Nefis

Pre-Revolutionary Period

In 1855 (an incorrect assertion is often found that this happened in 1853 ^[4] ) the Moscow manufacturers Krestovnikov brothers organized the construction of a stearin-candle factory in the village of Pleteni on Yekaterinskaya Street (now Gabdulla Tukaya Street ). The opening of the Krestovnikov factory took place on December 28, 1855 with a large gathering of people with a prayer service and consecration ^[5] . The author of the project was a professor, head of the technology department of Kazan University , M. Ya. Kittara ^[6] . The construction costs of the plant amounted to 30 thousand rubles, and a year later its turnover reached 400 thousand rubles.

The first batch of candles , released in January 1856, Nikolai Krestovnikov handed over to the Kazan governor ^[5] . In 1856, the plant began to produce solid lump soap , for the production of which an additional building was built. Other products of the enterprise were stearin , exported in tiles, as well as oleic acid , which replaced mineral and vegetable oils for technological purposes.

In 1861, the plant's products won first prizes: a large gold medal from the Free Economic Society and a silver medal from the Ministry of Finance of Russia ^[5] . After participating in the St. Petersburg Manufactory Exhibition of the same year, the Krestovnikov Brothers Factory and Trade Society receives the title of “Supplier of the Court of His Imperial Majesty”, as well as the right to depict the double-headed eagle on the coat of arms of the Russian Empire ^[7] . Subsequently, the plant's products received other awards: an honorary review at the London World Exhibition of 1862 , a silver medal at the Paris World Exhibition of 1867 , a gold medal at the Philadelphia World Exhibition of 1876 , a large gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition of 1878, and medals at the Moscow Manufactory exhibition of 1865 and 1882, a medal at the St. Petersburg manufactory exhibition of 1870, large gold medals at the Romanian exhibition of 1878 and 1889 ^[8] .

At that time, the plant occupied an area of ​​24 hectares , on which more than 100 buildings and 5 factory buildings were located. The final production complex of the enterprise, located in Zakabanie (on the site of the former village of Pleteni), was formed in 1871 - 1873 , when a two-story laboratory, workshops, bakeries and other buildings were erected on its territory according to the project of the architect N. I. Uzhmedsky-Gritsevich ^{[9 ]} .

The technical part of the plant was managed by well-known Russian organic chemists from the Zaitsev dynasty: Alexander Mikhailovich Zaitsev , plant consultant, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences ; the head of the laboratory created at the plant in 1868 , privat-docent of Kazan University - Konstantin Mikhailovich Zaitsev; “Master of Chemistry” of Kazan University, Ph.D. of the University of Leipzig - Mikhail Mikhailovich Zaitsev ^{[10] [9]} . The owners of the plant - brothers Nikolai and Iosif Konstantinovich Krestovnikovs - were also recognized experts in the field of chemical technologies, and the future head of the factory and trade partnership Grigory Aleksandrovich Krestovnikov worked at the Kazan plant in 1878-1879, was a graduate of the natural department of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow University ^{[ 9]} , published jointly by professor V. Markovnikov in the Journal of the Russian physical chemical society , and in Berlin chemical society number of investigators Sgiach works on organic chemistry .

Technological improvements contributed to the rapid development of the plant, the constant growth of production. By 1892, the volume of sales of its products amounted to 5 million rubles. The number of workers at the plant has reached 2000 people. At the factory, a hospital, a designated place for children, and a school were organized.

Demand for goods manufactured by the plant increased from year to year, which allowed the Partnership to constantly expand its commercial network, have its own warehouses and trading establishments in many cities of the Russian Empire: Kazan itself, Moscow , Ivanovo-Voznesensk , Yekaterinburg , Perm , Tyumen , Tsaritsyn , Samara , Saratov , Simbirsk , Rostov-on-Don , Odessa , Warsaw , Lodz , Tashkent , Samarkand and others ^[9] . The partnership operated abroad in Paris , London and Berlin ^[9] .

