RUSSIA

BASF Coatings starts paints production in Russia
BASF Coatings (Münster, Germany; www.basf-coatings.com) has started up its new production site for paints in Russia. The new facility at Pavlovski Posad, 60 km east of Moscow, has a production capacity of 6,000 m.t./yr of paints (basecoats and...

Uhdenora receives order from  AO KAUSTIK 
Uhdenora S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.uhdenora.com) received a contract from AO KAUSTIK for  the new membrane chlor-alkali plant to be erected in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. The new plant will have a capacity of 91 m.t./d of sodium hydroxide, and is scheduled to...

Evonik and Sibur review options for cooperation  
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and the Russian JSC Sibur Holding (Moscow) have agreed to start an exclusive feasibility study regarding the possible construction of a facility to produce propylene oxide (PO), together with hydrogen...

Ineos Technologies signs agreement with Sibur
Sibur LLC has selected Ineos’ Innovene PP Process for a new 200,000 m.t./yr polypropylene (PP) plant to be constructed at the production site of Tomskneftekhim LLC, Tomsk, Russian...

Hyperion wins turn-Key OTS project in Russia
Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd., (Athens, Greece; www.hyperionsystems.gr) has been awarded the supply and implementation of an Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for the methanol plant of JSC Metafrax, at Gubakha, Russia. Hyperion’s turn-key...

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