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Foundation stone for ZapSibNeftekhim cracker and downstream units / Project costs and start-up could change amid ongoing economic volatility

Sergey Komyshan, Head of Sibur's Basic Polymers Division: The rouble depreciation – Long-term polymer price contracts offer shelter

Russia January 2015: Slow month sees slight rises in most polymer notations / Many plants idled during national holidays / Currency exchange rate continues to wreak havoc / February likely to see further increases

Tobolsk Polymer subsidiary starts up propylene plant / UOP technology / Backward integration

Russia November 2014: Currency effect drives euro notations down / Rouble prices a mixed bag / HDPE injection moulding grades tight and expensive / PP and PET firmer / PVC flagging

New metallised BOPP film allows extended printing period

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

Russian BOPP producer starts exporting to Spain and Bosnia-Herzegovina / EU exports now account for 17% of total sales

Long-term agreement with distributor UTS to supply Sibur with additives

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

Distributing Sibur's PP and PE in select western European countries

Russian PVC plant officially inaugurated / Output to substitute imports

Russia August 2014: Maintenance cycles drive up PE, PP and PVC notations / PS and PET mostly quiet / PP availability could improve in late September / PVC tightness expected to last into November

Packaging market worth USD 15 bn / Local plastic packaging plants operate at reduced rates / Food packaging drives demand / Domestic BOPP output to be exported from 2016 onwards / gtai report

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

Russia July 2014: Aside from PET, all notations rise in rouble-terms / Russian currency posts gains against the euro / Most grades expected to see rises in August

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

Russia June 2014: Situation generally stable / HDPE continues to rise / PP likely to see increases this month

EUR 40m BOPP line starts up in Russian Samara region / Output to be sold to European markets as well

Gazprom and Sibur enter into Omsk-based PP joint venture with Titan / Collaborating on feedstock supply and distribution

Mega players sign strategic cooperation agreement for gas processing, petrochemicals / Chinese and Russian presidents as witnesses

Polish, Russian and Ukrainian profiles industry under pressure / Market predicted to decline by 2.7% per year to 2017 / Interconnection report

"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

Polief subsidiary commissions PET expansion / Output further reduces Russia's dependence on imports

Sales and operating profit fall in petrochemicals / Decline partially offset by Tomsk and Perm plastics facility openings