Yuzhnouralsky Armaturno-Izolyatorny Zavod JSC (Reinforcement and insulator producer of Yuzhnouralsk) is preparing a reconstruction of its glass furnace. The reconstruction is to be accompanied by the technological development of the furnace. The scheduled volume of the company’s investments into the project exceeds 70m RUR. The company has already negotiated the contract of designing and the procurement contracts for metal, materials and some part of equipment.

The reconstruction of the glass-melting sector together with the installation of the new furnace is scheduled for the third quarter of 2006. At the same time, the company is going to reconstruct LVI-5 glass article production line. Here the reconstruction will be accompanied by the replacement of line feeder. Reconstruction of batch preparation sector is also scheduled by the company. To this end, a new drying cylinder, a batch blending system and a weight line will be purchased, reported PR-department of Yuzhnouralsky Armaturno-izolyatorny Zavod to UrBC representative.