History

The significant stage in the development of USSR chemical industry was The Plenary Session of Central Committee of the CPSU (May, 1958), where it was decided to accelerate the development of chemical industry. By RSFSR Council of Ministers Decision from 14 July 1958 the board of Kazan Chemical Plant directors was confirmed. Vladimir Petrovich Lushnikov was appointed as the first Director of constructing Plant.

The first stage industrial units construction began in 1959. The first batch of phenol and acetone was produced on July 13, 1963. This day became the birthday of "Organicheskij Sintez" Plant.

Constructed and commissioned:

1963 Phenol and acetone production. 45 thousand tons of phenol and 27,5 thousand tons of acetone annual capacity. Production of the first batch of product.

1964 Isopropyl benzene production. Capacity - 84 thousand tons annually. First ethylene production unit. Ethylene capacity 62,4 thousand tons, propylene capacity - 16,5 thousand tons.

1965 First production unit of low density polyethylene (LDPE). Capacity - 24 thousand tons.

1967 First ethylene oxide production unit. Capacity -30 thousand tons, glycols - 23,5 thousand tons annually.

1968 Second unit of polyethylene of low density production. Capacity - 48 thousand tons.

Second ethylene production unit. Annual production of ethylene - 60 thousand tons, propylene - 27 thousand tons. Production of textile agents and modifiers. Capacity - 17 thousand tons.

1969 Ethanolamine production. Capacity- 14,5 thousand tons.

1970 Organic peroxide production. Capacity - 2350 tons.

1972 Catalyst on the carrier production shop. Capacity -170 tons.

1973 Second ethylene oxide production unit. Capacity- 60 thousand tons, Mono ethylene glycol - 30 thousand tons. Second LDPE Plant unit reconstruction with capacity expansion up to 68 thousand tons.

1974 The third ethylene production unit. Capacity - 100 thousand tons.

1976 The third LDPE production unit. Capacity - 120 thousand tons.

1977 Butyl cellosolve production. Capaciy-3000 tons.

1978 Proxanols and proxamines production. Capacity - 20 thousand tons.

1980 Polyethylene pipes and fittings production. Capacity - 53 thousand tons.

1982 Fourth ethylene production unit. Capacity - 90 thousand tons.

1983 HDPE production. Capacity - 200 thousand tons.

1988-1989 Liquid and gaseous wastes processing and utilization shop was commissioned.

1989 Fourth ethylene production unit reconstruction with expansion up to 160 thousand tons.

1991 First LDPE unit is reorganized into "Sevilen" OJSC.
Polyethylene pipes production reconstruction.
3 lines were replaced by new more productive ones.

1997 Polypropylene containers production. Capacity for bags 6 million pieces, for containers 200 thousand pieces.

1998 Polyethylene pipe production unit reconstruction to produce pipes with distinctive stripes. Lines for polyethylene packing into valve bags are installed at HDPE and LDPE Plants.

2000 Third LDPE production unit expansion up to 117 thousand tons. Second LDPE production unit expansion up to 72 thousand tons.

2000-2001 Liquid and gaseous wastes processing and utilization workshop boiler unit reconstruction for boilers changing into water-heating mode of operation for hot water production and its supply to the OJSC "Kazanorgsintez" heating system.

2001 Brick Plant. Capacity - 15 million pieces. Reconstruction of LDPE and HDPE Plants.
Polyethylene packing lines replacement.
Polymer containers production expansion up to 15,8 million bags.
Polyethylene pipes production reconstruction.
Replacement of old lines with more efficient ones.
Nitrogen -oxygen shop reconstruction.

2002: Revamp of the 4th line of Ethylene with capacity expansion up to 205.000 tons.
HDPE Plant: new process line was installed by “Theysohn” (Germany) for preparation of polyethylene concentrates of the process carbon with capacity of 10.000 tons annually.
3rd line of LDPE Plant: re-piping of the hot water flows of the reactor area that allowed expanding capacity up to 120.000 tons per year.
Organic Products Plant: production of the products for oil field applications: scale inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors, de-emulsifiers, bactericides.

2003: Nitrogen, Oxygen and Cold Production Plant: reconstruction of А-8-1air separation unit was finished. АрТв – 0,15 Catalytic purification of argon from oxygen unit was implemented.
At the 2nd line of LDPE Plant a new modernized product choler was installed at the process string No 4. That allowed expanding capacity of LDPE Plant production up to 73,500 tons per year.

2004: As the result of reconstruction of the 4th ethylene line gas separation unit, capacity was expanded up to 235.000 tons annually.

At the 3rd line of “Ethylene” Plant gas measuring station was implemented – for accounting of the Ethane feed-stock.

LDPE Plant: compound materials production unit based on granular polymers for automotive industry was implemented.

Organic Products Plant: revamp of the glycol production column Т-306 of the 2nd line with capacity expansion up to 40.000 tons per year.
Replacement of the rectifying columns No 40; No 56 for production of ethanolamines for quality improvement was implemented.

HDPE Plant: one discharge-vacuum transportation system with capacity of 22,5 t/h was replaced with the equivalent with capacity 30 t/h.

Non-reclaimable products reprocessing workshop: for utilization of polymer wastes, on the 1st of November, 2004, Non-reclaimable products reprocessing workshop was founded at JSC. Reprocessing line of polymer wastes “Indumat-250”, hydraulic press B0030 were handed over to this workshop; shredder WLK 10/55 by «Weima» (Germany) was purchased for grinding of polymer wastes in shape of solid lumps.

