About us

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

2021

Joining the group of companies of the third float glass plant Salavatsteklo Kaspiy LLC located in Dagestan