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Today, January 15, 2026, a meeting of Technical Committee for Standardization 144 "Construction Materials and Products" (TC 144) will be held. StekloSouz Association of Russia is a member of TC 144. Viktor I. Osipov, President of the StekloSouz Association of Russia, will participate in the meeting.

In 2025, Novgorodskoye Steklovolokno, a company operating in mechanical engineering, construction, and energy, was acquired by the Kompenz Research and Production Corporation.

On December 11, 2025, a large-scale annual industry meeting – the 26th International Forum "Glass and Modern Technologies – 21" – was held at the International Industrial Academy in Moscow. Photo report (open). Forum Topic: "International Challenges of Training Specialists for the Glass Industry in the Russian Federation and the CIS. Prospects for Improving Personnel Training and Retraining." Organizer: Association StekloSouz of Russia

The Association "StekloSouz" of Russia congratulates David Dzhalagoniya (Chagodoshchensky Glass Factory and Co. LLC) on his birthday!

Engineers at VPG LaserONE have developed a method for laser welding glass to glass, as well as glass to metal. According to the company, the technology differs from common approaches in that it does not use adhesives and does not rely on traditional diffusion welding.

Dear colleagues, we are publishing news from Siberian Glass LLC (Sibsteklo), a member of the StekloSouz Association of Russia: Anton Mor, General Director of Siberian Glass LLC (Sibsteklo, a RATM Holding asset, one of the leading glass container manufacturers in Russia and the largest glass waste recycler in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts), has been named "Person of the Year 2025" in the real sector of the economy by the business publication Continent Siberia "for high production performance, innovation, and commitment to development demonstrated in a challenging economic environment."

A glass container plant is planned for the Feodosia Industrial Park in Crimea. The raw material will be quartz sand, which is found on the Kerch Peninsula. The Sibirskoye Steklo company from the Novosibirsk Region is ready to invest in the plant, according to the Crimean Ministry of Industry and Trade.

In the first 10 months of 2025, 10.8 million units of glass containers were sold abroad, according to the National Statistical Committee.