(plastemart) -- SIBUR, Russia‘s largest petrochemical company, and Reliance Industries will bulild a butyl rubber plant with the capacity of 100,000 tpa, which is expected to kick off in next six months in Jamnagar, as per indrus.in.
The joint venture Reliance Sibur Elastomers Private Limited was formed in the beginning of 2012, although the project was announced earlier in 2010 during a visit of former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to India. The subsidiary recently opened an office in Mumbai to coordinate the Jamnagar project and find some new opportunities in Indian petrochemical industry.
RIL holds a 74.9 percent stake in the joint venture, while SIBUR enjoys 25.1% share. While Reliance will construct the plant, SIBUR will provide the technology. The Jamnagar butyl rubber plant is expected to be launched in mid-2014. Reliance Sibur Elastomers will be the first manufacturer of butyl rubber in India.
SIBUR is the leading petrochemical company in Russia and Eastern Europe. The Company operates across the entire petrochemical process chain from gas processing to the production of monomers, plastics and synthetic rubbers, as well as the processing of plastics.
Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business.
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