ABOUT METAFRAX CHEMICALS
Our history
August 1971
Methanol production switched to natural gas. This allowed to increase the production quality and improve the production economical values
1972
Based on CO2, which previously was discharged to atmosphere, was created production of liquid carbon dioxide
1973
Production of UF-resins provided the first output
17 May 1977
USSR has signed a contract with the English company Devy Power Gas for equipment supply and construction of the two plants for methanol production with capacity of 750 thousand tons a year each. The production was decided to create in Gubakha and in Tomsk
18 February 1979
Construction was started at the site if the future methanol production
1980
Started for operation hexamine production. After 2 years started pentaerythritol production
26 September 1982
Installed the highest facility of the plant: 65 meter flare with weight of more than 80 tons. In 1982 construction of Methanol-750 production in Gubakha was declared as all soviet-union shock-work construction
1983
Training unit was created on the enterprise
22 September 1984
On the new plant Methanol-750 was received first raw methanol. A new way to receive methanol under low pressure used on this unit increased safety of the works, decreased metal quantity for the equipment and utilities expansions, since it’s envisaged heat recovery. Big methanol gave great impulse for the enterprise development, other productions and for all Gubakha. In the town and in Severny settlement were built ten thousands of square meters for dwellings, schools, kindergartens and medical facilities