About us

Dipl.- Ing. André Ommer
glassglobal Group
2025

glassglobal Group /
the global glass competence

Business Segments

glassglobal Community /

glassglobal is the leading portal for the international glass industry. Visitors use the portal as expert marketing channel, browse the portal to get updated information, execute researches or successfully trade equipment or glass.

www.glassglobal.com

glassglobal Plants /

Access to data from glass producers worldwide - display factories by furnace details, capacities, glass types, year of construction, IS-machines, colours etc.
Graphic visualisation and extensive glass market and product statistics, country forecasts.

plants.glassglobal.com

glassglobal Consulting /

Our team of glass production and market experts prepares general and customized glass market studies and marketing concepts, conducts price and competitor analyses, SWOT analyses and evaluation of investment.
We also develop sales strategies and bankable business plans, e.g. for greenfield glass production plants

www.glassglobal-consulting.com

glassglobal Finance /

Empowering Global Glass Projects with Strategic Expertise & Reliable Partners Our finance and industry professionals deliver advanced support in the execution of financial feasibility studies, due diligence, and the evaluation of investments.
We assist in building financially sound business models, including fundraising support for upcoming glass manufacturing projects.

www.glassglobal-finance.com

www.glassglobal.com
Our Expertise

  • World’s leading e-commerce network for the international glass industry with over 360,000 visitors per month resp. 8.2 million page impressions. Expert network with Companies, Projects, News, Jobs, Calculations, Consulting, Technology. Established in year 2000.
  • Market Evaluation for glass industry projects (greenfield / brownfield) in float glass and container glass industry,
    Feasibility studies, Pre-feasibility studies, Benchmark, Bankable Business plans
  • Company Database
    Up-to-date, multi language company directory for flat, hollow, technical, solar and tableware, traders, buyers and associations etc.
  • Machine and products trade
    Trade section for new and used equipment and successful marketing of glass products.
  • Projects
    Up-to-date information about new projects in glass industry – float, hollow, technical from Greenfield to furnace repair.

www.glassglobal.com
Our Expertise

  • Special Engineering Software for glass producers & consultancy for glass makers and processing companies. Benchmark with furnace evaluation and CO2 savings potential
  • Analyze & Benchmark
    We help you analyzing and benchmarking your glass production and run projects to reduce costs (with energy costs in particular), minimize CO2 and NOx emissions (with additional returns through emission trading schemes), increase efficiencies, enhance glass quality and optimize productivity.
  • Improve
    Additionally, we support you to improve competitiveness, diversify production e.g. towards Photovoltaic glass plus buy and sell glass.
  • Expert Team
    »glassglobal Group« is a team of professionals with technical, commercial and marketing expertise within glass and works in close cooperation with competent partners.

André Ommer
Chairman

  • Dipl.-Ing. André Ommer, born 8 February 1967 in Zweibrücken, Germany, graduated as an industrial engineer with emphasis on glass technology from Duisburg University (1994).
  • He currently acts as owner of glassglobal Group and its affiliates (2000 to date), which is best known today for running the world’s leading glass portal (www.glassglobal.com). The portal attracts millions of visitors every year and is the leading information broker to the glass industry today.
  • André started his career as Sales & Marketing Engineer at Pöting Ingenieurbüro GmbH & Co. KG (1994), a firm specialized in the manufacturing and installation of machines for the glass industry, where he held responsibility for worldwide sales.
  • André Ommer has privileged access to substantial know-how about glass related transactions, past, present and planned, worldwide.
  • He is an appreciated partner, to equipment buyers and sellers, as well as to glass professionals and decision makers on large scale investments and long-term projects in the glass industry. In addition, André has commercial insight into the raw materials and equipment used by operators of more than 1300 production locations for glass, worldwide, his understanding of the cost and benefit of using certain equipment and processes are most valuable.

Competence Team

  • Knut Alt, Dipl.-Ing.

    Dipl.-Ing. Knut Alt is a graduate engineer in the field of mechanical engineering / design from the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences.

    Knut joined the glassglobal Group in 2009, initially to specialize in the production and sale of solar glass to PV module makers. In addition, he supported the R&D department, which he now heads as R&D Director.

    In his more than 30-year career as an engineer, Knut has primarily worked in R&D, international sales, and project management. His department is responsible for creating market studies, feasibility studies, and the calculation of bankable business plans.

