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NIIK participated in the 31st AFA International Annual Fertilizer Conference & Exhibition in Egypt 02/27/2025 The event brings together regional stakeholders from the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, as well as traders and decision-makers in the industry. The conference serves as a global networking platform where industry leaders discuss innovations and sustainability challenges in agriculture.
Expanding the boundaries of our presence - new NIIK office in Tula! 02/14/2025 On February 12, the 5th local office of NIIK was opened.
New challenges for gas chemistry to be discussed at the international conference “Nitrogen. Mineral Fertilizers - 2025” 01/31/2025 On April 15-18, 2025 JSC NIIK will host the annual international conference “Nitrogen. Mineral Fertilizers-2025” in Nizhny Novgorod.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 12/27/2024 Best wishes from CEO of JSC NIIK
NIIK employees trained on the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 12/23/2024 The more employees who are knowledgeable about the fundamentals of QMS, the more effectively quality management for products and services is implemented.
Partnership in the Global Market: Strengthening Our Position in India 12/10/2024 NIIK participated in the Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) 2024 Conference
CEO of NIIK, Oleg Drobotuschenko, delivers a keynote at the IX Meeting of the Russia-Kazakhstan Business Council (RKBC) 11/28/2024 On November 26, the IX Meeting of the Russia-Kazakhstan Business Council (RKBC) was held in Ufa as part of the 20th Forum of Interregional Cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan. The event brought together over 70 companies from both countries, representing various economic sectors.
NIIK delegation took part in the International Congress “Syngas Nitrogen Uzbekistan and CIS” 11/28/2024 The 3rd International Congress "Nitrogen Syngas: Uzbekistan and the CIS" was a key event in November for the chemical industry and technology sector. The conference focused on the latest achievements, innovations, and future prospects in nitrogen fertilizer production.
Major NIIK project - approval of Glavgosexpertiza received 11/07/2024 Construction Project for Ammonia and Urea Complex at JSC Shchekinoazot obtained an approval from the Main State Expertise and the State Ecological Expertise, thus demonstrating the new plant meeting all the necessary requirements and standards.
Technological Audits in China: Assessing Opportunities for New NIIK Projects 10/30/2024 In October, specialists from NIIK commercial and technical departments visited China. Over two weeks, they visited major industrial sites of equipment manufacturers across eight different cities.
NIIK at Khimia 2024 and PCV Expo: Meetings and Prospects 10/29/2024 NIIK delegation attended major industry exhibitions in Moscow: Khimia-2024 and PCV Expo. These events served as platforms for exchanging experiences, establishing business contacts, and discussing development prospects.
NIIK participated in the 2nd International Forum "Mineral Fertilizers PRO" 10/15/2024 The event took place in Sochi from October 2-4 and was timed to coincide with World Fertilizer Day.
JSC NIIK continues site supervision at JSC Shchekinoazot 09/06/2024 Construction of 525,000 TPY Ammonia and 700,000 TPA Urea plant at JSC Shchekinoazot is now at the final stage.
JSC NIIK Repairs Campaigns. August Digest 09/03/2024 NIIK employees successfully completed repair activities at mineral fertilizer plants within the agreed schedule.
Expanding the borders of industrial cooperation 08/30/2024 JSC NIIK specialists hold negotiations with Indian business partners.
URECON® process by JSC NIIK is included into the list of advanced technologies for special investment contracts 08/15/2024 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order to expand the list of types of technologies acknowledged as advanced technologies for the purposes of concluding special investment contracts.
JSC NIIK concluded a contract with JSC Farg'onaazot for BEP-package development for Urea Plant revamp in Uzbekistan 08/01/2024 In accordance with the contract, NIIK will develop the BEP-package for Urea Plant revamp with capacity increase up to 1.5 thousand TPD. Documentation will be developed in two versions - with and without possible integration into Melamine Plant.
JSC NIIK specialists inspected the quipment at Urea Unit-1 at JSС Togliattiazot 06/20/2024 Summer is a season of equipment repairs & upgrade at nitrogen industry plants. Repair campaign at JSC Togliattiazot includes all-round inspection and replacement of equipment at Urea Plant. These works are being carried out by the Plant's departments, contractors and NIIK specialists.
Nizhny Novgorod hosted conference “Nitrogen. Mineral Fertilizers-2024” organized by JSC NIIK, very important for Russian chemical industry 05/02/2024 More than 100 delegates from leading fertilizer producers from Russia, CIS countries, India and China, as well as equipment suppliers and engineering companies came together to exchange expert knowledge, establish business partnerships and discuss the latest technological solutions and the latest innovations in the industry.
Construction of 525,000 MTPA Ammonia and 700,000 MTPA Urea Сomplex at JSC Shchekinoazot is in progress 04/02/2024 Site supervision is necessary for the construction to proceed strictly in accordance with the developed engineering documentation.
JSC NIIK participated in the 30th AFA International Annual Conference 03/05/2024 The 30th Anniversary AFA International Fertilizer Conference and Exhibition was held from the 27th to the 29th of February 2024 in Cairo, Egypt.
Oleg Drobotushchenko, CEO JSC NIIK, took part in a business visit to Ethiopia as a member of delegation of the Russian Federation Ministry of Industry and Trade. 02/06/2024 Oleg Drobotushchenko, CEO JSC NIIK, as a member of the Ministry of Industry and Trade delegation headed by Mr. Mikhail Yurin, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, had a meeting with Mr. Melyaku Elebel, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Mr. Girma Amente, Minister of Agriculture, and representatives of industrial business communities of Ethiopia.
New Year's urgent repair 01/30/2024 From the 1st to the 5th of January 2024, JSC NIIK specialists together with the personnel of JSC NAK Azot (part of JSC MCC EuroChem), one of the biggest mineral fertilizer producers in Russia and a permanent partner of NIIK, carried out repair works for the Urea Reactor.
New General Director of JSC NIIK appointed 11/20/2023 Since the 27th of October 2023, Mr. Oleg Viktorovich Drobotushchenko has been appointed as General Director of JSC NIIK.
JSC NIIK is developing BE package for Granulation Unit based on proprietary technology 10/11/2023 Russian urea producers have already shown high demand for the latest NIIK development
Alexey Besedin is appointed as Technical Director of JSC NIIK 10/04/2023 Alexey Besedin has been working at JSC NIIK since 2002.
JSC NIIK carried out equipment technical diagnostics at JSC Apatit 07/25/2023 On June 8-20, employees of JSC NIIK Laboratory No. 8 carried out technical diagnostics by eddy current method for heat exchange equipment in the first section of the Urea Unit at JSC Apatit in Cherepovets.
Repair works at TOAZ 06/15/2023 At the end of May, engineers from Laboratory No. 8 carried out a corrosion and technical condition inspection for the main process equipment at Urea Unit No. 2 at PJSC Togliattiazot.
Notification of the bringing the naming of the legal entity in line with the current regulation of the Russian Federation 12/08/2021 JSC "NIIK" (former name of the Company) hereby notifies of the bringing its name in line with the current regulation of the Russian Federation
Launch of a new methanol production facility in Shchekino 10/12/2021 This is the third methanol production facility built here using the advanced technologies of the Danish licensor Haldor Topsoe, and the first plant built according to the technical documentation developed by JSC NIIK.
The modernized urea unit with NIIK technology was commissioned at PJSC Acron in Veliky Novgorod 08/20/2021 Unit 6 is based on NIIK's own advanced stripping process technology - URECON®2006.
NIIK technologies - in India 08/10/2021 The eighth urea unit equipped with a Set of Internal Devices designed by NIIK appeared in India.
JSC NIIK received a positive resolution on the state ecological expertize procedure on the project for the construction of an ammonia and urea complex at the site of JSC Shchekinoazot 03/15/2021 NIIK was the developer of the project documentation for the facility, including materials for environmental impact assessment (EIA)
NIIK defines strategic directions of activity 02/18/2021 NIIK chooses the strategic directions of activity up to 2023, said Valentina Kolodinskaya, the company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors
NIIK continue to work on the design of Amur Gas Chemical Complex (PJSC Sibur Holding) 02/02/2021 NIIK has won tenders for design documentation development of the tank field and pyrolysis section of Amur Gas Chemical Complex
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Igor Esin as General Director of NIIK company 10/14/2020 The decision was taken by the Company's Board of Directors
«Nitrogen + Syngas 2020»: NIIK team attended one of the most respected technical events for the global nitrogen and syngas community 03/03/2020 On 17th - 19th of February 2020 NIIK’s representatives took part in a Technical Conference and Exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2020 hosted in The Hague, Netherlands.
