Number one Russian producer of metal containers and packaging.
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40/42, Yablochnaya St.
Kaliningrad, Russia
Company Profile

Kaliningrad Package Factory (KTK) is the number one Russian producer of metal containers and packaging. KTK supplies more than 20% of Russia’s can market.

The factory has maintained its dominant position for the past five years. It is also the country’s largest exporter of cans, with a share of over 60% of Russia’s total can exports.

Traditionally, metal cans account for the highest proportion of our production volume. We sell to the leading fish and meat processing companies in Kaliningrad Region and other parts of Russia, and we have formed stable, long-term business relationships with many of them.

In addition, our firm produces canned meat and fish under our own brand, Sokhranim traditsii (Preserving Traditions). The plant has a production capacity of 10 million cans of food per month. Our specialists place great importance on adhering to traditional methods and recipes. The calibre of our raw materials, the very latest imported equipment, progressive technologies, a modern laboratory, and strict quality control of the end product mean that we can produce competitive and high-quality goods. Our merchandise has long been in high demand in many parts of Russia.

We like to preserve the best of our heritage. While adopting modern technologies and the latest equipment, we remain true to the traditions of quality and the work ethic established more than half a century ago.

Investments in the Future

The
 history 
of 
metal
 can
 production 
goes
 back 
more 
than 100
 years. 
However,
 we
 use
 only
 the 
latest
 technology and 
materials 
in
 our 
production 
process.

We
 use 
tin 
plate 
made 
by 
European
 manufacturers
 in 
accordance
 with 
the 
EN
10202 
standard
 and
 tin 
produced
 by
 Russia’s leading factories in accordance with GOST
 13345-85.
 For
 tin 
plate
 varnishing
 and
 lithography,
 we 
use
 only 
European
 materials,
 which
 can 
be 
used 
for 
canning 
a
 full 
range
 of
 meat,
 fish,
 fruit, 
and 
vegetables. 
All 
our 
metal
 containers 
are 
made 
of 
raw 
and 
finished 
materials 
authorized for contact with food products by Russia’s
 healthcare agencies and the Federal Service on
 Customers’ Rights Protection and Human Well-Being
 Surveillance.

Kaliningrad
 Package 
Factory’s 
production 
facilities 
are 
fitted
 with
 modern,
 reliable,
 high-productivity
 equipment
 made
 by 
leading
European
 companies.

To
 produce 
welded
 composite
 cans, 
we
 use
 Soudronic
 (Switzerland)
 lines;
 to
 produce
 lids
 and
 bases
 we
 use
 Karges 
Hammer
(Germany),
 Cevolani 
(Italy),
 and
 Cantec
 (Germany)
 high-speed
 presses;
 for
 production
 of
 seamless
 metal
 cans
 and
 their 
ends, 
and
 for 
EOE83
 and 
EOE99
 easy-open
lids, 
we
 use 
Alfons 
Haar 
(Germany)
 presses;
 for
 coating
 tin plate
 using
 a
 system
 for 
drying 
coated 
materials 
with 
gas,
 we
 use
 modern 
KBA
 MetalPrint 
(Germany)
 lines, 
and 
for 
packing
 metal
 containers
 onto
 pallets 
of 
different formats, we use Clevertech (Italy) automated
 palletizers.
 KBA
 MetalPrint's
 four-colour
 printing 
machine,
 MetalStar-2
 (Germany),
 ensures 
high-quality
 lithographic
 production
on 
can 
lids 
and 
cases.
 Modern 
pre-print
preparation
 technology 
from 
AGFA
 Graphics 
(Belgium)
 allows
 us
 to
 significantly
 reduce 
printing 
time.

COMPANY'S MISSION

Our combine - a well-deserved enterprise with vast experience and a long history - not only produces high-quality metal packaging and produces canned products according to traditional recipes. Every year the consumer value of our products grows and contributes to the development and prosperity of the enterprise in the interests of shareholders, employees, partners and customers.

TARGET

Take the leading positions in branch, to be ahead of competitors on quality, equipment, innovations to keep authority and recognition of consumers.

POLICY OF THE FACTORY

Quality. The factorye's activities are inextricably linked with the concept of quality, meet the requirements of the international standard. The products of the enterprise should not only comply with officially established norms, but also exceed consumer expectations, both in Russia and abroad.

