
The 268 million inhabitants of the CIS member states use around 9.1 million tonnes of plastic every year. Additionally, some 7 million tonnes are processed to make plastic products and Austria supplies in the region of 1 billion euros of plants and machinery annually to Russia alone. Kalojan Iliev, Managing Director of the new subsidiary OOO Erema explains: "With the foundation of its own subsidiary, Erema is strengthening its presence in what is a very large territory which, due to its history as the Soviet Union and Russian as a widespread language, represents a region of its own. This means that Erema is available as a central, Russian contractual partner with local presence and this is not only an advantage in terms of managing the purchasing process, our customers will also benefit from improved service." Together with his team, Kalojan Iliev will be responsible for the further development and marketing of Erema in the CIS region and support activities of the local representatives in the individual countries. The Erema representatives Irina Zubkova (Moscow) and Valentina Gritschina (Kiev) who are known in the market will continue to act as local sales partners. Furthermore, the established offices of Textima in Belarus, the Baltic states, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and the Russian offices in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Ufa will likewise be available for local market support.
The Erema Group expanded already in January 2015 with the foundation of Pure Loop, a new sister company of Erema and 3S. One year later, in January 2016, Erema is now founding a subsidiary of its own within the Erema Group. Besides Erema China and Erema North America, OOO Erema in Moscow, Russia, is now the third subsidiary of the world's leading producer of plastics recycling systems.