We create stable and mutually beneficial partnership with both Russian and foreign companies, including any serious business partner engaged. Here you can find a basic, but not an exhaustive information about our main business partners, demonstrating the diversity of partnership areas. We would like to express our deep appreciation to all our partners, whom we’ve been privileged to work with.
The quality of raw materials is extremely important for Russian producers, so we rely on the best Russian and international suppliers of raw materials that have modern technology and manufacturing level, produce world-class quality goods, and have the developed quality systems. You can find below information about our key partners, which supply us with raw materials (polymers, fillers, a wide range of functional additives for plastics, etc.), and thus help us to keep the high positions achieved by now..
SIBUR Holding CJSC is the leading petrochemical company in Russia and Eastern Europe. It processes more than half of Russia’s associated petroleum gas and produces 19% of its polypropylene, 16% of its polyethylene, 44% of its synthetic rubbers, and a considerable share of other petrochemical products.
TNK-BP Holding is the third largest Russian oil company and is among the top ten privately-owned oil companies in the world in terms of crude oil production. It’s the owner of a newly constructed plant for polypropylene production «Linos» (Lisichansk, Ukraine).
Nizhnekamskneftekhim JSC is the largest petrochemical complex in Eastern Europe. The company products are exported to more than 59 countries of Europe, America and South-East Asia. About 50% of entire products is export-marketed. The most large-scale products sold for export include synthetic rubbers, plastics, styrene and neonol. POLYPLASTIC Group also cooperates with affiliates of the complex. KuibyshevAzot OJSC is among ten greatest word producers and takes the first place in CIS countries in caprolactam production, leader in PA-6 production in Russia, CIS countries and Eastern Europe. Company is a part of the first ten enterprises in domestic nitrogen and nitrogen compound making industry, and the only company in Russia that produces tyre cord fabric on high tenacity yarns basis.
Stavrolen LLC is one of the largest petrochemical companies in Russia, a part of the LUKOIL-Neftekhim Company. It’s a modern petrochemical complex with highly automated manufacturing processes.
OCV Steklovolokno (in Gus-Khrustalny) is a part of the Owens Corning, USA, the leading global producer of glass-fiber reinforcements. The company delivers a broad range of reinforcement products including rovings, chopped strands, mats, technical fabrics, non-woven veils and engineered materials for composite systems. They are produced both in Russia and in other countries. The company’s composite solutions are applied in automotive, construction, engineering, petrochemicals and infrastructure and other industry applications.
DuPont (E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company) — is one of the world’s largest chemical companies. POLYPLASTIC Group is a DuPont distributor in the Russian market for 18 years. This long-term cooperation resulted in excellent training of POLYPLASTIC staff in the area of promotion and technical support of DuPont products. Close collaboration with DuPont has made their assortment of engineering plastics more versatile and convenient for consumers. DuPont Company is our strategic partner in the sphere of selected range of basic polymers for compounding.
We also cooperate with leading international manufacturers of polymeric materials and additives for plastics, including products not produced in Russia, for example, BASF, LyondellBasell, Exxon Mobile, OMYA, Clariant, Luzenas, and many others.
We are serious about choosing suppliers, following the development of the market of raw materials. We are well aware of the product assortment of European and Asian manufacturers of raw materials for plastics..
Modern high-tech compounding equipment is a prerequisite and guarantee for success in providing the high quality of our products on the market and producing a wide range of composite materials with different properties. Our partners are the world’s leading companies supplying us the first-class equipment for plastic compounding, which combines high performance and flexibility, the availability of automated control and monitoring systems. We can vary the output of compounding lines within the range of 100 kg/hour to 2.5 tonnes/hour, depending on the type of production.
Krauss Maffei Berstorff LLC is a partner with a worldwide reputation in the field of machinery for processing plastics and rubbers. The company manufactures high-tech machinery for extrusion and compounding and supplies us with complete extrusion lines with automated computer-controlled key parts. Coperion GmbH (Germany) is a global market leader producing technology for compounding and extrusion, materials transportation and services, as well as a reliable partner in global cooperation and organizing of small and medium enterprises in the field of plastic manufacturing, chemical and other industries.
