Poltava Medical-Glass Works, Public Joint-Stock Company

Chairman of the Board – Mr. Oleksandr Kudatsky

"The Poltava Medical-Glass Works" OJSC is an up-to-date enterprise with high-tech production facilities to produce medical glass of USP-1 grade of the first dimming class. The company is specialised in production of glass tube and goods of it:
- medical injection ampoules, twinned and of vacuum filling;
- bottles for antibiotics, insulin (5, 10, 15, 20 ml);
- volumetric glassware for laboratories.
- The new grade of glass USP-1 i.e. Ukraine, Glass, Poltava.

Products by "The Poltava Medical-Glass-Works" OJSC are used in medical, microbiological sectors of industry, in production and medical labs.

The plant is the only producer of medical glass in the former Soviet Union republics. The carried-out reconstruction of the enterprise and a complex of developed and applied measures for quality improvement enabled to gain high quality of products. An overhauling of glass-melting furnace enabled to increase production capacities of the furnace to 360 tons of glass tube per month. The second power glass-melting furnace to produce medical glass of USP-1 mark of the first dimming glass has been reconstructed. Its production capacities amount to 150 tons of glass tube per month (5 tons per day). Putting into operation the 2-nd power furnace enabled to increase production glass tube by 50%.

The company utilizes the most advanced engineering processes enabling to receive medical glass which meets international standards as to its physical-chemical properties.

One of the most important stipulates influencing glass quality is its chemical composition: SiO2 - 74.2 ± 0.5%; Al2O3 - 5.4 ± 0.2%; B2O3 - 8.3 ± 0.25; CaO+MgO - 3.2 ± 0.3%; K2O 1.0 ± 0.2%; Na2O - 7.9 ± 0.25%.

Glass-melting process is carried out at "Penelectro" furnace (Great Britain), stretch forming of the glass tube is carried out with "Olivotto" equipment. Refractory materials are by SEPR (France) and WETRO (Germany).

All the processes of glass-melting and stretch-forming are automated and computerised. Glass-tube calibrating in terms of external diameter is carried out with a laser device. Error from the preset diameter is ± 0.15. Glass blanks are manufactured melted from both ends with a fire puncture. The external side is covered with protection layer, which protects from scratches and grazes. Those factors exclude internal fouling of glass tube.

Glass and glass-products are certified.

Penicillin and insulin bottles (volume 5, 10, 15, 20 ml) are produced at SPAMI equipment (Italy).

"The Poltava Medical-Glass Works" OJSC finished works on constructing quality management systems according to ISO 9001-2000 standard. Now it continues carrying out works on certifying products according to GMP system.

HISTORICAL REFERENCE

In 1928 a workshop producing laboratory and medical goods was created in Kharkov. The workshop produced chemical and lab vials, pipettes, engineering thermometers.
In 1930 the workshop was moved to Poltava and named as "Thermometer" factory. The factory that very range of products and mastered manufacture of sand-watches.
In 1936 the factory was reconstructed: production premises were broaden, advanced ventilating system was installed.
In 1943 the factory was reconstructed after the war.
In 1947 the factory was renamed into a glass-works.
In 1966 first time in Ukraine a glass-melting furnace of direct heating was put into operation and most products were produced of own glass raw material.
In 1996 after privatising the Poltava medical-glass-works was transformed into "The Poltava Medical-Glass Works" Open Joint-Stock Company.

Now the production premises of the works make up 16 000 sq.m., ampoule production capacities make up 900 mln. pcs per year., personnel number - 690 persons.

Complete reconstruction of a glass-melting workshop, application of an advanced technology for electric glass-melting insured production a new mark of glass USP-1, its physical and chemical properties exceed Ukrainian analogues.

The personnel gained large experience in production of special medical measurement facilities. Our ampoules are used by pharmaceutical factories in Ukraine, Russian Federation, Moldavia, Armenia, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.