  • Hans Mahrenholtz, Dipl.-Ing. of the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany for Ceramics (including Glass) and Energy Process Engineering.

    Hans started his glass business career in 1989 and now generally works as a Senior Consultant for the Glass Service Group, Czech Republic, with activities in Sales, Marketing, Product Development, but mainly Consulting (including Surveys, Audits, Due Diligences and Data Analyses).

    Hans joins the competence team as expert for dedicated projects.

Competence Team

  • Bettina Heuter

    Bettina is longterm (founding) employee of glassglobal Group and is responsible for research and customer relationship within the glass industry. She is graduated commercial assistant.

    Before starting with André at glassglobal Group, she worked as key account and marketing expert in a German company for glass machinery construction. Bettina meanwhile has 40+ years knowledge about glass machinery and production and speaks multiple languages.

glassglobal Group Portfolio…

Due Diligence for Projects or Bankable Business Plans

Company and Project Fundamentals

  • Project description, scope, and capacity
  • Site analysis, land status, permitting situation
  • Business plan and project timeline (master plan)

Market and Sales Analysis (Commercial Due Diligence)

  • Market size and demand forecasts (wine, spirits, food, pharma)
  • Competitive landscape (local and global)
  • Customer structure, offtake agreements (LOIs, MoUs)
  • Price levels and price sensitivity
  • Logistics and supply chain assessment (sand, soda ash, packaging, transportation)

Technical Due Diligence

  • Technology selection (furnace, IS machines, quality control)
  • Capacity planning and product mix
  • Energy supply and efficiency (gas, electricity, potentially H2-ready)
  • Raw material supply
  • Plant layout, infrastructure, utilities
  • CapEx estimation and technical cost validation
  • Construction planning and EPC contracts
  • Environmental impact, emissions, ESG
  • Risk assessment: technology, site, supply, construction time

glassglobal Group Portfolio…

Due Diligence for Projects or Bankable Business Plans

Financial Due Diligence

  • Validation of the business case
  • Investment costs (CapEx) and operating costs (OpEx)
  • EBITDA projections, break-even analysis, sensitivities
  • Financing structure: equity, debt, grants/subsidies
  • Working capital requirements
  • Tax considerations (VAT, duties, structure)

Legal Due Diligence

  • Land ownership, titles, encumbrances
  • Construction and environmental permits
  • Contracts: EPC, suppliers, customers, financing
  • Corporate structure and joint-venture agreements
  • Compliance, insurance, liability matters

Environmental & Regulatory (ESG / EHS)

  • Regulatory requirements (environmental impact control, etc.)
  • CO₂ emissions, energy efficiency, EU ETS
  • Waste and recycling, water and wastewater management, worker and plant safety

Risk Analysis

  • Project, construction, market, operational, and financial risks
  • Scenario analyses
  • Bankability and credit risk assessment
  • SWOT and risk mitigation planning

Overall Assessment & Recommendation

  • Project scope and viability
  • Integration and execution capability
  • Go / No-Go recommendation for investors and lenders

glassglobal Group Portfolio…

Market Research /Feasibility Studies, Bankable Business plans
  • Glass products
  • Glass technology
  • Glass chemistry & specifications
  • Glass market & overview
  • Glass producers - profiles & analysis
  • Glass supplier chain -profiles, evaluation & analysis
  • BAT technology
  • Evaluation of market segments
  • Analysis of trade flows, import & export
  • Visualization of glass markets
  • Visualization of glass production sites
  • Glass recycling worldwide evaluation
  • Glass recycling demand and production
  • Glass recycling markets and trends
  • Market analysis, outlook and trends evaluation for different kinds of glass (float, solar, patterned, hollow, technical, tableware)
  • Technical due diligence evaluation
  • Plant investment analysis
  • Price analysis
  • Evaluation of EBIT and key company figures
  • SWOT analysis
  • Establishment of Bankable business plans
  • Analysis of studies, market evaluations and offers in technical and commercial topics

glassglobal Group Portfolio…

Take role as Owner´s Engineer

EPC Selection and Contract Preparation

  • Technical support during EPC prequalification and tendering
  • Review and comparison of EPC technical concepts and execution strategies
  • Identification of scope gaps, technical risks, and unrealistic assumptions
  • Defining performance guarantees, acceptance criteria, key technical schedules
  • Review of technical annexes to the EPC contract

