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Dear friends, dear colleagues! On behalf of the Association StekloSouz of Russia and myself, I sincerely congratulate you on the upcoming New Year 2026 and Merry Christmas! May the coming year be as clear as clean glass, filled with the light of new opportunities, brilliant achievements, and splendid success.

Dear colleagues! From April 17 to August 25, 2025, the All-Russian public award "Standardizer of the Year 2025" (hereinafter referred to as the Award) was held in Russia. Lyudmila Sergeevna Sergeeva, Deputy Director for Standardization of the Glass Container Department of the StekloSouz Association of Russia (hereinafter referred to as SSR), was nominated by the SSR Scientific and Technical Council for the award, under the leadership of Viktor Ivanovich Osipov, President of the StekloSouz Association of Russia (hereinafter SSR).

On December 11, 2025, a large-scale annual industry meeting – the 26th International Forum "Glass and Modern Technologies – 21" – was held at the International Industrial Academy in Moscow. Photo report (open). Forum Topic: "International Challenges of Training Specialists for the Glass Industry in the Russian Federation and the CIS. Prospects for Improving Personnel Training and Retraining." Organizer: Association StekloSouz of Russia

​The Association "StekloSouz" of Russia congratulates the following on their birthday: December 28, 2025 Andrey A. Kabanov (Ilmenit Mining and Processing Plant JSC)! December 27, 2025 Alexander V. Klimashin (F.E. Dzerzhinsky Gusev Glass Factory JSC)!

Dear colleagues, we are publishing news about Siberian Glass LLC (Sibsteklo), a member of the StekloSouz Association of Russia: Sibirskoye Steklo LLC intends to organize a recycling facility for glass waste from all regions of the Far East in Khabarovsk Krai. The plant will manufacture glass containers from the recovered recycled material.

On December 24, 2025, the StekloSoyuz Association of Russia and the Association of Metalworking Enterprises signed a cooperation agreement. On behalf of the StekloSoyuz Association of Russia, the agreement was signed by President Viktor I. Osipov. On behalf of the Association of Metalworking Enterprises, the agreement was signed by President Grigory K. Ivanov.

Association "StekloSouz" of Russia congratulates Zhiril Nikolay (JSC Kovrovskoye Quarry Management)!

In the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the expert council for the development of the Kulibin special economic zone (SEZ) has approved a project by NPF Steklozavod LLC. The company intends to establish a chemical glass tempering and insulating glass assembly facility at a site in the city of Bor, at a cost of 80 million rubles. The regional government press service reported this.

On December 15, 2025, the awards ceremony for the winners of the 23rd Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky National Environmental Prize was held in Moscow. The event, held in the Ratusha Hall banquet hall, was attended by competition finalists, representatives of the environmental community, government agencies, businesses, scientific and educational organizations, as well as partners and friends of the Vernadsky Non-Governmental Environmental Foundation.

Association "StekloSouz" of Russia congratulates Bychkovsky Sergey (LLC TC TENA)!