Our history
December 31
The report on commissioning of the Zheleznogorsk corrugated containers and labels mill was signed by the acceptance commission
The printing shop was launched, and the first printed products were manufactured
The egg trays shop was launched, and the first products were manufactured on February 20
June 1
V. Chuykov was elected as the Director of Zheleznogorsk corrugated containers and labels mill
November 28
JSC "GOTEK" and JSC "POLIPAK" were incorporated
GOTEK became the pioneer in Russia to master the technology of producing packaging from laminated corrugated cardboard
The first Russian production of corrugated boxes with two-color printing was launched.
"VAZ Piston" packaging of laminated micro corrugated cardboard wins the WorldStar packaging award
January
Our own training center is established for the purpose of training qualified personnel
The technology of dot color printing on corrugated cardboard was mastered, and photopolymer printing plates were used for the first time in Russia. Prior to that, rubber plates had been utilized
June 24
JSC "GOTEK-PRINT" was incorporated
JSC "GOTEK-LITAR" was incorporated.
GOTEK was the first in Russia to introduce the technology of 4-color printing on corrugated cardboard.
September 19
The Moscow office of the company was opened
July 27
JSC "GOTEK-LITAR" was the first in Russia to launch manufacturing of 10-compartment paper containers with printing for eggs.
The large-size packaging for Mitsubishi car windows for Rolf manufactured by JSC "GOTEK", complex packaging for eggs produced by JSC "GOTEK-LITAR" and a line of New Year packaging "Castle", "Jeep" and "Rocket" by JSC "GOTEK-PRINT" were awarded art the WorldStar packaging contest
September 20
LLC "GOTEK-Center" was incorporated
Based on a survey by Interactive Research Group (IRG), “GOTEK” was in the top 100 leading companies on the Russian consumer market, and the most successful companies in Russia
October
JSC "GOTEK" was ranked among the top 500 largest enterprises of the Russian Federation by "Finance" magazine
February 18
LLC "GOTEK-Service Supplying Center" was incorporated.
May
JSC "GOTEK" was ranked among the top 100 fastest-growing companies in Russia by "Finance" magazine. The GOTEK group was included in the rating of the top 10 largest companies of the forest industry of Russia, according to the "RBC. Rating" web-portal.
July
The most large-scale project in the company's history aimed at improving the operational model and establishing a new organizational structure of the GOTEK Group, jointly implemented with PricewaterhouseCoopers, was completed.
October 21
The first phase of the "GOTEK-Center" mill was put into commercial operation
October
JSC "GOTEK-PRINT" was awarded the WorldStar Awards 2006 for its "Transport" line of New Year packaging
February 8
JSC "GOTEK North-West" was incorporated
June
JSC "GOTEK North-West" released the first batch of corrugated cardboard products
May 4
The packaging solutions were awarded at the WorldStar Awards 2017 (JSC "GOTEK-PRINT" awarded for the New Year packaging featuring the augmented reality and JSC "GOTEK" - for its salad packaging)
August
The GOTEK Group was ranked in the top 50 largest forest industry companies of Russia based on its performance in 2017.
September
JSC "GOTEK" installed digital printing press. The installation project was managed by R. Shibanov.
December
The Group celebrated its 50th anniversary and modified its strategy, positioning and corporate style.
January
The sale of JSC "Gotek-Litar" to Brødrene Hartmann A/S was successfully completed
July
The acquisition of three factories, belonging to the world leader in sustainable packaging production Mondi plc., had been completed:
- a corrugated cardboard packaging-making factory (Lebedyan, Lipetsk region), and
- two flexible packaging factories (Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yaroslavl region and Aramil, Sverdlovsk region).
The enterprises produce a wide range of packaging solutions for the Russian market.
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