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• 29.08.2017 The management delegation of Rosprirodnadzor of the Republic of Tatarstan has visited Nizhnekamskneftekhim
  

  On August 25, 2017, the management delegation of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage (Rosprirodnadzor) of the Republic of Tatarstan, headed by Farit Khairutdinov, has visited Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

  The guests were informed about the progress of activities for cleaning the buffer ponds from mud on the Tungucha river, turnaround maintenance of one of the cooling towers, visited biologic treatment facilities  and the exhibition of children’s pictures and handcrafted articles on the environment protection topic, organized in  the health and recreation resort “Korabelnaya Roshcha”.

  As a final event a meeting was held with the participation of the Chief Engineer of the Company, Ilfat Sharifullin, and Managers of Business Units of the Company. Andrey Rubezhov, Deputy Head for Environment Protection of the Chief Engineer of the Company, reported about implementation of activities of “The Year of Environment” within the scope of quadruple agreement for interaction of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation,  Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Usage, the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan and PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim. The Head of the State Environmental Expert Evaluation and Standardization Department of Rosprirodnadzor of RT, Yelena Popova, informed about changes in the environmental legislation.   
• 12.07.2017 Nizhnekamskneftekhim produced its 17-millionth ton of ethylene
  

  Ethylene plant of Nizhnekamskneftekhim produced its 17-millionth ton of ethylene.

  Ethylene-450 plant with a capacity of 450 thousand tons per year produced its first product ethylene in June 1976. On the 31^st of August of the same year the State Commission signed the commissioning report. 

  The first stage of reconstruction and modernization of Ethylene production facilities, which was launched in 1988-1992, resulted in increase in capacity up to 485 thousand tons of ethylene per year. The second stage of reconstruction which took place in 2002 – 2009 allowed to increase the design capacity up to 600 thousand tons of ethylene per year. Now the annual production of ethylene amounts to 607 thousand tons.

  Since the start-up the plant has processed 57.6 million tons of pyrolysis feedstock and produced more than 33.8 million tons of core products, including ethylene, propylene, divinyl and benzene. 
• 06.07.2017 Nizhnekamskneftekhim representatives took part in IPTF-2017
  

  Nizhnekamskneftekhim representatives took part in the V International Polymer Technology Forum (IPTF) held in St. Petersburg in June.

  Marat Fatykhov, the Head of the Polymers Promotion Division, has delivered the report on "Product line-up of Nizhnekamskneftekhim". He shared information on the company's development of new polypropylene grades (high-fluid grades of random copolymers and block copolymers, impact-resistant and frost-resistant propylene copolymers), polyethylene (for casting covers and caps, for rotational molding) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE).

  The Company continues to work on substitution of imported grades of propylene copolymers. Their combined share in the total polypropylene output has increased from 58% in 2014 to 86% in 2016. The Company plans to develop bimodal block copolymer.

  The key direction in the production of Nizhnekamsk polyethylene is to increase the output of LLDPE. In this regard, the Company specialists are working to expand the grades assortment of this type of polyethylene, including grades suitable for rotational molding, blow molding and multilayer film production. For this purpose, direct contracts will be signed with stretch film manufacturers.

  During the discussion with technical experts of processing companies, discussed were the quality indicators and applications of the already existing plastic grades produced at Nizhnekamskneftekhim. At the same time, the Company's significant contribution to the replacement of imported polymers and the high quality of Nizhnekamsk plastics were noted.