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Sustainability & CircularityOperations & Footprint 8 Oct 2026

Aktobe Steklo to build KZT 60bn glass container plant in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Industry and Construction has approved an investment agreement with Aktobe Steklo LLP to build a glass container plant in Aktobe with design capacity of 256 million units a year, at a total investment of KZT 60 billion. Construction is due to start in the fourth quarter of 2026, with commissioning in 2029 and around 300 permanent jobs. Aktobe Region has no domestic glass production at present; up to 80% of output is intended for the Kazakh market and the remainder for Central Asia.

Why this mattersA new domestic glass-packaging source in Central Asia cuts lead times for local food and beverage producers and opens an export route into neighbouring markets.

  • Design capacity of 256 million glass containers a year.
  • Total investment of KZT 60 billion, approved via agreement with Kazakhstan's Ministry of Industry and Construction.
  • Construction planned to start in Q4 2026, with commissioning in 2029.
  • Around 300 permanent jobs to be created.
  • Up to 80% of output targeted for Kazakhstan's domestic market, the rest for Central Asia.
  • Plan to process more than 245,000 tonnes of cullet over the financing period.
Aktobe Steklo
Sources fbrk.kz
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  • 2026-10-09 · Edited before publication: Facts and dates are all in the source, and KZT is correctly left unconverted as no tenge rate was supplied. Materiality reduced from 4 to 3: a greenfield plant by a company with no existing output, commissioning in 2029, is notable rather than material to a core company or the sector.
  • 2026-10-09 · Edited before publication: Topic order inverted: this is a greenfield plant first and a cullet programme second, so Operations & Footprint leads. The summary's claim that the plant ends the region's reliance on imported glass packaging goes beyond the source, which says only that Aktobe Region has no domestic glass production and that supply times will shorten. No KZT reference rate was supplied,