History in Dates

1^st of November
Start-up of the second line for the production of staple fiber in Spinning and Finishing Plant No. 3 of Organic Synthesis Factory.

19th of February
Presentation of Gratitude to the staff of OAO Mogilevkhimvolokolno - the winner of the competition with recording on the Board of Honor of the Oktyabrsky District of Mogilev for achieving the best results in 2018.

January
OAO Mogilevkhimvolokno was announced a winner (laureate) of the competition “Best Products of the Republic of Belarus” in 2018 in the nomination “Industrial and Technical Products” for the commodity item: polyester fabric LavsanTech-LK.

30th of December
Start-up of the existing plants for the production of polyester fiber by direct spinning - the first stage of the investment project “Complex for the production of polyester products”. Organization of Spinning and Finishing Plant No. 3 of Organic Synthesis Factory. Manufacture of the first “conjugate” fiber.

6th of November
Mikhail Myasnikovich, the Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus paid a working visit to the Company.

October
Within the V-th Forum of the Regions of Belarus and Russia, bilateral contracts were signed with companies: Avangard LLC (St. Petersburg, Russia) and Nipromteks LLC (Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Region, Russia), and a cooperation agreement was concluded with JSC Kursk factory of industrial yarn.

September
Mikhail Babich, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus visited to the Company during his working trip.

29th of June
P.M. Rudnik, General Director of OAO Mogilevkhimvolokno was awarded a special prize of the Mogilev City Executive Committee “Achievement” in the nomination “Industry”.

23rd of November
Visit of the expert group for evaluation of the activities of OAO Mogilevkhimvolvokno within the competition for Government Prize 2018 in the field of quality of the Republic of Belarus.

28th of April
The Company became the winner (laureate) of the competition “Best Products of the Republic of Belarus” in 2017 in the nomination “Industrial and Technical Products” for the following commodity items: biaxially oriented polypropylene film BOPP SN1; short-cut non-crimped polyester fiber 0.17 tex, length 6 mm; air-entangled polyester industrial yarn, type M 980, structure 220 tex x 3 Z 50.

April
Creation of Anthem of OAO Mogilevkhimvolokno for celebration of the 50th anniversary after manufacture of the first products at the Company. Authors: words - Leonid Molchanov, music - Vladimir Brailovsky.

February
Presentation of the certificate to the staff of OAO Mogilevkhimvolokno with recording on the regional Board of Honor upon the results of work within 2017.

1^st of August
Establishment of Industrial Yarn Factory.

14th of November
The company was visited by A.G.Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Belarus. The head of the state gave a number of explicit orders; the main of them are implementation of the investment project “Polyester production complex” and new products manufacturing.

April
ОАО "Mogilevkhimvolokno" confirmed its title of the winner of the award given by the Government of the Republic of Belarus for achievements in quality improvement in 2015.

February
ОАО "Mogilevkhimvolokno" was declared the best enterprise among the industrial enterprises in the Oktyabrskiy district of Mogilev upon the results of social and economic development and placed on the Board of Honor of the Oktyabrskiy district.

The company started implementation of the investment project “Polyester production complex”. The contract for the main process equipment supply was concluded with Oerlikon Neumag (Germany).

1^st of January
Formation of the Synthetic Fiber Production Plant, Organic Synthesis Plant, Synthetic Film Production Plant and Machinery and Repair Plant.

December
Investment project "Cabled Yarns Production Plant" was implemented.

August
Startup of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) production plant with a capacity of 50 000 t/a.

1^st of July
Reorganization of OAO "Mogilevkhimvolokno" by taking over OAO "Mogilev Viscose Fiber Plant".

September
Implementation of the investment project "Revamping of Doubling and Twisting Unit at Polyester Yarn Plant".

May
Startup of the PET Waste Recycling Line.

March
OAO "Mogilevkhimvolokno" was awarded a governmental prize for achievements in quality improvement in 2010.

February
OAO "Mogilevkhimvolokno" was declared a winner of Mogilev city competition for high production performances among regional industrial enterprises and was awarded a challenge banner of honor of Mogilev Executive Committee.

November
Startup of Needle-punched Nonwoven Materials Production Line with a capacity of 5000 t/a.

April
Completion of modernization of PET production equipment at chemical shop of Organic Synthesis Plant.

