Russian compounder R&P POLYPLASTIC stated its intention to double sales on the European market in 2021. Based on open sources including Datascope, Market Report and Plastinfo the company today holds 33% of the Russian market and increase of export sales to the European Union is a new chapter of development and a crucial strategic goal. Basing on what advantages shall the Russian compounder compete with its European colleagues?
Today R&P POLYPLASTIC is among Top-10 leading European compounders (based on open sources analysis of Applied Market Information). The company’s productive capacity allows to produce 115 thousand tons of materials per year. R&P POLYPLASTIC specializes in the production of thermoplastic compound materials for processing by pressure, blow and extrusion molding. Over 250 brands address up to 90% of the clients’ needs.
Recipes for materials are created in the company’s Research and Development Centre and can be custom made. “R&P POLYPLASTIC develops compounds which have no rivals in Russia and are compatible to the best European analogs,” says Mikhail Katsevman, Doctor of Science and Head of R&D at R&P POLYPLASTIC.
“One of our most innovative developments is an electro dispersive compound based on polyamide 6 with addition of graphene nanotubes. This material can be painted on cataphoresis lines. Another breakthrough is the Armlen PP-10AS-9010 material without migrating antistatic additives providing a constant level of surface resistance. It can be used for interoperable packaging”. Structure of the company includes three production sites with state of the art equipment of internationally recognized manufacturers: BUSS, Berstorff, Coperion, ICMA and Maris. The largest production facility with 14 extruders is organized in Engels, Saratov region. The second production plant in Togliatti, Samara region has 5 lines. The Moscow experimentalindustrial site has 3 lines.
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The largest industry in the company’s sales pattern is the automotive industry. Materials of R&P POLYPLASTIC are used in production of interior and exterior parts as well as underhood space. The Togliatti site is fully oriented towards the needs of the auto industry, in particular one of company’s largest customers – JSC AvtoVAZ (part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance) and its suppliers. Among the clients of R&P POLYPLASTIC are well-known Russian and international automanufacturers including GAZ, UAZ, Volkswagen, Hyundai, PSA Group and KAMAZ. Materials for Haval are atthe stage of development.
Civil construction is another important market for R&P POLYPLASTIC. The company’s brand assortment is used for production of plinth siding of various appearance (brick like and etc.) as well as central layers of aluminum composition panels. The third key sphere of application for R&P POLYPLASTIC are producers of household appliances. The company supplies raw materials for production of carcass parts (boxes, dispensers), washing machine drums and other components for domestic appliances. The list of customers includes LG, Indesit, Candy, B/S/H/,Samsung.
“Over the 30 years on the market we became suppliers of leading automanufacturers, producers of household appliances and construction materials. Today we are also focusing on materials for electrical goods. In Russia, CIS and Europe we have over 1000 partners working with materials of R&P POLYPLASTIC. We value their confi dence in us for the opportunity to develop together,” says Andrey Menshov, Managing Partner of R&P POLYPLASTIC.
Constant development and onward progress is the foundation stone of R&P POLYPLASTIC dynamic progression. In 2021, the year of the company’s 30th Birthday, two state of the art twin screw extruders shall be installed at one of the production sites. KraussMaffei Extrusion Increase in Turnover on the European Market Russian compounder R&P POLYPLASTIC stated its intention to double sales on the European market in 2021. Based on open sources including Datascope, Market Report and Plastinfo the company today holds 33% of the Russian market and increase of export sales to the European Union is a new chapter of development and a crucial strategic goal. Basing on what advantages shall the Russian compounder compete with its European colleagues? will supply the extruders within a previously established contract. A total of 3.3 million Euros were invested into new equipment. Planned capacity of the lines shall exceed 20 thousand tons of fi nished goods per year. At R&P POLYPLASTIC, they are confi dent that this will allow to increase export sales even more.
Today the Russian compounder with the help of its extensive distribution network already ships products to Germany, Lithuania, Check Republic and Turkey. Talks are held with dealers in Slovakia. In April 2021 fi rst 10 tons of compounds were dispatched to Poland via one of the largest distributors in Eastern Europe – MOBI Sp. z.o.o. “This is our fi rst experience of cooperation with a Russian company and we are glad it was successful. R&P POLYPLASTIC made a good proposal in terms of prices and delivery time. We are truly delighted to represent R&P POLYPLASTIC on the Polish market,” noted Tatiana Moj, Plastics Department Director at MOBI Sp. z o.o.
For successful entry to the European markets in 2017 R&P POLYPLASTIC launched the Export Rush program. In comparison with the start of the program shipments to EU increased signifi cantly: almost six times. Strategic goal of the company is to bring the amount of export sales to 25% of the total sales volume by 2025.
