Swiss pigments and speciality chemicals producer Omya (Oftringen; www.omya.com) is scheduled to open its first calcium carbonate plant in the greater Moscow area in early 2014. The company has provided no details regarding the investment sum in the facility, located roughly 100 km southwest of the Russian capital in Kaluga, or in its capacity. From the new location, the company will be producing fine and treated calcium carbonate under the "Omyacarb" and "Omyafilm" brands for the growing demand in the local Russian market.

Omya has three other Russian production sites in Polevskoy, Subutak in Chelyabinsk Oblast and a third in the country's northwestern section in Syktyvkar.