Champions of the School League of the CASE-IN Championship visited ZapSibNeftekhim

School League Champions The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship From Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, we made an educational trip to Tobolsk to SIBUR's largest Russian petrochemical complex ZapSibNeftekhim. The Championship "CASE-IN" has been included in the the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". 

An introduction to production is a prize for champions from SIBUR, which annually develops cases for the School CASE-IN League. ZapSibNeftekhim is the flagship of modern petrochemistry, and it was useful for the guys planning to link their future with the Russian industry to visit such a facility.

The visit of the champions began with an introduction to Tobolsk. Viktor Ermolenko, a colleague from the CASE-IN championship, a participant in the School League, and an eleventh-grader of the SIBUR Classes educational program at School No. 9, showed the city to the guests. The champions walked along a hiking route from the Slavyanskaya Hotel to the only stone Kremlin in Siberia, a unique monument of architecture and architecture.

Greetings to the youth were sent by the Director General of ANO Russia – the Land of Opportunities, a member of the Board of Directors of PJSC SIBUR Holding Alexey Komissarov: "Addressing the participants of this educational trip as a member of the Board of Directors of SIBUR, a partner and author of cases for the School League, I would like to note that thanks to the company you are getting acquainted with Russia's largest petrochemical complex. It is at such enterprises that you are needed today – purposeful young people who are ready to solve the strategic tasks of the industry!".

"Communication of the winners of the School League Championship "CASE-IN» It is useful for talented students of SIBUR Classes because it helps to create an educational environment in which students will develop, share ideas and first-hand experience in developing engineering and technical projects. During the years of the School League CASE-More than 60 children from Tobolsk, including students from the SIBUR Classes program, participated in the championship and showed good results. Viktor Ermolenko also presented engineering solutions developed within the framework of the School's CASE-IN League. We would like the guys to continue to communicate after the championship, improve scientific and practical developments, and think about new projects, and the most effective way to solve this problem is to create a professional community of future engineers., – said the head of the practice for interaction with educational institutions and young specialists at SIBUR Corporate University Yulia Vorotnikova.

Novosibirsk residents are graduates of the energy class of PJSC RusHydro at the Konstantin Pavlenko School No. 112., Roman Mikhalchenko, Kirill Zatolokin and Alexander Grebennikov was supposed to come to Tobolsk last year, but due to the epidemiological situation, the trip was postponed for a year, and during this time the guys managed to become students of Novosibirsk State University and Novosibirsk State Technical University.

"We visited the Tobolsk Kremlin and ZapSibNeftekhim, Russia's largest petrochemical complex for the production of polymer products. I was interested in the company and the technologies used here, as well as the opportunities that SIBUR offers to young specialists, and I would like to complete an internship at the plant and consider employment in the future.", – The captain of the team shared his impressions. Konstantin Pavlenko.

The participants of the trip from Kuzbass are students of the Center for Children's Scientific and Engineering Creativity at KuzSTU "UniqUe", created with the support of the Andrei Melnichenko Foundation, Konstantin Vorotkov (City Classical Lyceum), Maxim Makhankov (Secondary School No. 44 named after Voznesensky M.Ya.) and Alexey Pleshkan (MBOU Lyceum No. 23) said that they met with ZapSibNeftekhim a year and a half ago, when they studied all SIBUR's production facilities to solve a case at the CASE-IN championship.

"Working on the case was long, difficult, but productive. We have proposed changing methods in processes such as pyrolysis and dehydrogenation in order to increase production volume and improve product quality., – He told me Konstantin Vorotkov. – I've wanted to visit this company for a long time, because it has the most modern technologies in the field of ecology, digitalization and work with employees. In the future, after entering the university, it would be interesting to do an internship here.. We really liked the architectural buildings in Tobolsk: both modern and historical buildings, and the Tobolsk Kremlin made a great impression."

At the enterprise, the champions met with young specialists – finalists of the Forum of Young Employees under the auspices of the CASE-IN championship. Evgeny Maleev, Mikhail Morozov and Orkhan Jafarov told the students about the unique production, their own experience of first getting acquainted with the Tobolsk petrochemical industry and finding employment in a new production, as well as the benefits of participating in championships like "CASE-IN" for the development of engineering and technical thinking and skills.

From the business partner of organizational development and social infrastructure of ZapSibNeftekhim The guests learned about Sergey Bronteryuk's internship opportunities and employment prospects at ZapSibNeftekhim, corporate social programs, and the specifics of the relocation package for employees from other cities.

The champions also got acquainted with the SIBURINTECH Innovation Center for the development of engineering and technical expertise: they saw training laboratories with advanced equipment from leading developers of smart technologies and solutions for industrial production, as well as SIBUR Workshops with innovative VR equipment. 

"Introducing young people to industry companies for career guidance is an integral part of the CASE–IN championship and our other projects, – the founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN championship summed up the results of the trip Artem Korolev, – The Championship It takes place all year round, and soon we will learn the names of the new winners of the Sustainability season: registration for the Autumn Cup opens on Knowledge Day, September 1."CASE-IN", which will involve schoolchildren, students and young professionals, regardless of their regions of residence and place of study or work."