Novosibirsk plant "Ekran" launches manufacturing of lightweight bottles

July 3, the company (part of RATM Holding Eduard Taran) completed tests for the production of lightweight bottles line the furnace number 5 and a month Lightweight glass line running at full capacity - 100 million bottles per year 0.5 litr, commercial director of the plant "Ekran" Anton Mor.

According to Anton Mora, production of lightweight glass is primarily intended for the Siberian representatives of major beer companies, such as Baltika, Heineken, Efes and contract already bought one of the market leaders for the entire 2015. "Furnace number 5 - today the newest and powerful stove factory "Ekran". The tests were successful, and will be launched in a month, industrial production - says Anton Mor. - The next stage will start another line ode lightweight glass. Today it also has a volume of orders, and there is no doubt that the second production line with a capacity of 100 million bottles per year will also be fully loaded".

Lightweight 0.5 liter bottle - one of the most popular products on the market today glass. Now the next production capacity of lightweight bottles are in Omsk. Thus, the Novosibirsk plant "Ekran" is the most easterly of lightweight bottles manufacturer in Russia. Nowadays technology plant "Ekran" in collaboration with scientists of the Novosibirsk Technopark carried out tests special spraying, which will give strength lite glass. Coordinates data of the management company "Lomonosov Capital".

According to the commercial director of the company, the potential for new orders for lightweight glass from the factory still exists. So, in the future plans of the "Ekran" run "light" glass and other glass container nomenclature - cans and bottles for soft drinks, mineral water and alcoholic beverage production. "For us, such a bottle and profitable to produce in terms of economy. Lightweight glass gives us greater production speed bottle, its weight is less", - says Anton Mor.

Today, the plant "Ekran" in talks to produce lightweight bottles with one of the leaders of the LCS. The company plans to launch two more lines on a new lightweight glass furnace number 6. If today's deficit light bottles in the region covered by imports, with the introduction of the production number on the stove 6 plant "Ekran" Siberian market will be fully provided their own bottles and cans.