IN FOCUS
Drivers of development
of the Russian market of PPE –
state support and innovations
Russia traditionally is one of the
largest world consumers of overalls
and the personal protective equipment
(PPE). According to Grand View
Research, our country is in the
fourth place in the world on the
size of the market of PPE with result
of $2,02 billion (2015 data), having
passed forward only the USA, China
and Germany.
Mr. Victor Evtukhov, secretary of state, Deputy Minister
of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
I
t is possible to call the over-
alls market as the market of
stable demand, while it is reg-
ulated by the legislation. Ac-
cording to the Labor code of
the Russian Federation, replace-
ment of overalls in industry is
required annually. Thus, all in-
dustrial companies provide sta-
ble demand for overalls and PPE.
Figures confirm a trend. Fol-
lowing the results of 2016, in-
crease in production of over-
alls in Russia was about 40 % in
comparison with 2015, and fol-
lowing the results of the first
quarter 2017 – 13,6 %.
«Energokontrakt», «Tekhnoa-
via», «BTK Group», «Spetsza-
shchita», «Respiratornykom-
pleks», «Roskhimzashchita».
«Energokontrakt» specializes
in protection from an electroarch-
and thermal risks. «Technoavia»,
«Vostok Service» turn out a big
range of products: the uniform,
PPE and equipment for work in
cold climatic conditions. «Armak-
on» and «Skincear» produce quali-
tative dermatological protection.
The companies which special-
ize in protection from falling from
height – «Vento», «Luch Plant».
«Suksunsky optical-mechanical
plant», perhaps, is the only large
producer of eye, head and face
protections in Russia. «Manipula»
company develops and delivers
protection of hands. It has a very
wide line of gloves. Corporations
«Spetszashchita», «Roskhimza-
shchita», «Respiratory Complex»,
«Briz», «Volgaspetszashchita»
are engaged in the creation of
modern protection of respiratory
organs – respirators, gas masks,
self-rescuers. The leader in the
production of special fabrics for
PPE is Tchaikovsky Textiles group
of companies.
Earlier most part of overalls
was made from import materials,
the big share of import came from
the USA and the Great Britain. To
change a situation, Minpromtorg
included in its programs for im-
port substitution a number of the
projects from light industry direct-
ed just to production of overalls
and materials for overalls. Results
did not keep themselves waiting.
Following the results of 2016 over
90 % of needs of the enterprises
of an oil and gas complex are pro-
vided with domestic overalls.
State support – the market
development driver
Upon expert evaluations, the to-
tal volume of annual purchases
of products of light industry for
special and corporate clothes,
special footwear is estimated
approximately at 100 billion ru-
bles and more than 50 % of pur-
chasing amount are the share
of purchases of the companies
with the state participation.
It is important to note that
in most cases overalls and foot-
wear are made in Russia. Con-
cerning fabrics, materials and
component parts the situation
is different. Many companies
continue to buy foreign fabrics
for tailoring of overalls, mainly
from China and other southeast
countries while many domestic
enterprises arranged in Russia
high technology productions of
fabrics and materials for pro-
duction of overalls and footwear
which are able to replace a con-
siderable part of import products
for needs of the companies with
state participation.
Domestic enter-
prises of the Leg-
prom already conduct
active work with the
largest Russian ener-
gy, oil and gas com-
panies Rosneft, Gaz-
promneft, Bashneft,
Rosatom, Transneft
and others. The Min-
istry of Industry and Trade also
contributes to the development
of cooperation of the Russian
PPE producers with state compa-
nies, in particular, participating
in joint meetings on purchases of
products of national production.
From recent successful arrange-
ments, for example, it should be
noted cooperation of Norilsk Nick-
el with the Tomsk plant of rub-
ber footwear. Norilsk Nickel took
products of the plant on test and
will test it by employees of extruc-
tion and metallurgical divisions.
The Lukoil company already car-
ried out tests of PPE in the second
half of 2016. Among the tested PPE
there were samples of models of
fire-resistant winter overalls made
of the latest domestic warming
material from factory of nonwoven
fabrics «Whole world». Products
Leaders in the market
of production of overalls
and PPE
Leaders in the market of produc-
tion of overalls and PPE – the
companies «Vostok-Ser vice»,
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