In the late XIX - early XX centuries, the Kazan Krestovnikov brothers factory was one of the largest enterprises in Russia in the fat processing industry: by 1900, 2,200 workers worked there, serving 9 autoclaves , 10 distillation machines, 28 steam boilers of 1400 liters. with. , 26 hydraulic presses, 2 vacuum units, 10 soap boilers, 200 casting machines. In addition, a plant for the preparation of sulfuric acid, a sawmill, a cooper, a mechanical and boiler workshops, a gas plant worked at the plant. It produced 560,000 pounds of stearin and margarine candles; 200,000 pounds of various soaps - “Kazan wind”, marble, sound and glycerin; 30,000 pounds of triolein; 96,000 pounds of oleic acid; 120,000 pounds of sulfuric acid; 30,000 pounds of distilled, chemically pure glycerin; 20,000 pounds of white refined glycerin and 36,000 pounds of yellow crude glycerin ^[9] . In addition, the plant produced artificial spindle oil, lipogenin, elandic acid and other products ^[9] .

In 1909, under the supervision of S. A. Fokin , a professor at the Kharkov Institute of Technology , A. Zaitsev, a student who had previously worked at the Krestovnikov factory, the first plant for hydrogenation of oils was built in Kazan. She had a height of 2.8 m, a diameter of 0.8 m, and a capacity of 800 l ^[5] . On this know-how S. A. Fokin received the patent of the Russian Empire No. 60276 ^[5] . And in 1911, a whole plant for 20 electrolyzers was built under the hydrogenation of fats ^[5] . The plant has its own power station .

In 1910, the Kazan Stearin Chemical and Soap Factory of the Krestovnikov Brothers Factory and Trade Partnership had 67 industrial and office premises, 64 warehouses in the enslavement. 118 clerks and 1,694 workers worked here, who produced 518,603 poods of stearin candles, 329,896 pounds of soap, 243,031 pounds of olein and oleic acid, 99,838 pounds of glycerin, 10,049 pounds of tar with a turnover of 7,755,000 rubles.

By 1914, the factory accounted for only a twelfth of the total Russian soap production (half by candlelight) ^[5] . Due to a shortage of raw materials during the First World War, the enterprise was forced to reorient its main capacities to the production of soap, which by 1916 reached 770 thousand pounds, increasing 1.5 times compared to the pre-war years and for the first time exceeding the production of candles and other types of products ^{[ 5]} .

In addition, during the First World War , in 1914-1916, under the leadership of the ordinary professor of Kazan University in the Department of Organic Chemistry A.E. Arbuzov , the Experimental Phenol-Salicylic Plant was organized on the basis of the Krestovnikov brothers plant for the production of medicines that were imported before the war from Germany ( salicylic acid , aspirin and salol ). A completely new method for producing drugs was developed for the plant - unlike other similar industries, they were produced from petroleum benzene . For the construction of the plant, the Chemical Section of the Kazan Branch of the Russian Military-Industrial Committee allocated 15 thousand rubles. The plant produced aspirin, which was not inferior in quality to the original patented Bayer aspirin, until 1918 (about 16 kg of acetylsalicylic acid per day) ^[11] .

Soviet period

On the basis of the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR of June 28, 1918 on the nationalization of large-scale industry, the Krestovnikovs factory was supposed to be transferred from the previous owners to the ownership of the republic, but this summer of 1918 the storming of Kazan was prevented by the COMUCH People's Army . The units created for the defense of the city by the workers of the plant mobilized by the Kazan Provincial Committee of the RCP (b) were led by the brothers Yegor and Konstantin Petryaev. Only after the Kazan operation, the plant was fully nationalized and subordinated to Centrozhir (the Main Committee of the Fat Industry of the Supreme Economic Council of the RSFSR ) ^[5] . Since January 1919, it became known as the “State Soap and Candle Factory No. 1, the ex-Krestovnikov brothers.”

After the Civil War, the plant was in an extremely difficult situation. In 1921, workers managed to produce 830 tons of soap - 5.4% of the pre-war level. Due to drought and famine in the Volga region , the problem of providing production with raw materials arose. Centrozhir made an attempt to close the plant, but having met resistance, he gave it to the newly organized Tatraspublic - Tatsovnarkhoz ^[5] .

In 1922, the plant was given the name of the revolutionary Mullanur Vakhitov , it was given the name "Mulla-Nur Vakhitov State Soap, Candle and Chemical Plant No. 1".

