Russian paints

The total sales volume of paint products of the Russian Paints Company in 2018 amounted to 6614 million rubles. (there is an increase to the level of 2017, 5%).

In the structure of the company there are 6 business areas.

• Paints and varnishes for decorative and construction and repair purposes , (Yaroslavl Paints Association) Trademarks: Yaroslavl Paints, Brite, Premia, YARKO, Special Forces . ^[3]
• Car refinishing materials Enamels, varnishes, primers, fillers, tinting systems and auxiliary materials. Trademarks: Vika ^[4] , GUNTEX ^[5] .
• Industrial paints and varnishes Anticorrosive materials for painting bridges, metal structures, pipes; railway painting, electrical insulation materials, materials for marking roads and runways of civil and military airfields. Trademarks: “Line” ^[6] , “Arrow” ^[7] , ProDecor ^[8] .
• Paints and varnishes for painting cars, trucks and other vehicles on the conveyor (AKSALTA LLC - RUSSIAN PAINTS.
• Powder paints. Painting of refrigerators and household appliances, wheel disks, pipes for oil and gas pipelines, painting of aluminum profiles, etc. (“YaZPK”) ^[9] .
• Materials for aviation and shipbuilding.

In 1838, the merchant of the 3rd guild A.F. Vakhrameev founded a lead-bleaching plant in the city of Yaroslavl on the right bank of the Kotorosl River. By the end of the 19th century, it was one of the largest industries in the industry. In 1906, a paint and varnish shop was launched, and in 1910 the production of color paints began. In 1907, the joint-stock company Heirs of N. A. Vakhrameev was established. The official name of the enterprise at that time: Lead Plant whitewashed the joint-stock company of Vakhrameev’s heirs . ^[ten]

After the revolution in 1920, foreign experts left the enterprise. The new management had to mobilize the remaining experienced workers to restore the formulations, technological features and begin production. In 1922, the plant started operating. This was the reason to give a new name to the enterprise - "Victory of the workers." (full name Yaroslavl paint and varnish factory “Victory of the workers” ).

All government machines of the Soviet Union from the 1930s until 1975, were painted with enamel, designed and produced at the Victory of the Workers. During the war years, production was rebuilt to produce military products.

In 1945, the instrumentation workshop was created, and in 1946 the production of glyptal enamels for Moskvich automobiles was organized. In 1947, the production of pentaphthalic enamels began , in 1955 - light-resistant crowns. In 1956, the synthetic resin workshop was opened, and in 1960 the production of cans for small packaging was launched.

In 1961-1964, reconstruction and expansion of production took place. In 1965-1970, synthetic enamels for GAZ and all paints and varnishes for VAZ were mastered. In 1970, the first stage of the varnish synthesis building was launched; in 1971, the production of electrophoresis soils with enhanced anti-corrosion properties was mastered. In the mid-1970s, the plant was merged with the Free Labor factory in the Yaroslavl Association Lakokraska, but in the late 1980s the factory regained its independence and its former name.

In 1980, workshops were reconstructed, hazardous industries were eliminated, an irrevocable packaging workshop was built, and a workshop for the production of enamels and soils on condensation resins was commissioned.

In 1991, the privatization of the enterprise (LLP "Plant" Victory of workers "). In 1995, deliveries of ML-1300 melamine-alkyd enamels to the conveyors of domestic automobile plants began, the production of automatic materials with a metallized and pearlescent effect, as well as acrylic paints and varnishes for car repair, was launched. In 1999, the Yaroslavl Paints Association was created, and a trademark with this name was launched, under which decorative paintwork materials for repair and construction purposes are produced in small packaging.

In 2001, the plant was named “Russian Paints”. Car repair materials are produced under the single brand name "Vika" - this is the first domestic brand of car repair materials. In 2003, new production facilities were launched for the production of conveyor base auto enamels with the metallic and mother of pearl effect.

In 2004, the Yaroslavl Powder Paint Plant was launched, and a pilot project was launched to produce water-dispersed decorative coatings.

In 2005, the development of the new Ostashino production site begins, where a new warehouse complex was built using modern logistics technologies.

In 2006, a joint venture for the production of automotive paints and varnishes “ DuPont - Russian paints” was created.

In 2009, a new workshop for water dispersible materials with a capacity of 15 thousand tons / year was launched at the Ostashino site.

In 2010, the start was given to the development of a new line of anti-corrosion coatings - ТМ Prodecor.

In 2011 - production of materials of the BRITE series with teflon was launched

In 2012, the share of localized products in the production of conveyor coatings manufactured by the joint venture was 74%

In 2014 - a paintwork complex for painting Il aircraft was developed

In 2015, small-scale paintwork production was launched.

In 2017, the Aviation and Shipbuilding business line was opened.

In 2018, the production of thermoplastics for road marking began.

In recent years, the company pays great attention to environmental protection: the combustion station, treatment facilities were reconstructed, the solvent recovery unit was put into operation. The integrated quality management system is certified in accordance with ISO 9001, IS0 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO / TS 16949.

The company is a member of the International program “Responsible Care” (“Responsible Care”), repeatedly takes first place in the ranking of the quality of work of industrial enterprises in the Yaroslavl region, recognized as an “Enterprise with high social responsibility”.

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• Goryachenkova T. E. Development of the Yaroslavl factory “Victory of the workers” in the period from 1920 to 1945. (to the 170th anniversary of the enterprise) // History of science and technology. - 2008. - No. 5, special. issue 2. - S. 15-20.

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