Association «StekloSouz» of Russia. Planned meeting of the Presidium

On February 15, 2021, a scheduled meeting of the Presidium was held at the StekloSouz Association of Russia (hereinafter SSR).

The reports of the heads of the departments of glass containers, flat glass and industrial glass processing for 2020 were considered.

Gorin Andrey Evgenievich in his report said that the factories are working steadily. At the same time, in 2020, there has been a decline in consumption. Statistical data are systematically generated and published on the industry portal "StekloSouz" of Russia http://steklosouz.ru/. According to the results of the last year, 240 million m2 of flat glass were produced, of which more than 43 million m2 were sold for export. Expanded the range of export sales of products of transparent structures. The final results will be published in March 2021. At the same time A.E. Gorin expressed concern about providing plants with raw materials, in particular soda.

Pavel Aleksandrovich Gorshkov, summing up the results of the production of glass containers, reported that in 2020, 14.6 billion pieces of glass packaging were produced on the market for various sectors of the national economy at glass factories, including approximately 28 percent of wide-mouth containers. A significant part of the glass container is sold for export. The geography is very wide: Asia, Europe, the Middle East.

P.A. Gorshkov supported by A.E. Gorin in the issue of providing factories with soda. Unfortunately, it is difficult to resolve issues with the main supplier of soda. He expressed the hope that the created WG, which includes heads of departments of "StekloSouz", will solve possible difficulties with suppliers of this raw material. At the same time P.A. Gorshkov asked the leadership of "StekloSouz" to accelerate the creation of a developed structure for the collection and supply of secondary raw materials to glass factories - cullet. He said that Vyacheslav Tulinov, head of the representative office of the "StekloSouz" Association of Russia in the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts, had well organized the work.

Olga Drobyshevskaya made a report on the preparations for the Forum "Glass and Modern Technologies - XXI".

Viktor Osipov, President of the "StekloSouz" Association of Russia gave a short information on other segments of the glass industry. In addition, he announced the completion of preparations for the VIII Congress of the RF Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RF CCI). As you know, the "StekloSouz" Association of Russia is a member of the RF CCI. Viktor Osipov, President of the Soviet Socialist Republic, was approved as a delegate of the VIII Congress from the glass industry.

Nikolai Talakuev was instructed to improve work with the new leadership of Rosstandart RF and TK-465.

The members of the Presidium made decisions, including the approved work plans of the departments for 2021.

Press center "StekloSouz"