Metafrax Chemicals

What Metafrax Chemicals does

Metafrax Chemicals is a Russian chemical manufacturer founded in 1955 and headquartered in Gubakha, Perm Territory, organized as a Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) under Russian law. The company produces a portfolio of more than 15 chemical products, with methanol as its primary output, alongside pentaerythritol, ammonia, urea-formaldehyde resins, polyamide, and derivatives manufactured at its dedicated Ammonia-Urea-Melamine production complex. Metafrax operates as the anchor entity of the Metafrax Group, a group of more than 10 companies that includes Metadynea, an adjacent chemical production subsidiary recognized for safety and HR performance.

The company's go-to-market is sales-led B2B industrial chemical distribution, supplying methanol, pentaerythritol, and related intermediates to Russian manufacturing enterprises serving the construction, automotive, and paints and coatings sectors. Distribution channels include direct enterprise sales, participation in regional industrial forums (including the Perm Engineering and Industrial Forum where Metafrax served as general partner in December 2025), and an electronic procurement platform (B2B-metafrax.ru and Bidzaar). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; contracts are typically multi-year and priced by volume and specification.

Metafrax generates revenue through one-time bulk chemical product sales, with limited public financial disclosure and no funding rounds or M&A activity in the source data. The business combines mature 70-year-old operations with active investment in capacity expansion (the "Big Methanol" project), talent pipeline development (cooperation agreements with Perm National Research Polytechnic University and Perm State National Research University signed December 2025), and ESG initiatives (over 180 employees in the ESG transition program; 230.8 million rubles in 2025 environmental protection costs). Operating geographies span the Perm Territory, Moscow and Moscow region, the Kama Region, and the Republic of Crimea — a domestic Russian footprint with no disclosed international operations.

Name

Metafrax Chemicals

Legal name

PJSC Metafrax Chemicals (ПАО «Метафракс Кемикалс»)

Website

https://metafrax.ru

Company type

Public

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Metafrax Chemicals is a Russian chemical manufacturer founded in 1955 producing methanol, pentaerythritol, ammonia, urea-formaldehyde resins, and polyamide for industrial manufacturing customers in Russia, operating as the lead entity of the Metafrax Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Chemicals

NAICS

Petrochemical Manufacturing (32511), Basic Chemical Manufacturing (3251)

SIC

Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

C1 & Synthesis Gas Derivatives (Methanol, Formaldehyde, Acetic Acid) (IMAEADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commodity Organic Chemicals (Solvents & Intermediates) (IMAEAAAB), Industrial Alcohols & Glycols (Commodity Grade) (IMAEAAAK)

Keywords

• Industrial chemical manufacturing
• Methanol production
• Pentaerythritol manufacturing
• Ammonia urea melamine
• Urea formaldehyde resins

Headquarters

HQ city

Perm

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Chemical Product Sales: B2B industrial chemical manufacturing and sales to downstream industries including construction, automotive, paints and coatings, and other manufacturing sectors

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Metafrax Chemicals is a Russian industrial chemical producer that manufactures and sells bulk chemical products—primarily methanol, pentaerythritol, ammonia, urea, melamine, urea-formaldehyde resins, and Gubakha polyamide—to industrial manufacturing customers. The company operates an integrated Ammonia-Urea-Melamine Plant and methanol/pentaerythritol production lines at its Gubakha facility in Perm Territory, supplying more than 15 chemical product names across construction, automotive, paints and coatings, and related industrial end-markets.