On December 2-4th, 2019, NIIK’s delegation took part in the Fertilizer Association India Annual seminar 2019 in New Delhi, India 12/24/2019 FAI seminar traditionally is the main event of the year for the whole fertilizer industry of India. This time the event was attended by more than 1200 participants from 25 countries of Southern Asia, Middle East, Europe, USA, Canada and Australia.
NIIK reference list is now completed with another methanol project 11/28/2019 The unused production areas of former KHIMPROM plant in Volgograd will house a new modern methanol unit with capacity 1 million tons per year.
On September 11-15, 2019 the delegation of NIIK took part in the largest Ammonium nitrate/Nitric acid conference hold in Vienna, Austria 09/19/2019 The event attracted more than 100 technical and safety experts from NA and AN chemical industries worldwide.
JSC NIIK is currently participating in the project for construction of a new urea plant with capacity 1,500 tpd at PJSC KuibyshevAzot site. 09/09/2019 Our company has been working with PJSC KuibyshevAzot for decades in terms of construction and revamping of urea and other chemical products plants. 1500 tpd urea plant is a new milestone in JSC NIIK and PJSC KuibyshevAzot cooperation.
NIIK delegation presented by company's President&CEO Mr Igor Esin and Head of International Affairs department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva attended 2019 IFA conference held on June 10-13 in Montreal (Canada). 06/27/2019 The major event of the conference has become a retirement of Michel Prud’homme, IFA’s Sr Director for Production&International Trade, excellent analytic and the author of annual reports on fertilizer global supply.
April, 11 NIIK and CHINA NATIONAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO Ltd (CNCEC) signed a contract for the execution of the engineering works for ammonia-urea complex for Shchekinoazot 04/30/2019 The Chinese company turned toward NIIK's experience for adaptation of project solutions to Russian norms and regulations and development of a relevant engineering package in compliance with environmental and state expertise requirements.
Record-breaking capacity of the new unit. Proprietary urea techology. 2050 tpd-the maximum output capacity for such units. 04/10/2019 At the beginning of April 2019 NIIK and Novgorodsky GIAP have signed a contract on modernization of the sixth urea unit at Acron site (Veliky Novgorod, Russia) aimed at increasing capacity to 2050 TPD.
NIIK team attended a worldwide famous Technical Conference and Exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2019 that took place in Berlin, Germany 03/18/2019 From 4th to 7th March 2019 NIIK’s representatives took part in a highly reputed technical conference and exhibition in the field of nitrogen fertilizers and syngas production “Nitrogen & Syngas 2019” hosted in Berlin, Germany.
The delegation of JSC NIIK attended the Arab Fertilizer Association (AFA) forum in Cairo, Egypt on 12-14 February 2019 03/01/2019 The AFA Forum is one of the major events in the fertilizer industry in the region of North Africa and the Middle East and is held annually.
Russian engineering company NIIK (R&D Institute of Urea) has successfully completed relining of urea synthesis reactor in Hungary 02/07/2019 Between October and December 2018, NIIK’s specialists performed repair works for relining of Urea Synthesis Reactor R202 at Nitrogénművek Zrt. Urea Production Plant (Pétfürdő, Hungary).
NIIK will design methanol production for Nizhnekamskneftekhim company 01/18/2019 January 14, 2019 Nizhnekamskneftekhim and NIIK have signed the contract for developing authority package и detailed design documentation for a new methanol unit with a capacity of 500000 tons per year. The signing ceremony took place in TAIF headquarter.
Success of NIIK’s technologies in India – a feather in our cap 01/10/2019 On December 24th, 2018, NIIK has successfully completed a contract with Indian company Rashtriya Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (RCF). Three Sets of Internal Devices by NIIK (Vortex Mixers and Conversion Boosters) were installed into urea synthesis reactors at RCF Thal in Alibag, Maharashtra state.
On December 5-7th, 2018, NIIK team headed by President and CEO Igor Esin attended FAI Annual Seminar 2018 held in New Delhi, India 12/14/2018 The FAI Annual Seminar has traditionally been the main event of the year for the entire fertilizer industry in India.
Second life for an old reactor. Russian engineering company “NIIK” has commissioned a new urea production unit with its own unique URECON®2006 technology 12/04/2018 NIIK is a modern Russian engineering company implementing the advanced concepts and technologies for urea production, which is one of the most popular fertilizer types in the world, for more than 65 years.
Design documentation for the project «Unit for granulated urea manufacturing with capacity 1500 MTPD for KuibyshevAzot» obtained a favorable conclusion from a non-governmental expertise. 11/27/2018 In accordance with the contract between NIIK and Stamicarbon (Netherlands), NIIK has completed the design documentation to a new unit for granulated urea manufacturing.
JSC NIIK`s general manager attended the conference «Downstream project management». 10/12/2018 Mr. Kostin was the moderator to the panel discussion «Contract Strategy: risks vs cost».
NIIK’s delegation attended ANNA conference specified in Nitric acid and Ammonium nitrate. 10/10/2018 This year ANNA conference was held from 17th to 21st of September in Calgary, Canada. NIIK was represented by Mr. Suvorkin S.V., head of Moscow office, Anderzhanov R.V., head of process and technology department, and Kargaeva N.S. head of the department for international business development.
Delegation of NIIK attended the 9th annual GPCA Fertilizers convention on 18-20 September, 2018 held in Muscat, Oman 09/27/2018 GPCA Fertilizers is the largest conference on fertilizers in the GCC region.
Annually this event becomes a place for meeting of manufacturers, research institutes, suppliers of technologies and services related to the production of fertilizers.
JSC “NIIK” was officially registered in the procurement system E-proc of PT Pupuk Holding (Indonesia) 07/27/2018 On July 24, 2018, JSC “NIIK” was officially registered in the procurement system E-proc of PT Pupuk Holding (Indonesia), as a technologies and services provider for urea plants.
NIIK resumes works on the project of urea production plant construction with capacity 2200 TPD for TogliattyAzot 07/26/2018 Urea melt production technology belongs to Casale company (Switzerland), while the prilling tower will be built by NIIK’s technology.
NIIK and Aсron to implement modernization of urea unit №5 and installation of granulation unit with capacity 2000 TPD 07/25/2018 In 2017 NIIK signed a contract with Novgorodsky GIAP for modernization of Acron urea unit №5 aimed at capacity increase to 1250 TPD.
Linde Group and KuibyshevAzo launched a new plant (NIIK is involved in the design). 07/24/2018 June 19, 2018 the opening of the new state-of-the-art high- tech ammonia production plant took place at KuibyshevAzot industrial site. The plant was built as a part of joint
NIIK representatives took part in the 31st AFA International Technical Conference in Morocco 07/05/2018 On June 11-15th, 2018 the delegation of NIIK consisting of the head of group of corrosion department Aleksei Tuzov and manager for international business development department Dmitry Obedin took part in the 31st AFA International Technical Conference in Casablanca, Morocco.
The delegation of NIIK took part in the 86th IFA Annual Conference 07/03/2018 On June 17-20, NIIK’s delegation of President and CEO Igor Esin and Head of the Department for International Business Development Natalia Kargaeva took part in the annual conference of the International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), which was held in Berlin, Germany.
On June 11-15, 2018 the delegation of NIIK took part in the largest in Europe international exhibition of the chemical industry ACHEMA 2018 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany 06/22/2018 ACHEMA is the largest in Europe exhibition and congress of petrochemical and chemical equipment, engineering, biotechnology and environmental protection technologies.
