... 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, which is now one of Russia’s top ten flexible packaging producers. We hold a significant share of the dry foods, confectionery, and snack markets. ...

... unprecedented. On the one hand, the economy has begun to recover from lockdown. Polymer consumption is growing. The consumption of masks, gowns and protective suits has become a powerful driver of this growth. Some construction segments are also posting growth. Packaging is growing as demand for delivery services skyrocketed amid increased safety requirements for pickup and delivery. On the other hand, in the current pricing environment, no one can guarantee stable prices and supplies. This is not the first ...

SIBUR, O3 and Jokey launch a production line that will use packaging containing recycled plastic waste. SIBUR PolyLab, a research centre and developer of polymer recycling solutions, has completed the first stage of testing of plastic packaging containing post-consumer recycled plastic waste (PCR material) ...

Following the pandemic, the demand for packaging has been on the rise, with quality, safety and affordable price coming to the fore. Alexander Ladan, Director of Neo-Pack (SIBUR’s partner), talks about the current trends in the market. How did the pandemic-related restrictions affect your ...

Following successful testing, SIBUR’s facility in Tomsk is launching commercial production of bags from recycled materials. Tomskneftekhim, SIBUR’s Tomsk-based facility and one of Russia’s largest polymer producers, is introducing a new type of packaging that involves recycled materials. With a capacity of up to 25 kg, the new form, fill and seal (FFS) bags are designed for transport and retail packaging of bulk petrochemical products made by Tomskneftekhim. In early 2020, the Company ...

SIBUR’s R&D centre has developed new LDPE grades to produce polymer packaging for infusion solutions used in COVID-19 treatment. Infusion therapy plays a major role in modern medicine. It is used in intensive care, surgery and treatment of infectious diseases. Amid the pandemic, infusion is one of the key parts of clinical ...

..., there is no deficit of Russian-produced calcium carbonate compounds. In 2001, the company launched a recycled polymer processing facility. What is the share of these products in your output? Around 10%. We use recycled polymers to produce packaging films and industrial polymer pipes. We also sell them. In the next three years, we plan to double the processing volumes to 10 ktpa. Your activities include sourcing and supplying equipment for polymer production. The company has helped launch ...

BIAXPLEN launches new film grades for self-adhesive labels and confectionery and tobacco packaging. In 2019, BIAXPLEN partnered with its clients and SIBUR’s R&D centres to develop new films for a number of consumer segments. Unique for the Russian market, SOIL (pearl) and STG (transparent) label films are fused directly into polypropylene ...

Smart bottles and edible boxes: what McKinsey expects packaging to look like. Key trends that will be reshaping the packaging industry in the next 5–10 years include the development of e-commerce, changing consumer preferences, margin compression in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and retail, and focus ...

... to the Federal Law On Production and Consumption Wastes are in progress. The initiative will eventually force manufacturers to cut down production and encourage consumers to reuse plastic bags. In addition, Rospotrebnadzor suggests that biodegradable packaging technology be developed. Maxim Remchukov, Sustainable Development Director at SIBUR, shared insights on recycling as a potential solution to waste problem in an interview with RBC's What Does It Mean? show. According to Maxim, there ...

... printing, machinery, consumables and software. On the whole, the exhibition attracted 37,903 visitors from 140 countries, who came to see 693 exhibitors occupy about 40,000 sq m. This time, the exhibition centred around hybrid printing and flexible packaging technologies. Lisa Milburn, Managing Director at Labelexpo Global Series, said: “Flexible packaging is one of the fastest growing and most exciting areas of the label and package printing industry, so we decided to incorporate it as a major ...

PolyER hosted a round-table discussion on plastic packaging. Plastic recycling challenges It was the first time a packaging manufacturer brought all stakeholders around the table. The attendees included feedstock suppliers, packaging manufacturers and customers, plastic collection and recycling operators....

How polymer cement packaging beats traditional paper bags. Keeping packaged cement during transportation is a never-ending challenge for construction and logistics businesses. Cement hardly withstands ambient environments and needs to be protected from moisture, carbon ...

Alexander Ladan, Director of Neo-Pack, speaks about the way manufacturers of polymer packaging surprise their customers and about the nature of Asian markets. How is the packaging market in Siberia evolving? What do you think about the current Russian packaging market? Over the last 20 years, the packaging market has evolved ...

... foreign peers fr om such mass segments as transparent and metallised commodity films, wh ere technological requirements were not that high. Imports survived only in complex technology-intensive and quality-demanding segments like tobacco and confectionery packaging, or label films for plastic containers.” BOPP film facilities under construction in Novokuybyshevsk. At this second stage of import substitution, BIAXPLEN was competing with some other domestic players that decided to invest in new ...