PURPOSE: To improve the efficiency of communication between an electronic controller for controlling the cyclic operation of many individual section glass product forming machines and individual controllers related to the respective elements of the machines.

CONSTITUTION: This system is provided with a master controller 10 for generating master signals so as to control the time-adjusted operations of a plurality of functional elements and the master signals include a plurality of data words. Further, it is provided with a plurality of section control units for transmitting control signals to a specified functional element in response to the specified one of the data words and communication means 201, 20n and 25 connected between the master controller and the section control units for transmitting the data words to the respective control units.