Pyotr Kraykovsky, CEO and Chief Process Engineer of Kapitel Irkutsk, talks about how the company became a manufacturer of unique materials. – According to figures from Chem-Courier, between 46% and 52% of paints and coatings in Russia are produced by small players,...

... and attract new business. Himtrust develops new formulations of components required for PU foam and paints and coatings, and tailors formulations to customers’ requests. The company has a 28-year track record, 16 warehouses, and representative offices in Russia and Kazakhstan. With shipments going to Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Uzbekistan, our sales footprint continues to expand. We are growing at 10%–30% per year, driven by a strong focus on our online marketing strategy. Our competitors ...

... Amid the pandemic, the past two years have been tough for the construction industry, where key consumers of your products operate. Could you tell us how your company managed to keep going? – These past two years have given us a wealth of experience working with restrictions and regular lockdowns. For the first few months, the market did not know what to do, or where things were going. Nonetheless, we were able to withstand the first and subsequent lockdowns without having to lay anyone off; in ...

... market conditions? What goals and objectives did the company’s founders set for themselves and how did they evolve over time? – The company was founded in 2008 and started as a trader of octane boosters and fuel components. Over the 14 years since, we have launched new businesses, from the production and sale of additives and fuel components for petrol and diesel, to the production and packaging of our own solvents, as well as petrochemicals. In addition, we have moved into adjacent businesses,...

CEO of Gazpromneft - Bitumen Materials Dmitry Orlov talks about the common ground between bitumen and petrochemical producers. – The world around us is changing, perhaps, faster and stronger than we would like: in terms of tactics the pandemic is ...

... the industry. – Mr Dunat, looking back at the key milestones in the history of your company, please tell us where you started and how far you have come. – Well, 30 years is quite a milestone in itself for a company, as it stands for its resilience, expertise, and sustainability. It all started in 1990s when Vladimir Chuykov, Gotek Board Chairman, made the wise decision to tap into the flexible packaging market, with the Group establishing and gradually developing a new business, Gotek-Polipak,...

Larisa Guro, Business Development Manager at BASF Russia and CIS, spoke to us about how her company has gone green and how this has brought success along with it. Roadmap to climate neutrality BASF has been supporting global environmental conservation initiatives for more than 25 years now. The company is committed to the Paris Agreement and is guided by the principles underpinning the UN’s ...

Miron Gorilovsky, CEO of POLYPLASTIC Group, speaks about the 30th anniversary of his company. – Your company was registered on the first day of the August 1991 coup, meaning it is the same age as the new Russian state. Which stages has your company seen over the years?...

Tatiana Serova, CEO of International Plastic Guide, talks to us about the state of the market in 2021 and price imbalances. – Tatiana, at the beginning of 2021 in Russia, many manufacturers of polymer products and their consumers started talking about a sharp jump ...

... company is building a new business: the production of hydrocarbon resins. In 2019, as part of these efforts, it signed a long-term contract with SIBUR for the supply of aromatics mixtures. Today Agrosintez, using a new treatment technology, is also receiving high-quality solvent and is introducing it into new markets. Initially, petroleum solvent has a rather sharp aroma and quite a high optical density due to the presence of oligomeric impurities. Own research laboratory, as well as a resin extraction ...

Russia’s first-ever production line launched for steel-reinforced PVC profile. POLYPLASTIC Group has launched Russia’s first-ever production line for reinforced-steel polyvinyl chloride (PVC) profile at the Novomoskovsk Plastic Pipes Plant (NZPT). The Group is the largest CIS manufacturer of plastic piping systems,...

We sat down with Denis Eganov, Founder & CEO of Himtrust. – What does Himtrust produce? Tell us a little about your flagship product and how you have diversified your business. – Himtrust initially focused on PU foam components, but in Russia, this market is only growing by between 3% ...

... consumer benefits, in terms of their technical, physical and chemical properties, when compared with conventional systems based on polypropylene and steel pipes. PEX pipes are easy to install in rooms without having to use fittings, which reduces the speed and cost of installation work. After any deformation, they restore their shape. Operating temperatures range from –50 °C to +95 °C. Due to a special layer in the pipe, oxygen is stopped from penetrating the pipe walls, which prevents ...

... of polymer plants – a holding company partnering with SIBUR) has launched the Flakes-to-Resine (FTR) technology, which is completely unique in Russia. The technology allows you to add up to 35% of post-consumer materials to virgin polymers to produce food-grade granulate. This makes Senezh Russia’s second plant (after Plarus, part of Europlast) to produce food-grade granulate from recycled materials. As part of the new technology, the plant has installed machines from the Swiss company Bühler ...

... building envelopes. We have a huge assortment of polymer-based insulation materials – around 50 of them. This breadth means we can satisfy a diverse range of customer requirements for the product, including for the level of strength, flame-resistance and other characteristics that they may need. As an example, when building runways at airports in the North of Russia, the insulation materials used must be rigid and water impermeable. Naturally, we make them with a very high density. We also have ...