March
Production of new assortment of PET pre-forms (1 and 1,5 l) was developed.
Production of low flammability fiber, low flammability polymer and peeling resistant fiber was developed.

February
OAO "Mogilevkhimvolokno" was declared a winner of city competition for high production performances among regional industrial enterprises and was awarded a challenge banner of honor of Mogilev Executive Committee.

January
OAO "Mogilevkhimvolokno" was awarded a prize of the Government of the Republic of Belarus for quality improvement.

June
Completion of revamping of Continuous Polycondensation Plant with a capacity of 80 000 t/year aimed at change-over to production of bottle grade PET.

February
Implementation of Integrated Management System:
- Quality Management System (ISO 9001: 2000);
- Environmental Management System (ISO 14001: 2004);
- Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSAS 18001: 2007).

1^st of February
Startup of the Biodiesel Production Line.

November
Manufacture of a new product-Fatty Acid Methyl Ester used for biodiesel fuel production.

30th of September
Manufacture of HT (high-tenacity) and LS (low - shrinkage) industrial yarn.

30th of August
Startup of the first power generating unit of power generation complex. Generating the first own electrical power.

12th of May
Startup of the local Waste Water Treatment Plant.

31^st of December
Startup of the Pressure Fire Hose production plant.

August
Startup of the Strapping Band Production Plant.

October
Startup of the Bicomponent Fibre production.

July
Startup of High-modulus High-tenacity Industrial Yarn production.

8th of June
Confirmation of the certificate of the quality management system conformity to ISO 9001:2000.

16th of December
Manufacture of the first polyester substrate for roofing materials.

2nd of December
Environmental management system was certified as conforming to STB ISO 14001-2000.

July
Startup of the Composite Material Production Plant.

7th of February
Establishment of OAO "Моgilevkhimvolokno".

14th of December
RUE "МPA "Khimvolokno" became a winner of the competition "The Best Goods of the Republic of Belarus at the Russian Federation Markets 2001".

10th of December
RUE "MPA "Khimvolokno" was awarded a Certificate of Honour issued by the Standardization, Metrology and Certification Committee under the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.

25th of January
Establishment of RUE "MPA "Khimvolokno".

23rd of January
The Quality System of RUPE "Khimvolokno" was certified as conforming to the International Standard ISO 9001.

14th of July
Manufacture of the millionth ton of Polyethylene Terephthalate.

1^st of September
Establishment of the Synthetic Fiber Factory on the basis of the three synthetic fiber plants.

August
Establishment of the Machinery and Repair Plant on the basis of the spare parts factory and maintenance shops.

March
Establishment of Soviet-American Joint Venture "Belpak".

November
Establishment of the Polyester Yarn Factory on the basis of synthetic filament yarn production plant No2.

3rd of June
Mogilev Production Association "Khimvolokno" named after V.I. Lenin was awarded the Order of Lenin.

31^st of December
Startup of the Synthetic Filament Yarn production line No 2.

31^st of December
Manufacture of the first Polyethylene Terephthalate.

16th of June
Startup of DMT production plant No4 with a capacity 120 000 t/a.

March
Reorganization of spare parts production plant and establishment of the spare parts production factory.
Establishment of the organic synthesis factory on the basis of the DMT plants.

28th of February
Startup of the third Dimethyl Terephthalate production plant with a capacity of 60000 t/a (DMT-3).

6th of June
Manufacture of the first ton of fiber at the third Synthetic Fiber production line.

25th of October
Manufacture of the millionth ton of synthetic fiber and yarn.

30th of June
Startup of the second dimethyl terephthalate production plant (DMT-2).

July
Establishment of Mogilev Production Association "Khimvolokno".

April
Setting-up spare parts production plant on the basis of the existing mechanical parts repair workshops.

15th of November
Startup of the first in the country pilot Polyester Staple Fiber production plant based on the purified terephthalic acid.

29th of December
Completion of construction of the first fiber production plant with a capacity of 50 000 t/a.

9th of July
Startup of the Staple Fiber production line.

21^st of April
Manufacture of the first polymer.

30th of March
Startup of the first Dimethyl Terephthalate production plant (DMT-1).

5th of November
Manufacture of the first in Belarus polyester fiber (trade name "Lavsan") at the pilot plant.

June
Soviet government resolution about Mogilev synthetic fiber production plant construction.