News archive for May, 2012
According to European Plastics News, ukrainian billionaire Dmitry Firtash considering investing more than €1.7-2bn in the country’s petrochemical business over the next 7-8 years.
Firtash says the money will go towards increasing production methyl, propylene, ethylene, polystyrene, caprolactam and chemical fibres at DF Holding. DF Holding is a financial conglomerate, owned by Firtash, which includes companies such as Rivneazot, Styrene and Azot.
Firtash has also not ruled out the possibility acquiring new petrochemical facilities in Ukraine and abroad.
According to the businessman, there is a lot of potential in developing the Ukraininan petrochemical business because production in recently declined, making the country dependent on imports from Russia and Germany.
In the early stages, the companies will focus on supplying the domestic markets.
Eugene Gerden (European Plastics News)
The II-nd International chemical industry forum BOLSHAYA KHIMIYA is being held in the capital of one of the Russian petrochemical centers, i.e. Ufa city, on the 17th-18th of May 2012.
Within two May days of 2012, the leaders of industry sector will discuss the main problems and trends of petrochemical industry development of Bashkir complex, other industrial hubs of Russian Federation, as well as the general tendencies of the world chemical market. In the frame of strategical programme the companies will announce their own investment projects to be realized up to 2030. During the parallel passing sessions of the technological programme, the technology and product suppliers will unveil up-to-date developments in the field of oil-gas conversion and petrochemical industry, which are in-demand by the processing complex of Russian Federation.
Main topics:
- maintenance of local market for Russian oil-gas-chemistry
- the essential questions of the Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization – improvement of the Russian regulatory system
- the prospects of the petrochemical cluster development in Volga Federal District and the Republic of Bashkortostan
- down-stream technologies transfer in chemical and petrochemical industries
- the innovative solutions for Oil-Gas Chemical Complex of the Republic of Bashkortostan
- the complex solutions of environmental problems and subjects of safe operation of manufacturing corporations
Forum Organizers:
- The Republic of Bashkortostan Government
- The Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Bashkortostan
- Economic Development Ministry of the Republic of Bashkortostan
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Bashkortostan
Forum operator is Information and Analysis Agency – RCC Group (Moscow).
Venue:
“Congress Hall”. 2hd build., Zaky Validy street, Ufa, The Republic of Bashkortostan.
According to PRW.com, top Russian pipe systems producer and compounder Polyplastic Group is expanding its capacity with the takeover of leading western Siberia polyethylene pipe maker, Omsk Pipe Insulation Plant (OZTI).
Last month (April), the deal, in which Polyplastic is buying 100% stake in OZTI, received the green light from the Russian competition authority, FAS. Under the terms of the sale Omsk-based OZTI’s present owner is reported to be taking a stake in the buyer group and will have a seat on its board of directors.
Under the proposed business plan output at OZTI is expected to more than double, according to Russian reports.
The Omsk business, one of Russia’s five top pipe producers, operates 10 extrusion lines at its plant processing up to 15,000 tpa of polyethylene, producing around 350kms of water and heating pipe a year. The business, formed in 1998, is a major supplier of pipe in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Moscow-based Polyplastic, formed in 1991, has 11 plants and nine commercial offices across Russia and CIS countries. Production units are in the Russian cities of Moscow, Engels, Klimovsk, Novocheboksarsk, Dinskaya and Angarsk, Kalush and Rubezhnove in the Ukraine and in the Belarus city of Kokhanovo and at Stepnogorsk in Kazakhstan.
In 2011 the company, which employs 5,000, recorded annual sales of €593m. Polyplastic, which is planning a stock market IPO in 2014, said last year it aims to raise its compounding capacity to 80,000 tpa by 2014.
Richard Higgs (PRW.com)
RosUpack, the 17th International Exhibition of packaging industry, will take place on 18–22 of June, 2012 in the new modern pavilion 75 at VVC.
For the convenience of visitors and participants the exposition is grouped according to the following themes:
- Eguipment (Packing equipment; Equipment for cosmetic and pharmaceutical packaging; Equipment for food packaging and liquids; Equipment for all types of packaging; Сonversion equipment, pre-press, printing, decorating packages)
- Packaging (Drinks and liquid; Packaging for food products; Packaging for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; Packaging for all products; Industrial Packaging; Elite, luxury and gift wrap)
- Containers, raw and expendable materials (Raw materials; Consumables; Film)
- Labeling (Equipment for the production of labels; The identification, labeling, bar coding and label)
- Logistics and warehousing (Loading, unloading, storing; Secondary packaging, shipping, warehouse)
In 2011 RosUpack brought together 704 companies from 30 countries worldwide. During the five days the exhibition was attended by 19 655 people from 49 countries and all Russian regions providing the unique opportunity to obtain during these five days all necessary information about the industry, to meet new partners and sign contracts. The exhibition annually includes an informative business program aimed at business cooperation which provides educational potential for all participants and attendees.
