RUSSIA LOOKS TO INCREASE PAINT AND COATING INGREDIENT PRODUCTION

THE RUSSIAN government has in the past decade has a policy priority of re-establishing it country’s industrial base, and reducing its reliance on imports, paid for by Russia’s energy exports. These goals cover its paints and coatings sector, and by 2021 Sibur, a Russian petrochemical company, plans to launch production of key ingredient maleic anhydride, with a plant in Tobolsk, Siberia, producing up to 45,000 tonnes a year. This, Sibur hopes, will cover Russian paint and coatings producers’ demand for this organic compound and eventually replace its ...


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