In the sweltering summer, most parts of the country are in a “high-temperature roasting mode”, with ground temperatures often exceeding 60℃. But what is more “testing” than the outdoor heat is the environment of glass bottle production workshops – here, the temperature in the front-line production area can reach 67℃ in the afternoon, and the temperature in the packaging room remains above 38℃. While many customers are tangled in “can it be a bit cheaper” when purchasing glass bottles, few people know that every seemingly ordinary glass bottle is condensed with the persistence of workers in high temperatures, and also carries the investment made by the factory to ensure production and workers’ rights and interests. Today, taking QLT Glass Products Manufacturing Co., Ltd. as an example, we will take you into the “high-temperature scene” of glass bottle production, and help you understand why you really shouldn’t bargain easily when buying glass bottles.
1. Persistence in the 67℃ Workshop: Every Glass Bottle Is Soaked in Workers’ Sweat
In QLT’s production workshop, 2 p.m. in summer is the hottest time of the day. At this moment, the temperature in the front-line operation area near the furnace and bottle-making equipment soars to 67℃ – what does this mean? Even wearing thick heat-resistant work clothes, workers will be soaked in sweat all over their bodies within 10 minutes of standing next to the equipment; if you walk around the workshop, you will be sweating profusely in just 2 minutes, just like “taking a sauna”. What’s more touching is that in such a high-temperature environment, workers have to stick to their posts for nearly 9 hours every day. Their clothes get wet and dry repeatedly, and even if they take them off and hang them in the workshop, they can be quickly “steamed dry” by the high temperature.
Among these workers, there are middle-aged people who shoulder the burden of their families and young people who have just entered society. They endure the high temperature and stuffiness, repeating processes such as batching, temperature control, forming and quality inspection, just to ensure the quality of every glass bottle. For example, the master responsible for mold calibration needs to accurately adjust parameters beside the high-temperature equipment. Even if sweat drips into his eyes, he has to finish the operation in his hand first; the workers responsible for packaging have to sort and pack glass bottles quickly and carefully in the 38℃ packaging room, avoiding the impact of hand weakness caused by high temperature on efficiency. For QLT, the persistence of workers is the cornerstone of product quality, and it is our bounden responsibility to protect their rights and interests and ensure that their efforts are reasonably rewarded – this is also the “human value” that must be included in the pricing of glass bottles.
2. “Heartwarming Investment” in High Temperature: QLT Exchanges Profits for Workers’ “Coolness and Peace of Mind”
Facing the unchangeable production environment (glass bottle production requires high-temperature furnaces, so the workshop temperature is inevitably higher than the outside), QLT did not choose to “endure it hard”, but allocated funds from the company’s profits to fully improve workers’ work experience. These investments have all turned into the “invisible costs” in product pricing.
First of all, we have customized special air-conditioning units for the workshop. Different from ordinary air conditioners, these air conditioners can operate stably in high-temperature environments and deliver air to cool down the operation posts in a targeted manner. Although the equipment purchase and operation and maintenance costs are 30% higher than those of ordinary air conditioners, they can reduce the temperature around workers by 5-8℃, greatly alleviating the high-temperature roasting; secondly, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. every day, we will send freshly cooked mung bean porridge to workers on time to relieve summer heat; every working day in summer, each workshop worker will also be given ice cream, conveying care through details. More importantly, we have added an additional cooling allowance to workers’ daily wages. Accumulated monthly, the company has to spend more than 100,000 yuan on cooling subsidies alone.
Some customers have wondered: “Is such an investment necessary?” In QLT’s view, the answer is yes. Workers are the core force of the factory. Only when they feel “coolness and peace of mind” in high temperatures can they maintain a stable working state, reduce operational errors caused by high-temperature fatigue, and thus ensure the stable quality of each batch of glass bottles. These investments seem to increase costs, but in fact, they are “invisible guarantees” for product quality and the practice of QLT’s “people-oriented” concept – and this part of the cost naturally needs to be reflected in reasonable pricing, rather than “giving profits” by lowering prices and cutting workers’ welfare.
3. Behind Reasonable Pricing: QLT Balances Quality, Welfare and Cost-Effectiveness
Some customers may say: “I only care about the quality and price of glass bottles; the workers’ working environment has nothing to do with me.” But in fact, these three are closely linked: if we cut workers’ welfare and reduce production investment to lower prices, workers’ work enthusiasm will be frustrated, and quality control in the production process may also be neglected. In the end, it is the customers who suffer – the bottle body may be irregular, the defect rate may rise, and the procurement cost of customers will increase in disguise.
QLT has always adhered to the principle of “reasonable pricing”: on the one hand, we will not lower prices by squeezing workers’ welfare or cutting corners, but include workers’ reasonable remuneration and investment in improving the working environment in cost accounting; on the other hand, we optimize the production process and improve the level of automated production to control costs as much as possible under the premise of ensuring quality and welfare, so that products have reasonable cost-effectiveness. For example, the fully automated bottle-making production line we introduced not only improves production efficiency, but also reduces the high-intensity working time of workers in high-temperature environments. It not only protects workers’ rights and interests, but also spreads part of the costs through improved efficiency.
Therefore, when you face QLT’s quotation when purchasing glass bottles, you might as well think about the persistence of workers in the 67℃ workshop and the investment made by the factory to improve the environment. Behind every penny of pricing is QLT’s respect for workers’ rights and interests and adherence to product quality. Bargaining seems to save a little money, but it may ignore the “human value” and “quality guarantee” behind the products. Choosing QLT, what you buy is not only qualified glass bottles, but also respect for workers in high temperatures and a stable and reliable quality commitment.
Next time you consider bargaining for glass bottles, try to step into QLT’s production workshop, feel the 67℃ high temperature and experience the daily work of workers – I believe you will understand that some prices are really worthy of respect; some efforts should never be “cut off”.
Post time: Sep-20-2025