During the direction of N. G. Ketura, in 1925-1926, after a major overhaul, and as a result of the resumption of supplies of raw materials, the plant completely restored its capacity. In 1926, the range of toilet soap was expanded on it, and the production of washing powders (in 400 g packages under the Shine brand) was also launched.

In the first five-year periods , in the 1930s , the plant underwent re-equipment of candle production, aimed at increasing the production and improving the quality of stearin , olein , glycerin , due to their great need for the national economy of the USSR. The reconstruction carried out turned each of the productions into independent plants. In 1934, the company was renamed “Kazan State Fat Plant named after M.-N. Vakhitov. "

The following main productions were distinguished in the combine: soap - 46,500 tons; stearin - 3600 tons; oleic acid - 2800 tons; candles - 6800 tons; glycerin - 2100 tons; salomas - 16,000 tons. The production of washing powders at that time was insignificant.

On the whole, in 1928-1938 the enterprise’s output increased more than three times.

During the Great Patriotic War, a significant number of workers of the plant were called up to the Red Army , the total number of its workers was reduced from 1,500 to 600 people. The plant increased the production of defense products - glycerol, and also mastered the production of powders for explosive mixtures.

In the period 1955-1965, a large-scale reconstruction was carried out at the Kazan Fat Combine - production capacities were increased many times, new warehouses were built. In 1965, it completed the construction of a complex for the production of synthetic detergents with a design capacity of 30 thousand tons, and the company changed its name to the Kazan Chemical Plant named after M. Vakhitov (Vakhitov Chemical and Chemical Complex).

In 1957, the plant began production of Novosti detergent powder ( sperm whale fat was the raw material for production), and in 1963, Volga detergent powder (the first synthetic detergent from petrochemical raw materials). Within seven years, its production reached 43.8 thousand tons per year ^[5] .

After reducing the volume of whaling in the USSR, the plant began to produce washing powders “Assol” (later called “Slavyanka”) and “Lotus” ^[5] .

For achieving high performance both in terms of output and the quality of goods, KHK them. Vakhitova in 1976 was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor . The main product of the enterprise was awarded the State Quality Mark of the USSR .

In the 1970s and 1980s, the company increased production capacity. Technical acids were supplied to enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the USSR. Laundry soap has been shipped for export - to Cuba , to Afghanistan and Vietnam .

In 1982, at the Kazan Order of the Red Banner of Labor chemical plant named after M. Vakhitova was put into operation the Italian line of the company "Mazzoni". The toilet soap produced by the plant began to be exported since 1989.

Modern History

In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Tatarstan “On the Transformation of State and Communal Property in the Republic of Tatarstan (on Denationalization and Privatization)” of 1992, the enterprise was privatized: on December 4, 1992, the State Property Committee of Tatarstan issued it to the Chemical Plant named after Vakhitov certificate No. 1 on the first privatization of a state-owned enterprise in the republic ^[5] . Since January 25, 1993, the company became known as JSC "Nefis" - KHK them. Vakhitova.

By the end of the 1990s, the company was in a difficult economic situation. In 1998, Nefis JSC was recognized as incapable of fulfilling its current obligations. Annual production then fell to 58 million rubles ^[12] . On April 28, 1998, in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia, external management was introduced at Nefis JSC.

In 1998-1999, the enterprise was overhauled, the oven of synthetic detergents, the steam pipeline were reconstructed, lines for powder packaging and candle production were purchased and put into operation. In 1999-2001, the republican program of full-scale modernization and reconstruction of all production facilities of the enterprise was implemented, an investment tax credit was granted to him ^[13] . During this time, the sulfurix plant was built at the plant. At the end of 1999, under a contract with Mazzoni LB and Acma GD, a complete modernization of the production of toilet soap was carried out, which made it possible to increase the capacity for its production by 4 times.

In 2001, the meeting of shareholders of Nefis JSC decided to name the company Nefis Cosmetics named after N. Lemaev in honor of N. V. Lemaev , a well-known chemist-technologist who prepared the concept of strategic development of the Kazan chemical plant shortly before his death ^[14] . However, the name of the company was changed to “Nefis Cosmetics - Kazan Chemical Plant named after M. Vakhitov (soap factory and candle factory No. 1 of the former Krestovnikovs)”. In December 2001, Nefis Cosmetics launched a new liquid detergent factory, which allowed the company to become one of the largest Russian manufacturers of household chemical goods.

