Glass industry occupies an important place in the country's economy. Glass factories in Russia operate in almost every region. Window panes and windows, bottles and dishes, household items and interiors - without these objects it is impossible to imagine modern civilization.
Glass store
Glass-Store Moscow Glass Factory specializes in the production of high-tech products - special tempered glass, including curved shapes. In this segment, the company occupies a leading position.
Of course, this assortment is not limited to. Modern automated centers produce a wide range of mirrors for domestic and scientific and industrial purposes, especially strong large-sized glass for shop windows, glass stairs, peaks, facades, etc. The Russian glass factory is equipped with high-performance edge processing plants, as well as engraving machines. An important area is the production of souvenir-gift products from colored and transparent glass.
The circle of customers of Glass Store LLC includes: commercial and government institutions, construction organizations, engineering firms, large furniture companies, office and shopping centers, restaurants and cafes. Good foreign relations of Glass Store LLC allow you to use the accessories of the best world manufacturers, which is a significant addition to the company's production.
JSC "Quartzite"
Bytoshevsky glass factory "Quartzit" is one of the oldest specialized enterprises in the Bryansk region. According to legend, the village of Bytoshevo was founded by the oprichnik of Ivan the Terrible, by the name of Bytosh. In 1912, a new glass factory was launched here, producing about 20,000 cases of several types of window glass a year.
In the 30-40s, Quartzite occupied 5-7% of the glass market in the Soviet Union. After the war, production underwent a radical restructuring. Old technologies have been replaced by more economical and productive ones. As a result, the plant doubled the cooking area of the bathroom furnace. The machines were converted for pulling a sheet of glass 1.8 meters wide (instead of 1.6 m), and one machine - a record two meters.
In recent years, drawing machines have been upgraded to a sheet width of 2.5 meters, which allows the production of a wide range of sheet glass with a thickness of 2 to 6 mm. The total productivity of the equipment reached 6.5 million m 2 of production. Unfortunately, today the company is experiencing financial difficulties.
OJSC "Medsteklo" (Klin)
A glass enterprise in the Moscow province was founded in 1892 by the merchant Titov. Initially, it was a small production, consisting of several wooden rooms. In the troubled revolutionary time, the plant burned down, but was rebuilt in 1925.
During the Second World War, glass bottles were produced for Molotov cocktails (incendiary mixtures), syringes, vials, and medical containers. In peacetime, the plant was reconstructed and reoriented to produce medical glass for various purposes. Today, the factory specializes in the manufacture of:
- cylinders for refillable syringes;
- test tubes (medicinal and perfumery);
- hemosorption columns;
- tubes (glassmoth);
- vials.
Zerist Factory
Moscow glass factory "Zerist" is a modern enterprise producing mirrors, glass, partitions, glass structures of any complexity. Thanks to the use of sandblasting plants and photo printing machines, here they can apply drawings and patterns on the surface at the request of customers.
The factory produces mirror and glass:
- ceilings, floors, wall panels;
- stained-glass windows, skins;
- ballet machines;
- peaks, protections, partitions, steps, ladders;
- showers;
- the door.
Gusevsky Crystal Plant
One of the most famous glass factories in Russia was founded by the merchant A. Maltsov in the distant 1756. From the first years, the company won the status of the best domestic manufacturer of crystal products. The highlight and technological know-how was the unique technology of fine grinding and engraving.
In the XIX century, an advanced method was developed for the manufacture of better lead crystal. According to contemporaries, the products of Gusev’s masters were not inferior to English products, famous throughout the world. Evidence of this is the many gold medals won at prestigious exhibitions.
In 1918, the Goose-Crystal Plant was formed on the basis of the plant. Although the volumes and assortment decreased markedly, the most important thing was preserved - traditions and experience gained over the centuries. After a series of reconstructions (the last of which ended in 2013), the enterprise became one of the best in the country.
Today, it produces highly artistic products, a variety of serving items, flower vases, souvenirs, and interior items. The masters of the Gusevsky plant are entrusted with the manufacture of valuable prizes, awards, figurines for sports and cultural events.
Chagodoshchensky glass factory
It was founded in 1931 in the village of Chagoda in the Vologda region near a deposit of high-quality clays. In the 70-80s, was one of the largest glass factories in Russia. Up to 15% of the country's total window glass was produced here.
In 1999, the company was redesigned for the production of glass containers, for which two new workshops were built. In 2003, workshop 3 was commissioned, equipped with Czech equipment from Sklostroj. Today, there is a large-scale production of glass bottles with an annual volume of about 1.5 billion glass containers, which makes the Chagodoshchensky plant the largest in the CIS. The assortment includes bottles, cans, glasses, containers of simple and complex shapes made of transparent, green, olive and brown glass.
The highlight of the enterprise is modern highly efficient furnaces with different directions of flame - transverse and horseshoe-shaped. The temperature regime, as well as the level of glass melt, is controlled by an automatic computerized system. Each of the furnaces is equipped with video monitoring systems. In addition to Czech, equipment from the UK, Italy, and Germany is used in production. Quality control is monitored by special inspection equipment of the French company SGCC.