Commercial and Industrial group “Cristall” is one of the largest alcoholic beverage companies in Russia, founded in 2002 by Sergey Zivenko. Due to his previous management experience he succeeded in building a company of his own – a commercial & industrial group with powerful production facilities and efficient trade network. The plant “Kristall” (Kaluga) is the core facility of the Commercial and Industrial group “Cristall”. The plant joined the group in 2003 and a new stage in its development and history began. The plant story begins on the 14th of July 1901 with a grand opening of the state wine sale and sanctification of the first wine storehouse. Nowadays the plant is one of the leading distilleries in Russia. Powerful production base and modern technologies provide stable and high quality production. Due to new technologies, reconstruction and modernization processes, advanced German and US- automatic production lines the plant obtained the European Quality System Certificate ISO 9000:2000.