At the 2nd line of LDPE Plant complete line by “Theysohn” was implemented for production of composite materials with capacity 3.000 tons per year.

2005: Construction of the new Production Plants of Bisphenol-A and Polycarbonates was started.

At the 2nd line of gas separation unit, Ethylene Plant, cracked gas furnace “Linde” (Germany) was implemented, which processes propane-butane fraction. Two existing cracked gas furnaces were revamped at the 4th line of gas separation unit.

At the second half of 2005, at HDPE Plant, the first stage of reconstruction of polymerization workshop was completed, which includes reactor lines “A” and “C” revamp, replacement of single devices and circulation loops pipelines. This reconstruction allowed expansion of polymerization capacity of one line from 8,77 t/h to 15 t/h. New bins and pneumatic transport lines were installed.
A new unit for HDPE packing into the valvular bags was constructed and started-up. It has the capacity of 30 t/h, new palletizing unit.

Non-reclaimable products reprocessing workshop: since August 2005, after completion of the equipment erection, production of secondary crushed LDPE and HDPE was implemented.

In goods workshops of LDPE Plant new palletizers were implemented. Process blow-offs from LDPE 93-96 workshop which were burned out before, are now transferred to the cracked gas compressors of the 65-76 workshop at Ethylene Plant.

At Organic Products Plant rectifying columns No 29 and No 92 for ethanolamines production were replaced for the purpose of quality improvement of the produced goods.

Nitrogen, Oxygen and Cold Production Plant: argon filling station and warehouse for cylinders storage was commissioned, also gasholder unit was implemented.

Liquefied hydrocarbons storage warehouse construction was started.

New product was received – linear polyethylene, grade PE2NT05-5.

2006: New production units of “Butene-1” with capacity of 20,500 tons per year and “Carbon dioxide” with capacity of 20.000 tons per year on the basis of workshop No 1 were started at the Organic Products Plant.

HDPE Plant: within license agreement with “Univation Technologies” for the revamp of A and C Reactors in September 2006 successive stage of reconstruction was completed, which provided capacity increase of HDPE production up to 510.000 tons per year.

Phenol-acetone production revamp was completed with capacity increase of phenol up to 65.000 tons annually and up to 41.000 tons annually of acetone.

Ethylene Plant: large-scaled reconstruction of II, III, IV lines of gas separation was started with increase of summary capacity of ethylene up to 605.000 tons per year.

At the 3rd line of Ethylene Plant a new Pressure Swing Absorber (PSA Unit) was implemented for production of pure hydrogen for internal applications.

A flare tip for smokeless burning of flare gases from the I, II, III lines of gas separation was installed at the flare No 2055.

Nitrogen, Oxygen and Cold Production Plant: a new air separation unit А-14 by “Linde” (Germany) was commissioned, which provides ultra-pure nitrogen for existing and new productions.
A new air compressor of high capacity by "COOPER” (USA) was installed which allows to meet the increased demands in air from production facilities. Two condensed air dryer units of TRE/E-2000 type with capacity 20000 cub m/h were put into operation.

Following the purpose of efficient utilization of secondary resources at the third line of LDPE plant changes were implemented into distribution scheme of secondary boiling steam, which presently is not directed into company network, but meets steam demand at E-200 (4-7) kgf/cm2 (P-3,5 kgf/cm2 collector feeding), workshop 97-99, internal needs of 93-96 workshop, of “Transsonic” unit, which serves for heating water warming at third line of LDPE plant.

2007 At the second line of Ethylene Plant assembly of the new “Technip” ( Holland) two chamber cracked gas furnace with ethane feedstock capacity of 36t/h was completed.
The flare tip at flare No 768 for smokeless burning of vent gases from the third line of LDPE Plant was replaced.
Coperion company ( Germany) equipment was put into operation at workshop No 157 at HDPE plant. The purpose of this work was to replace the existing compounding unit at HDPE plant (line C) at workshop 157 with the unit which has high capacity for granulation, also installation of additional equipment required for pneumatic transportation of powder and ready polyethylene granules. New granulation line has maximum production capacity 32t/h.

New polyethylene grades were manufactured:
-ПЭ2НТ11-9 grade – bimodal type for water pressure pipes and connecting details for engineering pipeline systems productions ( type PE 100);
- ПЭ2НТ22-12, ПЭ2НТ21-13, ПЭ2НТ26-16 grades – high density for processing by molding forming method into household articles application or other usage.
-new film grades - ПЭ2НТ15-10, ПЭ2НТ17-5, ПЭ2НТ17-11 – low density linear polyethylene for stretch film production for packing.

Two new extrusion lines (Battenfeld, Germany) for pipes production with diameter 315-500 мм and 630-800 мм with design capacity 1150 kg/h were installed and put into operation in the plastic articles workshop following the idea of renovation of the process equipment and industrial capacity increase.

Expansion of Organic products warehouse No 0762 with installation of 8 tanks for polymerization purity hexene-1 and isopentane acceptance.

New department for continued preparation of catalyst complex was put into operation at isopropylbenzene, phenol and acetone production unit, replacement of field instrumentation with transition to high level of control over technological process, designed by «Yokogawa» ( Japan) and functioning on the basis of new controllers «СS-3000» type were performed.

On October 27, 2007 after full completion of mechanical assembly and commissioning works Bisphenol-A plant started industrial production of targeted product.
Construction of Polycarbonate plant is coming to completion.