OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV ATTENDS CEREMONIES OF LAUNCHING NEW ELECTROLYTIC PLANTS OF “AZERBAIJAN ALUMINUM” SMELTER AND PLASTIC PIPES PRODUCING FACTORY “DIZAYN-GENAY AZERBAIJAN” IN SUMGAIT
Two electrolytic plants have been launched on Tuesday at the Sumgait’s section of the “Azerbaijan Aluminum” smelter.
President Ilham Aliyev attended a ceremony on this occasion.
Director General of the Joint-Stock Company “Azerbaijan Aluminum” Farman Mustafayev informed the President that the smelter includes three sections in the cities of Sumgait (“Aluminum”), Ganja (“Gil-torpag”) and Dashkesan (“Alunit”). “Due to the launching of new electrolytic plants, 600 new workplaces have been opened,” he said, adding “to date, the enterprise have employed 500 men.
In 1960s-1970s, productive capacity of the Sumgait aluminum smelter, which had been put into operation in March 1955, was 55 thousand tons, with its electrolytic plants’ yearly output of 30 thousand tons. Due to its recent reconstruction, the smelter will produce 60 thousand tons of aluminum per year.
The Sumgait enterprise uses equipment manufactured by Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian companies, and will export its products under the trademark “Azeral”.
President Ilham Aliyev familiarized himself with the general plan of the Sumgait’s “Aluminum” section, viewed photographs depicting the past and the present of the enterprise, and toured its facilities.
The President pointed out that export of aluminum, which is to reach 160 thousand tons in the next few years, will bring huge revenue to the country. “It marks development of non-oil sector. First and foremost, we need to support investments in non-oil sector,” he said.
The President pressed a button symbolizing the launch of the “Aluminum.”
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Also on Tuesday, President Ilham Aliyev officially opened in Sumgait the factory Dizayn-Genay Azerbaijan, an Azerbaijan-Turkey Joint Venture, producing polyethylene and polypropylene pipes.
The President was informed that founded in 1987 Turkish company Dizayn Group is engaged in manufacturing heating, plumbing, in-house waste water, sewerage, potable water and agricultural irrigation pipes, and exports them to more than 72 countries.
The factory Dizayn-Genay Azerbaijan was put into operation in October of 2006 to produce high-quality plastic pipes using raw materials supplied from Europe.
The President familiarized himself with technology used at the enterprise, assortment and quality of the products.
He appreciated the work done, and pressed a button symbolizing official opening of the factory.