23 mar 2015 &minus germany&rsquos container glass industry concluded the 2014 business year with gains. deliverie increased by 2.8 across all segments. domestic growth was particularly brisk with a plus of 2.7 on the previous year, according to the german glass packaging federation aktionsforum glasverpackungen. in 2013, the domestic glass market was still moving sideways compared to 2012. in 2014, deliveries abroad increased by 3.2 on the previous year. the strongest month of 2014 was july, which boasted gains of 8.6 on the previous year.