Automotive Industry
Our company started close cooperation with automotive industry partners from the very beginning of its activity and continued till now, so far this market remains one of the key segments where the POLYPLASTIC materials took a strong position.
One of our top-priority activities is developing new and improving existing branded assortment of thermoplastic polymeric compositions for automotive engineering and automotive components. We have built long-term partnership with the leading domestic auto plants GAZ, VAZ, Kamaz, UAZ, and a great number of their business partners supplying them with polymeric materials such as Autocomponent (Nizhny Novgorod), Plastic (Syzran), DAAZ, DZS and DZR (Dimitrovgrad), etc. We develop new material grades for each new car model or restyling modification if necessary, quickly enough, according to more modern specifications or in the new color range.
We’ve got partners among large international companies and car manufacturers - suppliers of automotive parts and components, who paid attention to high scientific and technical potential of POLYPLASTIC Group. So, in 2008, we began to cooperate with automobile companies Ford, St. Petersburg and VW, Kaluga taking part in the program for production localization of plastic parts in Russia. Later the companies Renault, GM, Fiat entered this program. The first significant achievements in this direction have been already recorded, proving that POLYPLASTIC materials meet the requirements of the world's automakers.
Household Appliances
POLYPLASTIC began to develop this segment from 2003, and now our company dominates the Russian market in the area of composite materials for major household appliances, being the main supplier of materials for all the corresponding international companies located in Russia.
Indesit International JSC is European division of Indesit company, the largest in Russia manufacturer of major household appliances - refrigerators and washing machines. Long experience of successful cooperation with the company has provided the development and application of polypropylene compositions competitive with their foreign analogues. Cooperation with Indesit has made it possible to launch production and supply of polypropylene composites that are widely applied in other fields.
LG Electronics is the Russian subsidiary of the transnational corporation. POLYPLASTIC Group has developed polypropylene based composites that have passed homologation procedure. For several years we have supplied our materials for manufacturing LG washing machines. Proof of the quality and competitiveness of the developed materials is the fact that the Russian division of LG is the only division of the company, which employs local materials production. Today, an active work is going on aiming to expanding the range of materials supplied for the company.
Following the request of Atlant Inc. (Minsk, Belarus), nonflammable polyamide and polypropylene based compositions have been developed, which meet the standards of the EU RoHS Directive.
Electrical & Electronics
DKS Group of companies (Dielectric Cable Systems) is a leading manufacturer of cable management systems, wiring accessories, and enclosures in Russia. In cooperation with DKS, we have developed polypropylene and polyamide based grades for corrugated pipes for electric wirings, competitive with the best import models. Special composite grades for protective plastic tubes for electric service lines have been developed, which are applied in construction, and for installation of air condition systems. A mineral-filled polypropylene based grade was designed for injection molding of electrical wirings, which allowed to raise consumer product properties of DKC products, replacing the high-impact polystyrene, traditionally applied for these purposes.
A glass fiber reinforced mineral-filled polyamide based grade in four color range for tool housings has been developed for the Crimean plant Phiolent JSC, producing hand power tools.
In cooperation with companies that produce lighting products, we are working actively, designing materials, which are applied in energy-saving lighting equipment.
Mechanical Engineering
European Bearing Corporation (EPK) is the largest producer of bearings for various applications in Russia. 10-years' experience of successful cooperation with the enterprises of this engineering company resulted in developing and using high-performance polyamide composite materials replacing stainless steel and non-ferrous metals.
Deep cooperation with specialists from VNIIgidromash (All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering) and other engineering enterprises has allowed create and bring into use polymer materials for working bodies and body parts of pumps, applying for various purposes instead of non-ferrous metals, stainless steels and cast iron.
Together with the staff of TsNIITochMash (Central Research Institute for Precision Machine Building), Research and Engineering Institute named after P.I. Snegirev, and Instrument Design Bureau, we have developed and put into practice high performance polyamide compositions for manufacturing loaded parts and elements.
