In Kaluga, Fuyao Glass Rus invests 300 million rubles in new projects

It is planned to develop both the domestic Russian market and export directions.

According to the deputy general director of Fuyao Steklo Rus LLC, Xie Ji, the Kaluga plant is the largest foreign project of the Chinese concern FUYAO. It produces a wide range of glass for cars and trucks. The main consumers in Russia are the factories of Volkswagen, Volvo, Nissan, Hyundai, Renault, Peugeot, Ford and others. Established cooperation with GAZ and UAZ. Deliveries are also made to Spain, Belgium, France, Italy and other countries. Currently, the share of exports of glass produced at the Kaluga plant is more than 50%.

As noted by Xie Ji, in 2019, the Kaluga enterprise plans to produce 5 million 500 thousand auto glass.

“The FUYAO company is the leader in the world in terms of glass supplies. Our customers are the world"s leading automakers. Products are supplied to the primary market and secondary. We intend to develop Russian production, find local suppliers. Already most of the float glass is purchased from Russian suppliers. Localization is a strategic priority. We are also focused on increasing the level of production automation, ”said Xie Ji, deputy general director of Fuyao Glass Rus LLC.

Recall that the volume of investments of Fuyao Glass Rus LLC into new equipment in 2018 amounted to about 1 billion rubles; a new continuous production line of windshields was installed and launched - a hot-pressing line, which uses the most advanced technologies in the world. As a result, production capacity reached 2.5 million windshields per year. Also, new glass production lines for trucks and encapsulated air vents were installed, which allows expanding the product range.

Source: https://regnum.ru