# SIBUR produces test batch at first hexene facility in Russia

SIBUR produced the first test batch of hexene at its new facility in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, with a capacity exceeding 50,000 tonnes per year and total investment of RUB 28.5 billion.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-01-21
- Where: Nizhnekamsk, Russia
- Value: $300.0M (28.5B RUB)
- Starts operating: Q3 2025
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: over 50,000 tonnes per year
- Products: hexene, polyethylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [SIBUR](https://endata.com/companies/2258.md)

## Sources

- [monitorriau.com](https://www.monitorriau.com/news/detail/34085/sibur-produces-test-batch-at-first-hexene-facility-in-russia-and-cis-), 2018-01-21: "Completion of the hexene production facility is a landmark event for Russian and global petrochemicals and an important step towards technological sovereignty."

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