Young specialists of Gazpromneft - Bitumen Materials became winners of the CASE-IN championship

The Gazpromneft – Bitumen Materials team became the winner of the League of Young Specialists of the XII season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship in Moscow.

The company's employees proposed solutions to improve the production efficiency of bitumen binder, a binding element in asphalt concrete. The team members analyzed the processes at one of the Gazpromneft Bitumen Materials sites. Further, using a risk-based approach, the principles of lean manufacturing and digitalization, we proposed optimization ways to increase output.

The commission, which included leading experts from the fuel and energy complex, highly appreciated the case of the company's young specialists, the presentation of the solution, and the answers to questions. As a result, the Gazpromneft - Bitumen Materials team was awarded the victory in the final of the CASE-IN.

"An engineer is a specialist who is always looking for new solutions. And young engineers are a fresh look at familiar processes and highly motivated to generate new ideas for improvements. For them, the professional environment and competitions for the exchange of experience and the strengthening of competencies are especially important. That is why we always support the participation of our employees in various industry competitions, such as the international engineering championship "CASE-IN". Such initiatives develop the ability to work in a team, competently present and defend their decisions, and also allow them to get an objective assessment of their work. And most importantly, they encourage young specialists to further develop," said Nikolay Naumov, Deputy General Director of Gazpromneft – Bitumen Materials for Production and Industrial Safety.

The team members exchanged experiences with colleagues and gained valuable practical knowledge, which they will be able to apply in the future to Gazpromneft – Bitumen Materials to improve the efficiency of production processes.

The International Engineering CASE-IN Championship is a system of competitions for solving engineering cases for schoolchildren, students and young professionals. The championship has been held since 2013.

In 2024, 700 team members competed for victory in the final of the competition, presenting 162 non-standard solutions for the implementation of lean manufacturing principles in key areas of the industrial complex of Russia and the CIS countries.

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