On March 2, 2006 deputy general manager of Sebryakovtsement Aleksey Mikhin said that the plant started the active stage of investment program aimed at upgrading of production. For These purposes the plant plans to spend around RUR2bln worth of own funds. In 2006 the plant started production of sulphate-resistant portland cement 400 (PTS 400-D0), for reinforced concrete structures in agressive mediums, to fill foundations in waterlogged soils, Kommersant-Nizhneye Povolzhye said.