In 2003, the Kazan Fat Factory joined the Nefis group of companies. Construction of KZhK began in 1989 under a contract with Alfa Laval, and commissioning took place in 1996 ^[15] ; after that, the plant was owned by the Ministry of Land and Property Relations of Tatarstan and was unprofitable (in 2002, losses of KZhK amounted to 44 million rubles) ^[16] . Nefis Cosmetics, which acquired a 75% stake in Kazan Fat Factory, together with Ak Bars Bank, developed an investment development program that allowed the fat factory to be pulled out of a difficult situation. About 300 million rubles were invested in organizing the production of mayonnaise and modernizing the production of vegetable oils in 2003-2004. Due to this, in comparison with 2002, in 2004, the production of fatty acids increased by two and a half times, and net profit increased by 29 times ^[12] .

According to the results of the industry's conclusions by the Association of Oil and Fat and Soap Products Manufacturers of the Russian Federation in 2004, Nefis Cosmetics OJSC was the Russian leader in the production of toilet soap (had a share of 21.5% of the Russian market for such products) and in the production of fatty acids (60% of the market ), ranked second in the market for dishwashing detergents (35%) and third in the production of washing powders (8.9%), second only to multinational companies in these positions ^[17] . The company's turnover in 2004 amounted to about 3.2 billion rubles ^[17] .

In 2004, NEFIS Cosmetics OJSC received ISO 9000 certificate ^[18] . In 2005-2007, investments in the production of Nefis Cosmetics were attracted with a total volume of about 100 million euros. The third phase of the liquid detergent factory was launched, and a new synthetic detergent factory was built ^[12] .

In addition, in 2006, the Nefis group of companies, with the support of the governments of Tatarstan and Russia, began construction of a new oil extraction plant (OJSC Kazan MEZ) worth 46.7 million euros ^[19] . The main raw material for this production was rapeseed grown in Tatarstan.

In 2007, Nefis Group bought the Biolan brand (trademarks Biolan, Biolan and Biolot) from the Moscow Plant of Synthetic Detergents (MZSMS), which, according to experts, was one of the ten most famous Russian brands of detergents in the low price segment ^[20] .

In October 2011, during the implementation of the investment project "Construction of an oilseed deep processing industrial complex", the Nefis Group launched a new production of mayonnaise, ketchup and sauces in Usad (in the Laishevsky district ), the cost of which was estimated at 6.7 billion rubles The planned capacity of the opened plant is 186 thousand tons per year (for comparison, the Kazan Fat Factory produces about 50 thousand tons of products per year) ^[21] . After the new production reaches its full capacity in 2016, Nefis Group should become one of the largest producers of mayonnaise in Europe ^[22] .

In addition, the investment project provides for the creation in the coming years: a complex of elevators for the reception, part-time and storage of oil seeds with a one-time storage capacity of up to 135 thousand tons of rapeseed oil seeds; the second stage of an oil extraction plant for processing agricultural products - oilseeds of rapeseed into crude vegetable oil and meal with a capacity of 400 thousand tons of oilseeds per year; a tank farm for storing oil with a volume of 30 thousand tons; oil refining plant with a capacity of 120 thousand tons per year ^[23] . For the implementation of the investment project "Construction of an industrial complex for the deep processing of oilseeds", the cost of which is estimated at 16 billion rubles, the company Nefis-Bioproduct OJSC was specially created ^{[24] [25]} .

In 2011, Nefis Cosmetics OJSC received the Tatarstan Government Prize for achieving significant results in the field of quality of products and services, ensuring their safety, as well as for introducing highly effective methods of quality management ^[26] .

In 2017, OJSC Kazan MEZ acquired the ownership of Buzuluk Elevator LLC (Orenburg Region)

The Nefis group of companies includes: Nefis Cosmetics OJSC, Kazan Fat Combine OJSC, Kazan MEZ OJSC (Kazan Oil Extraction Plant) and Nefis-Bioproduct OJSC. Production facilities of the Nefis Cosmetics main company (Kazan Chemical Plant named after M. Vakhitov) are located in the Volga region of Kazan . Subsidiaries : Kazan Fat Factory, Kazan Oil Extraction Plant and production of Nefis-Bioproduct OJSC, are located in the suburbs - in the village of Usady, Laishevsky District of Tatarstan, located between the city and Kazan Airport ( coordinates : ). The head office of the holding is located at Vakhitov Square .