With technical support from the Skochinsky Institute of Mining, an anti-static flame retardant polyamide material has been developed and successfully introduced for manufacturing various functional equipment used in mines, oil storage tanks, and other potentially explosive objects.
Civil Construction
An active development and introduction of materials for civil construction began from 2007 and over the short term the segment’s share has reached a level of 12-14%.
The companies Alta Profile and Terna Polymer are the Russia's largest manufacturers of construction materials. Close cooperation with them has allowed developing a range of polypropylene different-colored compositions for manufacturing the socle siding. The materials are adapted for the Russian climate and can be used in different regions of Russia and CIS countries, which will significantly improve the appearance of the houses. Our materials are also used in manufacturing drainage system parts for cottage construction, aluminum panels for building faces, etc.
Masterbatches
In 2010, we initiated an innovative project - production of master batches intended for the packaging and pipe industry.
Klimovsky Pipe Plant (an enterprise of POLYPLASTIC Group) is the largest plant in Europe, manufacturing plastic pipes. A calcium carbonate master batch grade developed by the Engineering Plastics Division (trademark Armoflen PO MD 75-1) has found an application in the production of KORSIS double-layer shaped corrugated pipes. The application of this master batch has improved the performance of this type of pipes, as well as increased lines productivity and their economic performance. At present, master batch grade Armoflen PO MD 75-1 is supplied to many partners of POLYPLASTIC group and other manufacturers of polyolefine based products.
A company can’t be successful without constant renewal and development, innovation and modernization in the rapidly changing world. Commitment to innovation distinguishes our company from others. We thank our R&D partners who help us to be at the forefront of research and successfully put research and development results in practice.
Basic University Department
POLYPLASTIC began cooperation with Lomonosov Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology in response to the demand for skilled educated young specialists. A new POLYPLASTIC-based university department was established in 2007, referred to as «Technology of production of polymer composites, pipes and fittings» — a branch of the Department of «Chemistry and technology of processing of plastics and polymer composites». The aim of the department is basic education and training of highly qualified experts in the field of technology of processing of plastics and plastic composites, training of engineers and master’s degree graduates in the above engineering specialty. The training course involves lectures, seminars and laboratory research, realization of graduate and term projects. Students conduct research in the laboratories of POLYPLASTIC R&D Center and take part in the testing of materials at the place of production. POLYPLASTIC Group pays scholarships to the best 5- and 6-year students; training of graduate students and applicants from POLYPLASTIC staff is performed, and the research projects and dissertations topics are planned taking into account the interests of our company. The work of the department is focused at the training of all the company’s staff: a special course of continuing education is run, the own programs for skill upgrading of the technicians of our enterprises are developed.
Petrov Research Institute of Plastics and Russian Academy of Sciences
Since the days of our foundation until now, we continue a creative collaboration with institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Petrov Research Institute of Plastics, in the field of analysis methodology, standardization and certification of polymeric materials.
NIOST, SIBUR’s Scientific Centre for Chemical Technologies
In 2006, we began to cooperate with NIOST — the newly established SIBUR’s Scientific Centre for Chemical Technologies. This is a unique research complex, equipped with modern analytical facilities and pilot units. An agreement between POLYPLASTIC Group and NIOST was signed in December 2009, aiming to conduct joint research and to develop branded range of polyolefins, small additives for plastics (primary, secondary, antioxidants), etc. A joint work program includes comparative studies of polyolefins produced by domestic and foreign manufacturers, testing of experimental samples of composite materials, as well as additives introduced into these materials for improving their performance, etc.
INTERTECH Corporation is an American company that specializes in supplying analytical instrumentation, environmental monitoring systems, integrated equipping and construction of turnkey laboratories, and engineering services. The main part of the analytical equipment deliveries is manufactured by companies that are part of the world leader in the instrument making industry — an American company Thermo Scientific (formerly Thermo Electron), as well as by TA Instruments (formerly DuPont Instruments). The staff training and subsequent certification are conducted. For over 10 years Intertech Corporation supplies POLYPLASTIC Group R&D Centre the most modern equipment that allows our employees to conduct intensive experimental studies and complex research projects.
