OREANDA-NEWS. On 20 June 2008 was announced, that OJSC Obyedinenie 45 (a subsidiary of LSR Group) had been acknowledged as the leading producer of ready-mix concrete in Russia, ABARUS Market Research agency reported based on its independent research.

In 2007, the St. Petersburg and Moscow plants of OJSC Obyedinenie 45 produced around 1.6 million cub.m of ready-mix concrete and mortar, which represents 5.2% of Russia’s total output. According to ABARUS Market Research, the share of Mosinzhbeton (Moscow), the next competitor of Obyedinenie 45 is approx. 4%. The list of other major producers includes Road Maintenance and Building Department No.8 (Kaluga region), PKF StroyBeton (Korolev, Moscow region), Mospromstroy (Moscow), SpetsStroyBeton — ZhBI No.17 (Moscow), Lenstroydetal (St. Petersburg), SZNK-Beton (St. Petersburg) and Betomix LO (St. Petersburg).

According to ABARUS Market Research, a total of 30.5 million cub.m of ready-mix concrete and building mortar was produced in Russia in 2007, the growth rate being 45-47%.