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EREMA GmbH founds subsidiary in Russia
EREMA GmbH is all set to announce the founding of the subsidiary "OOO EREMA"
at Interplastica Moscow from 28 to 31 January 2016 which will see it investing in its
presence in the Russian-speaking area. Kalojan Iliev, who can turn to many years of
experience in the CIS area and has been responsible for this territory for EREMA for
some time, will be appointed Managing Director of OOO EREMA. The 268 million in-
habitants of the CIS member states use around 9.1 million tonnes of plastic every year.
Additionally, some 7 million tonnes are processed to make plastic products and Au-
stria supplies in the region of 1 billion euros of plants and machinery annually to Rus-
sia alone. Kalojan Iliev, Managing Director of the new subsidiary OOO EREMA explains:
"With the foundation of its own subsidiary, EREMA is strengthening its presence in
what is a very large territory which, due to its history as the Soviet Union and Russian
as a widespread language, represents a region of its own. This means that EREMA is
available as a central, Russian contractual partner with local presence and this is not
only an advantage in terms of managing the purchasing process, our customers will also
benefit from improved service." Together with his team, Kalojan Iliev will be respo-
nsible for the further development and marketing of EREMA in the CIS region and sup-
port activities of the local representatives in the individual countries. The EREMA
representatives Irina Zubkova (Moscow) and Valentina Gritschina (Kiev) who are known
in the market will continue to act as local sales partners. 555555Furthermore, the estab-
lished offices of TEXTIMA in Belarus, the Baltic states, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbeki-
stan, Azerbaijan and the Russian offices in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Ufa will likewise
be available for local market support.
EREMA Group continues to grow
The EREMA Group expanded already in January 2015 with the foundation of PURE
LOOP, a new sister company of EREMA and 3S. One year later, in January 2016, EREMA
is now founding a subsidiary of its own within the EREMA Group. Besides EREMA
China and EREMA North America, OOO EREMA in Moscow, Russia, is now the third
subsidiary of the world's leading producer of plastics recycling systems.
BASF is expanding the compounding capacities for engineering
plastics in Europe. Presumably from 2017 it will be possible to ad-
ditionally produce up to 70,000 metric tons per year of Ultramid®
(PA: polyamide) and Ultradur® (PBT: polybutylene terephthalate) at
the Schwarzheide site, Germany. Around 50 new jobs will be crea-
ted.
This is another step in the capacity expansions which BASF is un-
dertaking because of the increasing demand for engineering pla-
stics around the world. BASF’s global compounding capacity for PA
and PBT will then be more than 700,000 metric tons per year.
Already in the middle of this year, BASF in Shanghai more than
doubled its compounding capacities for the two materials and also
increased the capacities for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). In
Korea a plant for compounding Ultramid ® and Ultradur® started
operations in October.
“With this expansion we strengthen our leading position in engi-
neering plastics in Europe”, says Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner, head
of BASF’s Performance Materials Europe division. “By investing in
BASF to expand compounding capacities
for engineering plastics in Europe
highly efficient plants we help our customers to meet the increa-
sed demands on the materials, e.g. for large-volume and globally
manufactured components in the automotive industry. As a reli-
able partner we thus support the growth of our customers and
help them to overcome challenges such as lightweight construc-
tion and emission reduction with innovations.”
The engineering plastics Ultramid® and Ultradur® are processed
into high-performance components in the automotive industry,
the electrical and electronics sector as well as in the construction
and furniture industries. Examples of such components are car seat
structures, oil pans, engine mounts, sensors and connectors, chairs
and fixings. The current innovations include the world’s first rear
axle transmission cross beam in the Mercedes S-class, the Belle-
ville design chair from Vitra, and also power semiconductor mo-
dules from the company Semikron.
Kalojan Iliev will be appointed Managing
Director of the newly founded
"OOO EREMA" in Russia in January 2016
(Photo credit: EREMA)