TET- Bottle gap, big blue

Take a picture of me with old objects.  He who lives without a past, lives without a future.  Let's travel the world safely together and explore history. Don't keep me a long in your hands.

Pildista mind koos vanade esemetega.  Kes elab minevikuta, see elab tulevikuta.  Seikleme koos turvaliselt mööda maailma ja uurime ajalugu. 

TET - Tartu Building Materials Factory. Founded in 1946.Manufactured glassware and building materials. In 1976 produced 35 million bottles, 232 million ampoules, 187,000m3 of non-metallic building materials (rubble, paste, sand and gravel), 139,000 rbl. of electrical installation products and 349,000 rbl. of metal furniture frames, 883 employees, the factory had a workshop in Tsirguliina and a glassworks department in Meleski. From 1955 to 1980 the factory was managed by Robert Mertens.

The Tartu Building Materials Factory was not an old company - in 1986 it was only 40 years old. In a short period of time, the company had gone through a rather complicated development, as evidenced by the fact that it had to change its ownership twice in four decades. Its individual sub-units, such as Meleski, Sangaste and the glassworks in Tartu, were much older.

Additional information. When Gorbachev, who came to power in the Soviet Union, restricted alcohol consumption, the demand for bottles decreased and the Tartu headquarters decided to stop glass production in Meleski.

In 1987, the Meleski factory produced its last bottle. For a few years, Meleski produced rubber panel seals instead, and in 1992 the factory closed down for good.

TET – Tartu Ehitusmaterjalide tehas. Asutatud 1946a.Valmistas klaastaarat ja ehitusmaterjale. Tootis 1976.a. 35 milj. pudelit, 232 milj. ampulli, 187000m3 mittemaakset ehitusmaterjali (killustikku, paasi, liiva ja kruusa) 139000 rbl. eest elektriinstallatsioonitooteid ja 349000 rbl. eest mööbli metallkarkassi, töötajaid oli 883 Tehasel oli Tsirguliinas tsehh ja Meleskis klaasitsehhi osakond. 1955–1980a oli tehase direktor Robert Mertens.

Tartu Ehitusmaterjalide tehas polnud vana ettevõte – 1986 aastal sai ta alles 40-aastaseks. Lühikese aja jooksul sai läbi käidud küllalt keeruline arengutee, millest annab tunnistust kas või seegi asjaolu, et nelja aastakümne vältel on ettevõttel tulnud kaks korda mine vahetada. Tema üksikud allüksused nagu Meleski, Sangaste ja ka Tartu klaasitsehh olid hoopis eakamad.

Lisainfo: 1960 anti Meleski klaasivabrik Tartu Ehitusmaterjalide Tehase alluvusse ja 1965 algas Meleski tsehhi ümberehitamine. Kui N Liidus võimule tulnud Gorbatšov piiras alkoholitarbimist, vähenes ka nõudlus pudelite järele ja Tartu peakontoris otsustati Meleskis klaasitootmine lõpetada.
1987 valmis Meleski vabrikus viimane pudel. Paar aastat toodeti Meleskis hoopis kummist paneelitihendeid, 1992. aastal jäi vabrik lõplikult seisma.

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