Khimprom (Volgograd)

Khimprom in Volgograd

Khimprom (Russian: Волгоградское открытое акционерное общество «Химпром») is a company based in Volgograd, Russia.

The Volgograd Kirov Khimprom Production Association is a major producer of industrial and consumer chemical products, offering an extensive line of goods to domestic and foreign markets.[1]

The company used to manufacture organophosphorus nerve agents, and as of 2013 still produced dual-use chemicals.[2] The plant began production of sarin in 1959, and soman in 1967; production of both was officially ended before 1987. The plant now manufactures phosphorus oxychloride, and a range of phosphorus- and fluorine-containing compounds.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Russian Defense Business Directory". Federation of American Scientists. US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration. May 1995. Retrieved 21 July 2017.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. 1 2 Bertsch, Gary K.; Potter, William C. (2013). Dangerous Weapons, Desperate States: Russia, Belarus, Kazakstan and Ukraine. Routledge. ISBN 9781136053184.
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