OREANDA-NEWS. Pavel Lyakhovich was appointed Managing Director and Head of SIBUR’s Plastics and Organic Synthesis Products Division, effectivefrom 15 January 2014.
Prior to this appointment, he served as Director of SIBUR's Plastics and Organic Synthesis Products Division in charge of the ethylene and styrene business.
Mr Lyakhovich succeeded Sergey Merzlyakov, who had decided to pursue his career outside the company.
Mr Lyakhovich was also elected to OOO SIBUR's Management Board, while Mr Merzlyakov resigned from the Board.
Lead by Mr Merzlyakov, the company's Plastics and Organic Synthesis Products division has carried out substantial work to strengthen SIBUR's market position and increase production efficiency. Under his leadership, the Division made several successful acquisitions, constructed two expandable polystyrene production lines in Perm, and launched a new BOPP-film production facility in Tomsk. Currently, SIBUR continues to execute several major investment projects in an effort to further modernize production and enhance competitiveness of this business segment.