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The family of Kondratievs has 650 years of total employment record at the Kazan Synthetic Rubber Plant (KZSK). The labour dynasty began with two brothers, Ivan and Pyotr, who came in 1932 as masons at the construction site of the SK-4 plant; in 1940, Ivan’s wife also came to the plant. Seven years later, Ivan’s son Sergey became a turner. Sergey’s son, Nikolay Kondratiev has been a repairman there since 1975. His wife, Tatyana Kondratieva, is a chemist. His sister Valentina Gordeyeva is deputy chief accountant at the plant since 1995 and has been working to this day.

“For me, KZSK is a home enterprise. I went through different times with it, including uneasy ones. I am very pleased to receive this congratulation from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan and AO Sintez, which allowed the plant to survive and me not to interrupt this wonderful family tradition at the plant”, Valentina Gordeyeva said.

On November 21, Sintez (Industrial Technologies Holding), an industrial partner of the Kazan Synthetic Rubber Plant, held a strategic session with the company’s customers (shipyards), including those incorporated into the United Shipbuilding Corporation.

The meeting was held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan with the participation of representatives from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. The session discussed issues related to plans to resume shipments of the necessary product range, including the same within the framework of the State defence order both for the current year and an outlook for 2020–2022.

Within the session, the participants also visited the Kazan Synthetic Rubber Plant. As a result of the work, an action plan was drawn up and agreements were reached to ensure uninterrupted shipments to shipbuilders.

Today on November 7, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, jointly with representatives of Rostekhnadzor, the Ministry of Emergencies, and the Prosecutor’s Office, visited the Kazan Synthetic Rubber Plant in order to see the progress in resuming production process for the State defence order.

During the tour of the plant, the main workshops were visited. Minister Karimov inspected the repair process. On November 5, butadiene was supplied from Nizhnekamskneftekhim, the supply of vinylidene chloride is expected by the end of next week. The plant will be fully supplied with feedstock.

At the moment, preparatory work for the start of production is underway. Steam is supplied to the enterprise as for a normal operation mode.

The first shipment of products for the State defence order is tentatively scheduled for late November of this year.

Today, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Aleksey Savelchev and Deputy Director of the Department for Chemical Technology Complex and Bioengineering Technology at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Latfullin visited the Kazan Synthetic Rubber Plant.

Representatives of the ministries take a tour of workshops where some work is getting underway to recover the production process, namely the running repairs of equipment. The progress of recovery work was reported by Director General of AO Sintez Denis Chernyshev together with Executive Director of KSRP Aleksey Konturov.

In addition, a meeting was held with representatives of energy supplying organisations. During the meeting, they confirmed their preparedness to resume the supply of energy to the enterprise early next week after signing the relevant agreements.

To date, measures are also being taken to purchase raw materials. The arrival of the first batch is scheduled for early next week.

On July 23, 2019, by a decision of the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Tatarstan, OAO KZSK (Kazan Synthetic Rubber Plant) was declared bankrupt and bankruptcy proceedings were initiated against the company. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, jointly with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and enterprises interested in the supply of products by KZSK, are working on keeping its facilities in operation under bankruptcy administration, including that through the possible lend lease of its asset portfolio.

By virtue of the provisions of the Federal Law No. 127-FZ of October 26, 2002 “On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)”, the decision to maintain (continue) the production activities of the borrower is made by the general meeting of creditors.

Today, on August 9, a meeting of creditors took place in the KZSK plant management building (1 Lebedev Street). The issue of permitting production activities during the bankruptcy proceedings period was postponed until August 30, 2019 in order to work out a regulatory and legal basis for leasing out the KZSK production facilities to an interested investor.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan will continue to provide assistance in ensuring the work of OAO KZSK with the involvement of all concerned parties.