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COMPANY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Company growth and development

plants in 2006 and 2013, respec- ity abroad to 1.3 million tons. friendly; its aim is to continu-
tively, cementing the leadership The SĎisĎecam Glass Packaging ally develop and improve all its
of the Group in the industry even Group currently has a total pro- products, from newly designed
more. duction capacity of 2.3 million products with new functions to
SĎisĎecam Glass Packaging tons/year, which makes it the standard products.
Group aims to become an inter- biggest glass packaging producer
national glass packaging supplier in Turkey, and the fifth biggest in ONGOING PROJECTS
that is a regional leader thanks to Europe and the world. The busi- Lighter products
investments and cooperation ini- ness continues its production in a One of the focus points for the
tiatives in surrounding countries, total of ten plants, three of which SĎisĎecam Glass Packaging Group
and dedicates half of its turnover are in Turkey, five in Russia, one is to make glass packaging prod-
to foreign operations. As such, its in Ukraine and one in Georgia. ucts lighter while increasing their
first investment outside Turkey strength, so that the inputs and
was the acquisition of the Mina INNOVATION emissions of the production pro-
Plant in Georgia in 1997. This SĎisĎecam and the SĎisĎecam Glass cess will decrease. One of the
investment was followed by the Packaging Group are among the applications for making prod-
establishment of Ruscam Glass leaders of research and devel- ucts lighter is the New Forming
Packaging company which was opment in Turkey. They con- System (NFS) technology, which
founded to follow the oppor- tinuously invest significantly in preserves durability while having
tunities offered by the dynamic technology and innovation in a positive effect on production
structure of the Russian market line with their aim of extending costs by saving on raw materi-
and to carry out the operations in their high-quality product range, als and energy. Thanks to tech-
Russia in 2002. Ruscam started decreasing energy consumption, nologies that make it possible to
to operate the Gorokhovets Plant and increasing energy efficiency make glass packaging products
as of 2002, the Pokrovsky Plant and the recycling of waste mate- 25 to 28 per cent lighter without
as of 2004, the Ufa Plant as of rials. diminishing their shock absorp-
2005, the Kirishi Plant as of The SĎisĎecam Glass Packaging tion values, it is now possible to
2008, and the Kuban Plant as of Group focuses on making all of have “ultralight” products.
2009 SĎisĎecam Glass Packaging its processes and work applica-
has most recently acquired an tions such as forming, temper- Polymeric coating: new properties
existing glass packaging plant in ing, quality control, and pack- for glass packaging products
Merefa, Ukraine in 2011, thus aging processes more efficient, Supported by TÜB TAK, this
increasing its production capac- high quality, and environment- project aims to create new glass

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