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Tragedy of Coatings Market
The consumption of coatings in Russia is constantly growing. Domestic paints are in high demand, so new manufacturers are appearing in the middle and lower segments of the industry. The competition in the Russian coatings market is very tough. However, some companies consider the production of coatings as a serious business, while others are looking at it as an opportunity to get high profit here and now without large investments. Therefore, cases of fraud and unfair competition are frequent in the Russian market. In many countries such cases are controlled by industrial associations. The Russian market also attempts to create similar associations of coatings manufacturers. A community of Russian coating-producing companies is very likely to spring up in two or three years. It will pursue an integrated industrial policy and lobby the industrial interests of its members following western standards.
Ports and Railroad Stations of Big Chemistry
The reduction of transportation expenses is one of the major strategic development directions for any agrochemical company. Being up to 2,000 kilometers away from the nearest seaports, most manufacturers ship their produce along a conventional transportation corridor "railroad - seaport - sea". Naturally, the shipping efficiency here depends on several carriers. The importance of transportation logistics is clear to everyone: railroaders, stevedores, forwarding agents, customs officers, and, certainly, consignors. However, under the conditions, when corporate (and, in case of transit shipments, state) interests of some players contradict the requirements of the others, it proves difficult to provide attractive conditions for all parties of the shipment.
State of Russian "Chlorine" Segment
The production of chlorine and sodium hydrate is a basic segment of the chemical industry both in Russia and abroad.
Polymer Modification: New Industrial Opportunities
A dedicated conference titled Polymer Modifiers was organized and held by RCC Group and The Chemical Journal in Moscow on November 4. The conference was attended by polymer manufacturers, distributors and consumers, including Bayer, BASF, DuPont, Bars62, Ciba, etc.
The Year of Polystyrene
The Europlastic company, the exclusive distributor of polystyrene products by JSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and LDPE by JSC Sevilen (Kazan) in central Russia celebrates its anniversary of market activities.
Medicine for Medicine Market
The entire chain of drug development, trial and production consists of the following stages: investment, development, patenting, biological trials, clinical trials, manufacturing, and marketing.
Oil Refining: New Old Developments
The problem of deep oil processing has been actual for the Russian industry for years. The problem can be solved through both the implementation of new methods for the secondary processing of oil residue, and the improvement, conversion and retooling of the operating facilities.
Plates Instead of Tubes
Ammonium and carbamide producing plants are usually equipped with conventional shell-and-tube heat exchangers. Alfa Laval's practice shows, however, that those devices can be successfully replaced with compact plate heat exchangers.
Integrated Packaging Solution for Petrochemical Products and Mineral Fertilizers by Windmeller & Hellsher
Following its unfailing principle "everything out of the same hands" the German Windmeller & Hellsher mechanical engineering company offers to manufacturers of free-flowing products a series of fillers enabling a state-of-the-art cost-effective filling.
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