Our history

1968 1971 1978 1989 1991 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2017 2018 2021 2023

December 31

The report on commissioning of the Zheleznogorsk corrugated containers and labels mill was signed by the acceptance commission

1968

The printing shop was launched, and the first printed products were manufactured

1971

The egg trays shop was launched, and the first products were manufactured on February 20

1978

June 1

V. Chuykov was elected as the Director of Zheleznogorsk corrugated containers and labels mill

1989

November 28

JSC "GOTEK" and JSC "POLIPAK" were incorporated

1991

GOTEK became the pioneer in Russia to master the technology of producing packaging from laminated corrugated cardboard

1995

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

1996

January

Our own training center is established for the purpose of training qualified personnel

1997

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

1998

June 24

JSC "GOTEK-PRINT" was incorporated

1999

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

2000

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

2001

September 20

LLC "GOTEK-Center" was incorporated

2002

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

2003

October

JSC "GOTEK" was ranked among the top 500 largest enterprises of the Russian Federation by "Finance" magazine

2004

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

2005

October

JSC "GOTEK-PRINT" was awarded the WorldStar Awards 2006 for its "Transport" line of New Year packaging

2006

February 8

JSC "GOTEK North-West" was incorporated

2007

June

JSC "GOTEK North-West" released the first batch of corrugated cardboard products

2008

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)

2017

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.

2018

January

The sale of JSC "Gotek-Litar" to Brødrene Hartmann A/S was successfully completed

2021

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.

2023 г.

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