New production means new capacities

20 June 2018, Wednesday

Today, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Director General of TAIF Albert Shigabutdinov, Chairman of the Nizhnekamskneftekhim Board Ruslan Shigabutdinov, Member of the Nizhnekamskneftekhim Board Vladimir Busygin, Director General of Nizhnekamskneftekhim Azat Bikmurzin, and Head of the Nizhnekamsk Municipality Aydar Metshin took part in the official ceremony of commissioning the isobutylene facility rated at 160,000 tonnes a year launched at the isoprene-monomer plant.

Isobutylene is a feedstock for isoprene, the main component in the production of synthetic isoprene and butyl rubbers widely used in tyre industry for the production of various rubber products. In addition, isobutylene is used in Nizhnekamskneftekhim to produce organoaluminum compounds.

The new production of isobutylene is the second of three investment projects at the isoprene-monomer plant, which are implemented as part of the programme to increase the production of SKI-3 isoprene rubber up to 330,000 tonnes a year.

The facility allowed creating 68 new jobs. It meets all present-day technology solutions for equipment and personnel safety, as well as energy efficiency and environmental friendliness.

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