Status of visitors (According to the poll of visitors conducted by the exhibition organiser):
- 95,7% specialists in the packaging industry
- 62,3% top managers and mid-level executives
- 54,1% have found new partners
Organiser:
- MVK (The part of the ITE Group)
ROSPLAST – 2012, the 3th International specialized exhibition of raw materials, equipment and technologies for the production of plastic goods and items will traditionally be held from 18 till 21 of June 2012 in one of the best exhibition grounds of Russia Crocus-Expo (143400, Moscow region, Krasnogorsk, p/o “Krasnogorsk-4″, 65-66 km Ring Road), Pavilion 1, Hall 4.
ROSPLAST exhibition first opened its doors to public in the year 2010 as a natural extension of another popular project, the international fair for mouldmaking ROSMOULD: MOULDS. DIE-MOULDS. STAMPS. The two exhibitions are closely interlinked, which benefits both projects, attracting visiting professionals from a variety of industrial spheres.
Main categories:
- RAW MATERIALS: polymeric gums, ingredients, plastics, foams, composites, rubbers, caoutchoucs and elastoplasts;
- SEMI-PRODUCTS: films, sheet, profiles, pipes, fibers;
- ITEMS from plastics, composite materials, combined metal-polymeric systems;
- EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES: machinery, facilities, lines, pilot production innovative machines for modern fabrication methods of semi-products and items;
- MEANS OF PRODUCTION INFRUSTRUCTURE: robots, chillers, ovens etc., means of logistic infrastructure;
- SYSTEMS for equipment diagnostics, means of monitoring and control;
- SYSTEMS for technological equipment management, software;
- EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES for disposal and recycling into items.
- INTELLIGENT innovations and services, specialized printed and on-line media.
Organiser:
- International Exhibition Company EXPO-M-GROUP Ltd.
SIBUR is beginning temporary imports of basic grades of polypropylene to reduce the existing deficit in the Russian market. The pilot shipment will amount to 500 tonnes, with subsequent increases in imports up to 2 thousand tonnes per month, says Media Centre company.
The deficit in the Russian polypropylene market arose due to a forced shutdown of several plants unaffiliated with SIBUR (Stavrolen in Stavropol Krai and the Lisichanskiy refinery in Ukraine), which coincided with the seasonal increase in demand from polypropylene refiners.
The imported volumes will be sold at market prices with a minimal commission from SIBUR. The polypropylene will be purchased from China, India, and the Middle East.
«SIBUR’s strategy is focused on developing the base polymer segment, with polypropylene refiners as our key clients», Sergey Komyshan, Managing Director and Head of SIBUR’s Basic Polymers Division said.
«It is important that we support our customers until our Tobolsk-Polymer project is put into operation. The increased production volumes at our existing sites, coupled with additional imports of polypropylene, will help to reduce the price pressure on refiners from independent traders».
In 2011, Tomskneftekhim produced 128.8 thousand tonnes of polypropylene, while SPE Neftekhimiya, the joint venture between SIBUR and Gazprom neft, produced 114.4 thousand tonnes. The combined capacity of the two facilities grew in 2011 to 243.2 thousand tonnes, an increase of more than 11% from 2010.
Tobolsk-Polymer will be Europe’s largest complex for the production of polypropylene, with a capacity of 500 thousand tonnes per year. Construction on the site is expected to finish in the third quarter of 2012, with production due to start in early 2013.
SIBUR is the largest petrochemical company in Russia and Eastern Europe, one of the fastest growing petrochemical companies in the world and in the top three by EBITDA margin in the petrochemical industry globally. The Company is one of the top two European synthetic rubbers producers.
SIBUR operates across the entire petrochemical process chain from gas processing, production of monomers, plastics and synthetic rubbers to the processing of plastics. SIBUR is a vertically integrated company with its gas processing facilities providing feedstock for its petrochemical production. SIBUR’s export sales are around 40-45%. The company has trade houses in Europe and China.
According to European Plastics News, growing demand for insulation materials in Russia has prompted one national producer, Teplex to raise its output of extruded polystyrene (XPS) to 500,000m³ per year.
The company from the western Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod signed a contract for new European-supplied production equipment. Teplex expects to launch the new line by late this year or early in 2013.
Its new foam material capacity is aimed at meeting increasing demand in Russia’s central, north western and Volga federal regions. The new output, aimed at the country’s construction and oil and gas sectors will enable Teplex to secure an increased market share of up to 15%, it said.
Sales of its XPS products have been boosted since the introduction of legislation in Russia in 2009 to establish the general use of modern higher-quality insulation materials in construction.
Teplex is also looking east to expand its capacity and grow its position in the Russian market. The company is currently in talks to switch part of its production to Siberia to take advantage of a healthy regional market.
It plans to establish a new plant in Novosibirsk in Siberia with a projected XPS capacity of around 200,000 m³/year. The new plant is expected to start up at the end of next year or early in 2014.
The existing Teplex plant was launched in February 2005 at a time when demand for insulating material far exceeded the existing capacity.
Richard Higgs (European Plastics News)