OREANDA-NEWS. September 18, 2008. A managing company “Khimpromengineering” has been set up in the structure of Atomenergoprom OJSC in the framework of the policy for reorganization and consolidation of the assets of the nuclear industry and enhancement of the efficiency of nuclear companies.

Khimpromengineering is Russia’s only producer of carbon fibers: this product is manufactured by its subsidiaries Argon LLC (Balakovo, Saratov region) and Carbon and Composite Materials Plant (Chelyabinsk).

Now that the nuclear industry is actively developing, the national carbon fiber companies are intensively modernizing their equipment and enlarging their production. Consolidation will help to raise efficiency and quality and to compete with the world’s best producers.

Khimptomengineering is planning to produce no less than 3,000 tons a year in 2020 – 5% of the global carbon fiber market.

The key consumers of carbon fibers are companies producing gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment as well as space and aviation companies.