AGC Glass Europe’s goal was not only a refurbishment of the float glass line, but part of the cold repairs was also equipping the line with new technologies to improve its performance in terms of safety, environment, energy consumption, productivity and quality - true to the commitments of AGC Glass Europe.
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OAO A.G.C. Borsky Glassworks (founded in 1934) is one of the leading companies in the Russian glass industry and, with the revision of the float line, now has the latest glass manufacturing technologies at its disposal.
Ribbon cutting in the presence of many guests
Today, the float plant is able to produce more than 1,200 tons of flat glass per day as well as up to 1.5 million units of machine glass made of tempered and laminated safety glass per year.
In the presence of numerous guests, partners and officials, the ribbon was cut by Andrey Sanosyan (Vice Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region) and Marc Michielsen (Belgian ambassador to Russia) together with AGC managers.
