OREANDA-NEWS. April 21, 2008. The reconstruction of one of the muffle furnaces of the zinc white shop has finished. This furnace is intended for output of the most marketable products — BTS0M zinc white. Complete overhaul with partial modernization have improved operational characteristics of the equipment. The production performance of the muffle furnace increased 20%: after the reconstruction it can produce up to 30 tons of the high-quality zinc oxide per day.

The necessity of modernization of the industrial equipment is caused by the further production volume increase plans. Empils is the largest Russian manufacturer of zinc oxide (zinc white) — the important raw material component used in tyre, rubber goods, oil refining, ceramic and cable industries. The clients of Empils are such companies like Nokian, one of the leading European tyre manufacturers, Sibur-Russian Tyres, Amtel, Belshina. Empils' products are supplied to the markets of Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Italy and Finland.

The production volume of zinc oxide at Empils Concern zinc white production amounted to 14,000 tons in 2007 (13,100 tons in 2006).