OREANDA-NEWS. January 29, 2009. Empils summarized the results of the annual contracts for 2009 signed with its trade partners in Russia and Central Asia countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan and Kirghizia).

In 2009 ZAO Empils will enter into direct contracts with 136 companies (119 of them are regional distributors, 25 companies are international and national trading networks). Annual volume of purchases specified in the contracts by the clients amounted to 103 per cent of sales of 2008.

Mikhail Kryachkov, Director of ZAO Empils' Trading House, comments on the results of the recruitment campaign as follows: "We believe that under conditions of economic crisis the best guideline is to secure sales stability and to achieve moderate gain in sales. Besides, common practice shows that total sales volume of the company always exceeds the amount specified by the clients in annual contracts 5-10 %".

In 2008 the sales volume of paints and varnishes manufactured by ZAO Empils (Rostov-on-Don) amounted to 3.044 billion rubles.