The President will take part in a ceremony launching the production at the region’s new petrochemical enterprise, the RusVinyl plant. The joint Russian-Belgian company, the construction of which began in 2010, will produce more than 300,000 tonnes of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) using the latest technologies.
During the trip, the President will also meet with young workers at the Russian Federal Nuclear Center – All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics. The meeting will take place in Sarov which, like other Russian cities engaged in defence industry research and production, will be celebrating Armourers’ Day.