As of the first quarter of 2012, the main owners of the shares of Nefis Cosmetics OJSC were: N. S. Klyachina (26.35%), Chairman of the Board of Directors I. B. Boguslavsky (21.7%), Z. G. Syrovatskaya (18.83%), General Director of the company D.V. Khaibullin (7%), M.F. Syrovatsky (5.3%), D.A. Samarenkin (2.04%), Sh. R. Gabdullin ( 0.44%) and OJSC Kazan Fat Combine (0.11%) ^[27] .

As of the first quarter of 2012, the main owners of the shares of OJSC Kazan Fat Factory were: N. S. Klyachina (44.5%), I. B. Boguslavsky (24.56%), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company D. A Samarenkin (20.51%) and M. F. Syrovatsky (3.64%) ^[28] . The general director of the company is A. M. Turnikov.

As of the first quarter of 2012, the owners of the shares of OJSC Kazan MEZ were: OJSC Nefis Cosmetics (71.86%) and the State Non-Profit Organization Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan (28.14%) ^[29] . The general director of the company is M.F.Syrovatsky.

As of the first quarter of 2012, the owners of the shares of Nefis-Bioproduct OJSC were: OJSC Kazan Fat Combine (36%) and OJSC Kazan MEZ (64%) ^[30] . The general director of the company is N. I. Dorokhova.

Nefis Group of Companies is one of the largest producers of household chemicals and oil and fat products in Russia.

Nefis Cosmetics OJSC is a manufacturer of chemical products: household chemicals (soaps, synthetic detergents, dry cleaners, liquid detergents), candles, technical fatty acids, glycerin, plasticizers , fleet tar and others. In total, the company produces more than 300 types of products ^[31] . For 2012, Nefis Cosmetics is one of the largest suppliers of dishwashing detergents, detergents and powder detergents to the Russian market, along with transnational companies Henkel Group and Procter & Gamble .

The most important brands and trademarks of Nefis Cosmetics OJSC products:

• washing powders “AOS”, “BiMAX”, “I was born”, “Sorti”, “Biolan” (occupies 9.5% of the market ^[32] );
• dishwashing detergents “AOS”, “I was born”, “Sorti”, “Biolan” (occupies 26.7% of the market ^[33] );
• washing gels “BiMAX”, “I was born” (occupies 3.4% of the market ^[34] );
• cleaning powders “Biolan”, “Sorti” (occupies 16.0% of the market ^[35] );
• air conditioners “I was born”, “Pyoryshko”, air conditioners-concentrates “Love” (occupies 2.1% of the market ^[36] );
• Toilet soap “Healing herbs”, “Forest Glade”, “Autumn Waltz”, “Fruit Alley”, “Detskoe”, “Krestovnikovykh Brothers Plant” and others (occupies 8.2% of the market ^[37] );
• Shampoos "My curls", "Healing herbs", "Forest clearing".

OJSC Kazan Fat Combine and OJSC Nefis-Bioproduct are industrial complexes for the production of oil and fat products: mayonnaise , bottled vegetable oil , sauces and ketchups . The products of enterprises are sold in the CIS countries under the brands “Mr. Ricco”, “Provence”, “Tsypa Gourman”, “Weasel”, “Wonderful Seed”, “Magic Seed”, “Tomaccio” and others ^{[31] [23]} .

OJSC Kazan MEZ is one of the largest processors of oilseeds ( rapeseed and sunflower ) in Russia. The main product of the oil extraction plant is sunflower and rapeseed oil, used in the production of both oil and fat and chemical products ^[31] . More than 60% of vegetable oils produced by the Kazan MEZ are sent for further processing inside the holding enterprises. The share of Kazan MEZ OJSC in the Russian sunflower oil market is 3.39%, in the rapeseed oil market - 5.39% (based on 2011 results) ^[38] . A by-product is meal , a biologically active component for the production of animal feed .

In November 2013, Nefis Cosmetics officially announced the complete elimination of the unpleasant odor, which for more than a century and a half caused discomfort to residents and guests of the central part of Kazan.