NIIK presented its technologies on SCIF-2018 06/09/2018 The Worldwide Congress of fertilizer and pesticide producers SCIF-2018 was held in Batumi, Georgia on May 15-19. Over 200 delegates from 30 countries representing leading Russian and foreign fertilizer producers, research and design institutes, international engineering companies and equipment manufacturers attended the event.
The Chairman of the Board Igor Esin took part in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), where he attended the signing of the contract on construction of a methanol plant in Ust-Luga as an honored guest. 06/01/2018 During its 20 years of existence the Forum has become the world's leading platform for communication of business representatives and discussion of key economic issues facing Russia, emerging markets and world as a whole.
NIIK team attended a worldwide famous Technical Conference and Exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2018 that took place in Gothenburg, Sweden 03/20/2018 From February 27th to March 1st NIIK’s representatives took part in a highly reputed technical conference and exhibition in the field of nitrogen fertilizers and syngas production “Nitrogen & Syngas 2018” hosted in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Acron is installing urea solution production unit using NIIK technology 03/01/2018 The project for construction of urea solution unit with capacity 600 TPD at one of  the largest chemical plants in Russia is scheduled to be completed by summer 2018. Some part of the manufactured urea solution will be forwarded to UAN production.
NIIK is involved into the large project in Gubaha 02/27/2018 NIIK is taking part in the construction project of ammonia –urea-melamine production complex in Gubakha (Metafrax company)
NIIK Internal Devices succeffully passed guarantee performance test 02/26/2018 17.02.2018 NIIK and RCF Thal signed a Guarantee Test Certificate after completion of GTR of Vortex Mixer and Conversion Booster in Urea Reactor of Urea 11 Plant.
NIIK delegation took part in the 24th AFA Int’l Fertilizer Forum in Cairo, Egypt 02/22/2018 During the period from 10th to 15th of February 2018 NIIK delegation presented by Deputy Director for R&D Nikolai Lobanov, Head of Corrosion Dept. Aleksandr Chirkov and Managers for International Business Development Dmitry Obedin and Aleksandr Ezhov attended a regular 24th AFA Annual Fertilizer Forum in Cairo, Egypt.
NIIK has started design works on Amur Gas Processing Plant 01/25/2018 Construction has been progressing since October 2015 when the President of Russian Federation Putin gave start to construction of the first Foundation. The customer of Amur GPP project is GAZPROM.
On December 5-7, 2017 NIIK team headed by President and CEO Igor Esin attended FAI Annual Seminar 2017 held in New Delhi, India. 12/18/2017 This year the theme of Annual Seminar is “Fertilizers and Farm Income». Traditionally the Seminar was opened with a word of Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of Government of India.
NIIK presentation at the 1st Iranian NITROGEN + SYNGAS 2017: further dialogue about the improvement of urea plants 12/12/2017 On the 25-26th of November 2017 the 1st Iranian Nitrogen+Syngas conference was held in Tehran and became a milestone event for the main nitrogen fertilizers market players not only from the  Middle East region, but also from Europe, China, Canada, Japan and other countries.
On the 1st of November 2017 and in the run-up to its 65th anniversary JSC NIIK has signed a contract with PAO Metafrax within the “Ammonia – Urea – Melamine (AUM)” project 11/01/2017 The signed contract for engineering of the fullscale AUM industrial complex, materials and equipment procurement, construction of infrastructure facilities OSBL on a turn-key basis provided NIIK specialists with a new job.
NIIK took part in IFA workshop 10/12/2017 September 6, 2017 NIIK took part in IFA workshop held during Russian Agricultural Exhibition "Golden Autumn" in Moscow. This is a main agricultural forum of the country organized annually with a support of Government of Moscow and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
President& CEO Mr Igor Esin met Bahrein Minister of Oil H.E. Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa 10/11/2017 September 25-28 NIIK delegation presented by President&CEO Igor Esin, general director Mr Kostin and Head of International Affairs department Natalia Kargaeva took part in the 8th Annual GPCA Fertilizer Convention. For the first time the conference took place in Bahrein.
JSC NIIK is implementing a project of expanding nitric acid capacity at PhosAgro, Cherepovets, Russia 10/02/2017 Расширяя направления своей деятельности, НИИК сегодня активно занимается проектами реконструкции и модернизации действующих установок по производству азотной кислоты, а также проработкой строительства новых установок.
NIIK completed successfully urea reactor relining and corrosion inspection at Egyptian Fertilizer Company (EFC) in Ain Sokhna 08/16/2017      During the period from 16th to 24th of July 2017 NIIK specialists have successfully completed on a turnkey basis repair of urea reactor (relining of the top part) at Egyptian Fertilizer Company (EFC) in Ain Sokhna.
Guarantee performance test at Urea Plant in India completed successfully 07/26/2017 On July 17, 2017 NIIK and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC), India signed a Guarantee Test Certificate of successful completion of the guarantee test after installation of the Vortex Mixer into the urea reactor of Urea Unit.
NIIK Company celebrates 65th anniversary as the world’s leading provider of high-value services 06/27/2017 October 31 NIIK marks more than six decades of knowledge & growth. Over the past 65 years, NIIK has built a reputation of responsible and trustworthy company thanks to its quality services for mineral fertilizer industry. Nowadays it is a global leader in the design and development of urea and other chemicals’ production facilities.  
NIIK took part in IFA annual conference in Marrakesh 05/31/2017 Head of international Affairs Department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva took part in IFA Annual Conference in Morocco (Marrakesh) organized by International Fertilizer Industry May 22-24.
NIIK team attended Conference and Exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2017 that took place from February 27 to March 2 in London, UK 03/27/2017 NIIK team attended Conference and Exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2017 that took place from February 27 to March 2 in London, UK.  
NIIK discussed the potential projects on the field of ammonia, urea and methanol at the meeting of IFA task forces. 03/13/2017 February 22 - February 24  the Head of International Affairs department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva took part in 2017 IFA Production and International Trade (PIT) Conference in Paris, France.
NIIK delegation attended a regular 23rd AFA Annual Fertilizer Forum 02/20/2017 NIIK delegation presented by Deputy Director for R&D Nikolai Lobanov, Head of Process Dept. Rinat Anderzhanov, Head of Corrosion Dept. Aleksandr Chirkov and International affairs manager Dmitry Obedin attended a regular 23rd AFA Annual Fertilizer Forum in Cairo, Egypt.
NIIK met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in the Russian Federation Mohammad Wahid Supriyadi in Nizhny Novgorod’s Kremlin 02/10/2017 On February 6, 2017 the representatives of NIIK company Dep. General Director for R&D Mr Nikolay Lobanov and Head of International Affairs Department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva participated in the "round table" which took place in Nizhny Novgorod’s Kremlin.
Energy efficient technologies to Indian urea manufacturers 01/26/2017 Guarantee performance certificate was signed on modernization works performed by NIIK for urea synthesis reactor at Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers urea plant.
NIIK designed analytical laboratory for PhosAgro-Cherepovets 12/21/2016 The new laboratory will control the quality of the incoming raw materials and finished product of the ammonia production unit.
A special relevance acquire NIIK technologies aimed at improving the work of urea synthesis unit 12/12/2016 NIIK team headed by President and CEO Igor Esin attended FAI Annual Seminar 2016 held on November 30 - December 2, 2016 in New Delhi, India.
NIIK's delegation attended the fifth annual conference Asian Nitrogen&Syngas held on November 21-23 in Jakarta, Indonesia. 11/30/2016 NIIK's delegation (President&CEO Mr Igor Esin, General Director  Mr Oleg Kostin and a Head of International Aaffairs Department  Mrs Natalia Kargaeva) attended the fifth annual conference Asian Nitrogen&Syngas held on November 21-23 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
NIIK shared with AFA delegates its experience in the modernization of Urea plants 10/20/2016 NIIK delegation presented by Deputy Director for R&D Nikolai Lobanov, Lead Engineer of Corrosion Dpt. Artem Panshin and International affairs manager Dmitry Obedin attended a regular 29th AFA Int’l. Fertilizer Technology Conference on October 11–13th, in Tunis.
