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We present to you a press release provided by EXARA LLC, a member of the StekloSouz Association of Russia: On August 5, 2026, an offsite session of the inter-industry working group "Open Industrial Automation Control System" was held in Moscow at EXARA Group of Companies. The main topic of the session was the development of basic standards for open industrial automation control systems (OACS TP). Representatives of leading Russian companies and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation delivered presentations. A decision was made to select priority standards and form a working group to develop them.

Salavatsteklo Kaspiy LLC sold products worth 1.8 billion rubles in January-June 2026, according to the regional Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Dagestan.

Novgorod Region Governor Alexander Dronov announced that 950 million rubles will be invested in the glass fiber plant to modernize and retool production. The investment project is planned for three years and will create an additional 110 jobs.

Belarus is introducing temporary licensing for glass. The corresponding Council of Ministers resolution was signed by Prime Minister Alexander Turchin.

​The Association "StekloSouz" of Russia congratulates: Radik Irekovich Sultanov (Salavatsteklo JSC, Saratovstroisteklo JSC) on his birthday on August 16, 2026! Sergey Viktorovich Domokeev (General Director of Privat Glass LLC) on his birthday on August 17, 2026!

In the first ten days of August 2026, the Association "StekloSouz" of Russia held an industry meeting jointly with Mining and Processing Plants (MPPs). The key topic was the acute situation surrounding the calculation of the mineral extraction tax (MET) for quartz sand production. The meeting was chaired by Viktor Ivanovich Osipov, President of the Association "StekloSouz" of Russia.

Dear colleagues! We would like to inform you that the information partner of the StekloSouz Association of Russia, the inter-industry packaging industry journal "TARA I UPAKOVKA," has prepared issue No. 4-2026 (September) for publication. This issue opens with the announcement that a new significant date has appeared in the professional calendar of packaging professionals worldwide. The World Packaging Organization (WPO) has established World Packaging Day, which will be celebrated annually on September 6.