The history of the holding company
1954
- Start of factory construction
1958
- May 15, 1958 is the plant's launch
- The first produced products - fireclay bricks
- The workshop for the production of rolled, patterned and wired glass was put into operation
- The Europe's largest system for continuous rolling of glass with a width of 3 meters was put into operation
1959
- The USSR's first glass grinding and polishing conveyor (ShPS-1000) with a capacity of 2 million square meters of glass per year was put into operation
- Production of mirrors was launched
- Production of glass tiles was launched
1960
- The window glass production workshop by the method of vertical drawing of glass ribbon was launched
- Start of production of fiberglass, insulating glass units and facing tiles
1961
- Stemalite and stalinite production workshop was put into operation
- Industrial production of electro-fused zirconium-containing refractories was introduced (bakor-33)
1962
- The first foam glass production line was put into operation
1963
- Production of fiberglass materials: glass-fibre mat, fiberglass plastic, glass fabric was developed
1965
- The country's first production line for mirrors by the vacuum aluminization method was put into operation
- Production of glass door panels and glass blocks was put into operation
1969
- A workshop for the production of glass by nondebiteuse vertical drawing was commissioned
1970
- Production of curved products, plates and engraving began
- By 1971 the factory became one of the largest factories in the USSR
1972
- Production of domestic crystal cut-glass ware
1973
- Commissioning of the first glass production line in the country using the two-step moulding method based on domestic technology (LDF-1).
1975
- The second glass production line (LDF-2) was put into operation
1977
- The third and fourth glass production lines (LDF-3.4) were commissioned
1978
- The fifth and sixth glass production lines (LDF-5,6) are commissioned
- The factory becomes the only glass enterprise in the country with six glass production lines in its arsenal
1980
- The SORG line for the production of crystalware - shot glasses, wireglass and glasses - was put into operation.
1981
- Production of highly artistic chandeliers with crystal elements is launched- Production of highly artistic chandeliers with crystal elements is launched
1982
- Production of heat-absorbing glass at LDF-3, 4 was started
1992
- The first M1 glass was produced on the LTF-2 line
1994
- Production of 8 mm thick glass at LTF-1 was started
1995
- An imported line for the production of large-size laminated architectural and construction glass was commissioned
1997
- Production of 2.2 mm and 2.7 mm glass for the automotive industry on the LTF-2 line and 10 mm glass on the LTF-1 line was launched.
1999
- The first coloured crystal products were produced
- Production, installation and service of large-size luminaires according to individual projects were organised.
- A quality management system in accordance with the requirements of GOST and ISO 9001:1994 was introduced.
2003
- LTF-1 float line with a capacity of 450 tons per day was put into operation
- The quality management system is approved by Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI) certificate
2007
- The first float glass of the "Jumbo" size (6000 x 3210 mm) was released
- Certificates for management compliance with 3 international standards - ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS specifications 18001:2007
2009
- LTF-5 float line with a capacity of 700 tons per day was put into operation
2010
- Association of two glass manufacturers: JSC Salavatsteklo and JSC Saratovstroysteklo
2012
- Production of 12 mm thick float glass has been mastered
2014
- Production of tinted glass (bronze, green, gray) has been mastered
2018
- A workshop for the production of soft coating glass has been launched