One
of the lecture halls at the Chemistry Department of Moscow State
University has been completely renovated and re-equipped using
funding provided by URALCHEM.
Moscow,
Russia (April 29, 2013) -- One of the lecture halls at the
Chemistry Department of Moscow State University has been completely
renovated and re-equipped using funding provided by URALCHEM.
URALCHEM
was responsible for both the financing and organization of all phases
of the work, which ranged from architectural design and major repairs
to the purchase of computer equipment and furniture. Repair work
began in October 2012 and is now completed. Today, the renovated hall
is a comfortable auditorium, seating 35 students and containing the
latest laboratory equipment, computers, office and video conferencing
facilities. The project costs were 5.2 million roubles.
URALCHEM
and Moscow State University have been collaborating since 2011, since
when the Department of Chemistry has set up special training
programmes for the company's employees. The training curriculum
includes a 72-hour course for workers without any previous
educational background in chemistry ("Chemistry for
non-chemists"), and a 105-hour course for those who already hold
college and university degrees in chemistry ("Chemical
technology of inorganic substances").
Dmitry
Konyaev, CEO of URALCHEM commented, "We attach great importance
to our cooperation with the Chemistry Department of Moscow State
University. It is the leading university in the country and whose
graduates are sought after in many sectors of the economy. The
quality of its education remains at a consistently high level. I am
therefore pleased that our partnership is developing and I hope that
our support will facilitate the maintenance of its high educational
standards."
URALCHEM's
director of Human Resources, Svetlana Chekalova said, "I would
like to thank the administration and staff of the Chemistry
Department of Moscow State University for its cooperation. The
Department's teachers were very flexible in developing an academic
programme that meets the needs of URALCHEM. We are a young company
focused on development, and we are pleased with the desire for
self-improvement shown by our employees. Since the beginning of our
cooperation with Moscow State University, 236 workers from URLACHEM's
enterprises have already completed the courses. Our cooperation with
one of the best universities in the country is helping to raise the
professional level of our own people and is at the same time
increasing the overall prestige of the chemist's profession."
Igor
Kotlobovsky, Vice Rector of Moscow State University said, "On
behalf of Moscow University, I would like to thank URALCHEM for its
support, which has allowed the Department of Chemistry to have
state-of-the-art equipment installed in one of its halls. The room
has been fully modernised, whilst preserving its historical facade
and decorative ceiling mouldings. Classes can now even be held
remotely, so, students such as URALCHEM's employees will be able to
be trained without leaving their workplace. The partnership between
the university and URALCHEM shows how fruitful cooperation of science
and business can be."
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OJSC is one of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate
fertilisers in Russia and the CIS with production capacities of over
2.5 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 2.8 million tonnes of
ammonia, 0.8 million tonnes of MAP and DAP, 0.8 million tonnes of
complex fertilisers and 1.2 million tonnes of urea. URALCHEM, OJSC is
the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the world and number
one in Russia, the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilisers in
Russia. Key production assets of URALCHEM, OJSC include Azot Branch
of URALCHEM, OJSC in Berezniki, Perm Region; OJSC Minudobrenia, Perm;
MFP Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works, OJSC Branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk,
Kirov region; Voskresensk Mineral Fertilisers, OJSC in Voskresensk,
Moscow region.
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future financial performance of URALCHEM. We wish to caution you that
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including, among others, the achievement of anticipated levels of
profitability, growth, cost and synergy of our recent acquisitions,
the impact of competitive pricing, the ability to obtain necessary
regulatory approvals and licenses, the impact of developments in the
Russian economic, political and legal environment, financial risk
management and the impact of general business and global economic
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