Engineering and Procurement Oversight

  • Review of Basic, FEED, and Detailed Engineering deliverables
  • Verification of compliance with solar glass specifications and Owner requirements
  • Technical review of major equipment packages
  • Oversight of procurement strategy and vendor technical evaluations

glassglobal Group Portfolio…

Take role as Owner´s Engineer

Construction, Commissioning, and RampUp

  • Monitoring of construction progress and technical compliance
  • Review and approval of commissioning and start-up
  • Support during performance testing and acceptance
  • Technical support during ramp-up

Documentation and Handover

  • Review of as-built documentation
  • Review of operating manuals and maintenance documentation
  • Support during final handover to customer operation teams

Project Organization

  • Lead Owner’s Engineer and Project Director
  • Glass process and furnace specialists
  • Cold end, handling, and quality specialists
  • Electrical, automation, and utilities experts
  • Commissioning and ramp-up specialists
  • Planning, QA/QC, and interface management support

glassglobal Group Portfolio…

Take role as Owner´s Engineer

Governance, Reporting, and Communication

  • Monthly technical and progress reports
  • Schedule, cost, and performance deviation analysis
  • Risk and opportunity reporting with mitigation measures
  • Support during steering committee and investor meetings

Risk Management Focus

glassglobal Group applies a proven Owner’s Engineer methodology focused on investor protection, schedule certainty, and performance assurance.

Execution is governed through formal stage gate reviews linked to EPC milestones, structured multidiscipli-nary design reviews.

glassglobal Finance

glassglobal-finance.com

Empowering Global Glass Projects with Strategic Expertise & Reliable Partners

  • With over 25 years of experience in the global glass market, we support companies with bankable business plans, in-depth market studies, and comprehensive feasibility analyses for large-scale investment projects in glass production.
  • Together with our experienced partners, we can provide complete conceptual development and technical execution of projects when required.

glassglobal Fundraising

  • We combine 25+ years of global glass industry experience with strategic financial planning to deliver high-performing, sustainable glass projects.
  • Our co-investment models with IFC, KfW, and private equity partners provide flexible, reliable funding tailored to your project’s needs from concept to commissioning.

glassglobal Group Portfolio…

Market Research / Surveys / Studies / Reports etc.
  • PV products
  • PV technology
  • PV glass Market analysis, outlook and trends evaluation for different kinds of glass (float, solar, patterned, hollow, technical, tableware)
  • PV module market & outlook
  • PV producers – profiles & analysis
  • Producers and analysis
  • Supplier chain – profiles, evaluation & analysis
  • Further technologies e.g. coating, AR, toughening

glassglobal Group Portfolio…

Avaliable on request / Project execution etc.
  • On-site check / Audit (furnace, raw materials, glass chemistry etc.)
  • Process benchmarking and glass melting in particular
  • Process optimisation – costs, emissions, yield etc.
  • Furnace design and operations support (with CFD – Fluent & Glass Service -, expert calculation systems)
  • Project Management support
  • Recruitment support

Qualifications

 
  • World’s leading e-commerce portal for the international glass industry with over 360,000 visitors per month
    resp. 8.2 million page impressions
  • Focused on glass industry and not merging with other industries
  • Active in this segment since October 2000
  • Present on mayor important exhibitions such as glasstec, China Glass, Glassman, Glass South America etc.
  • Largest network for the glass industry in the world
  • Individualized market studies, feasibility studies on glass industry e.g. container glass, flat glass, tableware, glass production, markets
  • Analysis of projects from concept to EPC
  • Supplied to well renowned business partners

glassglobal Group Extract of References

Ask for a detailed excerpt of our references in:
  • Float / Solar Glass Producer
  • Container Glass Producer
  • Beverage Producer
  • Institutions and Research
  • Glass Industry Suppliers

Contacts

 

glassglobal Group / OGIS GmbH

Dipl.-Ing. Andre Ommer
Owner

Bettina Heuter
Marketing Director

Grafenberger Allee 277-287
40237 Duesseldorf
Germany

Phone +49 (0) 211 280733-0
Fax +49 (0) 211 280733-22

Email: office@glassglobal.com
Web: www.glassglobal.com