TOMSK, Dec 5 – RIA
Tomsk, Karina Sapunova. Siberian metanolny chemical company (LLC Sibmetakhim,
structure of JSC Vostokgazprom) officially opened production of formalin and
urea formaldehyde concentrate (UFС-85) after upgrade on Monday, which is used
in a wood-processing industry, the correspondent of RIA Tomsk tells.
Earlier it was reported that Sibmetakhim realized the
project with cost about 1 billion rubles on factory upgrade. The reconstruction
of production of formalin and UFС-85 was complete in August 2016. As
representatives of the company explained to journalists, the factory stopped
for upgrade at the end of 2013, however it was actually constructed anew.
Permission to its commissioning was got in October of the 2016th.
"Today Sibmetakhim is the largest entity, a
leader in production. Upgrade allowed to solve a number of questions: increase
in production, technological safety. <…> As far as I know, formalin and
pitches issued here will be applied in the Tomsk region", – the governor
Sergey Zhvachkin told at the factory opening, having added that products will
be demanded on wood-processing factories under construction.
© РИА Томск. Карина Сапунова
According to the deputy general director for
production Alexander Vdovin, the company will make up to 15 thousand tons of
formalin and to 65 tons of UFС-85 a year. Former technologies did not allow to
make this concentrate. He explained that products of Sibmetakhim intend for use
in a wood-processing industry – in particular, for production of laminate, wood
chipboard and other.
Among potential consumers are companies of forest
industry of the region: Tomslesdrev, Partner Tomsk and Asinovo wood processing
plant. According to Vdovin, products of the Tomsk entities will be safer than a
number of analogs and thanks to it can be used even in childcare centers.
LLC Sibmetakhim makes chemical products (methanol,
formalin, UFС). Initial raw materials is the natural gas, extracted on fields
of Vostokgazprom. Consumers of products of Sibmetakhim are the entities of the
Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk regions, Krasnoyarsk Krai and Kazakhstan.