NIIK specialists participated in Duplex Stainless Steel conference taken place in Düsseldorf, Germany on 12th and 13th October. 10/19/2016 The delegation from NIIK consisted of Head of Corrosion&Diagnostic Department Alexander Chirkov and Head of International Affairs Department Natalia Kargaeva took part in Duplex Stainless Steel conference in Düsseldorf.
NIIK High Speed Drum Granulation project receives positive response 10/10/2016 On 25-29 September 2016, NIIK team headed by General Director Oleg Kostin visited the head office of PetroVietnam Fertilizers and Chemicals Corporation (PVFCCo) in HCM city, Vietnam.
NIIK presented its new branch responsible for ammonium nitrate and nitric acid projects realization 09/30/2016 From 19 to 23  September 2016 delegation from NIIK represented by Afanasieva Elena, Deputy Director of Moscow Design & Engineering office and Natalia Kargaeva, Head of International Affairs Department took part in  international conference for professionals working in Ammonium Nitrate and Nitric Acid  industries (AN-NA conference), held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
NIIK continues promoting its innovative technology to produce complex fertilizers 09/13/2016 NIIK delegation presented by President&CEO Igor Esin and Head of International Affairs department Natalia Kargaeva took part in the 7th Annual GPCA Fertilizer Convention in Dubai on September 5-8 2016.  
NIIK shared his unique developments in the AFA Workshop 09/09/2016 NIIK delegation presented by Head of group of new technologies Alexander Vorobev and International affairs manager Dmitry Obedin attended a regular Energy Saving AFA Workshop on August, 29 –31, in Morocco, Marrakech.
NIIK took part in IFS technical conference organized by International Fertilizer Society in Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest 06/29/2016 NIIK took part in this conference for the first time and was represented by the Head of International Affairs department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva.
84th Annual Conference of the International Fertilizer Industry Association 06/08/2016 From  May 30 to June 1 2016 delegation from NIIK represented by President & CEO Mr Igor Esin, Deputy General Director for R&D Mr Lobanov, Head of International Affairs Department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva and manager of  International Affairs Department Mr Andreev took place in 84th Annual Conference of the International Fertilizer Industry Association.  
NIIK obtained patents protection in Estonia (Patent № 05764) and Malaysia (№ MY-155469-A) 05/18/2016 Patent № 05764 is granted for the protection of a plant designed to produce   granulated product in a prilling tower equipped with remote fluidized bed cooler. The invention was already protected in Russia and Iran. Currently it passes examination stage in Ukraine, Romania, Egypt and India.
NIIK delegation attended Conference and Exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2016 held on February 29-March 3 in Berlin, Germany 03/16/2016 NIIK delegation presented by Chairman of the Board Igor Esin, General Director Oleg Kostin, Dy. General Director for R&D Nikolay Lobanov, Deputy Technical Director for engineering Olga Uryavina, Head of Project Coordination Department Irina Kostina, Head of International Affairs Department Natalia Kargaeva, International Affairs Manager Alexey Andreev.
NIIK continues working on the project of urea production unit construction at TogliattyAzot site 02/19/2016 The contract was signed in 2015 with Casale SA (Switzerland).
President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin gave a start to Ammoni complex in Mendeleevsk 02/15/2016 On 12 February President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin gave a start to the integrated complex for producing ammonia, methanol and granulated urea.  
NIIK has signed a contract with Haldor Topsoe for authority package development (the project of modernization of ammonia unit АМ-76, Uralchem site, Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region, Russia) 12/29/2015 The modernization is aimed at capacity increase up to 2000 TPD during the summer period. In practice the works will be performed in two stages. The first stage will include
NIIK delegation attended Annual Seminar 2015 organized by Fertilizer Association of India which held on December 2-4, 2015 in New Delhi, India. 12/18/2015 The 2015 Annual Seminar was dedicated to the topic: “Unlocking potential of fertilizer sector”.
In October, 26-28, delegation of NIIK took part in 2015 Nitrogen & Syngas Asia Conference hosted by CRU Events in Jakarta, Indonesia. 11/06/2015      The programme of the conference was covering the latest technical and commercial developments shaping the nitrogen industry in Asia. Our delegation was represented by the President and CEO of NIIK Mr Igor Esin, General Director Mr Oleg Kostin and Head of International Affairs Department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva.
Nitrogen & Syngas 2015 10/03/2015 NIIK delegation presented by Chairman of the Board Igor Esin, General Director Oleg Kostin, Dy. General Director for R&D Nikolay Lobanov, Head of Corrosion Department Alexander Chirkov, Head of Group of Process Department Alexander Vorobev, Head of International Affairs Department Natalia Kargaeva, International Affairs Manager Alexey Andreev attended Conference and Exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2015 that took place on 23-26 February in Istanbul, Turkey.
From 15 to 16 September 2015 delegation from NIIK represented by President & CEO Mr Igor Esin and Head of International Affairs Department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva took place in GPCA Fertilizer Convention, organized in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 09/23/2015 The traditional reports were given on gas market and nitrogen industry situation.  There were also provided information on a region wise basis including Indian, Chinese, and Russian and Latin American regions.
Steps to international expansion success 08/11/2015 NIIK is a member of several international fertilizer associations since 2007.  The company was recently invited to join Eastern Europe and Central Asia  (EECA) Statistics Task Force initiated by  International Fertilizer Association  Production and International Trade Committee.
ACHEMA 2015 07/02/2015 On June 15-19, 2015 NIIK delegation consisting of President Igor Esin, General Director Oleg Kostin, Dy. General Director for R&D Nikolay Lobanov, Dy. Technical Director for Engineering Olga Yryavina, Head of International Affairs Department Natalia Kargaeva, Head of Project Coordination Department Irina Kostina and International Affairs Manager Alexey Andreev attended world’s largest chemical industry expo ACHEMA 2015 held once in 3 three years in Frankfurt, Germany.
NIIK delegation attended the 28th AFA Int’l. Fertilizer Technology Conference & Exhibition held on June, 7 – 9, in Jordan, Amman. 06/15/2015 NIIK delegation presented by Lead engineer of Process department Mr. Andrei Barinov, Software engineer Mr. Dmitry Malyshev and International affairs manager Mr. Dmitry Obedin.
This year the Conference was devoted to the various methods for efficiency improvement of existing fertilizer plants.
NIIK delegation presented by company's President Mr Igor Esin and Head of International Affairs department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva attended 2015 IFA conference held on May 25-27 in Istanbul. 06/05/2015 This year the conference reporters mentioned the possible overstocking of fertilizer market   with granulated urea. The most pressing challenges in this regard remained subsidiary performance in urea production sector in China and India and the general tendency towards fertilizers effective use.
Positive decision of GlavGosExpertise was got for ammonia methanol and urea complex at Mendeleevsk (Tatarstan) May 22, 2015 05/29/2015 The first positive conclusion from GlavGosExpertise was obtained in 2009 with regard to design solutions adopted at the stage of project documentation development.
NIIK delegation presented by Head of Group for New Technologies Alexander Vorobev and International Affairs Manager Alexey Andreev attended 2015 FAI Technical Conference on Fertilizer Technology held on April 23-24, 2015 in New Delhi, India. 05/07/2015 At the session devoted to reliability improvement of fertilizer plants Alexey Andreev presented a paper”Improving efficiency of existing prilling towers with NIIK technology”.
NIIK will develop basic and detailed design for the new urea granulation unit with capacity 1500 TPD for PhosAgro-Cherepovets. 03/26/2015 The construction of a new urea granulation unit with capacity 1500 TPD is only a part of a comprehensive development concept.
NIIK signed an agreement and started evaluation of the potential of a new project in Grodno (Belarus) 03/25/2015 As part of feasibility studies NIIK will select the optimal technology, main equipment, units and engineering infrastructure. Based on NIIK investigation Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus will take a decision on the complex construction.
Nitrogen & Syngas 2015 03/10/2015 Nitrogen & Syngas 2015.
NIIK delegation presented by Chairman of the Board Igor Esin, General Director Oleg Kostin, Dy. General Director for R&D Nikolay Lobanov, Head of Corrosion Department Alexander Chirkov, Head of Group of Process Department Alexander Vorobev, Head of International Affairs Department Natalia Kargaeva, International Affairs Manager Alexey Andreev attended Conference and Exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2015 that took place on 23-26 February in Istanbul, Turkey.
