RusVinyl

Russia May 2015: LDPE makes a retreat / Feedstock rises continue to push PS up / Little changes for HDPE, PP and PET / Imported PVC sees strongest gains / Aside from PS, PVC and PET, notations could roll over in June

Foreign exchange rates lift operating profit in Q1 / Speciality Polymers business records strong growth / Functional Polymers operating profit down

Russia February 2015: Little market activity / Slight rises for most polymers / Only HDPE blow moulding, EPS and homo PP pointing down / Volatile exchange rate could lead to additional increases in March

Double-digit earnings growth for Q4 and FY 2014 / Strong performance for specialty polymers led by electronics and automotive sectors / Functional polymers sales down but profits up on optimisation measures

Earnings up 10% in Q3 / CEO upholds “high single-digit earnings forecast for full year / Brazilian competition authorities reject sale of Indupa to Braskem

Russia October 2014: Rouble continues to decline / Maintenance cycle mostly over / LDPE now pointing down / Volatile exchange rate could see rises for PS and PET / Other polymers likely to decline in November

Russia September 2014: LDPE and HDPE tight and expensive / Euro notations feel currency effect as rouble continues to lose in value / PP and PVC pointing down / PS and PET roll over / Little change expected in October

Russian PVC plant officially inaugurated / Output to substitute imports

First PVC test batch produced / Facility in start-up mode / Output to go towards domestic market

Earnings rise in Q2 2014 on strong volumes and restructuring / Functional Polymers sales impacted by weak pricing / Softness in non-consolidated vinyls assets to go to Inovyn

"Chinaplas" exclusive: PIE speaks to Sibur managing director and head of Basic Polymers Sergey Komyshan / Sell-and-build strategy / Focus on integrated sites / Export share expected to rise / Ukraine crisis has no significant impact on operations

PVC joint venture with Solvay / Combined projected sales of EUR 4.3 bn / Potential to be in the global top three

Guenther Nadolny appointed new director general of RusVinyl

Polymer growth targets on track / Headed for the big leagues? / Most output still earmarked for domestic market / New projects proceeding apace

EUR 750m in financing secured for new integrated PVC hub / State-of-the-art European technologies and equipment

New base polymers division with broad role / Construction of Tobolsk PP unit in full swing

Expansion of polymer output continues / PP to be sold in Europe / Polyethylene upgrade not yet ripe

Plans to reinvent itself / Structural changes in Polymer and Speciality Polymers divisions / 800 jobs cut

Foundation stone for new PVC plant laid / SolVin joint venture plans to go on stream in 2013

Improvement in polymers market expected in 2010 / Shrinking domestic demand in 2009 has players looking abroad / PVC producers bracing for higher costs / State support for new petrochemical projects