Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Mar. 27
By Huseyn Hasanov - Trend:
Turkey’s Tepe Turkmen Insaat ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi is building a glass plant in the Ovadandepe area of Turkmenistan’s Akhal region, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper said.
“The plant will be producing transparent and toned, laminated and toughened glass for the manufacture of windows and double-glazed windows, a variety of bottles for the food industry and medical industry, as well as other glass products,” said the newspaper.
It is planned to commission the plant with a capacity of 7.2 million square meters of glass per year in summer. Currently, fit-out work and installation of equipment is underway at the plant.
A workshop for the preparation of raw materials, production lines of container and float glass, industrial processing, workshops, warehouses, administrative and economic premises, etc. have been built on an area of 24 hectares. As many as 900 people are involved in the construction of the plant.
The glass production will be based on local raw materials: quartz sand, dolomite, limestone and other components.