Product overview

Metafrax Chemicals is a chemical manufacturing company offering a portfolio of chemical products including methanol, pentaerythritol, and polyamide materials. The company operates as part of the Metafrax Group with over 10 subsidiary companies, including Metadynea. The product portfolio is organized around core chemical production facilities, with a focus on methanol-based products and related derivatives. The company produces more than 15 names of chemical products and supplies to industrial markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Methanol Primary chemical product produced at the Gubakha facility, the foundation of Metafrax Chemicals' methanol-based downstream portfolio; expansion is pursued through the company's 'Big Methanol' production project.
• Pentaerythritol Industrial chemical used across multiple downstream applications, manufactured at the Gubakha facility and showcased in Metafrax Chemicals' public 'Great Chemistry' exhibition alongside methanol molecule displays.
• Gubakha Polyamide Polyamide product manufactured at the Gubakha facility, sold as an industrial chemical output from Metafrax Chemicals.
• Ammonia Bulk industrial ammonia produced at Metafrax Chemicals' integrated Ammonia-Urea-Melamine Plant at the Gubakha site, supplied to downstream industrial customers.
• Urea Urea produced at Metafrax Chemicals' integrated Ammonia-Urea-Melamine Plant, manufactured and sold as part of the company's industrial chemical portfolio.
• Melamine Melamine produced at Metafrax Chemicals' Ammonia-Urea-Melamine Plant, offered as part of the company's industrial chemical product range.
• Urea-formaldehyde resins Urea-formaldehyde resins in Metafrax Chemicals' product portfolio, sold to industrial customers in construction and related manufacturing markets.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ruschem Management CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 December 2025Metafrax Chemicals is managed under the Ruschem management company which coordinates group activities and signs cooperation agreements with universities and regional institutions.
• PNRPU (Perm National Research Polytechnic University)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 December 2025General cooperation agreement signed for education of students and schoolchildren, linking industrial expertise with academic programs.
• PSNRU (Perm State National Research University)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 December 2025General cooperation agreement signed for education cooperation with the management company Ruschem.
• Perm Opera and Ballet TheatreminorStrategic or Co-development Partner14-year collaboration on the theatrical landscape festival 'Secrets of Mount Krestovaya' and cultural sponsorship programs.
• Gubakha KCB MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project for 70th anniversary including exhibition 'Great Chemistry' and children's educational book publications.
• Perm Pedagogical UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment of 'Perm Industrial Alphabet' educational project for schoolchildren showcasing regional enterprises.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sibur: Russia's largest integrated petrochemical company producing olefins, polymers, and intermediates including methanol and derivatives. Closest large-scale Russian petrochemical peer to Metafrax in terms of product overlap (methanol, downstream C1 derivatives) and domestic market focus.
• OCI Global: Global nitrogen and methanol producer with operations spanning the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Overlaps with Metafrax on both methanol and ammonia/urea, making it a strong cross-border comparable for product mix and contract structure.
• Methanex Corporation: The world's largest producer and marketer of methanol, supplying downstream chemical markets globally. Directly comparable to Metafrax on core product (methanol) and on being a methanol-pure-play (with derivatives), though operating at global rather than Russian scale.
• Tolyatti-Azot (TOAZ): Major Russian producer of ammonia and downstream nitrogen/chemical products, based in the Samara region. Comparable to Metafrax's Ammonia-Urea-Melamine complex as a Russian nitrogen/ammonia peer with overlapping end markets.

Regional players

• Uralchem: Russian producer of nitrogen fertilizers, ammonia, and other industrial chemicals. Comparable to Metafrax on the ammonia/urea/nitrogen chemistry product overlap and on a Russian domestic-market focus.
• EuroChem Group: Large Russian fertilizer and nitrogen chemicals producer. Comparable to Metafrax on the ammonia/urea side of the portfolio and on serving Russian/CIS industrial markets, though EuroChem is more fertilizer-tilted than methanol-tilted.
• PhosAgro: Russian vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producer with significant industrial chemical exposure. Comparable to Metafrax on serving Russian industrial customers and on the broader Russian commodity chemicals landscape.

Broad incumbents

• Proman: Global methanol and natural-gas-derivatives producer with integrated facilities worldwide. Comparable to Metafrax on core methanol production expertise and downstream derivatives, though Proman operates as a broader international incumbent rather than a regional specialist.
• Celanese Corporation: Major global chemical company with significant acetyls and engineered materials exposure, including derivatives (formaldehyde, pentaerythritol, polyamides) that overlap with Metafrax's downstream portfolio.

Emerging players

• Yankuang Energy / Yancoal (chemical arm): Chinese integrated coal-to-chemicals producer with significant methanol capacity serving Asian markets. Comparable to Metafrax on gas/coal-feedstock methanol production economics and downstream derivatives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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