During 3-5 February 2015 NIIK’s delegation took part in the 21st International Annual Fertilizer Forum, organized by Arab Fertilizer Association (AFA) in Hurghada, Egypt 02/13/2015 The delegation was represented by Deputy General Director for R&D Nikolay Lobanov, Head of corrosion, welding and diagnostics department Alexander Chirkov, Head of Process Department Rinat Anderzhanov and International Affairs Manager Dmitry Obedin.
Authority design package developed by NIIK for PhosAgro- Cherepovets ammonia production unit (capacity 2200 TPD) was approved by GlavGosExpertise. 12/27/2014 NIIK is taking part in the construction project for a new ammonia plant in the Vologda region. The new line is expected to have an ammonia production capacity of 2,200 TPD, 760 ths TPY (Haldor Topsoe license). The project is being realized by PhosAgro- Cherepovets company which signed a contract with an international consortium led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
FAI Annual Seminar 2014 12/18/2014 NIIK delegation (Deputy General Director for R&D Nikolay Lobanov, Head of corrosion, welding and diagnostics department Alexander Chirkov, Group Head of Process Department Alexander Vorobjev and International Affairs Manager Alexey Andreev) attended FAI Annual Seminar 2013 organized by Indian Fertilizers Association (FAI). The Seminar was held on December 10-12 2014 in New Delhi, India.
In November, 17-19, delegation of NIIK took part in 2013 Nitrogen & Syngas Asia Conference which was organized in Jakarta, Indonesia. 11/25/2014 The delegation was represented by the President and CEO of NIIK Mr Igor Esin and Head of International Affairs Department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva.

The delegates from all over the world including Indonesian fertilizer industry representatives working in the field of ammonia, urea, melamine production and equipment manufacturing participated in the event.
The order of NAK Azot was completed 11/20/2014 The design documentation for 32,5% urea solution and UAN production units was developed by NIIK for NAK Azot company (Novomoskovsk).

32,5% urea solution is an excellent system for the exhaust gas cleaning of diesel-engined vehicles. The unit with capacity 100 000TPY will be installed on the basis of urea plant 2 evaporation unit.
QAFCO initiates pilot plant for product diversification. 10/24/2014 QAFCO contracts NIIK to install a new High Speed Drum Granulation unit to produce value added urea as well as fertiliser compounds.

Doha: QAFCO and NIIK (a Russian engineering and technology company specialized in urea) signed a contract for design and supply of a pilot High Speed Drum Granulation unit (HSDG) to produce various value added urea products in Qatar.
NIIK has signed new contracts for design projects with PhosAgro (Cherepovets) 10/20/2014 NIIK is performing design activities for the 3d urea unit with capacity 1500 tons per day installing fluidized bed granulation unit and carrying out technical modernization of existing urea production plant №2 aimed at capacity increase to 1600 tons per day.
On the 6-th of October a round table conference was held in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the framework of the visit of Indian delegation to Nizhny Novgorod. 10/08/2014 The Delegation of India consisted of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India Mr. Pound Srinivastana Raghavan, second secretary of the political department of the Embassy Mr. Surenda Adhan and representatives of major Indian companies such as "Tata Motors", "AMJ Group", "Indo Commercial Bank".
On 16-18 September 2014, the delegation from NIIK consisted of President Igor Esin, Head of Corrosion Department Alexander Chirkov and Head of International Affairs department Natalia Kargaeva took part in a 5th Annual GPCA Fertilizer Convention in Dubai 09/24/2014 The Convention gave us the opportunity to present the report “FSU outlook for fertilizer market and promising nitrogen projects”. For the first time a speaker from Russian Federation was awarded the honor to present the survey on Russian and FSU fertilizer market at GPCA Event.
NIIK continues cooperation with PhosAgroCherepovets 09/16/2014 At the end of the last year an open ceremony marking the start of new high-efficient ammonia production facility with capacity 760 thousand tons per years (2200 TPD) was held at PhosAgro Cherepovets facility (Vologda region).
Commissioning and start-up phase of Mendeleevsk ammonia and methanol complex project has started 09/15/2014 The challenge of NIIK is twofold: providing water and installing storage facility.

The ammonia/methanol/urea production process requires huge amount of water, that is why special attention has been paid to modern water treatment systems, primarily reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration.
JSC "NIIK" has submitted for the State Expertise review the authority package for ammonia plant of the customer JSC "Linde Azot Toglliatti" 08/29/2014 JSC "NIIK" is the developer of the authority package of the ammonia plant with capacity of 1340 ton/per day of the product. According to the contract, the design institute has developed the authority package as well as adaptation to Russian norms and standards.
JSC "NIIK" signed a contract with "Sibmetakhim" (Tomsk) 08/22/2014 NIIK company, the winner of a tender have concluded an agreement with "Sibmetakhim". Development of investment idea and selection of efficient method for natural gas processing as the first stage will be followed by offering two options: creating ammonia-urea-melamine complex and production of synthetic liquid fuel (GTL). Evaluation of existing technologies and project resources, market analysis, analytical assessment and prognosis of costs will be prepared for each of the option.
"NIIK" is finalizing the project for "Kuibyshev Nitrogen"cyclohexanone production facility 08/18/2014 A new energy-efficient cyclohexanone production unit is being built in Togliatti. "NIIK" is involved in designing of flue gas cleaning unit, outdoor installations, industrial buildings and compressor station.

Two options were offered for gas cleaning unit: catalytic treatment of gas discharged and regenerative thermal oxidizer.
NIIK has won a tender 08/11/2014 The tender was arranged by JSC "Vostokgazprom" for "Sibmetakhim" for rendering services pertaining to "Expert analytical development of the economic efficiency of construction of chemical plant operating on conversion synthesis gas material
PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Corporation (PVFCCo, Vietnam) intends to install high-speed drum granulator unit designed by NIIK 07/22/2014 Early this year the parties entered into a contract for the research work for production of complex fertilizers formulated according to individual specifications. Control trials on pilot HSDG unit have been conducted and four different urea – based fertilizers with additives were manufactured. Flexible technology developed by NIIK enables to produce a wide range of complex fertilizers with practically all types of additives.
Guarantee tests Vortex Mixer at a factory in India successfully completed 06/17/2014 On June 30, 2014 NIIK and Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (NFCL), India signed a Guarantee Test Certificate of successful completion of the guarantee test after installation of the Vortex Mixer into the urea reactor of Urea Unit-II, thereby inaugurating the first appearance of NIIK technology in India.
CQI Diploma in Quality 06/16/2014 NIIK (R&D Institute of Urea) gained chartered status from CQI (Chartered Quality Institute) established in 1919 and being the only chartered professional body dedicated entirely to quality. The Quality Institute is the chartered body for quality management professionals.
NIIK took part in IFA Annual conference in Sydney 06/03/2014 The delegation from NIIK presented by President & CEO Mr Igor Esin, General Director Mr Oleg Kostin and Head of international Affairs Department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva took part in IFA Annual Conference sessions, organized by International Fertilizer Industry in Australia May 26-28. Australia being the only country that is also a whole continent is famous for its efficient agricultural production, soil fertility and mineral-rich areas.
R&D Institute of Urea (NIIK) delegates Igor Esin (President and CEO) and Natalia Kargaeva (Head of International Affairs Department) attended 2014 IFA Global Technical Symposium held in April 1-3, 2014 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 04/10/2014 The symposium replaced the yearly organized safety summit. Despite the traditional considering such events as devoted to fertilizer production sector, the scope of the symposium has become much wider now. It covers global aspects- population growth, increasing urbanization, food insecurity, conservative use of natural resources as well as Increasing efficiency of technologies used and improving efficiency of fertilizer application.
Specialists of JSC NIIK involved in the implementation of AVEVA software complex took part in AVEVA User Meeting 2014 hold on April, 17 in Moscow 04/04/2014 Deputy director for Design Olga Uriavina stressed that the conference was incredibly important for many reasons, first of all due to its busy program containing technical sessions with discussions on product updates and practical examples which provided us with the latest product information and applied practices.
