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Dear Colleagues! The Association "StekloSouz" of Russia invites you to participate in the International Industry Competition "Leader of the Glass Industry - 2023". The purpose of the annual competition is to promote sustainable business development that meets the long-term economic interests of Russia, as well as to identify dynamically developing companies based on the economic, social and environmental performance of their activities.

The AGC company is a leader in the production of flat glass, producing 30.3 percent of all glass in the Russian Federation.

The Association StekloSouz of Russia wishes you a Happy Birthday Pavel Vishnyakov (KNAUF Insulation LLC)!

Russian (Osipyan Institute of Physics and Technology) and Brazilian scientists have created a material that can solve serious problems with the storage and transportation of hydrogen in the context of its use as an environmentally friendly fuel. Instead of complex and dangerous methods of storing hydrogen in the form of hydrides or at low temperatures, they used quartz glass enriched with lithium oxide, RT reports.

In the third decade of August 2023, shipments of glass by rail to the Russian market (domestic supplies + imports) fell below the level of the corresponding period last year for the first time in the last 5 months - minus 0.5 percent. In the second ten days of August 2023 – plus 14.4 percent.

The Association "StekloSouz" of Russia wishes you a Happy Birthday Clegg Yuri Dzhimovich (Stekloholding LLC)!

Dear Colleagues! On September 12-14, in Moscow, a landmark event in the facade industry will take place - the VIII industry Facade Congress Facades of Russia 2023. The organizer of the congress is Facade Academy.

On September 11, 1943, the first Soviet cut glass was produced at the glass factory in Gus-Khrustalny. The design of the Soviet-style faceted glass is attributed to Vera Mukhina, the author of the monumental composition “Worker and Collective Farm Woman.” However, there is no documentary evidence of this. According to some reports, Vera Ignatievna developed the shape of the glass specifically for Soviet catering.

Dear Colleagues! Today, September 8, 2023, the international specialized exhibition of machines, equipment for the production and processing of glass and glass products - VITRUM 2023 in Italy (Milan) ends its work.

Dear colleagues, we are publishing news about a member of the Association StekloSouz of Russia, Siberian Glass LLC (“Sibsteklo”): General Director of Siberian Glass LLC Anton Mor was again included in the list of contenders for the title “Industrialist of the Year” as part of the annual “Person of the Year” award, organized by the business publication “Business Quarter - Novosibirsk”.