DuPont company took part in the international scientific and practical conference “Increasing quality of asphalt and bitumen” which was held on the 21st-22nd of  September in Borovoe (Kazakhstan). The representatives of Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Azerbajan, France, USA, Israel, Netherlands, Italy and Germany took part in the conference.  The conference was run under the aegis of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Transport and CIS Intergovernmental Council of Highway Engineers.  

The major players of Kazakhstan construction industry, engaged in the road construction, participated in the event. The subject  attracts growing attention of the national government. The state program of road construction development aims to reconstruct and to build more than 45 000 km of roads till 2012. DuPont company, aiming to offer to its clients science-based solutions responding at most to their needs, is ready to provide them a wide range of innovative technologies and materials for road construction.

Boris Ukhov, Director of the North-Western filial of DuPont Russia and the leader of construction industry sector was presented at the conference delivering the report of Felipe Sanchez Chavez, DuPont global leader, Paving solutions. In the report the whole range of DuPont innovations for road construction was represented. In particular, Boris Ukhov spoke about road bitumen modifiers improving the quality of paving and increasing their durability, decreasing the level of cracking and washboard. The report provoked a considerable interest and was included in the conference materials collection.

«Kazakhstan is one of the CIS most dynamic markets. The Kazakh government puts special attention to the development of the construction industry and encourages the application of the state-of-art technologies and innovative materials for construction purposes. DuPont works closely with the local major construction industry players, offering them its latest science-based developments, getting  support from government structures and highly appreciating the cooperation with the local construction enterprises». – commented Boris Ukhov.

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