A scientific and practical conference “Basic assortment, new developments of Pigment JSC for the pulp and paper market. Import substitution in action” was held at the Tambov enterprise “Pigment”. The company's specialists provided participants with information on a wide range of products supplied by the company for the needs of the pulp and paper industry, special attention was paid to new areas of work. The event was attended by technical specialists, heads of laboratories, chief technologists of paper production, a total of 34 representatives from 11 Russian companies.
Oleg Podobryansky, Deputy General Director of Management Company KRATA LLC, addressed the conference participants with a welcoming speech. In his address, he noted that the development of the range for the pulp and paper industry at the Pigment enterprise took place in several stages. 40 years ago, the production of optical brighteners under the so-called m. Belofor is still the only full-cycle manufacturer of this product line in Russia and the CIS. Subsequently, the range continued to expand; in the 90s, the production of sulfamic acid was launched. Since 2006, a range of basic dyes has been formed, and already in 2019, a new modern waste-free full-cycle production of the brown dye Krata Brown was launched. A new round in the development of the “Chemistry for Pulp and Paper Industry” direction occurred in 2022, when foreign competitors left the market, then the company developed a popular line of products for the needs of the pulp and paper industry – products for sizing and coating.
- JSC Pigment is focused on development and is always open to fruitful dialogue with clients. It’s not for nothing that our mission states “to be an integral part of the success of our consumers,” and today we will be glad to hear your ideas and suggestions in order to subsequently develop new directions for action,” he noted.
The invited guest at the conference “Chemistry for Pulp and Paper-2024” was Yakov Vladimirovich Kazakov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pulp, Paper and Wood Chemical Production of the Northern Federal University. M.V. Lomonosov. He thanked the organizers of the event for the invitation, noted the importance of the event and made a report on the topic “Chemical auxiliaries in the production of paper and cardboard.”
The main part of the event began with a report from the head of the laboratory of the Central Laboratory “Pigments and Dyes” of JSC “Pigment” Margarita Zhilnikova “Assortment of dyes for the pulp and paper industry of JSC “Pigment”. In her report, she presented a line of dyes for the production of dyeing paper and cardboard, highlighting 3 groups: basic cationic dyes, direct anionic dyes and cationic anionic dyes. Margarita also emphasized the main directions in the development of dyes of the KRATA trademark: improving technologies for producing traditional high-tonnage brands; compliance with ever-tightening environmental requirements; expansion of the areas of application of produced dyes, production of new brands, as well as production of dyes for special consumer requirements.
It is worth noting that Pigment JSC has a wide range of offers for manufacturers of coated papers and cardboard. In the report of Marina Konycheva, head of the laboratory of the Central Laboratory "Polymer products for pulp and paper, SMS, non-woven and textile materials" of JSC "Pigment", the conference participants were provided with detailed information on the following product areas: Akratam AS 01.4 (styrene-acrylic dispersion), dispersant Kratadisp A45, acrylic thickener HASE 01.1, calcium stearate dispersion and optical brighteners. The head of the laboratory also shared information about new innovative projects of Pigment JSC for the pulp and paper industry.
Pigment JSC has been using for many years technologies suitable for the production of chemical products used in the pulp and paper industry, namely high-temperature and fine synthesis, emulsion polymerization, emulsification, purification and separation, efficient mass and heat transfer solutions, these technologies can be used for the synthesis of bulk chemical products for intra-mass use. The report of Ruslan Shabiev, leading process engineer at the Central Laboratory Laboratory “Polymer Products for Pulp and Paper, SMS, Nonwoven and Textile Materials” of Pigment JSC, discussed intra-mass sizing with modern sizing compositions based on resin acids and alkyl ketene dimers, as well as wet strengthening imparted by polyamide epichlorohydride resin. The report aroused the interest of the audience primarily by detailing the mechanisms shown for the interaction of chemicals with plant fibers and generalized literature data with examples on this issue.
The report “Optical brighteners, sulfamic acid of Pigment JSC in the production of pulp and paper products”, which was presented by the head of the laboratory of the Central Laboratory “Semi-products” Olga Balakireva, was relevant for the conference participants . She said that in recent years the bleach production scheme has been modernized, in particular, new modern energy-saving equipment has been installed with automation of the bleach production stages. This allowed Pigment JSC to improve the quality of its products in relation to imported analogues . In her report, Olga Balakireva revealed the topics of environmental friendliness of the Belofor brand, import substitution in the pulp and paper industry, and also shared promising areas of activity.
The final presentation was the speech of the Deputy Director for Strategic Development, Head of the Quality Department of JSC Pigment, Lyubov Lozenkova, on the topic “Product quality management system at JSC Pigment: control, stability, continuous improvement.” In it, Lyubov Lozenkova focused on the procedure and control structure in force at the enterprise at all stages of production and release of products, including incoming control of raw materials. This procedure allows you to manage products that meet established requirements at all stages of production and before delivery to the consumer. The company is working to improve its activities, for this purpose it uses the experience of leading enterprises, conducts constant analysis of the management system, and is guided in its activities by the principles of sustainable development.
After the lecture part of the event, guests of the enterprise were given excursions to production workshops: No. 15 (production of pigments and dyes), No. 19 (production of acrylic dispersions), workshop No. 20 (production of optical brighteners), Power Unit and Central Laboratory. Also, the conference participants were introduced to the main activities of the enterprise through the exposition of the Information and Exhibition Center of Pigment JSC.
According to the participants of the scientific and practical conference “Chemistry for Pulp and Paper-2024”, the event turned out to be very useful from an informative point of view. Each listener had the opportunity to find out all the information he was interested in on the products of the KRATA brand assortment, as well as individual technical advice on the selection and supply of a specific product.
The final stage of the conference was a tour for guests to the main attractions of Tambov.
This event was held as part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Pigment JSC.
Information about the company
JSC "Pigment" produces chemical products presented on the markets of Russia, near and far abroad under the KRATA brand. The company's assortment includes about 400 types of products for the construction, paint and varnish, textile, pulp and paper, printing, woodworking, oil production and refining, and chemical industries; for the production of household chemicals and agriculture.
The integrated quality, environmental, occupational health and safety management system is certified and found to comply with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 standards in the development and production of acrylic emulsions, PVA dispersions and adhesives based on them, concrete additives, resins, gasoline additives, paints and varnishes, varnishes for the production of paints and varnishes, sulfamic acid, optical brighteners, organic dyes (including pigments).