Sheet glass market overview in Russia in January-October 2019

Since the beginning of 2019, 203.7 million m2 of flat glass has been produced, which is 0.7% more than for the same period last year.

LLC “AGC Flat Glass Klin”, JSC “Salavatsteklo” and LLC “Guardian Glass Rostov” are leaders in the production of flat glass, producing 45% of all glass in the Russian Federation.

For 10 months of 2019, a significant increase in production was observed at LLC Guardian Steklo Rostov +3.0 million m2 (+ 14.0%) up to 24.3 million m2, OJSC Zavod Symbol +0.7 million m2 (+ 17.4%) up to 4.7 million m2, LLC "AGC BSZ" +1.2 million m2 (+ 9.2%) up to 14.1 million m2.

The reduction in production in January-September 2019 occurred at LLC YugRosProdukt LLC -4.1 million m2 (-91.0%) to 0.4 million m2, Salavatsteklo JSC - 2.5 million m2 ( -8.2%) up to 28.0 million m2, OJSC "KZLS" -0.6 million m2 (-3.8%) up to 15.4 million m2.

The raw material for safety glass is colorless flat glass. For the production of 1 m2 of tempered glass, 1 m2 of flat glass is spent, for the production of triplex - 3 m2. Since the beginning of 2019, 7,078 thousand m2 of tempered sheet glass and 5,030 thousand were produced. m2 of triplex.

Most of the safety sheet glass is manufactured in sheet glass manufacturing plants.

Source: http://www.glassnews.info/