Mauser Enters Russian Market With State-Of-The-Art Steel Drum Factory

In line with their corporate strategy to be active in all important growth markets, the Mauser Group is extending their reach into Eastern Europe. A new steel drum factory will supply the oil and chemical industries in Russia with high-quality Mauser products and services. Construction works at the plant in Ryazan, near Moscow, are now almost completed and production start-up is scheduled for mid-October.

Located 180 km South-East of Moscow, the new steel drum factory is conveniently close to important oil refineries and chemical businesses. ?The choice of location is in line with the global Mauser approach to be based where the clients are,? says Mauser CEO Dr. Clemens Willée. ?The new subsidiary in the heart of the Russian central region provides us with a strategic base to service the growth markets in Eastern Europe.?

The Mauser Russia team will offer customers premium performance in terms of in-time delivery, flexibility, availability at peak times, and safety. Cooperating with a global player also provides Russian clients with international standards in both product and service quality.

The 8,500 sq m site in Ryazan will produce 216-litre tight-head and open top steel drums. Production start-up of the drum lining is scheduled for 2010. The plant will be equipped with a decoiling line, lines for the production of tops, bottoms and shells, a seamer, and a welding machine. The facility also includes a painting booth and a curing oven to give the steel drums the look that customers require. Even sophisticated demands on drum aesthetics can be accommodated.

With this investment, Mauser offers the Russian market an attractive alternative in industrial packaging. Yuri Kovachinsky, general director of Mauser Russia, is looking forward to revitalizing the market by launching the Mauser portfolio: ?With the Russian market still developing, the country offers attractive opportunities for growth. Being involved in a market at such an early stage, means that we are in a pole position to establish ourselves as an important player.?

Mauser AG is a leading producer of industrial packaging, with almost 4,000 employees and revenues of around ?1 billion. Its largest business is plastic packaging, followed by metal and IBC packaging, reconditioning services and machinery for packaging production. The company operates more than 50 locations in Europe, North America, South America, Latin America and Asia. Two marketing networks ? one for plastic and one for the production of steel drums ? include approximately 30 members in more than 20 countries and make Mauser quality products and services available worldwide.

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Mauser Packaging LLC, 16/2 Burakova Street, Moscow, Russia 105118, +7 (495) 730-3573, www.Mausergroup.com.