OREANDA-NEWS. November 26, 2010. The full cycle of oil and gas equipment production was launched today at Sulzer Chemtech facility in Serpukhov (Moscow region). The launch ceremony was attended by the CEO of the Swiss engineering corporation Sulzer AG Ton Bьchner and Director for high-technology assets development at Renova Group Mikhail Lifshits.

The launch of the full-cycle equipment production in Russia will ensure a number of benefits for oil companies in Russia and the CIS, including payment for equipment in Russian rubles, minimizing timelines for the design, manufacturing and delivery of equipment.
“Bringing Russia’s economy to a new level requires several hundreds of such facilities and we are convinced that it is a feasible task. Renova Group as one of Sulzer shareholders aspires to contributing to the Swiss-Russian relations in the transfer of unique technologies, and the launch of the Sulzer Chemtech plant is one of the important examples of our cooperation”, commented the Director for high-technology assets development at Renova Group Mikhail Lifshits.

According to the CEO of Sulzer AG Ton Bьchner “the launch of the plant in Serpukhov demonstrates the existing positive and constructive relations between Sulzer and Renova. Our companies work hard together on investments in Russia and ensure the demand for high technologies”.

Director of the Serpukhov plant of Sulzer Chemtech Lorenzo Gelfi pointed out that “as a global leader in substance separation and mixing technologies Sulzer Chemtech ensures the highest quality of equipment, its enhanced productivity, higher purity and quality of products and energy efficiency for facilities all over Russia from Moscow to Vladivostok. Sulzer sees great prospects in the oil and gas market of Russia and the CIS”.

Renova Group is Russia’s lead private business group which owns and manages assets in metals, oil & gas, mining, chemical, construction industries, as well as in energy, telecommunications, high-tech engineering, public utilities and finance sectors in Russia and abroad (CIS, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa and the USA). Renova Group’s largest assets are represented by its stakes in TNK-BP, UC RUSAL, IES, and two Swiss technology corporations, OC Oerlikon and Sulzer.

Sulzer was founded in 1834 in Switzerland. Today it is a fast developing engineering corporation employing about 12 500 people. Its sales in 2009 reached up to CHF3.02 bln. In 2007 31.2% of Sulzer AG was acquired by Renova Group. As an international industrial corporation Sulzer AG has great experience in technical innovations in industrial machinery and manufacturing and maintenance of equipment for a whole range of industries. The corporation consists of four divisions and one R&D center for innovative solutions. Sulzer AG supplies products and services to the oil & gas sector (production, transport and processing), chemical, food, pharmaceutical, power generation, pulp and paper as well as aviation and automotive industries. For more information, please visit www.sulzer.com  

Sulzer Chemtech in a member of Sulzer Corporation with the leading positions in the fields of process technology and mass-transfer column equipment. Sulzer Chemtech specializes in manufacturing the so-called “trays” and “packings” - the key elements ensuring the efficiency of oil and gas processing, petrochemical and other industries. The company provides engineering services and logistics support to its businesses in Russia and the CIS. For more information, please visit the company’s page at www.sulzerchemtech.com