President Minnikhanov visited Polimatiz to discuss facemask production issue
Today, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov studied the production opportunities of the Polymatiz factory.
The Polymatiz factory is located in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (Yelabuga Municipality of Tatarstan). Polimatiz was registered as a SEZ Alabuga resident in April 2007 to implement an investment project for the production of state-of-the-art spunbond nonwovens. The company is a subsidiary of Nizhnekamskneftekhim and a part of the TAIF Group. Polymatiz is a full-cycle enterprise; its main product is polypropylene nonwovens, which are used in many industries, including the production of facemasks. The company’s capacities are enough to produce materials for 500,000 masks in an hour.
The President discussed the issue of manufacturing material for medical masks with Polimatiz executives. At a meeting with company’s management and workers, Rustam Minnikhanov was informed that they were prepared to gain a ten-fold increase in production capacity. Since early March, the factory has produced 67.4 tonnes of materials; it is prepared to raise its output up to 600 tonnes a month.
President Minnikhanov also instructed to work out the issue of supplying facemasks with companies that purchase raw materials from Tatarstan for their production. All these companies are located outside the republic, and Tatarstan is ready to purchase finished products.