Reviews, articles, interviews
On the eve of the 2nd International Chemical Summit in Moscow, its participants - heads of enterprises and companies - told The Chemical Journal about major trends in the chemical industry and results achieved, and shared their fears and hopes.
 Uzkimysanoat
Gulomzhon Ibragimov: “In 7-8 years Uzbekistan will become a strong player in the Asian chemical market”
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 JSC Metafrax
Vladimir Daut: “What we need is to find the people we can trust, with the projects that have a future”
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 Degussa AG
Alfred Oberholz: “We'll follow our consumers, the Western companies that have already entered the Russian market”
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 EuroChem Mineral Chemical Company
Dmitry Strezhnev: “Russian agriculture needs market competition”
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 TOMSKNEFTEKHIM, Ltd
Leonid Reznikov: “WTO is no threat because we are part of Gazprom”
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 JSC PHOSAGRO
Stanislav Pomytkin: “It’s hard to make the farmer think of fertilizes until he gets machinery and motor fuels”
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 JSC SAYANSKKHIMPLAST
Nikolai Melnik: “By 2010, we’ll have our own chlorine and ethylene”
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 JSC ACRON
Ivan Antonov: “Our main competitors are in the Middle East”
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 JSC POLYEF
Yagafar Abdrashitov: “The next year Polyef will bring over $2 million back to the country”
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 JSC AZOT
Victor Smolyago: “Our own production of hydrogen will enable us to adopt a fundamentally new layout of caprolactam manufacture”
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 YAROSLAVSKIE KRASKI
Nikolai Yakovlev: “Western coating producers prefer launching facilities in Russia to investing as yet”
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 JSC URALKALI
Nikolai Yakovlev: “Western coating producers prefer launching facilities in Russia to investing as yet”
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 DOW CORNING
Markus Ponleitner: “The success of Dow Corning in Russia is related to a strong growth of the consumer market”
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 Federal Antimonopoly Service
Igor Artemyev: "Penalties for law infringement are so small that monopolists include them into their business plans"
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 Federal Antimonopoly Service
Andrey Tsyganov: "FAS has played no small role in settling the dispute between Añron and Apatit."
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Review of the Moscow Chemical Industry
Despite its disadvantageous geographical position and full lack of feedstock resources, the chemical production complex of Moscow has been outpacing other industries of the city by its output.
Operational Results of Synthetic Rubber Industry in 2004
The amount of synthetic rubber manufactured in Russia in 2004 exceeded the 2003 output by 4.1 %. Further development of the industry, however, is restrained by the shortage of monomer feedstock. In this connection, the Sintezkauchuk Association proposes to introduce, as soon as possible, a new technology based on the use of rare-earth catalysts at all polyisoprene manufacturing enterprises.
Situation in Asia-Pacific Chemical Market
Despite the tsunami aftermath, the GNP growth in most Asian countries in 2004 has noticeably exceeded the forecasts. Analysts explain a slight decline in net incomes registered by a number of companies by growing wages and intensified R&D activity.
Nefis - Kalina: 1:1
Nefis-Cosmetics of Kazan has been ordered by the court to pay 3 million rubles penalty for the rollout of a cosmetic product branded "Ìèëåíüêàÿ ôåÿ". The court has ruled the brand can be mistaken for the cosmetic product "Ìàëåíüêàÿ ôåÿ " already marketed by Kalina. Few people noticed that "Ìèëåíüêàÿ ôåÿ" was retaliation to competitor's "TriMax" face powder, which sounds very much like "BiMax" power marketed by Nefis.
Events
Specialized exhibitions, fairs, salons
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