SIBUR, Russia’s largest integrated petrochemicals company, and Netkanika, a major manufacturer of high-quality nonwoven materials, agreed to expand cooperation to provide the healthcare industry with high quality single-use personal protective equipment.

The Company plans to boost investments in R&D projects focusing on polymer waste recycling and cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

On the margins of the meeting at SIBUR’s PolyLab R&D Centre, SIBUR and BASF signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalising their partnership on the sustainable development and circular economy agenda further to the companies’ environmental talks held back in June this year.