Glassbel Group
What is GLASSBEL Group and what was the reason of investment in Klaipeda?
We are group of companies specialized in glass for architecture, interior, transport, marine application. We offer comple solutions including design, consultance, R&D, logistics. Glass processing is the most important part of our business concept.
After getting niche of up to 15% of architectural market in Russia, 25% in Ukraine and more then 75% in Belarus we decided to invest in EU, Lithuania because of the logistic opportunities and ambitions to create the most sophisticated glass processing factory closer to traditionally big markets of Western Europe and fast growing perspective markets of Central & Eastern Europe.
Klaipeda was chosen emotionally because of our historical sympathy to Lithuania and rationally because of good geographical location and services offer given by FEZ Administration. Especially we have to note remarkable role of SNORAS bank as a financial partner.
GLASSBEL Group always specialized on sophisticated products with high added intellectual value. GLASSSBEL R&D with its certified laboratory in Minsk developed range of innovative glass products for architecture, interior, transport, marine application.
GLASSBEL look on its investment to Lithuania as a very good opportunity to create regional educational, technological and research center. We can offer our cooperation to Universities with perspective to develop educational and research programs for construction engineering, architecture, thermo physics, solar energy, glass processing technology etc. Many of our machines are unique and could be used both for scientific research and new products development.
We in UAB GLASSBEL Baltic are proud to announce that after less than 2 years of operation in Klaipeda FEZ can present unique projects realized in United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Poland, Romania, Sweden, even Dominican Republic and Israel. Now glazing for the main Sport Arena for Sochi Olympic Games will be produced in Klaipeda. Located in 2 Free economic zone in Lithuania and Belarus GLASSBEL Group has unique knowledge, technological competence and logistic experience looking on Europe with no boarders from Portugal to Sakhalin.