the freshness date was quickly approaching on 2,500 cases of wine coolers, the reselection for black particles became a priority. Clearware assembled a qualified crew and dispatched them to Wisconsin where each and every bottle was candled to identify the black particles.

As well as ware on hold for black particles, 12,000 cases of the same product were on hold for leakers, our crew shook up each and every case and left them on their side overnight. In the morning the culprits were easily identified and removed.

June 2006                                                                                                Avenel, NJ

Due to a graphics change, 50,000 cases of 40 ounce amber beer bottles needed to be repacked. Clearware was sent the knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.

 

March - April 2006                                                                                    Avenel, NJ

Due to water damage, 80,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles were repacked. Clearware was sent the knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.

 

November 2006 - Present                                                                         Edison, NJ

Clearware continually unloads 20+ overseas containers containing glass containers and palletizes or repacks the ware and readies and arranges them for shipment to local customers.

November 2005                                                                                    Newark, NJ

A simple cavity pull on held sauce bottles was performed on 10,000 cases.

October 2005                                                                                                Fair Lawn, NJ

Clearware was sent into to monitor the bottling line while held ware containing chipped finishes was run. The manufacturer of a major sauce brand was able to keep up with its schedule and no down time charges to the glass company were incurred.
 
August - September 2005                                                                        Elizabeth, NJ,

400,000 Glass containers imported from China were placed on hold for Leaners. With the use of leaner gauges, Clearware reselected the ware with was then accepted by the customer.

July – September  2005                                                                        Avenel, NJ

Due to a graphics change 100,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles were repacked.
Clearware was sent the knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.


December – June 2005                                                            Fair Lawn, NJ

During this period Clearware monitored a 15 ounce amber sauce bottle line. Clearware supplied trained inspectors to remove any bottles with critical defects.

February - March 2005                                                               Holland, MI

Over 47,000 cases of green 750ml bottles were rejected for bearing surface defects. Clearware traveled to Michigan and reselected the ware.

November 2004                                                                        Fair Lawn, NJ

An overpress defect placed over 2,000 cases of 5 ounce amber sauce bottles on hold. Clearware isolated the cavity involved and culled it from both filled and unfilled inventory. The unfilled glass ran successfully.

October - December 2004                                                        Avenel, NJ

Over 100,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles were placed on hold because the cartons were out of registration. Clearware repacked the cartons and the ware ran successfully at the brewery.

September 2004                                                                        Fair Lawn, NJ

An overpress defect placed over 2,000 cases of 15 ounce amber sauce bottles on hold. Clearware isolated the cavity involved and culled it from the inventory. The glass ran successfullye.

September 2004                                                                         Avenel, NJ

Several hundred pallets were rejected by the AB brewery for torn cartons. Clear-ware sort the cases, repalletizing the good cases and repacking the torn cartons.

August 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

Due to a graphics change, 5,000 cases of a well known Rum needed to be repacked into new cartons. Clearware was sent the knockdown cartons and repacked the inventory.

July 2004                                                                          Elizabeth, NJ

The frosted glass decoration looked great on the 1 liter Vodka bottle, but unfortunately the deco ramp was in the wrong position on some of the inventory. This caused the seam of the bottle to run through the label, 3,000 cases were placed on hold. Clearware was called in to reselect the ware.

July 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

Over 355,000 50ml liquor bottles were placed on hold due to a choke neck problem. Using gauges, Clearware reselected the entire inventory allowing the customer to run the glass without damaging their filler.

July 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

A very shapely 750ml rum bottle was plagued with problems. Over 54,000 of these bottles were in a container waiting to be shipped to Jamaica when the customer informed to bottle manufacturer of the problem. Clearware was sent the inventory from the port and reselected the glass for Birdswings, sunken sides, and just plain misshaped bottle which were falling below minimum capacity. Several gauges were used for this effort. The reselected inventory was loaded on a ship bound for Jamaica in August.

July 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

A broken finishes problem placed over 10,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles on hold. Clearware reselected the ware and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

July 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

Have you ever seen a bottle shaped like a lobster? I hadn’t either until Clearware was called about “the Lobster Bottle” project. A Long Island winery wanted a bottle shaped like a lobster. They were extremely please by its appearance, but unfortunately the ® for the registered trademark was unfilled on some of the inventory. Clearware reselected the 35,000 bottles for the defect.

