"...In modern history, there has not been a single case of bringing an enterprise out of bankruptcy proceedings back to its real position. I hope that we will be the first, and lawyers will probably write books on the story that is happening now," - Ildar Mukhametzyanov, owner of Urussu Chemical Plant LLC.
Investor Ildar Mukhametzyanov told about his experience working in the region, the thorough work done to restore the plant, litigation with a Moscow Region company and a claim for 300 million rubles, work in science and how Soviet patents are monetized, saving nature, during the "Municipal Hour" with the Yutazinsky District.
Ildar Mukhametzyanov: "Today, all legal proceedings are ending. In the Moscow Arbitration Court, we proved that this is all artificial debt, a month ago we got the plant back, and I think that by the end of the year, the bankruptcy procedure will be terminated. The whole difficulty is that in modern history there has not been a single case of bringing an enterprise out of bankruptcy proceedings back to a real position. I hope that we will be the first, and lawyers will probably write textbooks on the history that is happening now."
In parallel with the restoration of the plant's capacity before the crisis, the owner decided to develop another direction in production, in addition to petrochemistry:
"Since my personal hobby is the so-called "Deep science", I myself am engaged in fundamental science in the field of biotechnology, and as a hobby I find various interesting Soviet patents and see what can be monetized from this. In Ufa, I have already built a biotechnology laboratory and two years ago I came across one very interesting patent. In 1972, an algologist, he is alive and well, invented a technology for artificial soil for our southern republics based on microalgae. I came to him and asked if he could repeat these experiments. He replied that special sand was needed for this. I personally went to Saudi Arabia, rented a car and took sand samples in three parts: the east coast, the center of the Aryan desert and the west coast. I brought reagents to Russia, even the Rossiyskaya Gazeta wrote about us, and at that moment I began to study algology more deeply. It turned out that the Soviet Union had a huge number of interesting developments in this area, and in the United States, for example, billions of dollars are invested in technologies related to microalgae. After that, I signed an agreement with the top leading faculties in Russia, we finance developments at their universities, and also assembled a team and work with them in four areas:
1) plant growth biostimulants (the products are already on sale and show good results),
2) biologically active additives based on algae (which is relevant now after the departure of large suppliers from the market: the USA, Japan, Korea),
3) bioplastics based on microalgae (Dubai is interested in cooperation, negotiations are underway with the Mubadala fund. After the "Municipal Hour", the investor flew out to meet with them),
4) bioremediation - land reclamation after an oil spill in the soil (a room for using this technology has already been equipped at the Urussu plant. Photobioreactors for the installation have already been designed, in a month the launch of the first line of algae biomass production is planned, which will undergo an examination in Moscow, and then, if the conclusion is positive, an experiment with Bashneft is planned). "- He said.
— There is nothing new in these technologies, — Ildar Mukhametzyanov continued. — They have been known since Soviet times, and, unfortunately, the whole problem was that when the Union collapsed, it was unprofitable to produce them, because they need photosynthesis. For example, now we have made a special photobioreactor, I have a design bureau, which will be sent to Dubai in December, because there is the largest number of sunny days there. And the largest expense, which is in the cost price, is sunlight. But after people learned how to make panels with LEDs, the cost price fell, and the world went in this direction.
Taliya Minullina, head of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency:
— Work related to scientific activity commands great respect, because this is the most important thing that can be in a competent investment process. The story with the non-monetized patents of the Soviet Union is very competent!