Innovation. The main condition for the continuous development of the enterprise is the introduction of the latest equipment, the use of the latest technologies, the optimization of production and logistics.

Efficiency. The factory has a powerful production and technical base, a considerable intellectual property and a commercially profitable enterprise, which ensures positive dynamics of economic indicators and financial stability.

Legality. The enterprise carries out commercial activities in full compliance with the laws of the Russian Federation, it is absolutely legal and transparent for both the founders and any inspection bodies.

Professionalism. The personnel of the factory is a source of strength, intellectual potential and corporate culture. The concern of the enterprise about specialists is expressed in providing optimal working conditions, opportunities for training, improving skills, personal and career growth, implementing an effective system of motivation for each employee, creating an atmosphere of trust, respect and mutual assistance in the team.

A responsibility. A good name enterprise is a resource that every employee of an enterprise should value, not only at work, but also outside the workplace. It consists of punctual fulfillment of obligations to suppliers and consumers, each of which, in fact, is a partner of the plant.

The management of OJSC "Kaliningrad Package Factory" undertakes obligations to ensure the implementation of this Policy and calls on the whole team of the enterprise.

 



History

On 5 October 1950. the Council of Ministers of the USSR approved a resolution to build a barrel factory in Kaliningrad. 

1952 On 12 March. the Kaliningrad Barrel and Box Factory produced its first goods, marking the beginning of the company’s illustrious history. 

1957. In accordance with the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, the Barrel and Box factory was merged with a wooden packaging plant. 

1968. The factory’s cardboard shop began to manufacture cardboard packing boxes. 

1973. Following the merger of the Barrel and Box Factory with the Metal Can Factory, a varnish printing shop and a metal can shop were added to the main barrel, wood processing, container repair, and cardboard shops. Since then, the company has borne the name of Kaliningrad Package Factory.

 

1975. An automated ETTENAUER varnishing line from Austria was installed and put into operation; Karges Hammer automatic presses for the manufacture of seamless cans were introduced. A production line made by West Germany’s Krupp was commissioned for the manufacture of can No. 27, made from tin and aluminium. A new film-processing division was opened to make templates for the varnish printing and cardboard shops.

1977. A complex quality control system was developed at the plant based on the regulation system at Yaroslavl Engine Plant. A standard entitled ‘Intra-Factory Product Quality Certification’ was introduced to the list of standards. 

1978. A new shop for the production of a modern type of packaging – polyethylene containers – was commissioned. 

1995. The barrel and wood processing shops were closed.  

2000. An automatic metal can production line was launched. 

2001. Soudronic production lines were acquired and commissioned for the production of three-component composite metal cans using a seam welding process, a fundamentally new product to Russia. By the end of the year, productivity had risen to 30,684,000 metal containers per month. 

2002. Having set its sights on diversifying production, the factory’s management decided to take a risk and open its own meat canning shop. This success of this project signalled a new, promising direction in the company’s development. A decision was made to replace the presses for the manufacture of metal container ends. The first high-speed Karges Hammer press for the production of can lids was installed, which immediately increased production volumes.

From the Present to the Future

2008. The factory began upgrading its equipment and improving its production capacities, reaching its objective of 50 million packaging items per month. This complex, lengthy phase required significant investment. 

2010. In November, the plant unveiled a new product: canned fish produced under the Sokhranim traditsii brand. Symbolically, the recipes this line is based on were developed in the 1950s by product engineers in Kaliningrad. 

2011. As part of the equipment upgrade project, a new KBA-MetalPrint varnishing line with a capacity of 7,000 sheets per hour was introduced. A second fish canning line was launched, as a result of which the company’s canned products range was expanded to 45 items. Today, the fish canning shop has a capacity of 4 million cans. 

2012. A rolled tin cutting line by LITTELL (USA) was acquired and commissioned, allowing the company to sharply increase production capacity and cut production costs for cans from the beginning of 2013. The lithography department was completely re-equipped with new pre-press CTP equipment manufactured by AGFA Graphics (Germany). This made the preparation of printing plates significantly easier and quicker. Investments in the modernization of production not only led to an increase in production capacity and a reduction in production costs, but also attracted new partners for long-term contracts. 

