Ukraine’s largest float glass production project
Global glass industry players unite to deliver engineering, project management, and equipment supply preparation.
From left to right: Philipp Zippe, CEO Zippe Industrieanlagen GmbH, Stephan Meindl, CEO Horn Glass Industries, Igor Liski, CEO NovaSklo & Founder, EFI Group, Olha Batova, CEO EFI Group, Yuri Buryanitsa, COO NovaSklo and Alberto Masoero, Executive Director Sales, Marketing & After Sales – Flat Glass, Bottero S.p.A.
© EFI GroupThe project is to be Ukraine's largest float glass production project, planned for the Kyiv region by 2028. It will also be Ukraine's first high-tech float glass manufacturing plant.
NovaSklo serves as the project's lead developer and is responsible for coordinating all phases and integrating partners' contributions into the plant's development strategy.
Horn Glass Industries AG (Germany), Zippe Industrieanlagen GmbH (Germany) and Bottero S.p.A. (Italy) signed a cooperation agreement at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) 2025 in Rome.
The project has won €240mln in investment from the investment company EFI Group, with support from UkraineInvest and Ukraine's Ministry of Economy.
The facility's production capacity will amount to 24.8 million m2 of glass per year. The aim is to reduce dependence on float glass imports and create a foundation for exporting high-quality products.
The plant will use the country's deposit of quartz sand, which has the highest quality indicators in the country, specifically to produce ultra-clear structural float glass.
The team has already secured the land plot for the facility and signed an agreement with the general design contractor.
Final terms for equipment and technology supply will be outlined in separate commercial agreements.
'Ukraine's recovery must be based on modern industry and partnerships that bring technologies, experience and mutual growth. I am convinced that NovaSklo will become the foundation for the sustainable development of Ukraine's construction industry.' shares Igor Liski, CEO of NovaSklo and founder of EFI Group.