July 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

A finish defect was isolated to specific cavity numbers. Clearware culled those cavities from 6,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

July 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

A line over defect on a 12 ounce amber beer bottle was isolated to a specific cavity number. Clearware culled that cavity from over 10,000 cases. The inventory was requalified and the glass ran successfully.

July 2004                                                                         Avenel, NJ

Over 185,000 1.25 ounce makeup bottles were placed on hold for a wide assortment of defects. The cosmetic company was anxious to roll out this new product, but the entire glass inventory was on hold. Clearware performed a 100% reselection on the inventory for un-blown shoulders, heel taps, scalloped shoulder distribution, laps, cold molds, and smeared decoration.

June 2004                                                                         Avenel, NJ

For marketing purposes, a well known sauce company wanted to hang a promotional sachet containing a small amount of a new product around the neck of an existing sauce bottle. The capability to do this on line didn’t exist. Clearware was called in and manually applied the sachets to over 6,000 cases.

June 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

A Midwest distillery was about to launch a brand new product, but ran into a problem when they realized there was a typo on the label. 10,000 750ml bottles were already beautifully decorated with a blue organic spray with the labels applied. Clearware was called in to remove both the front and back labels from the 10,000 piece inventory without disturbing the blue organic spray. It was extremely labor intensive, but Clearware got the job done on deadline and the product launched successfully.

June 2004                                                                           Avenel, NJ

Due to a graphics change, 6,000 cases of both 750ml and 1 liter needed to be repacked into new cartons. Clearware was sent the inventory along with knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.

May - June 2004                                                                      Avenel, NJ

An overpress defect was isolated to specific cavity numbers. Clearware culled those cavities from over 10,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

May 2004                                                                           Avenel, NJ

Due to a graphics change, 5,000 cases of 12 ounce beer bottles were obsolete. Clearware repacked the ware and the inventory soon shipped into the brewery.

 April 2004                                                                          Fair Lawn, NJ

A bent neck issue placed over 6,000 cases of 10 ounce amber square sauce bottles on hold. Using specifically designed gauges, Clearware reselected the inventory.

March - April 2004                                                                    Fair Lawn, NJ

Overpress defects were found on 5,10, and 15 ounce amber sauce bottles. In total over 25,000 cases were placed on hold. Inventories were extremely low and the production line at the customer was in danger of shutting down. Clearware quickly reselected the held inventory allowing the line to continue to run uninterrupted. Clearware also spent the next three weeks monitoring the bottling lines at the customer inspecting for and finding additional overpresses from live loads coming from the glass plant.

March 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

Due to a graphics change, 10,000 cases of 12 ounce were obsolete. Clearware repacked the ware and the inventory soon shipped into the brewery.

March 2004                                                                          Fair Lawn, NJ

A check under bead defect placed 1,350 cases of 200ml flint sauce bottles on hold. Clearware reselected the held ware and the inventory ran successfully

February 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

A carton dimension error was to blame for the rejection of 14,000 cases 0f 32 ounce amber beer bottles. Clearware separated the good dates from the bad and repacked the dates in question.

January 2004                                                                          Avenel, NJ

15,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles had lost their memory and were placed on hold. Clearware was sent the knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.

December 2003                                                                       Avenel, NJ

An overpress defect was isolated to two specific cavity numbers. Clearware culled those cavities from 10,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

November 2003                                                                      Avenel, NJ

32,000 cases of 40 ounce amber beer bottles had lost their memory and were placed on hold. Clearware was sent the knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.

October 2003                                                                          Avenel, NJ

When a graphic change made 20,000 cases of one liter liquor bottles obsolete, Clearware was sent the inventory along with knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.

September 2003                                                                      Avenel, NJ

14,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles were on hold for split finishes and bead checks. After the ware was reselected by Clearware it was requalified and ran successfully.

September 2003                                                                      Avenel, NJ

12,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles were on hold for a hollow neck problem. After the ware was reselected by Clearware it was requalified and ran successfully.

