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2013, 9 JAN
Russian Railways Logistics Starts Transportation of Synthez-Kauchuk Products to India, Indonesia and South-East Asia.
Russian Railways Logistics started transportation of the finished goods produced by JSC Synthez-Kauchuk for export. The first 30 containers with the company cargo were shipped at the end of December 2012 to India, Indonesia and South-East Asia. Russian Railways Logistics branch in St. Petersburg provided the service including sending trucks to the plant, transportation of the cargo to logistic terminal in St. Petersburg, Russia, cargo containerization at the terminal, delivery of loaded containers to the port, port forwarding and sea freight.  Starting from January 2013 the current scheme with the truck involvement will be supplemented by the option of empty containers provision to the plant and returning the loaded containers by rail to the port.

JSC Synthez-Kauchuk is one of  largest Russian producers  of propylene, cis-isoprene, epichlorohydrin and other types of synthetic rubber. In 2009 the company became the second company in Russia to start commercial production of new environmentally friendly styrene butadiene rubber. Currently the company exports its products to the countries like Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Finland, Poland, Hungary, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea.