TOMSK (SIBUR) -- SIBUR chemical technological and scientific centre NIOST has made first industrial tests of new ⌠N catalyst, which is to essentially reduce operational costs.
In rubber polymerization process its insoluble fraction remains on the surface of reactor equipment. Today cleaning of reactor equipment is made manually. New ⌠N catalyst promotes the destruction of insoluble part of rubber into small fragments with their further solution. Time of reactor cleaning using new catalyst will shorten from 14 to 4 days.
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Sibur Holding is the largest Russian petrochemical group.
Shareholders:
Gazprombank (70% minus 1 share);
Gazfond (25% plus 1 share);
5% reserved for option program.
The share in the Russian market in 2008:
polyethylene - 11.1%;
polypropylene - 16% (including PP-random - 11.2%);
ABS - 5.2%;
PVC - 8.1%.