On April 16, 2026, the Leningrad Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the award ceremony for the winners and laureates of the regional stage of the “Golden Mercury” competition.
LLC “Petersburg Glass” was honored as the winner of the regional stage of the “Golden Mercury” competition in the category “Best Small and Medium-sized Business” for consumer goods production.
A new growth point: a territorial cluster of the glass industry has been created in the Leningrad region! The Industrial Development Center of the Leningrad Region has officially consolidated the creation of a new cluster that will unite the leading enterprises of the glass industry. The industrial map of our region has been expanded with a strategically important association.
The main initiator of the association was Petersburg Glass, LLC. The agreements with the companies were signed with the support of Lina Nikiforova, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and Investment Activities. The initiative was supported and implemented by the Center for Cluster Development, a structure of the Central Research Institute responsible for inter—industrial cooperation.
The creation of the cluster is a strategic step towards strengthening technological sovereignty and economic growth of the Leningrad Region’s glass industry. We are moving to new industrial heights!
On March 24, 2026, an excursion for the 3rd-year students of the State Budget Professional Educational Institution of the Leningrad Region Kingisepp College of Technology and Service took place at the plant.
The young persons looked at the production, and five of them wanted to take a spring internship at our company and stay at work during the summer.
Performance improvement in the manufacture of hollow glassware: The best practice of the Regional Competence Center of Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization “Industrial Development Center of the Leningrad Region”
Glass industry enterprises may face defects and poor performance during the manufacture of finished products.
The main reasons are:
The members of the Regional Competence Center of the Leningrad Region, together with the employees of Petersburg Glass, LLC, have successfully solved these problems, increasing the productivity of the line by 7%.
They have implemented only a few solutions that have allowed them to reduce the time of equipment readjustment and increase the line productivity:
To achieve these goals, the following tools were used: “Production Analysis”, “Spaghetti Diagram”, “Quick Readjustment “, “5S”, “5 Why”.
Thanks to these tools, they have identified and eliminated problems that previously hindered performance improvement.
For optimization, it is necessary:
These measures can significantly increase performance, reduce readjustment time and improve product quality.
The All-Russian Wine Exhibition WineIndustry, positioned as one of the main wine events of the year, is held in St. Petersburg on July 23-25. The fair aims to bring together all representatives of the industry and create a lively dialogue between wineries, HoReCa representatives, distributors, as well as other interested parties.
About 150 leading Russian winemakers are taking part in the exhibition.
Amalgamated Glass Works also has taken part in the event. The product range of Amalgamated Glass Works, LLC, includes more than two dozen types of glass containers. The main products are bottles for champagne and sparkling wines, which in turn is of interest to other participants of the exhibition.
Based on the results of the exhibition, it is planned to discuss future contracts.
It is also pleasant to realize that Russian winemaking is picking up steam to the full extent and will compete with international wine producers. By 2026, we expect a global increase in the production of the wine industry.
The wine industry is also expected to grow in the northern regions of our country, and the main volume is planned from the southern Russian regions, including the Crimea and Krasnodar Territory.
