KFU joins trilateral agreement in small-tonnage chemistry
Kazan Federal University, New Chemical Industry venture fund (represented by Nezavisimyi Upravlyayushchii Tovarishch JSC), and Tatarstan Investment and Venture Fund Management Company, have signed a cooperation agreement.
The agreement aims to establish long-term partnerships and implement joint activities aimed at the scientific and technological development and commercialization of low-tonnage chemical products for the oil and gas and related industries.
The document was signed by Mikhail Varfolomeev, Director of the KFU Small-Tonnage Chemical Technology Park; Alexey Malyutin, General Director of NUT JSC; and Marsel Kurbanov, Director of IVFMC.
“In 2025, the New Chemical Industry venture fund was established in Tatarstan with the participation of Tatarstan Petroleum Chemistry Investment Holding, and the New Industry investment fund. The fund’s main goal is to support promising projects in low-tonnage chemistry,” explains Varfolomeev. “The agreement will help more effectively implement joint scientific and technological projects in low-tonnage chemistry for the oil and gas and related industries. Furthermore, we will be reviewing new chemical products and technologies with a view to scaling them up. I would like to point out that low-tonnage chemistry is a cross-cutting technology and is relevant for various industries, from oil and gas to agriculture.”
The technology park director noted that KFU has a number of projects aimed at creating products in low-tonnage chemistry and is launching its own low-tonnage production facility.
