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2023: High-tech glass plant construction begins
On November 22, 2023, the official ceremony of laying the first stone of the plant for the production of all-glass structures in the special economic zone (SEZ) "St. Petersburg" took place. The project is being implemented by InStelRus.
As Vice Governor Kirill Polyakov said in his Telegram channel, InStelRus will build an enterprise for the production of glass products on a land plot of 1.45 hectares, which is used in medical and research centers, in production in the field of microelectronics, defense industry, automotive industry and automotive components. The company plans to create 185 new jobs.
The opening of the first stage (involves the production of 25,000 square meters. m of glass structures per month) is scheduled for the end of 2024. In February 2025, the company is going to commission the second (final) stage, within which the monthly capacity of the factory will grow by an additional 15 thousand square meters. m of products. Investments in the project amount to 2.1 billion rubles.
According to Maxim Trushkov, General Director of InStelRus, previously products were supplied from the United States and Germany, but due to sanctions on the Russian market, there was a shortage and, accordingly, a need for import substitution. The company expects to first supply products to St. Petersburg and other regions of the North-Western Federal District, over time expanding the geography of supplies within the Russian Federation.
 | The production of products of the future enterprise is aimed at import substitution after the departure of foreign suppliers from the Russian market. And the implementation of the investment project in the shortest possible time will make it possible to occupy this niche in the market for the St. Petersburg manufacturer, "said Tamara Rondaleva, general director of the St. Petersburg SEZ, on November 22, 2023.[1] |  |
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