JSC NIIK won a tender of JSC Grodno Azot requiring synthesis column modernization 03/24/2014 Cooperation between JSC NIIK and JSC Grodno Azot has a long history. The first urea production plant was put into operation in 1965 and now there are three production plants with total capacity more than 3 thousand tons a day. NIIK is continuing to assist with corrosion inspections, modernization works resulting in increased capacity and supplying equipment.
Nitrogen & Syngas 2014 03/17/2014 NIIK delegation headed by Chairman of the Board Igor Esin attended conference and exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2014 that took place on 24-27 February in Paris, France.
As in last year Conference and Exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2014, presenting innovations, inventions and advanced experience in the nitrogen industry attracted many participants from all round the world. Traditionally many companies from Russia and CIS countries attended the Conference.
R&D Institute of Urea (NIIK) delegates attended 20th AFA International Fertilizer Forum 03/14/2014 R&D Institute of Urea (NIIK) delegates Alexander Prokopev, Chief process engineer, Rinat Anderzhanov, Deputy technical director for innovations, and Danil Safonov, International Affairs Manager, attended 20th AFA International Fertilizer Forum held February 24-27, 2014 in Sharm-El-Shekh, Egypt.
NIIK is performing investment feasibility studies for ammonia and urea project (ordered by ROSSTROY company) in Novocherkassk (Rostov region). 02/21/2014 NIIK company has extensive experience in performing preinvestment studies for chemical plants construction (providing feasibility reports, business- plans, declaration of intent for investment, investment attractiveness assessment). According to Mrs Galina Pechnikova, Development director of NIIK this fastest- growing segment finds a ready market today.
JSC NIIK has started designing of ammonia production plant for JV Linde Azot Togliatti 02/20/2014 A new ammonia production plant is a common project of JSC Kuibyshevazot and German corporation Linde Gas. The Joint Venture called Linde Azot Togliatti has signed an EPC contract with Linde Engineering for engineering, procurement and construction of the new ammonia plant.
Specialists of NIIK company carried out a comprehensive engineering survey of chemical facilities in «Farg`onaazot» 02/18/2014 NIIK is acting here as subcontractor of Czech FNTC Group spol.sr.o. company.
NIIK and PetroVietnam Fertilizer and Chemicals Corporation (PVFCCo) Vietnam have made a Contract for granulation test of compound fertilizers on PVFCCo individual formulations 01/24/2014 Under the terms of the Contract NIIK will have to conduct a number of research tests and produce four grades of fertilizers with micronutrients in laboratory High Speed Drum Granulator. This technology developed by NIIK enables to produce a broad range of compound fertilizers with micronutrients in one unit.
NIIK delegation attended FAI Annual Seminar 2013 organized by Indian Fertilizers Association (FAI) 12/20/2013 The Seminar was held on December 11-13 2013 in New Delhi, India. From NIIK the Seminar visited Deputy General Director for R&D Nikolay Lobanov, Head of Process Department Rinat Anderzhanov and International Affairs Manager Alexey Andreev.
Chairman of the board of directors Mr Esin took place at the Eighth International «Melamine 2013» Conference held at Hotel Baltschug Kempinski, Moscow on November 15, 2013 11/20/2013 It is worth mentioning that considering questions of melamine projects NIIK´s opinion is very valuable and is called expert opinion - the institute has its own melamine production technology and a considerable experience in working with foreign licensors.
General Director of JSC NIIK Oleg Kostin presented a paper on Complex\Compound Fertilizer Conference held on Rossosh 13-14 November (organized by host company Infohim) 11/18/2013 JSC NIIK offered its state-of-the art granulation technology in High Speed Drum Granulator (HSDG) used for production of a wide range of fertilizers with macro- and micronutrients.
JSC NIIK took part in the opening ceremony of the beginning of the construction of new ammonia plant at JSC «FosAgro Cherepovets» 11/14/2013 JSC “FosAgro” and an international consortium of companies including Sojitz and Renaissance Heavy Industries led by the Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. entered into a contract for the construction of new energy efficient ammonia unit capacity of 760 thousand tons/year on the ground of “FosAgro Cherepovets” in the Vologda region.
Extraordinary general meeting has been held on November 8, 2013 in NIIK company 11/11/2013 November 8, an extraordinary general meeting was held in NIIK company.
President of JSC NIIK Mr Igor Esin, General Director Mr Oleg Kostin and Head of International Affairs Department Mrs Natalia Kargaeva took part in the 4th Annual GPCA Fertilizer Convention held on September 22-24 in Dubai, UAE 10/04/2013 Among 34 countries and 96 companies participating in the event NIIK was the only Russian company. Conference attendees mostly represented various countries of the Arabian Gulf, Europe and Asia.
58th Annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium was held on 26-29 August in Germany 09/09/2013 58th Annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium organized by American Association of Chemical Engineers AIChE was held on 26-29 August in Germany (Frankfurt am Mein).
JSC NIIK is taking an active part in the project of cyclohexane production unit for JSC KuibyshevAzot . The start up is scheduled for 2014-1015 08/05/2013 A contract for compressor station design was signed between two companies. Foundation design is being performed to start concrete operation during warm season.
Сonstruction of new ammonia- methanol- urea complex in Mendeleevsk (Tatarstan) is being continued 05/21/2013 The most important steps – oversite excavation, clock houses construction and perimeter fencing installation were completed. Video surveillance / access control and lighting system are being provided.
JSC NIIK is engaged in a large ammonia / urea complex engineering project requested by LLC «Baltic urea plant» 05/20/2013 This project can be compared with a large-scale construction project in Tatarstan (urea fertilizer plant capable to produce ammonia and methanol at Mendeleevsk). Modern chemical facility with capacity 3000 TPD of ammonia and 3535 TPD of urea will appear on the coast of the Gulf of Finland.
In April, 8-12, delegation of Research and Design Institute of Urea took part in 2013 IFA Global Safety Summit & Technical Symposium which was organized in Santiago, Chili. The delegation was represented by the President of JSC NIIK Mr Igor Esin 04/17/2013 NIIK presented a report regarding the production of complex fertilizers in HSDG which attracted huge rate of interest of nitrogen fertilizer industry representatives and potash and phosphate industry manufacturers, facing now the problem of utilization of by- products, such as sulphur and phosphogypsum.
R&D Institute of Urea (NIIK) delegates attended 19th AFA International Fertilizer Forum 03/14/2013 R&D Institute of Urea (NIIK) delegates Rinat Anderzhanov, Deputy technical director for innovations, and Danil Safonov, International Affairs Manager, attended 19th AFA International Fertilizer Forum held February 26-28, 2013 in Sharm-El-Shekh, Egypt. The Forum was dedicated to fertilizer industry development in the world.
Сonstruction of new ammonia- methanol- urea complex in Mendeleevsk (Tatarstan) is being continued 02/15/2013 During the first phase the following works were carried out: land leveling, connecting passages and perimeter fencing installation. Video surveillance and access control system were assembled and lighting system was provided. Water and sewage pipelines as well as off sites water supply utilities are being constructed.
«Nitrogen&Syngas» conference, Berlin, Germany 02/07/2013 Our team is intending to participate in «Nitrogen& Syngas» conference and exhibition which will be taking place from 5-8 March 2013 in Berlin, Germany.
JSC NIIK has signed a contract with Aveva company for the supply of engineering and design software. The contract signing will be followed by training course with Aveva specialists which is only the beginning of our long term relations 01/15/2013 Three D engineering provides a broad range of benefits for engineering works: 3D concept is expected to improve visibility of images and provides optimum performance enabling the user to make exact and correct generation of drawings. Specialists of JSC NIIK are successfully implementing Aveva tools in their work.
JSC NIIK was presented at FAI 2012 Annual Seminar which took place on December 10-12 2012 in Agra, India 12/20/2012 JSC NIIK was presented at FAI 2012 Annual Seminar which took place on December 10-12 2012 in Agra, India. The Delegation consisted of Dy. General Director for R&D Nikolay Lobanov, Head of Process Department Rinat Anderzhanov, Head of International Affairs Department Natalia Kargaeva and International Affairs Manager Alexey Andreev.
