Astrahansteklo To Increase Production Capacity

Astrakhan Glass Factory, one of Russia's oldest and most stable operating companies, and which will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2012, will, thanks to the installation of its new glass furnace, be able to produce up to 15M units per month. Modernization operations involved investments of RU 160M, 50% of which funded by Petrocommerce. The glassworks now has modern equipment that can produce very different products, ranging from beer, vodka bottles and jars of different sizes to bottles, including those for the perfume industry. Production demand is continuously on the increase in central Russia, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia and Iran.