Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG
Klaus Amend has extensive experience in construction and technical design, currently serving as a Konstrukteur - Konzeptentwicklung and Technischer Ausbilder Bauzeichner at Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG since January 2001. Prior roles at the same company include Konstrukteur from March 1991 to March 1993. Amend also worked as Bautechniker at Sailer Stepan Partner from April 1994 to December 2000. Educational qualifications include a Berufs- und arbeitspädagogische Qualifikation from IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt in 2009, a Staatl. gepr. Bautechniker - Hochbau from DAG-Technikum (1993-1996), and a Bauzeichner certification from Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG (1988-1991).
Nikolaus Sorg GmbH & Co. KG
We are the leading independent supplier of glass melting furnaces and glass conditioning systems. We provide concept development, planning and engineering, equipment and systems, and a full range of services for all sectors of the glass manufacturing industry. We can provide oil, gas, electric or oyx-fuel heating systems, or combinations thereof, and we have extensive experience of both regenerative and recuperative combustion air preheating systems. Forehearths - glass melting furnaces - glass conditioning - glass furnacesOur furnaces and forehearths are used to melt and condition almost all commercially produced glasses for containers, rolled plate, blown and pressed ware, lighting ware, tubing, insulating and textile fibres, stonewool fibres and ceramic frits. Our smallest furnace melts just 2,5 tons per day, whilst the largest currently produces over 525 tons per day. We currently have a total of over 250 furnaces and 700 forehearths operating and our customers produce glass in more than 70 countries throughout the world.