«Melamine 2012» conference took place in Moscow on the 9 th of November 12/17/2012 Development Director of JSC NIIK Galina Pechnikova being a recognized expert in this field presented a paper dedicated to the problem of utility of the installation of the second melamine unit in Russia.
In cooperation with Rahimtula Group of Companies, a representing company of JSC NIIK in India, JSC NIIK delegation visited largest Indian companies, producing different kinds of fertilizers 11/23/2012 The delegation consisted of Deputy General Director for R&D Nikolay Lobanov, Head of Process Department Rinat Anderzhanov and International Affairs Manager Alexey Andreev.
On October, 31 JSC NIIK celebrated its 60th anniversary. 10/31/2012 The celebration got together participants from Russia, CIS countries and abroad. Representatives of companies licensors, fertilizers producers, equipments suppliers and other visitors have joined us at celebrating this exciting time in the NIIK history.
JSC NIIK was present at IFA Production and International Trade Conference which took place on 1-3 October 2012 in Dublin, Ireland. The delegation consisted of President Igor Esin and Head of International Affairs department Natalia Kargaeva 10/11/2012 During the conference sessions Mr Esin delivered a paper focusing on natural gas supply situation on the Russian Gas market («Russian Gas market: gas supply to nitrogen industry from Gazprom and other gas producers »).
On 17-19 September 2012, the delegation from JSC NIIK consisted of President Igor Esin, Deputy General Director Nikolay Lobanov, and Head of International Affairs department Natalia Kargaeva took part in a 3rd Annual GPCA Fertilizer Convention 09/26/2012 GPCA (Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association) was founded in 2006 by SABIC, Tasnee, Qapco, QVC, Borouge, GPIC, PIC, and Equate companies as a trading company with an aim of improving commercial relations between organizations of Gulf countries.
The report «Recent projects on gas conversion into fertilizers in Russia Strategies and experience of NIIK in fertilizer projects implementation» was submitted by General Director of JSC NIIK Kostin Oleg at the 4th International Gas Technology Conferenc 09/20/2012 Several important questions concerning economical aspects of gas conversion into chemical and petrochemical products, as well as development strategies of Russian and Caspian gas sector were explored during the conference. Particular attention was being paid to practical experience capable of providing considerable impact to the gas industry.
In September delegation from JSC NIIK took part in two events: «Intergraph PP&M Russia & CIS» in Gelendzhik and «AVEVA Company day» in Samara 09/17/2012 It`s a common knowledge that information technologies allows to increase the capacity, reduces the time of project realization, provides the accuracy and actual status of engineering data over the period of operational lifetime of the industrial object.
25 AFA Technical Conference AFA, Dubai, UAE, July 9-11, 2012 07/18/2012 AFA technical conference is an international meeting place for urea professionals. It is attended by top fertilizer decision makers from the Gulf, Middle East and Indian companies that JSC NIIK has established long term relations with. This time our delegates once again shared their experience and introduced NIIK services.
17-22 June 2012 delegation of JSC NIIK took part in one of the largest European and the world leading chemical and technological exhibition ACHEMA, that is held every three years in Frankfurt 06/29/2012 Over 180000 visitors attended during the 5 days of the exhibition which proves its prestigious and reputable status all over the world.
The prilled urea was firstly produced in a tower designed by JSC NIIK 06/15/2012 At the end of May\ beginning of June the specialists of JSC NIIK took part in an organization and development of urea prilling tower project for a new urea production plant with capacity 1500 mt per day at a Cherepovetsky Azot site.
R&D Institute of Urea delegates attended one of the most significant Middle East Fertilizer conferences “29th Water Treatment Conference” 05/25/2012 Delegates from R&D Institute of Urea participate in various international and regional conferences to promote services and products that help fertilizer producers to achieve maximum performance and reliability of urea plants. “29th Water treatment conference” organized by Abu Qir Fertilizers Co. and held this year on May 15-18 in Alexandria is a major event for Middle East fertilizer industry. It is dedicated to finding solutions for water scarcity in the region and zero liquid discharge from fertilizer plants.
On 3-4 April 2012, the delegation from JSC NIIK took part in a two-day IFA Regional Conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan 04/13/2012 The conference reports presented the review of the current situation with gas supplies, projections for fertilizers supply/ demand balances, agricultural sector development strategies and investment policy in Central Asia.
Acron launches new urea facility designed by JSC NIIK 04/05/2012 On March 31, Acron (Veliky Novgorod) launched a new urea facility unit. The ceremony was attended by acting Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov, Novgorod Region Governor Sergey Mitin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov and Acron top executives.
In February 20-23, 2012 our delegation took part in the annual conference and exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2012 in Athens, Greece where Mr. Rinat Anderjanov, Deputy technical director of innovations delivered a paper dedicated to the new large scal 03/02/2012 In February 20-23, 2012 our delegation took part in the annual conference and exhibition Nitrogen & Syngas 2012 in Athens, Greece where Mr. Rinat Anderjanov, Deputy technical director of innovations delivered a paper dedicated to the new large scale technology for urea production.
Field supervision was performed at the construction and start up of the fluidized bed urea granulation unit by JSC NIIK for «Gazprom neftekhim Salavat» company 02/17/2012 In the beginning of March the design capacity will be achieved by complying with guaranteed values given.
A bit earlier JSC NIIK has provided the basic and detailed design for the granulation unit under Toyo Engineering Corporation license (Japan)
R&D Institute of Urea (JSC “NIIK) delegates attended 18th AFA International Fertilizer Forum 02/15/2012 R&D Institute of Urea (JSC “NIIK) delegates attended 18th AFA International Fertilizer Forum held February 07-09, 2012 in Sharm-El-Shekh, Egypt. The Forum was dedicated to such problems as population growth and food security in the region. Those are the most acute issues troubling the region due to the scarcity of water resources and harsh climate. Sufficient volume of fertilizer production to satisfy both the local and increasing export demand and the crop yield improvement are the essential tasks to be performed in the region.
JSC NIIK has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with CNCEC(China National Chemical Engineering) company 01/26/2012 The purpose of this Agreement is to maintain harmonious relationships between the companies in the field of technologies, engineering and construction in the basis of equality in collaboration and mutual benefit.
The delegation from JSC NIIK has been invited to the CNCEC (China National Chemical Engineering Company) and the visit was carried out on January 14th - 19th, 2012.
The first phase of works aimed at the construction of CJSC «Korund - Cyan» was completed 01/25/2012 In December 2011 JSC NIIK has issued the first part of the detail design documentation package for the construction of the sodium cyanide production plant with the capacity 40000 mt a year.
On December 7-9, 2011 the delegation from JSC NIIK took part in an Annual Seminar and Exhibition of Indian Fertilizer Association held in New-Delhi. 12/14/2011 More than 1500 participants attended this event. The majority of them being Indian fertilizers companies came to the seminar to exchange experiences with their colleagues. A very informative exhibition also took place as a good platform to display the development achievements and latest products of different equipment manufacturers and other companies, supporting the fertilizer production.
R&D Institute of urea (JSC “«NIIK”») participated in international conference “Melamine 2011” organized by “Creon” in Moscow 11/29/2011 R&D Institute of urea (JSC “«NIIK”») participated in international conference “Melamine 2011” organized by “Creon” in Moscow at the end of November, 2011.
JSC NIIK signed a contract with JSC Azot (Kemerovo) for technical revamping of urea production unit 11/21/2011 The successful execution of the project aimed to remodel urea synthesis unit in the urea production complex with a new-designed vortex mixture installation in the synthesis column has already demonstrated that NIIK? s technology allows to achieve the maximum impact for minimum cost.
JSC «NIIK» signed a contract with TOO «KazAzot» for detailed engineering and complex delivery of two high speed drum granulators for ammonia nitrate production designed by JSC «NIIK». It shows that our technological developments continue 11/11/2011 High speed drum granulators (HSDG) designed by JSC «NIIK» will be installed at chemical complex «KazAzot» in Aktau. Their total capacity will be 500 t of ammonia nitrate per day.
