SIBUR will offer CASE-IN participants to find a solution to the issue of plastic waste recycling

SIBUR has been a strategic partner of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship for the third year in a row. In 2020, SIBUR developed polymer recycling cases for the School League of the Championship and, in particular, the Petrochemistry department of the Student League.

The VIII International Engineering CASE-IN Championship started on February 20. The purpose of the championship is to popularize engineering and technical education, identify gifted schoolchildren and give them the opportunity for early career guidance, and create a talent pool of promising students for enterprises in the petrochemical, fuel and energy, and mineral resource complexes.

Students of grades 9-11 who plan to become engineers in the future will participate in the correspondence qualifying competitions of the School League with the support of SIBUR. SIBUR puzzled the team with a case study on the topic "The circulation of hydrocarbons in everyday life and industry." Participation in the championship provides students with the opportunity to gain practical experience in solving engineering problems aimed at creating positive change, and to pave their first career path in large industry companies.

"We believe that it is necessary to start building a professional path and learn how to create positive changes from school. That is why in 2020 we are supporting the championships in both the School and Student Leagues as part of the Formula for Good Deeds social investment program. The company's sustainable development is a priority for SIBUR, so the choice of cases from the field of closed—loop economics and polymer recycling was not accidental. We expect the contestants to provide solutions that could serve as a source of a new approach to solving environmental issues of our time," commented Stanislav Kasparov, Director of Business Support in the regions where SIBUR operates.

In addition to the competitions, interesting webinars in various areas of professional orientation are provided for the participants of the School League, mentored by specialists from SIBUR and other industry companies.

Thousands of students from Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan will take part in the events of the Student League of the championship. Face-to-face competitions of the Petrochemistry League for undergraduates and postgraduates under the age of 25 will be held at 11 universities in Russia. SIBUR proposed to the league participants to form a modernization project for the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) production facility to involve secondary polymers in the technological process. The contestants will have to solve the proposed case in ten days and submit their projects to an expert commission consisting of representatives of SIBUR and other industry companies, scientific and educational organizations. And also — to justify the effectiveness taking into account economic and environmental criteria.

"According to the results of the Case-In championship last year, about 30 participants of the Student League were given the opportunity for internships and targeted training, as a result, 15 of them were employed by the company. These young people have taken a serious step towards becoming one of the specialists who will determine the future of Russian industry. We sincerely wish all participants of the championship inspiration, creativity, a thoughtful approach to their tasks and, of course, good luck," said Olga Ulesova, Director of Talent Management at SIBUR.

On February 28, the Ural Federal University named after B. N. Yeltsin will provide its platform to the contestants. Later, Tyumen Industrial University, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, National Research Tomsk State University, Perm National Research University, Amur State University, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Ufa State Technical University, Dzerzhinsk Polytechnic Institute and Kazan National Research Technological University will take over the baton of the competition.

Participants of the face-to-face competitions will be able to be interviewed by recruiters and representatives of SIBUR to discuss career opportunities, receive an exclusive internship and employment offer. Everyone will be able to demonstrate knowledge in the field of petrochemistry, take a quiz on separate waste collection and submit lids for recycling.

At the end of May, the winners of the qualifying stages from Russia and the CIS countries will come to Moscow to compete for the title of the strongest student and school engineering team in the championship finals.

The Case-In championship will also include events for the League of Young Professionals, which will be attended by SIBUR employees. The goal is to build a continuous professional chain of school — institute — company and promote the effective professional development of future and current employees. The format of the championship allows us to develop key competencies for the company, which SIBUR experts identify and improve from a student to a specialist.

Registration of participants and experts of the new season takes place on the website the championship.