Russia Consumption Of Pe Potentional Market

here is a great potential for growth in the PE film industry in Russia, as per AMI. The industry structure in Russia is fast changing as the country develops from the chaotic early period of privatisation in the 1990s and the breakup of the former Soviet industrial complexes. Most of the significant film producers today are new companies which have been set up since the end of the Soviet era, although some of the former Soviet operations do still exist. 240 companies represent around 80% of film production in Russia. Despite the current economic slowdown, demand for film production will continue to grow significantly in the future as Russia offers a massive potential for development particularly in the packaging sector.  There will be growing demand for more sophisticated plastics packaging driven by the increasing presence of multinational food processing groups and supermarket companies which will compete strongly with local Russian brands. This competition and changing consumer demands will be a stimulus for the development of plastics film packaging. There has been particularly spectacular growth in PE stretch film and multilayer film production. These film types were not produced under the Soviet regime and it is only recently that investments have been secured for their manufacture in Russia.  These investments are leading to a shift in the structure of polymer demand for film production In the Soviet era LDPE was the main feedstock, reflecting local availability and lack of multilayer equipment to process linear types.  LDPE is still the main material used in film production but linear resins are continually increasing their market share. Apart from some volumes of polyethylene film which are used for agricultural and building applications, nearly all the major end use markets are in some form of packaging, principally for food products