Our History
1999: Establishment of Bentonite Scientific Production Company LLC, Moscow.
Establishment of Argillit LLC, Chernogorsk, Republic of Khakassia.
2000: Obtaining of a license and start of development of the 10th Khutor bentonite clay deposit in the Republic of Khakassia.
2001: Acquisition of a plant in the Kurgan region.
Launch of a bentonite activation line in the Republic of Khakassia.
2002: Acquisition of a plant in Bryansk.
Launch of a bentonite clay powder production line in the Republic of Khakassia.
2003: Launch of a bentonite activation line at Bentonite JSC (renamed Bentonite of Kurgan LLC since 2016) in the Kurgan region.
Launch of the Protective Coatings project (SpetsPolymer LLC).
2004: Launch of the bentonite processing plant Glinopererabotka LLC in the Bryansk Region.
Launch of a bentonite clay powder production line in the Kurgan Region.
Launch of the cat litter production line at Argillit LLC in the Republic of Khakassia.
2005: Launch of the cat litter production line at Glinopererabotka LLC in the Bryansk region.
2006: Foundation of AzRosPromInvest LLC, an Azerbaijani-Russian joint venture.
Acquisition of Ilsky Weighting Plant JSC – SPA Bureniye in the Krasnodar region (renamed Krasnodar Industrial Minerals Plant JSC from 2021).
Establishment of Leading LLC Trading House in the Bryansk region.
2007: Launch of a bentonite activation line at AzRosPromInvest LLC in Azerbaijan.
Establishment of SpetsPolymer Research and Production Association LLC in Moscow as part of the Protective Coatings project.
2008: Launch of clay powder production line at the plant in Azerbaijan.
2009: Start of regular export deliveries of bentonite powder produced by AzRosPromInvest to foundries in Russia and Belarus.
Launch of the Agriculture and Winemaking project.
2010: Launch of two technological lines for the production of limestone flour and mineral powder in the Krasnodar region.
First deliveries of bentonite group products for Moscow Metro construction.
2011: Modernization of bentonite powder and granules production in the Kurgan region.
Establishment of Biorost LLC for the production of fodder additives for animal husbandry.
2012: Establishment of BentIzol LLC in the Kurgan region for the production of bentonite clay liners (GCLs).
2013: First delivery of bentonite clay liners to Surgutneftegaz.
Supply of bentonite products for construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi (Olympic Games 2014).
2014: Acquisition of a controlling stake in Khakassky Bentonit OJSC and merger with Argillit LLC into a new company – Bentonite of Khakassia LLC (Republic of Khakassia).
Bentonite JSC (Kurgan Region) became the first in Russia to receive a license from the American Petroleum Institute API.
2015: BentIzol LLC received a certificate of compliance with EU standards.
2016: Acquisition of Altai Minerals LLP (renamed Tagbent LLP since 2022) in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Establishment of the Design and Development Enterprise – Institute of Solid Fuel and Mineral Raw Materials Enrichment LLC in Kemerovo.
Establishment of Stroygidroizolyatsiya LLC for waterproofing materials service works.
2017: Launch of the granules production line in AzRosPromInvest LLC, Azerbaijan.
Commissioning of the additional automatic line for cat litter packing at Glinopererabotka LLC.
2018: ISO 9001-2015 certification.
2019: Acquisition of Altai Geological and Ecological Institute LLP in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Launch of the Pharmacia project.
2020: Pharmacia project received state registration of the private biologically active supplement based on ‘smectite’-montmorillonite called Smectite-Plus.
Launch of organoclay production in the Krasnodar region.
2021 Launch of a mixing and packaging line for the production requiring precise mixing of components (clay powders for horizontal directional drilling, BentInject and others) at BentIzol LLC.
2023: Acquisition of the pharmaceutical facility of Sorbent LLP in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Launch of the bentonite powder production line for the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) at Krasnodar Industrial Minerals Plant JSC.
Launch of production of clay-polymer mixture BENTOMIX® (barrier mixture for impervious blanket) in BentIzol LLC.
Opening of the Training Centre at Bentonite of Khakassia LLC in the Republic of Khakassia.
2024: Launch of BentIzol® bentonite cord production in BentIzol LLC.
Construction of the organoclay production line for the suspension method in Krasnodar Industrial Minerals Plant JSC.