Nazarbayev visited brand new enterprise on cotton cellulose production in Shymkent
17:58, 28 September 2010
SHYMKENT. September 28. KAZINFORM /Tatyana Pylayeva/ In the course of his working trip to South Kazakhstan region President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has visited the unique enterprise on cotton cellulose production at "Ontustik" Free Economic Zone.
The project has no analogs in Kazakhstan. The plant produces purified cotton, cotton cellulose and technical carboxymethylcellulose. 70% of the production is planned to be exported to Russia, China, EEC.
The project allowed to create 217 new jobs. The cost of the project made KZT 3.85 billion.