Together with the Expocenter, the Institute of Technical and Economic Research in the Chemical Complex (NIITEKHIM) organized the round table "Chemical industry in the regions of Russia: situation and prospects". The event was moderated by Leonid Freiman, the Deputy Executive Director of the Russian Chemists Union, who pointed out that the chemical industry is one of the drivers for the development of the entire Russian industry, taking in consideration that there are chemical enterprises in all federal districts. According to him, over the past year the growth of the chemical industry amounted to almost 7%, while all the other manufacturing industries slightly went down. The share of chemical production in the manufacturing industry is also increasing, reaching now about 10%.
Roman Petrukhin took part in the forum online. In his presentation he told about the points of growth for the investment projects implementation in the manufacturing industry. Developed agriculture is the main market for the plant protection products and fertilizers, which are presented in the SEZ "Lipetsk".
"First of all, the Lipetsk region is the center of agricultural macro-region of the European part of Russia, where a special place is given to seed production. In addition, the region has established production of paint and varnish products, metal processing, machine building, automotive industry and metallurgy. It is important to note that we are ready to develop new industries and have all the necessary competences for that," - said Roman Petrukhin.
Further, Valentina Gavrilenko, the Scientific Secretary of JSC NIITEKHIM, presented the report "Chemical industry in the regions of Russia: status and perspectives". According to her, today the algorithm of regional chemical production location depends on such factors as proximity of factories to the sources of raw materials, fuel, energy, water resources, as well as to the regions of product consumption. Besides, the availability of infrastructure, transport network, and labor resources are taken into account. The investment climate is also a new important factor.
Advantageous logistics location of the Lipetsk region in the center of the European part of Russia opens access to markets and suppliers for potential investors.
The distance to the Moscow is 350 KM, to the seaports of Novorossiysk and St. Petersburg - 1000 KM, with 100 million consumers within a radius of 1000 km, and 50 million consumers within a radius of 500 km.
