OREANDA-NEWS. January 09, 2014. GC “Titan” enterprises continue to improve production’s ecology through modernization, new technologies’ implementation and organization of environment-protection activities.

The Year of Ecology is remarkable for “Titan” for a number of achievements, and the most significant of them – opening of Omsk Polypropylene Plant. Since the very start-up the enterprise received ecological vector for its development: using advanced technologies, which provide maximum security for environment, closed-loop production cycle allows to minimize harmful emissions into the atmosphere. “Poliom” manufactures goods which substitute import. Its ecological safety was corroborated by the European Union: propylene which is made by the enterprise successfully passed registration in conformance with REACH requirements.

Other petrochemical products of Group of Companies “Titan” were also ecologically improved. Thus, in 2013 the company manufactured another batch of “green” rubbers and the first pilot sample of ecological fuel, which, when combusted, produces minimum of hazardous substances.

In December of 2013 GC “Titan” received recognition during International Contest of All-Russian Prize “Ecological-Friendly Development – Evolution Awards”, established by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Russian Federation. “Titan” became the leader in nomination “Best Manufacturer of Ecologically-Efficient Equipment” for its project “Unit for Complex Processing of Vegetable-Origin Feedstock”, thanks to which wastes from timber processing complex are virtually completely converted into products of energy value.

Project of purifying units of the plant “Omsky Kauchuk” won annual contest for social prize “Regions – Stable Development”, which is conducted according to an order of the Government of the Russian Federation. Within the framework of state-private partnership it is planned to build a special-purpose enterprise on processing and recovery of chemical drainage on the base of public company “Omsky Kauchuk”. The future project of nature-protection purpose means investments into long-term program on environment protection.

Among the successful nature-conservation activities of this year there is implementation of off-gases purification scheme in production process which allowed to significantly reduce isopropylbenzene emissions – by more than 200 times relative to the norm.

In the course of the year petrochemical enterprises of the Group of Companies conducted activities on energy conservation. On this purpose the Group expended not less than 100 m roubles. Energy audit was completed on the plant “Omsky Kauchuk” in 2013, the next step supposes realization of energy efficiency and energy conservation program. Moreover, next year GC “Titan” starts corporate contest of rational propositions, the main topic of which will also be efficient use of energy resources.

Let us mention, that on enterprises of Group of Companies (CJSC “GC “Titan”, public company “Omsky Kauchuk”) integrated system of management employs system of ecological management (ISO 14001). Nowadays a similar system is getting ready for implementation on the Omsk Polypropylene Plant and in “Titan-Agro”.

In order to develop ecological culture among wider public, the Group of Companies acts as a partner of art-and-ecological project of M.A. Vrubel Omsk Regional Museum of Visual Arts and Ministry of Culture of Omsk region – “Human Environment. A Man at a Big Home”. More than 18 thousand Omsk residents visited the exhibition, among them were also workers of GC “Titan”.

GC “Titan” regularly organizes community work days, plants trees along the perimeter of sanitary zones, for the purpose of wastes neutralization and secondary recycling the company utilizes old luminescent lamps, collects scrap metal.

Besides, this year employees of the Group of Companies combated pollution on the split of “Green Island” within the framework of global ecological action “Worldwide Cleaning – 2013”. In order to clean the split, volunteers from Titan’s ecological brigade together with Omsk residents collected almost 200 bags of debris. Almost 2/3 of wastes were handed over for secondary recycling.

GC “Titan” also planned to conduct a number of activities aimed at rational use of nature. Thus, in order to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency, on “Omsky Kauchuk” plant the company is going to transit to “closed” system of filling of products, develop hydrocarbons flare combustion reduction scheme, use flare gases as a feedstock and fuel resources. “Brick Factory SK” is developing project of aspiration unit. “Titan-Agro” Ltd. wants to construct a site for solid wastes removal and cascade-type lagoons.

“Group of Companies “Titan” had planned to increase ecological safety of the industry long time ago. Projects on nature’s rational use and energy efficiency realized on our enterprises have already proven their profitability. Among the strategic priorities there are minimization of harmful effects on the environment, implementation of resource-saving technologies and efficient management of industrial wastes”, – CJSC “GC “Titan” Chairman of the Board of Directors Mikhail Sutyaginsky commented on the results of the Year of Ecology.