... everyone else, were not ready for such a shock. In the first months of the lockdown, some segments of the food industry were almost paralysed: HoReCa (hotels, restaurants, catering) ground to a halt, and sales actually fell to zero. Only food delivery services were operating – and then only in places where this segment was developed. But we knew what to do: we tracked changes in the market, and analysed the developments. To get an understanding of the situation, we started communicating with customers ...

Interview with CEO of Conflex SPb Vladislav Yatsenko. – How did Conflex start its business? Who was involved at its origin? – In 1996–1997, a sharp trend emerged in Russia towards an increase in demand for packaging from domestic food businesses and large multinational ...

SIBUR and Gazprom Neft held the PRO Bitumen & PBBs cross-industry conference. The quality and safety of roads depend on the materials and technologies used to build them. For several years now, SIBUR and Gazprom Neft have been holding PRO Bitumen & PBBs, a cross-industry conference where market players discuss topical industry ...

Christoph Roehrig, Head of BASF in Russia and CIS, talks about how the global chemicals giant and SIBUR are joining forces for their sustainable development, both now and in the future. How is collaboration between BASF and SIBUR developing? I believe that the relationship between BASF and SIBUR has become a model partnership on the Russian market. We have been working ...

... way of this type of pipe in 2021. On 15 January 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov chaired a meeting discussing the possibility of using polymer pipes in the oil and gas industry. It brought together representatives of the oil industry, producers of polymers, pipe products and executive authorities, and resulted in tasking Rosstandart (led by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade with participation fr om the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities, federal supervisory authorities,...

An interview with Maria Ivanova, First Vice-President of the Russian Chemists Union. – What is the Russian Chemists Union like today? How does it stand in industry? – The Russian Union of Chemists was established in 1997 as an expert industry association of enterprises fr om the real ...

International Plastic Guide is introducing advanced technologies and developing new products. How has the pandemic impacted your company activities? In your opinion, which areas required particular attention? In order to remain competitive and maintain growth, we needed to broaden horizons and approach ...

... “Europlast” Enterprise Association (EA)) reported on the completion of a large-scale modernization of equipment, which allowed to increase the productivity of the sorting shop of polymer packaging waste by 30 tons per day. RTT sorting machines have been replaced by Tomra (Norway) Autosort separators, which allow sorting by polymer type and color using spectrometers for material recognition and further selection of the appropriate types of PET packaging using compressed air streams. The new equipment provides ...

A year ago, Dinalak acquired Yaroslavsky Lak, which went bankrupt in 2019. In August 2020, the Ministry of Economic Development made the company a tenant of the advanced development territory established in the Yaroslavl Region. Sergey Kolkotin, CEO of Dinalak, explains why they went ahead with acquiring a bankrupt company and how business is faring during the pandemic. – Sergey, tell us about Dinalak. – The ...

Oduvanchik, a manufacturer of fuel additives and petrochemicals from the Altai Territory, introduced Aplidium, a proprietary fuel additive, in 2020. Olga Shmakova, Head of Procurement at Oduvanchik, speaks about the product and how it was developed, as well as competing products and services in the market. – Olga, I think that many of our readers ...

... develop a new business line – the production of hydrocarbon resin, which is the main feedstock for paints and varnishes. So we shopped around for a manufacturer of aromatic hydrocarbons; it turns out there are very few in Russia. SIBUR became our choice for logistical reasons, among others, as SIBUR’s production site in Tomsk was the nearest manufacturer capable of ensuring regular, reliable deliveries of feedstocks. – Was this new business a success? – During the first two years, the factory ...

Traditional solutions could face serious competition from polymer-based firefighting systems. Development is, however, held back by out-of-date legislation, believe representatives of SLT Aqua Mikhail Bazilevsky, Technical Director, and Mikhail Tovmasyan, CEO. SLT Aqua produces ...

Is it possible to bring not just the control function, but also staff onboard in addressing product quality? Oleg Simkin, Vice President of Europlast, is sure that it is. In his interview, the top manager spoke about his experience of implementing quality management tools in the company. Europlast is a Russian company producing PET preforms, plastic packaging and polymer ...

... activity? Technical Director of International Plastic Guide Eduard Zamyslov, PhD, Chemistry, shared his views on polymers recycling. Packaging, tableware and other products made of plastic using International Plastic Guide’s solutions regularly face a barrage of criticism. Nevertheless, your company itself raises the issue of environmental pollution. Don’t you see any conflict here? The pollution problem is real and must be addressed – this issue resonates with all sensible people, regardless ...

... and hygienic applications in the quantities required to fully utilise Netkanika’s production capacity. “Soon, Netkanika will start supplying meltblown both to local and international customers. Prototypes have already shown outstanding performance, with material filtering the smallest organic and inorganic particles and meeting the highest international standards. Currently, facility personnel are developing regulatory documentation, specifications for finished products and equipment testing....