History

    Karpov chemical plant was   founded  in 1868   by   К. Ya.Ushkov, a  peasant of Bonduga village, Yelabuga  region of Vyatskaya country.
    Even in 1870  the plant was producing 238 thousand poods of the various chemical products: sulfuric and hydrochloric  acids,    chloride   lime, soda, alum, vitriol, ceramic acid proof goods.  
      They were constantly modernizing their production and that results in increase of products quality and quantity.   In  the Х1Х century the   plant was considered to be the leading one. Its products were demonstrated on exhibitions in Moscow, Petersburg, Paris, Chicago, Vein, Philadelphia, Каzan, Nizny Novgorod.
    The Master of plant  P.К.Ushkov enlisted the service of foreign engineers: Englishmen McMelan and Bоman, Germans Betger,  Bayer and others. Famous Russian engineers worked there, they are:  P.P.Fedotiev, the future professor and associate member of Russian Academy, К.G.Dementiev - a founder of industrial stoves operating doctrine, a person who was a connoisseur of sulphuric acid process, V.V.Кudryavtsev - an organizer and a chief  of the chloride production under  full Leblanov cycle.
      In 1893 a famous Russian chemist D.I.Меndeleyev    used facilities of the  plant to work over the idea of getting   smokeless powder. Later he said that he had seen and experienced lots of foreign chemical plants, but he realized with pride that the one created by Russian people can be not only as foreign but be much better as well.  
    In 1908,  for the first time in Russia, under the direction of conspicuous Russian chemist Pryanishnikov the first part of   superphosphate was produced at the plant.
    In 1915  a chemist and an engineer  Lev Yakovlevich Karpov was entitled to be the director of the plant. During the First World War they were developing production of liquid chlorine, blue vitriol and copperas, potash chromic alum, medical and commercial grade chloroform.
    In 1920, under the direction of academic V.G. Khlopin, radium salts production was started to be developed. For the first time in Russia, on Bonduga chemical plant they got rich preparations of radium salts on the base of Тuya - Мuyunsky deposit near Fergana.
    In 1920 - 1930 Bonduga chemical plant was some kind of a forge of a qualified personell for the the Soviet  chemical industry.  Barium chloride production by Duflo method was organized there and that would result in a completely new branch of process. Barium salts production is successfully developed  even  at present. 
    In 1924 the first  production of sodium hyposulphite was developed .
    Beginning from 1959 up to 1965 production of  new types of products was mastered at the plant. The products are: barium hydroxide,  barium carbonate, calcium chloride pfarmacopoeian and others.
    In 1969 - 1970 new units to produce sulfuric and hydrochloric acids were put into operation.  In 1968 (the year of  its 100th anniversary) the plant was awarded   an Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
In 1970th, for the first time in the country, they put into operation MHZ (MCP)    production unit, MHZ (MCP)  is used in automotive industry. A new production of barium sulphate was developed, railroad facilities were put into operation to enable large shipments of products.    
    In 70-80th nine types of  products   were   nominated a   State "Quality Symbol".  They are: crystalline sodium thiosulphate of " photographic" type, preparation МCP, barium sulphate for accumulators, barium sulphate  PFA and P, barium sulphate for   paper coating, grade B, barium sulphate  reagent, commercial grade barium hydroxide, commercial grade crystalline sodium thiosulphate, anhydrous  sodium sulphite of "photographic" type.
   The plant is being developed at present.  They have modernized magnesium sulphate, hyposulphite and sodium sulphite, barium chloride productions.
     Consumer goods production unit and polypropylene sacks producing unit, LLC "Каma-Sacks", have been  put into operation.