SIBUR-PETF Official section of the enterprise print version home About the enterprise History Sibur-PETF OJSC is a subsidiary of SIBUR and the first Russian manufacturer of thermoplastic polyester ( PET granulate ) granules . It was established in October 2001. The creation of a PET production facility in Tver was planned back in the early 1990s , but circumstances developed in such a way that more than ten years passed between the start of construction and the launch of production. In 1991, on the basis of the Tverkhimvolokno production association, construction began on the production of PET granules - raw materials for the production of plastic bottles. The equipment of the German company Zimmer was purchased, however, even the initial period of construction of the plant was not completed, since funding ended. The project was frozen for many years. In 1995, as a result of corporatization, the production association Tverkhimvolokno was divided into 4 joint-stock companies, one of which was Tverkhimvolokno-PET . The unfinished PET production was transferred to its balance sheet . The company soon went bankrupt and its assets were put up for open competitive bidding. In May 2000, 100% of Tverkhimvolokno-PET was acquired by SIBUR. In October 2001, the enterprise was transformed into OJSC Sibur-PETF . SIBUR has begun construction completion. It was assumed that the total investment in the project will amount to about $ 60 million. Technological equipment for PET production was developed and supplied by one of the leading engineering and design companies in the field of polymer technologies - the German company Lurgi Zimmer GmbH. The production was implemented with the PROVOX control system of the German company Fischer-Rosemount , which made the technological process fully automated. Commissioning was postponed several times, but on August 21, 2003 Sibur-PETF production facilities were finally put into operation. According to the project, the enterprise was to produce 52.6 thousand tons of granulated raw materials in a year of operation. However, already in the first ten months , Sibur-PETF exceeded these indicators. Soon, SIBUR planned the construction of the second stage of production with a capacity of 28 thousand tons per year. The possibility of increasing PET production up to 140 thousand tons per year was considered. However, in order to move on to increasing production, one more problem had to be solved. The new production was dependent on imported raw materials - terephthalic acid. A sharp rise in world prices immediately affected the profitability of Tver PET production , since the price of raw materials was about 60% of the cost of the finished product. Having established the supply of raw materials to the enterprise from the Bashkirian POLIEF, the only producer of terephthalic acid in Russia, SIBUR solved this problem. В 2008 году на «Сибур-ПЭТФ» была проведена реконструкция, которая позволила увеличить мощность производства гранулированного сырья до 70 тыс. тонн в год. Новые технические решения позволили повысить надежность работы оборудования, снизить отходы производства и улучшить качество выпускаемой продукции. Помимо этого, были введены в эксплуатацию новый склад силосного хранения терефталевой кислоты и установка по выпуску ПЭТ из вторичного сырья. In the same year, Sibur-PET implemented one of the first projects in Russia for the production of secondary granulate from polyethylene terephthalate ( PET granulate ). The technological unit made it possible to obtain up to 1300 tons of product, using not only primary production wastes as raw materials, but also processed products of used food containers ( PET flakes ). Since the physical and chemical properties of the secondary product during processing remain at the same level, secondary granulate is successfully used in the production of PET films , packaging tapes, packaging for auto cosmetics and household chemicals. Sibur-PETF is one of the most innovative projects of SIBUR, which is of strategic importance for the development of the holding.