Ion Casrtea was appointed as director of the Chisinau Glass Factory. Following a visit to the company, Minister of Economy Octavian Calmac said that Ion Carstea can organize the production process of an economic unit using the most modern forms, his work as acting director being a conclusive example. After a long period of time, the May the Chisinau Glass Factory has made a profit of 1.6 million lei, IPN reports.

According to a press release of the Ministry of Economy, the new director of the company said they work on a program to reform all the areas of activity, including to modernize the production process and to find new business partners. The factory’s administration will soon submit to the Ministry a set of proposals for cutting production costs, especially those associated with the use of energy resources that now represent 35% of the operating costs, the administrative costs, etc.

The Chisinau Glass Factory was founded in 2002 as a result of the reorganization of the joint stock company with the same name. In 2011-2012 it was fully reequipped so as to increase its competitiveness and production capacities. The factory sells about 33% of its glass production on the home market and exports the rest to 27 countries, mainly to Turkey, Romania, Greece, and Bulgaria.