Association of Developers and Manufacturers of Anti-Corrosion Protection Means for the Fuel and Energy Complex (Association "CARTEC")
The Association was established in 1993 under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation to coordinate the efforts of organizations developing and using anti-corrosion protection means for fuel and energy complex equipment. CARTEC includes research, design and engineering institutes and universities, repair and maintenance organizations, manufacturing and energy enterprises, as well as leading specialists - corrosion specialists of Russia as individual members.

CARTEC has its own production of paints and varnishes, roofing, preservation materials; boiler production, repair and maintenance and construction organizations, an exhibition department, and a publishing house. CARTEC specialists work in all regions of Russia. The Association is entrusted with the function of supplying energy enterprises with materials and equipment for anti-corrosion protection.

Along with solving technical and production problems, CARTEC carries out a large volume of research work in the field of corrosion protection. Since 1996, the Association has been publishing the journal "Theory and Practice of Corrosion Protection". The journal publishes specific and detailed materials on the practical implementation of anticorrosive protection in the fuel and energy complex, in industry, in transport; on new domestic and imported means of protection against corrosion; devices and methods of corrosion control. The CARTEC Association has created a body for certification of raw materials, materials, equipment and devices - the Central Research Institute of Corrosion and Certification (CRICC).