According to the company, the source of the odor was volatile organic compounds released during the production process by heating and splitting fatty raw materials of natural origin. They did not cause any harm to human health, and the level of their concentration in the air did not violate the current environmental legislation. Nevertheless, in 2012, the company voluntarily committed itself to the townspeople to solve the problem within three years. For this, in the framework of the agreement signed by Nefis Cosmetics with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the enterprise carried out a whole range of environmental protection measures.

  First, oleic acid production was completely shut down.

brand "B" and laundry soap, which allowed to exclude from the process chain strongly smelling substances - soap stock and hydrophosphate. Secondly, a radical reconstruction of soap production has been launched with the transition to a new environmentally friendly and waste-free technology. Thirdly, the gas treatment equipment system was modernized and expanded, including 58 ozonizers, scrubbers, bag and electrostatic filters.

The elimination of the problem cost the enterprise 1.2 billion rubles in annual loss of revenue from the closure of production. Another 350 million rubles were spent directly on environmental protection measures. http://www.nefco.ru/#bmQtaHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZWZjby5ydS9uZXdzL25ld3NfZGV0YWlsLzEyMy1bb2JqZWN0IE9iamVjdF0tMTU=

The efforts of the company were highly appreciated by the mayor of Kazan, Ilsur Metshin:

“I am very glad that you made such a gift to the Kazan residents for the Universiade. The fact that you have found the strength and resources in yourself, have given up something - this, first of all, speaks of a socially responsible business. The company takes only 23rd place among the enterprises of Kazan in the actual volume of emissions into the atmosphere, but at the same time it takes the 1st place in terms of participation in environmental protection. It is important that in addition to jobs for 4.3 thousand people, the production of competitive products, a social orientation, you are paying attention to urban problems. This is worthy of respect, ”the mayor commented on the event.

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• In 1904, the student of the lower mechanical-technical school of the Kazan United Industrial School, Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov (Kirov) , was practicing at the Krestovnikovs factory ^[42] . According to other sources, he posed as a trainee in order to visit the factory on excursions ^[43] .
• The building of the Factory and Commercial Partnership of the Krestovnikov brothers of the middle of the XIX - beginning of XX centuries (at the address: Tukaevskaya Street (Gabdulla Tukaya Street), house 113a) in 2002 was included in the state security register of real estate monuments of urban planning and architecture as a monument of republican (regional) significance ^{[ 44]} .
• In 2003-2006, Nefis Cosmetics OJSC, which produced products under the BiMax and Cute Fairy brands, led a lawsuit with the Kalina concern , which produced TriMax and Small Fairy brands. One of the largest patent litigation in Russia, described as a “brand war” ^{[45] [46] [47]} , culminated in an agreement to end the use of the TriMax and Cute Fairy trademarks. During the trial, companies filed a total of 46 lawsuits, and the amount of monetary claims reached 1.214 billion rubles ^{[48] [49]} .
• In 2005, the Kazan Fat Factory produced the first quail egg mayonnaise in Russia ^[15] . Subsequently, Nefis Group of Companies initiated lawsuits against Tatarstan mayonnaise producers: Naberezhnye Chelny plant LLC Happy Times (Ermak with quail eggs) and the Elabuga plant Essen Production AG ( Maheev with Quail Egg ), which produced similar products without consent patent holder ^[50] . In 2009, the Board of the Patent Disputes Chamber under Rospatent issued a decision confirming the exclusive right of the Kazan Fat Combine to recipe mayonnaise using quail eggs ^[51] . In August 2010, this KZhK patent was finally revoked by the Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District ^[52] .
• In 2007, the Nefis Group of Companies, on behalf of the President of Tatarstan, became the sponsor of the Kazan Rocket Ball Hockey Club ^[53] . The club was renamed Dynamo Kazan , and in subsequent years (2008-2012) for the first time in its history won the bronze, silver and gold medals of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship , as well as the Russian Cup 2009/2010 and the 2010 World Cup .

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• The official website of Nefis Cosmetics OJSC and Nefis Group of Companies
• Official site of Kazan Fat Factory OJSC
• Official site of OJSC Kazan Oil Extraction Plant
• Official site of Nefis-Bioproduct OJSC