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Other Chemical Products
This
manufacturing sector has no specific profile and includes production
of miscellaneous chemical products thet were not elsewhere mentioned,
such as adhesives, explosives, various auxiliaries for industry,
antifreeze, candles, etc. Both serious companies in social and
mixed ownership and a number of private firms lately founded
are included in this field of production.
Major
and more important companies that could be mentioned are the
manufacturers of explosives and propellants such as TRAYAL in
Krusevac, PRVA ISKRA-NAMENSKA PROIZVODNJA in Baric and MILAN
BLAGOJEVIC in Lucani. Manufacturing facilities at locations
in Baric and Lucani were seriously damaged during NATO’s air
attacks in the spring of 1999. The facilities for the production
of military explosives in Baric (TNT,
DNT, PETN, RDX, IRDX and HMX)
are still out of function.
Major
manufacturers of adhesives are the companies PRVI MAJ (Cacak),
ILIJAK (Cacak), ELAN (Prijepolje) and GRMEC (Zemun), as well
as the company TIGAR from Pirot, which is the domestic leader
in the production of tires and other rubber goods.
Production of Adhesives
| PRODUCT |
M.U. |
1990 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Adhesives |
103 t |
30.2 |
10.3 |
5.2 |
6.4 |
6.2 |
6.8 |
The
company Rafinerija
nafte "Beograd", Krnjaca (Beograd), in essence
the main manufacturer and supplier of lubricating motor oils
in Serbia and Montenegro,
is also the largest domestic manufacturer of antifreeze. The
company HEMIK from Kikinda, in essence manufacturer of cleansers,
also used to be a well-known by its production program of candles
– however, this company is in serious troubles today.
Permanent
development of production activities in this more sophisticated
sector of chemical industry is evident. Imports, however, still
play a very important role in satisfying domestic needs in various
products of processing chemical industry (annual value of 180-190
million $).
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