Instead of villas - we insert broken windows: how the glass business works during the war. - Eugene Dovgun about Case Okma

When all our friends were "glazed", Alexei got his old working notebook and called everyone out of it. New customers have emerged. Subsequently, the People's Telegraph worked - we were already found on recommendations. Yes, in half a year we went to circulation $ 30 thousand a month. The war put everything on a pause and turned the shop into an "Armed Forces Movement" The main direction of OKME - the glazing of private residential buildings of varying complexity.

From ordinary doors to a 6-meter facade of solid panoramic windows or roofs in the form of a sea wave with mirror glass. Prior to the war, the main percentage of customers was in the suburbs of Kiev. The work slowed down a month before the invasion. Even against the background of conversations, the customers curtailed activity, and after February 24, the number of those who wanted to invest in construction sharply fell. Everything stopped.

In addition, the aluminum profile and glass from Europe, which we use in production, could be expected for up to 12 weeks through the "congestion" on the border. It has become difficult to calculate the overall construction estimate: the price of fuel, logistics and the jumping of the course is beaten by the final numbers. Even if turnkey glazing is worth a million, tomorrow is a completely different amount.

5 of the main decisions during the war, when they realized that the deadline was not defined - they made basic things for themselves: 1) to turn the company shop into an Armed Forces Assistance. Volunteering began with a call of a close relative, who was transferred to the Kharkiv direction of defense. In two days, we closed the entire request and provided the boys from the Cold Yar with everything you need.

Next went regular queries: from binoculars and berets to cigarettes, sprays and carbonated drinks. Transport was given priority. In addition to drones and artillery, this war requires speed, car is promptness, mobility, logistics, and often salvation. In short, it is a real find for the front. In the half of the year, we have already transferred 7 cars for the 93rd Mechanized Brigade "Cold Yar".

We also transmit collimators, generators, sights, bulletproof vests and other things needed for the front. A powerful laptop, a drone and a special reconnaissance generator from the 239th Battalion have recently been sent to Kherson region. 80% of all security is our personal and corporate resources, another 20% are assistance from foreign business partners. 2) The team remains at any cost we have saved jobs to our entire team, as well as the average level of earnings.

However, the load has changed. The schedule became more flexible. We try to support employees and other resources. For example, the parents of our workshop are out of work, so we are now holding two of his families. The other is that we gave the car to take his relatives to a safe place. 3) To stop all the "cotton" projects we do not work with clients from the Russian Federation and Belarus. Yes, we immediately canceled a large order for 150 squares of glazing near Kharkiv.

The object was almost $ 400,000, because the customer was "cotton". 4) The war can be long - we shoot from the pause. One defender - 12 workers need to provide normally to provide the military rails of our economy. We work and help to win the occupier.

Previously, we were only interested in large -scale glazing for hundreds of square meters and elite villas, now we are considering different options: installation of broken windows in Kharkiv residential buildings, facade renewal in Kiev, sliding systems in private homes of the Dnieper. Already returned 50% of pre -war clients. After recently hit 8 rockets in Chaplin, the Okme team immediately went to place to offer local residents to help restore broken homes.

5) Any difficulty are new opportunities for all energy that is now being spent on hatred of the occupier and discussing politicians' statements into the economy. We look for new ideas and adapt business. Okme is already preparing production capacity for reconstruction projects. In the fall we plan to buy another machine. There is an agreement on the fast delivery of the best Belgian aluminum profile from Reynaers.

We are considering the direction of modular towns and glazing of disturbed multi -storey buildings. We also plan to build a cottage in the western part of Ukraine for 40 houses with all necessary infrastructure. This is a completely new promising direction. Together with our partners, we have already allocated the first million dollars for it and will soon start building the first facility in the Lviv region. We are best able to make beautiful buildings.