C3H today
Frankly, we expected to see on the site of the legendary plant abandoned shops and faded production. Word of mouth and the significant lack of reliable information buried in absentia "Neman". In fact, glass production, if not thriving, then discard skates clearly not going to. Plant still supplies to Belarus, Russia, Lithuania and even France-quality crystal and budget "cookie".
Most hot commodity were and are glasses, glasses, and cut-glass tumblers. The latter are particularly popular among Russian businessmen, who built on a fragile glass Nemanskiy serious business. Today the "Neman" is ready to deliver to Russia hundreds of thousands of the party of cut glasses. Fortunately the cost of production of the famous measure of drunkards and housewives small. State subsidies have brought the plant a new machine, which is a hot glass on the fly stamp capacity of the Soviet and European model. Legendary line - Hello Party and communism. Employees "Neman" carefully preserve Mukhinskaya "recipe" of the mass product of the past five-year plans. Russian businessmen give the glasses a new charm and price. Get a glass for a knockdown price, they denounce the popular face in the skin and the slogans "For Stalin", "For the Motherland". As a result, souvenir products are bought by foreigners and Russians are nostalgic, like hotcakes.
Learn valuable marketing experience Berezovsky master in no hurry. They say that their case - to give the glass shape. Everything Else - fiction ushlyh businessmen, who recently increasingly difficult to attract high-quality glass.
Economic edge the existence of the plant needs serious polishing. Despite the successful progress on all fronts to import, fabulous money does not bring the glass factory workers. According to the management of the plant, in the past year, "Neman" Glass has sold for two billion rubles. Net profit at the same time amounted to only two million. For the plant, which until recently stood on the edge of the grave, even a salary - a chance for a brighter future. Earn on cups and glasses, of course, possible, but it needs to compete successfully with foreign producers. The latter glass significantly cheaper Belarus, and design solutions are fresh and accessible European masses.
Belarusian polishing value, but the whole world Neman Crystal for some reason did not ring. A possible reason for modest sales - faded packaging, which until recently frightened away from the domestic glass, even large hypermarkets. It was they who recommended the plant to reflect on the bright colors and lush picture. Like, in this case problems with orders not to be. According to leading experts "Neman", a new box design is ready and is now undergoing the final stages of internal coordination. It is expected that all products pass through the packing plant modernization. In the name of profit "Neman" is ready to abandon the usual gray and blue boxes marked "Hand made". It is possible that work on the packaging to revive sales and improve your own glass international market. But, most likely, expensive, and selling the boxes for the Neman Glass will not be long. Enterprise Gore ditsya own equipment production of cardboard. It was purchased under the program for the reconstruction of the legendary company. In the noisy machines and technology to Chinese workers make boring cardboard sheets. In terms of cost savings logical decision. Here are just a validation of buyers and sellers it is clearly not find.
Glass Technology
Over the years, glass production has not undergone fundamental changes. Unlike from other branches of science and the production of glass is inert to innovation and continues to require skill of human hands. Automate the process succeeded only in mass, low products. Everything else, including products that work "Neman" give presidents and ministers around the world, is blown from the lungs of simple sloggers. By the way, special orders - hobby enterprise. They do almost all ministries and departments, and their execution are allowed only by experienced masters. Cost of the workshop can be as fabulous limits. The factory "Neman" remembers and knows the wine glasses worth ten million rubles apiece. Hand work, as they say in the price. Alas, the brilliant talents of the "Neman" left a bit.
New staff prepares a local school, but the special achievements of the institution boasts difficult. As a cook, a glassmaker can each resident Beryozovka. Main -- get medical access. Pleasant supporting paper issue for good vision, strong lungs and a lack bad habits. The artistic look and taste - is desirable, but not a mandatory requirement for all candidates. One can assume that loyalty to the carved lines comes with experience. In any case, the diamond cutter on the "Neman" daily lean men and women of all ages. Near the furnace tubes and celebrates the victory of youth. Hand job requires speed and physical - tion training. It should linger - and the glass will lose its shape or become brittle. Each glass blowers have a clear plan of production. On the creative research have neither the time nor the consumables.
Contrary to popular belief, all of which make the Belarusian glass, comes from abroad. Even the pure quartz sand - Ukrainian goods and natural domain. Belarus for glass begins with a glass batch. Now it is a fully automated process managed by computers. Prior to the visit of the Belarusian leader on the plant in the shop, which is considered the heart of "Neman - on, strolled devastation and bred rats. Budget infusion allowed to reconstruct the plant and raise production to a new level. Now the plant will now begin the fourth phase of a planned modernization. Last week the vendors shipped factory workers a second oven that is able not only to melt glass, and hand out red-hot servings masters. Revolution and the unprecedented progress the purchase and not smell, but experts believe that life will become easier, but to work - easily.
On the economy, and environmental standards are not tied a state program of revival and reconstruction. The factory "Neman" to become of his own burden in terms of economical use of resources. Fortunately it will make only two stations, worth several hundred thousand euros. Economize "Neman" forced almost everything: from the battlefield to the glass of light and heat. Even Russia's gas, which melt the mixture and heat Freshly baked masters decanters and glasses, is used with maximum efficiency. Out of the blue fuel "Neman" extracts heat and electricity. On the territory of the plant is already constructed the first station, which warms the soul and the body is not only "Neman", but the whole Berezovka. The plans for the plant - the construction of a second similar station, which will pull on their backs new electric furnaces and machine tools. Rather, the construction of a block purchase of the unit is difficult to. Anything else will make a smart import machinery.
It is expected that very soon the plant will develop the production of glass wool, which he promised to Belarusian Alexander Lukashenko. The corresponding decree was signed long ago, and cleared the factory shop to install expensive equipment. At the factory, it has not yet been received. Even that the units valued at 20 million euros was released from customs duties, the question of glass wool while hanging in the air. Evil tongues say that the process of creating an exclusive wool, behind which formed a queue build a lei and exporters, has stalled at the governmental level. They say, money for import-substituting production and there is not expected. For its part, "Neman" is unable to finance such a project. With net earnings of two million rubles a year do not pay even re-dialects and correspondence with foreign suppliers. It is possible that the problem with cotton settled down for the summer. In any case, there is no turning back from the factory or the government. Yes, and competitive products of the plant is necessary as air, the glasses and cups during the celebration of Bohemian glass can not survive. Yes, the same crystal at the "Neman" real, with a high lead content. But buyers are no longer chase for ringing and brilliance. Valued ideas, discoveries artists. Fortunately, in this case, as well as with cotton, the factory has hidden potential. Arts Council "Neman" launches the development of their own masters and designers. The latter may even claim to royalties on the volume of product sold. So shoot "Neman" may at any time. Meanwhile, the main task of the plant - storehouses. Alas, even the increased demand for new year has not helped sell the Neman glass. Boxes with glasses and bowl closer working in shops, and clerks in offices. But the plant works and, according to the manual, downloaded to one hundred percent.
Managers of the regional staff are dissatisfied accumulated volume of production. In an interview "Lida newspaper" the chairman of the Grodno oblast executive committee Vladimir Savchenko said: "At the warehouse the company lies with the $ 15 billion of finished products, and implement it yet difficult - not now crystal vmode. Therefore, we must look for alternative types of products are in demand, expand rynksbyta, have a flexible marketing service and competent in her expertise. The company's management must understand: the Neman Glass Factory "town-forming. Shakes it - the whole city suffers Berezovka ". So the position of "Neman", despite government assistance, remains precarious and fragile. Like the glass, which is flexible and soft in the hands of masters.
08.09.2010