A commercial product is being launched at the Petrochemical Plant. This product is used in manufacture of high-energy and high-density fuels, ethylene-propylene rubbers, as a raw material in organic synthesis.

Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant in tandem with the Management Company TAU NefteHim continues to identify and develop additional areas of production in order to maintain the company’s performance during the economic downturn in certain segments of the industry. Assessing the internal resources of the enterprise it was decided to expand the product range by producing commercial dicyclopentadiene - a product used in the production of ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM), polycyclopentadiene, endic anhydride, modified oils and paints, polymer compositions for insulating coatings, agricultural chemicals and engineering plastics for airplanes and automobiles.

Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) is not a new product for the enterprise; some time ago it was manufactured at the petrochemical plant, but the process turned out to be energy-intensive and time consuming and was accompanied by losses of the target product. The company"s research center has found an opportunity to eliminate the identified problems. About 9 million rubles were allocated to restore the Dicyclopentadiene installation.

The launch of the installation for manufacture of commercial DCPD with a capacity of 550 tons/year at the industrial site of the Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant is scheduled for June 2019. It will be a good example of diversification of production as a tool for risk management and reorientation of sales markets; will allow to avoid focusing company"s efforts on traditional areas of work, and will create new jobs.