2013. A KBA-Metalprint MetalStar-2 four-section high-speed printing press with LTG convection drying oven (Germany) was installed and commissioned. An automatic CLEVERTECH line (Italy) for packing metal cans with a diameter of 99.0 mm onto pallets was commissioned. A new Cantec (Germany) end-cutting line was commissioned for producing can lids with a diameter of 96.0 mm. One of the Soudronic welding lines was modified to manufacture composite cans of various heights with a tapered bottom and a diameter of 99.0/96.0 mm. One of the seamless can production lines was refitted with Blema Kircheis forming equipment to manufacture shaped HANSA cans. 

2014. New equipment has been installed on the Soudronic assembly line No. 1 to increase output and expand the range of 72.8 mm diameter cans manufactured. Now we can manufacture cans with tapered and crimped can bodies.

The meat can production facility has been modernized to increase production capacity as well as the output and flexibility of the manufacturing steps. This development will ensure product quality continues to meet ever-increasing market requirements, and allows an HACCP system to be introduced at the plant in the future.

2015. A new palletizer has been installed for packaging cans 72.8 mm and 83.4 mm in diameter. Two new high-capacity Alfons Haar (Germany) production lines for 70 mm can bottoms and 99 mm seamless tapered cans, with Clevertech automatic palletizers, have been installed and placed in operation. A third KBA-MetalPrint painting line is now in operation for high-speed processing of enlarged print formats.

2016. In Smolensk Region the first new complex for the production of 72.8 mm cans, with a capacity of 15 million items per month, has lunched. The modernization of the canned meat processing facility has finished by completely retool with the latest equipment from Lagarde Autoclaves (France), Secma Cabon (France), and FMT (Italy).

2017. The Smolensk plant has launched a second production line, producing 83.4-mm welded tapered cans at a capacity of 15 million per month. To expand our product range, we have signed additional equipment supply contracts with Blema Kircheis (Germany) and Germann+Frei AG (Switzerland) to upgrade one of our production lines. We have commissioned a fourth palletizer, produced by Clevertech (Italy). We are now able to produce “Club” shaped seamless cans.

2018. New 
equipment
 from 
Alfons
 Haar 
(Germany) 
for
 the 
production
 of
 EOE 83 
and
 EOE 99 
easy-open 
lids, 
capable 
of 
producing 
25 
million
 units 
per 
month,
 has 
been 
brought 
on
line, 
and
 a
 second
 Alfons
 Haar 
line
 producing 
type 
1 
(73x32
 mm) 
and 
type 
2 
(99x27
mm)
 seamless 
cans 
has 
begun 
operation. 
We 
have 
modernized 
our 
line
 producing
 welded,
 tapered
 (cylindrical
 and 
ribbed)
 cans 
with
 a
 72.8 
mm
 diameter
 and 
a 
height 
of 
between 
40 
mm
 (for 
caviar) 
and
 114 
mm 
(for
 animal 
foods). 
Installation 
of 
new
 Blema
 Kircheis
 (Germany)
 and
 Germann+Frei
AG
 (Switzerland)
 equipment
 has
 enabled
 us
 to 
expand 
the 
range 
of 
metal
 containers
 that
we
 produce.

2019. The
 contract
 for 
the 
purchase 
of 
the 
fifth
 high-performance 
automatic
 line
 by 
Alfons
 Haar 
(Germany)
 to
 produce 
of 
80
 mm
 bottom
 covers
 was 
signed.
 The
reconstruction 
of 
the 
plant’s
 global
 energy
 supply
 system
 has 
been
 completed.
 Some
 objects 
of 
internal
 infrastructure 
and
 auxiliary 
facilities 
has 
been
 modernized.
 There’s
 been 
arranged 
the
 site 
and 
access
 roads 
to 
the 
production
 complex
 of 
the
 branch
 in 
Rudnya, Smolensk
 region.

2020. At the end of 2020, a new hot water boiler house was installed and launched. The cost of the project is 25 million rubles. A new boiler house was put into operation, which made it possible to more efficiently use resources and reduce the cost of heating and hot water supply.

In the 4th quarter of 2020, the equipment for physical and chemical treatment of industrial effluents from food production by the German company "HUBER" was installed. In January 2021, the equipment was commissioned and adjusted. The implementation of this project allowed for better treatment of industrial wastewater, which significantly increases the safety of the ecosystem.