Guardian Industries Corp. will celebrate its newest float glass plant with a Grand Opening Ceremony, later today (Thursday, September 5) for customers and friends of Guardian Steklo Rostov.
The plant is located in the Krasny Sulin district of Rostov, Russia, an area close to Sochi, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
More than 400 customers, company officials and specials guests are expected at the plant, including Rostov Governor Vasiliy Golubev and Nicolay Alshenko, the head of Krasny Sulin district.
The event will include an opening ceremony, plant tours and dinner.
“We have enjoyed strong support in Russia from both the local government and a wide variety of customers and we are excited to welcome them to the plant,” said Janos Egyud, managing director of Guardian Steklo Services.
Guardian Steklo Rostov is Guardian’s newest and largest float glass plant, producing 900 tonnes of glass per day. The plant has a glass coater that produces Guardian’s ClimaGuard Solar glass providing thermal insulation and sun protection for residential applications, and will soon begin producing SunGuard High Selective architectural glass for commercial applications.
They will be sold to the southern Russian and the East Ukrainian regions.
The $240 million plant is located 957 kilometers (594 miles) from Moscow in the southern part of Russia along the Azov Sea.
The plant has more than 300 employees and is major contributor to the area’s economic development. It was the first corporation to break ground in the Krasny Sulin Industrial Center, an initiative supported by the Governor.
This is Guardian’s second float glass plant in Russia – in 2008, Guardian began production at its plant in Ryazan, serving the greater Moscow region.
