For successful development, JSC “Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant” practices flexible production management, which allows responding quickly to changes in the internal and external market environment, using the company"s existing capabilities. One such an example is a project to expand the Mannich base product line.

“The Mannich base (Agidol-3) is a highly effective antioxidant, which has a wide range of applications, including in the production of oil additives, diesel fuel, as an inhibitor of thermopolymerization in the technological processes of styrene extraction, stabilizer of synthetic elastomers, thermoplastic elastomers, acrylate adhesives,” - explained Nikolay Niyazov, the Deputy Director for Development (Science) of JSC “SPP”. For many years, it has been produced at JSC “Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant”; it has a shape of flakes and rich color. This product won its consumer in the Russian market, but to reach foreign partners, it was necessary to work on its physical properties in order to achieve a color of up to 30 units of APHA and a shape in the form of crystals. The solution to this problem was entrusted to the laboratory for the synthesis of phenolic stabilizers of the Central Plant Laboratory of JSC “SPP”. Specialists developed a technology for obtaining a product with the given characteristics, and then tested it on a pilot facility.

The quality of the experimental batches allowed the company"s management to decide to organize a separate line for the production of a product under the brand Agidol-3 Crystalline. About 13 million rubles have been allocated for the project. Currently the design and estimate documentation for the reconstruction of the N-5 workshop unit is being prepared, the necessary package of documents is being developed, and changes are being made to the current specifications.

Industrial production of Agidol-3 Crystalline at JSC “Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant” is planned for spring 2020. The expansion of the product line is associated with sales growth, demand and market share.