In the heart of glassmaking – on the Vladimir land, in the fabulous Suzdal’ – the annual Glass Forum was held on October 5-6, 2023. The organizer was traditionally a Specialized Industry Company StekloDelie. Since 2023, the Forum has acquired the status of an Expert Club – a club industry event for participants in the glass container market and related industries with the general support of the Association of Glass Container Manufacturers (AGCM).
The event platform traditionally gathers industry unions, CEOs and top management of companies, specialists of glass factories, consumers of packaging products, suppliers of equipment, component materials, as well as other related goods and services. The quantity of speakers and participants is increasing every year both in terms of their number and geographical expansion.
The Forum was opened after the welcoming speech of the organizer – the company StekloDelie – Natalia Nikolaevna Nevskaya. She appreciated the support of AGCM, all the speakers and participants, and special thanks were given to the information partners: GlassNews, AlcoExpert, Profibeer, Foodprom, WineWeekly, as well as the general partner of the event venue – the Pushkarskaya Sloboda hotel complex.
The speakers of the Forum in the session Markets for the Consumption of Packaging this year were:Olesya Nikolaevna Bunyaeva (Roskachestvo), Vitaliy Nikolaevich Merkushev (Chairman of the Board of the Black Sea Forum of Winemaking), who presented reviews of the wine market in Russia. Daniil Mikhailovich Briman (Chairman of the Council of the Union of Russian Brewers, CEO of the Suzdal Brewer Company), who spoke about the main trends and prospects of the beer market in the conditions of sanctions pressure. Ekaterina Vladimirovna Vinokurova (Executive Director of the National Union of Beer and Beverage Producers) presented a report on the development of the beer and low-alcohol beverages industry. Yuriy Mikhailovich Yudich (Director of the Information and Analytical Project “Alcoexpert”, Head of CEO YudichProduction company) highlighted the trends of the alcoholic beverages and cognac products market. The session ended with speeches of Ramaz Otarievich Chanturia General Director of the Non-profit organization Russian Association of Tea and Coffee Producers Roschaikofe), who presented the analysis of the coffee market in our country for, as well as Natalia Evgenievna Posokina (Head of Canning Technology Laboratory of The Russian National Scientific Research Institute of Canning Technology, Candidate of Technical Sciences) with a report “The Current State of the Market of Glass Packaging for Canned Food in Russia”.
Then the business part of the event smoothly turned into a session of the packaging itself. Alexandr Alexandrovich Matyar (Chief Analyst of the company StekloDelie) gave an overview of the research of the glass containers market in Russia following the results of the 1st half of 2023, Natalia Nikolaevna Kudenkova (Head of the sector Consumer Goods, Aluminum Association) reported on the trends of aluminum packaging for alcoholic and other beverages.
In the format of remote connection, Maxim Nikolaevich Novikov (President of the Union of Juice, Water and Beverage Producers) made a presentation on the key trends and risks of the juice, water and beverage markets, as well as Elena Alekseevna Yemelyanova (Executive Director of the Association of Glass Container Manufacturers), who opened the session with a report on the expanded responsibility of manufacturers for the disposal of packaging that has the potential to have a serious negative impact on the development of the glass industry in the nearest future. Further, within the framework of this section, Tatyana Petrovna Nagorskaya (member of the Coordinating Council for Environmental Well-being at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Board of the Association in the Field of Ecology and Environmental Protection “RazDel’niy Sbor”, St. Petersburg) spoke about the experience of separate garbage collection projects.
The speech of Ol’ga Aleksandrovna Kuz’mina (Deputy Director for Educational and Production Work of the State Autonomous Educational Institution of High Education Gusevskoy Glass College named after G.F. Chekhov) about the program and work experience in training personnel for the glass industry aroused increased interest among representatives of glass-container enterprises. The issue of personnel is particularly acute today. Dmitry Yurievich Klegg (CEO of Krasnoe Echo), as well as Nikolay Vasilyevich Savchin (CEO of Glass Market) shared their experience and suggestions in this area.
The topic of technical support of glass and food industry with equipment was highlighted by Evgeniy Olegovich Yelizarov (Leading Sales Specialist of at the Plant of Microelectronic Technologies with a presentation of the company’s products, telling both about existing developments in this area and the latest achievements of control and measuring devices.
The program turned out to be rich, and the topics of the reports were relevant and especially burning in our time. At the conference, participants were able to ask questions, as well as during breaks and after the event, they were able to discuss speeches, share their opinions and experience on various issues, establish contacts for further interaction.
The organizers of the Forum thank everyone who came to the event and invite market players to join the club industry community Expert Club! Preserving traditions and a welcoming atmosphere, the company StekoDelie strives to raise the level of the business platform every year and create new formats of industry communication.
Natalia Nevskaya and the team of the company StekloDelie
30.05.2023
«Petersburg Glass» revives the buddy system at the plant.
Over the last few years, the issue of the development and implementation of the state industrial policy of Russia has become increasingly relevant. Industrial production is of key importance for the sustainable development of the national economy, ensuring national security and the well-being of the country’s population.
The article published in the newspaper The «Lugskaya Pravda» is devoted to the problem of job preservation and creation, attraction of new young workers to the production, their professional training and adaptation at the enterprise Petersburg Glass.
Petersburg Glass LLC terminated the employment contract with the Executive Director Moguchev Sergey Nikolaevich due to management incompetence, abuse of authority and material damage to the company.
25.04.2022
Publication in the newspaper Lugskaya Pravda about the plant “Petersburg glass”, April 23, 2022
31.03.2022
United Glass Factories LLC produces bottles for the wines of Boska-Rus TM
The glass factory United Glass Factories, LLC has been producing bottles of high-quality glass for quiet and sparkling wines for a long time. Each product of the plant undergoes careful control at all stages of production, which excludes the appearance of defective manufactured articles in the series. Exclusively new (and not processed secondary) high-quality glass with an increased level of strength is used for the production of bottles. Elite products of United Glass Factories, LLC has the following advantages:
original bottle design;
reference quality;
glass strength.
Boska-Rus, the champagne and sparkling wine factory, uses original technology and modern equipment to manufacture its products, so the products have the best characteristics. Due to its qualities, this brand’s products have great popularity and demand.
Now the products of United Glass Factories, LLC are also used for bottling sparkling wines of the Boska-Rus trademark. Making champagne bottles is the most labour intensive in this industry. At the factory, thicker glass is used for their manufacture compared to bottles from other manufacturers.