On October, 24 Expocentre opened the 16th International Exhibition for the Chemical Science and Industry «KHIMIA-2011». 10/28/2011 The event has been extended to 27 of October and our Institute took an active part in its work.
This year the exhibition has brought together to Expocentre over 600 companies from 33 European countries. Approximately half of the exhibits were presented by Russian companies. Denis Manturov, Deputy Industry and Trade Minister emphasized that the significance of chemistry is rising year by year.
On October, 12 th, 2011 the president of the company Igor Esin, the General Director Oleg Kostin and project head manager Alexander Shishinov attended the great ceremony of the foundation stone laying at the new mineral fertilizer plant in Tata 10/14/2011 As previously mentioned, JSC «NIIK» is acting as a general contractor of the project. The customer in this case is presented by JSC «Ammonii», the foreign general contractor, representing the consortium of Japanese companies including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Sojitz Corporation and China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation (CNCEC).
Traditionally this year JSC NIIK gets a great opportunity to take part in the 16th International Exhibition of Chemical Science and Industry «KHIMIA-2011», the largest exhibition in Russia and CIS countries, which will be held in Moscow on October, 24 10/10/2011 Traditionally this year JSC NIIK gets a great opportunity to take part in the 16th International Exhibition of Chemical Science and Industry «KHIMIA-2011», the largest exhibition in Russia and CIS countries, which will be held in Moscow on October, 24 - 27
JSC NIIK took second place in the Russian Annual Сontest of Projects performed with the help of Bentley software product in the category «Innovations in designing, modeling, analysis and exploitation of buildings and constructions» 10/05/2011 Taking part in this competition is the best opportunity to present the company as a leading innovator applying modern instruments and technologies to solve engineering and design problem. It is also a good way to estimate the amount of work that has been already performed.
The project- winners will take part in an international annual competition «Be Inspired Awards», held by Bentley System.
In September, 19-21, 2011, delegation of Research and Development Institute of urea took part in the second Annual GPCA Fertilizers Convention organized in Doha. The delegation was represented by the President of JSC NIIK Mr Igor Esin, Gene 09/28/2011 In September, 19-21, 2011, delegation of Research and Development Institute of urea took part in the second Annual GPCA Fertilizers Convention organized in Doha.
A meeting of the steering committee of IFA (International Fertilizer Association) working on the harmonization of fertilizer sampling and quality analysis methods has taken place in Odessa September 14-15. A presentation made by Alexey Skudin, head 09/27/2011 A meeting of the steering committee of IFA (International Fertilizer Association) working on the harmonization of fertilizer sampling and quality analysis methods has taken place in Odessa September 14-15.
In September, 2011 JSC NIIK and JSC NPO «Neksis» Perm have signed a contract for delivery of a high- speed drum granulator for calcium nitrate production. 09/22/2011 In September, 2011 JSC NIIK and JSC NPO «Neksis» Perm have signed a contract for delivery of a high- speed drum granulator for calcium nitrate production.
JSC “NIIK” and JSC “Kuibyshevazot” has made a contract for the reconstruction of acidic collection unit in urea department. 07/10/2011 JSC “NIIK” and JSC “Kuibyshevazot” has made a contract for the reconstruction of acidic collection unit in urea department. The Institute engineers have already started filling the order.
Manufacturers and design engineers together solve a paramount task of environmental protection under this project. Over the last years, ecological requirements to industrial works are becoming more and more severe and urea branch is not an exception in this field.
June 23, 2011 JSC "NIIK" received a delegation from Honeywell 06/28/2011 On June 23, 2011 JSC "NIIK" received a delegation from Honeywell Resins & Chemicals, a division of Honeywell International, a US-based industrial conglomerate listed within the top 200 world’s biggest public companies, according to the Forbes Magazine.
JSC NIIK took the second place at the 5th Competition of intellectual property's objects on application for premium of Nizhny Novgorod region in honor of I.P. Kulibin 06/23/2011 JSC NIIK took the second place at the 5th Competition of intellectual property's objects on application for premium of Nizhny Novgorod region in honor of I.P. Kulibin
JSC NIIK has become a winner of the Second Annual National Contest in the field of quality management, held by National Organization for Quality 06/03/2011 The president Mr. Gennadiy Voronin has officially informed the general director Mr. Oleg Kostin about the expert report results. The competition is focused on the participation of different Russian organizations from manufacturing, education and service sectors (regardless of their legal position, staff number and other conditions), which are under management regulation ensuring appropriate quality of the product, services or works.
NIIK has offered a new energy efficient technology for large-scale urea plants 05/24/2011 At the 6 th International Research-to-Practice Conference “Urea 2011” held in Dzerzhinsk on 17-19 May, JSC NIIK (R&D Institute of Urea), Nizhny Novgorod region, Dzerzhinsk has offered its new energy efficient technology for large-scale urea plants as well as case-studies on the products quality improvement developments.
R&D Institute of Urea has completed an order on developing basic and detailed design of urea granulation unit for JSC «Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat» 05/06/2011 The licensor of this project is Toyo Engineering Corporation (Japan).
The contract was signed in April 2010 and the contract works were executed ahead of schedule – by September 24, 2010 instead of December 16, 2010. The documentation successfully underwent expert review in the Main State Expertise Commitee (Moscow) and was submitted to the Customer.
On April 12, 2011 R&D Institute of Urea and Sojitz (Japan) signed a contract on designing of facilities for urea production unit in Mendeleevsk (Tatarstan Republic, Russia) 04/29/2011 This contract named «Design office NIIK-2» launched long-term collaboration and it is a part of the largest industrial complex construction Ammonia-Methanol-Urea. The total budget of the project exceeds 1,5 billion USD.
R&D Institute of Urea is a general contractor for designing and construction of utilities and storage units within project office «Design office NIIK-3».
In April, 21-22, 2011 delegation of R&D Institute of Urea took part in the International technical conference organized by FAI in New Delhi (India) 04/27/2011 Delegation of R&D Institute of Urea was represented by the President of the company – Mr. Igor Esin, head of corrosion, welding and diagnostic department – Mr. Alexander Chirkov, Dy. Technical director for innovations – Mr. Rinat Anderzhanov and head of international affairs department – Ms. Natalia Kargaeva. The conference was held for technical specialists of particpating companies and was focused on innovations in fertilizer legislation of India.
The production plant “Korund-Cyan” is going through the next construction stage 04/18/2011 R&D Institute of Urea is the general designer for civil works of this project. The contract was signed in May 2010 and the first drawings were issued already in September.
Cooperation Agreement between Research and Design Institute of Urea and Eurotecnica Contractors and Engineers S.p.A. 03/09/2011 Within the framework of the leading world event in the nitrogen industry – annual conference «Nitrogen+Syngas 2011», which took place on February 21-24, 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany, Cooperation Agreement was signed between the Russian engineering company in the field of urea and melamine Research and Design Institute of Urea and the world leader among melamine technology licensors – the Italian company Eurotecnica Contractors and Engineers S.p.A.
R&D Institute of Urea signed a new contract with JSC “Azot”, Cherkassy 03/09/2011 On March 3, 2011, R&D Institute of Urea signed a contract with JSC “Azot”, Cherkassy (Ukraine) for development of technical documentation for urea stripper procurement in plant M-2.
Traditional International Conference «Urea-2011» 02/25/2011 In May 17-19, 2011 R&D Institute of Urea is organizing a traditional 6th International scientific-practical conference «Urea-2011», which will take place in the greenbelt of Dzerzhinsk in the premium-class hotel “Chayka”.
The conference is already known as a meaningful informational-analytical and methodological platform of urea field.
R&D Institute of Urea shared its experience at a workshop held in Oman 01/12/2011 In December 18-22, 2010 specialists of R&D Institute of Urea took part in a technical workshop organized by FAI (Fertilizer Association of India) in Muscat, Oman. For the first time the workshop was arranged beyond India and was held in collaboration with OMIFCO production plant (Oman). This event gathered representatives of more than 30 various companies both - fertilizer producers and engineering companies.

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