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PLASTIC PIPES You can adapt to anything, even COVID
Industry information and analytical digest
Publisher: 2021 was the second year of “life with COVID”. Businesses and
Publishing house PLASTIC Ltd.
Editor-in-Chief: the entire economy adapted to the conditions of the pandemic
Miron Gorilovskiy to the best of their ability, introduced additional safety mea-
Deputy Editor-in-Chief: sures, switched some employees to work-from-home mode, and
Alexander Sazonov optimised some processes. The market continued (and still con-
Project Manager: tinues) to grow – possibly not in the pace expected, but never-
Mikhail Burenko theless steady.
Layout & Design: The preconditions for this growth are obvious. This includes
Kseniya Melnikova the ever-growing implementation of national projects and fed-
Production Editor: eral programmes for the creation of large infrastructure facili-
Alexander Sazonov ties; growing concerns regarding accelerating degradation of
Editorial Board:
Julia Korenko, Yekaterina Krivosheina, utility networks; and the President’s direct instruction to widely
Peter Titov, Kirill Trusov, Elena Zaitseva deploy polymer technologies in housing and communal servic-
Translation: es which took place a year ago at a meeting in Tobolsk. There
Albina Koshmambetova are also various other factors such as the fact that the regions
have finally got access to “long” funding – preferential long-
term budget loans for infrastructure development. Everything
Address: indicates that demand for plastic pipe products will continue to
18, Ochakovskoye Shosse,
Moscow 119530 Russia grow at an accelerated pace.
Tel. +7 (495) 745 6857 ext. 4086 How will this demand be satisfied? A year ago, lack of ca-
E-mail: burenko@journal.plastic-pipes.ru pacity – or rather, the impossibility of their rapid increase
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seemed to be the main obstacle. But in 2021, the old problem
of deficits in raw materials came into play and this is the real
curse for the Russian polymer pipe industry. The price of raw
EDITORIAL COUNCIL:
materials continued to grow as surely as demand, and even
Miron Gorilovskiy certification of the ZapSibNeftekhim pipe brand, which is not
Director General of POLYPLASTIC Group too far away, is unlikely to significantly change the situation.
Igor Gvozdev Petrochemical giants in Ust-Luga (Gazprom) and by the Amur
Chairman of the Rosstandart Technical (SIBUR) are still under construction, and their launch will hap-
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pen no earlier than 2024. The producers of plastic pipes, as
Vladislav Kovriga ever, are forced to strike a balance between the desire to accept
Director of R&D Department of Zavod orders and the ability to ensure their fulfilment. But one thing
AND Gaztrubplast
is certain – we will have to work very hard and we are ready to
Viktor Semenov face challenges.
President of Russian Heat Supply
Non-Profit Partnership
Miron Gorilovskiy,
Alexander Shmelev
Deputy Director General Editor-in-chief
of POLYMERTEPLO Group
Yuriy Tabunschikov
President of Russian Association of Engineers
for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Heat
Supply and Building Thermal Physics (ABOK)
Vladislav Tkachenko
Director General of Association of Pipeline
Systems Manufacturers (APSM)

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