well known representatives from the world of politics

The ceremony was attended by the Sergey Ivanov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation; Valentina Matvienko, Governor of St. Petersburg; Yegor Borisov, President of Russia’s Sakha Republic (Yakutiya); Anatoliy Chubais, General Director, Rusnanotech; Mikhail Prokhorov, President, ONEXIM Group and a large audience of well known representatives from the world of politics, research and industry.

The three founders of Optogan and entrepreneurs Maxim Odnoblyudov, Vladislav Bougrov and Alexey Kovsh introduced the production facilities to the ceremony’s guests. They also demonstrated Optogan’s led high bay light highly efficient LED lamps and explained about energy savings and the avoidance of hazardous substances.

Maxim Odnoblyudov, President of Optogan Group, noted that the launch of the factory is a major step in the company’s development. Vladislav Bougrov, General Director of the newly opened factory, said that only the first production line had actually been opened today with a production volume of 30 million LEDs a month. “At the end of next year, we will grow the production volume due to the high demand for our products,” he added. “LED Linear high bay light produced in St. Petersburg will be sold in Russia and abroad. We’ve already signed our first major contracts. Also, part of the LED shipments will be sent to our partner companies all over Russia to produce luminaries,” added Alexey Kovsh, Executive Vice President of Optogan. Optogan established a unique business model to supply LED core technology for luminaires and support to an extensive network of partners within Russia. In future the luminaire business partner approach will be extended to global level.