Association StekloSouz of Russia. Meeting on the production of Russian equipment for glass factories

On May 24, 2023, a meeting was held at the StekloSoyuz Association of Russia (hereinafter SSR). Issues related to the production of Russian equipment for glass factories were discussed.

The meeting was held with the participation of the heads of glass factories.

Heads of SSR departments Pavel Gorshkov (Glass Containers Department) and Andrey Gorin (Leaf Glass and Industrial Processing Department) reported on complex problematic issues.

In particular, Pavel Gorshkov brought to the attention of the participants of the joint meeting information about the work being done to provide enterprises with the necessary equipment and work with machine-building related companies.

Andrey Gorin reported on the situation in the consumer market of sheet glass and industrial processing. According to statistics, there is a decrease in the consumption of sheet glass.

As a result of the comprehensive measures taken, information methods for import substitution of spare parts and materials are sent to industrial processing enterprises.

Andrey Gorin informed that a planned meeting of the Working Group is planned to be held in July with the invitation of the heads of related industries, technical regulation services and consumers of glass products and transparent structures.

Mikhail Shcherbakov, Director General of IRTIS/IRTIS LLC, informed the meeting participants that the company, together with the machine-building institute, produces domestically produced thermal imagers for the glass market under the import substitution program. Equipment according to technical characteristics is not inferior to imported analogues.

Other issues were also discussed.

The meeting was chaired by Viktor Osipov, President of the Association "StekloSouz" of Russia.

The meeting participants made decisions.

Press Center "StekloSouz"