August 2003                                                                           Avenel, NJ

A certain defect was isolated to three specific cavity numbers. Clearware culled those cavities from 10,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

January - July 2003                                                               Avenel, NJ

200,000 cases of 40 ounce amber beer bottles were on hold due to a leaner problem as well as some cavity related defects. Clearware reselected the entire inventory by first culling out the cavities in question and then gauging each 40 ounce bottle with a leaner gauge and removing those which failed. The inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

April 2003                                                                              Avenel, NJ

A certain defect was isolated to seven specific cavity numbers. Clearware culled those seven cavities from 32,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

February 2003                                                            Winfield, British Columbia

Over 80,000 cases of filled wine cooler product were on hold for a wire edge problem and were fast approaching their expiration date. Many production dates were involved and with each date, different cavity numbers needed to be culled. Clearware traveled to western Canada to reselect the inventory by first checking the julian dates and then culling the cavities in question. Within six weeks, the inventory was reselected and no longer on hold.

January 2003                                                                  Pointe Claire, Quebec

Over 50,000 cases of filled wine cooler product were on hold for a wire edge problem and approaching their expiration date. Many production dates were involved and with each date, different cavity numbers needed to be culled. Clearware traveled to Canada to reselect the inventory by first checking the julian dates and then culling the cavities in question. Within a few weeks all the inventory was reselected and no longer on hold.

January 2003                                                                          Avenel, NJ

15,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles were on hold for a split finish problem. After the ware was reselected by Clearware it was requalified and ran successfully.

January 2003                                                                          Auburndale, FL

25,000 cases of filled wine cooler product were on hold for a wire edge problem and approaching their expiration date. Clearware traveled to Florida and culled out all the cavities in question, and the inventory was no longer on hold.

December 2002                                                                       Avenel, NJ

A finish defect was isolated to specific cavity numbers. Clearware culled those cavities from 12,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

November 2002                                                                      Avenel, NJ

A certain defect was isolated to three specific cavity numbers. Clearware culled those cavities from 6,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

November 2002                                                                      Avenel, NJ

When a graphic change made 8,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles obsolete, Clearware was sent the knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.

October 2002                                                                          Avenel, NJ

The customer agreed the black ceramic ink finish on their liquor bottles looked great, but they were not exactly pleased with the amount of breakage on the bottling line. It was determined that heel splits were causing the breakage. After Clearware reselected the entire15,000 cases inventory it ran with no breakage reported.

October 2002                                                                          Avenel, NJ

A line over defect was isolated to four specific cavity numbers. Clearware culled those four cavities from 4,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

October 2002                                                                          Avenel, NJ

A truckload of bulk palletized iced tea bottles were sent to Clearware to inspect for a wide range of defects. The ware was depallitized, inspected, repallitized, and ran successfully.

September 2002                                                                      Le Roy, NY

30,000 cases of filled wine cooler product were on hold for a wire edge problem and approaching their expiration date. Clearware traveled to upstate New York and culled out all the cavities in question and the inventory was no longer on hold.

September 2002                                                                      Avenel, NJ

When a graphics change made 10,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles obsolete, Clearware was sent the knock down cartons and repacked the inventory.

September 2002                                                                      Avenel, NJ

A dip finish defect was isolated to four specific cavity numbers. Clearware culled those four cavities from 15,000 cases of 12 ounce amber beer bottles and the inventory was requalified and ran successfully.

August 2002                                                                           Auburndale, FL

85,000 cases of filled wine cooler product on hold for a wire edge issue was a concern, but did not become a priority until it was learned that the product had an expiration date. A representative from the glass container manufacturing company was sent to Auburndale, FL and temporary employees were hired. After about a week and a half of high turnover with the temps and poor work being performed, someone decided to call Clearware.We took over the entire project. The temps were eliminated and replaced by Clearware's experienced and dependable crew. All of the cavities in question were culled and the reselection was completed four weeks ahead of schedule and the inventory was no longer on hold.

July 2002                                                                                Avenel, NJ

With Jewish Holidays just around the corner a kosher wine company began to take glass inventory for their holiday wines. Unfortunately their 50,000 case inventory of 1.5 liter wines bottles had finish problems. Clearware was shipped the entire inventory and removed line overs, split finishes, chipped finishes, and overpresses. Afterwards the inventory ran smoothly and the company was able to meet their holiday demands.

June 2002                                                                                Avenel, NJ

With inventories running extremely low and time running out, 10,000 cases of 1.75 liter Whisky bottles plagued with stuck glass, chipped finishes, large blisters, and swab blisters were rushed to Clearware for inspection. All deadlines were met and the glass ran without incident.