LEADER IN RESINS LERG, from Pustków in Poland, is a renowned manufacturer and exporter of synthetic resins used in diverse industrial sectors. The company attaches the utmost importance to maintaining the highest quality standards and continuing to adjust its production profile to emerging customer needs, in Poland and abroad. Piotr Sadowski reports.
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ERG manufactures resins using a number of base raw materials, such as urea, methanol, phenol, melamine, glycols and styrene. The resulting products serve a variety of industrial sectors and for that reason seasonality occurs, whereby different resins tend to be in higher demand than others. “In recent years the strongest area of our activity has been the production of polyester resins and novolac,” explains Agnieszka Kozubek-Bespalenko, the vice-president of the board at LERG. “According to IHS Chemical Research, we are the leading manufacturer of unsaturated polyester resins in central and eastern Europe.” The company’s turnover is currently PLN 400 million and has been steadily growing over the years. LERG also owns 63 hectares of land, which offers it excellent opportunities for further expansion of its production infrastructure.
Diversified offer The company’s annual volume of sales exceeds 100,000 tonnes and every year, depending on the different groups of resins, LERG undertakes significant investments in modernising and innovating. “We invest in cutting-edge solutions for measuring and dispensing of raw materials,” explains Ms Kozubek-Bespalenko. “Bearing in mind such high sales volumes, it is also important to continuously develop our storage facilities. Furthermore, when erecting new installations, we use the highest-quality materials as this ultimately enables a fully reliable production of resins. As a result of all such activities, our production capacity is constantly expanding, and in the case of certain product groups dedicated installations are operating at near 100 per cent capacity. We are also gaining new customers
