Petrus

History

2025: Transition under the management of TATNEFT

Safpat Asset, a subsidiary Tatneft of Petrus, received the temporary management of the plastic packaging manufacturer Petrus JSC. The corresponding decree was signed by the president on July 9, 2025. Russia Vladimir Putin

Petrus is an enterprise of the Cypriot Pet.rus Plastic Holdings Ltd. The company was registered in Mytishchi in 2004; its authorized capital is about 2.18 billion rubles. The Petrus website says that it specializes in the production of PET preforms, polymer caps and BOPET films (widely used for the manufacture of packaging materials for food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products). The company's infrastructure includes eight modern polymer packaging plants.

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Фото: "Petrus"

Temporary management is a special measure introduced by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 2023. It aims to protect the Russian economy from unfriendly actions by other states.

Market participants, according to the Kommersant newspaper, believe that receiving Petrus will allow Tatneft to take a strong position in the Russian plastic packaging market. Petrus is one of the leaders of this segment along with Danaflex. Karen Dashyan, Managing Director of Advance Capital, notes that oil companies in Russia are traditionally focused on the production of raw materials, not finished products. Therefore, the acquisition of Petrus assets will help TATNEFT in the development of the corresponding direction. At the same time, the head of RUPEC Dmitry Semyagin notes that Petrus's assets may be of interest to Tatneft not only to strengthen its position in the PET container market, but also in terms of selling the products of the future terephthalic acid complex. In particular, Petrus assets can provide the oil company with an additional internal consumer of these products, which will reduce dependence on external demand.^[1]

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