On the 13th of February, 2008 DuPont organized a road construction seminar in Ekaterinburg (Ural region) in order to promote DuPont automotive roads construction solutions. The seminar was attended by the representatives of such key decision-making governmental structures in the sphere of road construction as Rosavtodor (Federal road agency of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation) and FUAD (Ural Federal Automotive Roads Agency). The representatives of  DuPont P&IP, NOW, AFS, DPP and BDT attended the event and presented the whole range of DuPont road construction solutions to the seminar participants.

Road construction in the Ural region represents one of the priorities for the Russian government. The total length of Ural automotive roads 7,8% of the total length of Russian federal automotive roads. In 2007 770 bln of rubles were invested in the regional road construction and modernization and it is planned to increase the volume of investments, also at the expense of the governmental Investment Fund. One of the main components of the government strategy in the sphere is the enhancing of the utilization of new equipment and of the application of innovative technologies. This opens broad prospects for the practical application of DuPont high-tech solutions for the road construction among which DuPont™ Elvaloy® copolymers characterized by high flexibility, toughness, weatherability and "soft touch” and Typar®, a spunbonded non-woven fabric made of continuous polypropylene fibers with high tensile properties and excellent water permeability.

«At such events DuPont uses an opportunity to get the government representatives, taking key decisions in the sphere of road construction, acquainted with its high performance solutions in the sphere. I am confident that the application of DuPont scientific solutions will enhance the realization of governmental task to modernize automotive roads in Ural by improving their resistance and durability, that would considerably increase economic effectiveness as well as the safety level of Ural transport”, - comments Boris Ukhov, DuPont Construction industry leader and the head of StPetersburg DuPont office branch. 

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