IVANO-FRANKIVSK, March 25 - Karpatnaftokhim (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region) expects to see profits in 2011 thanks to the launch of new chlorine and sodium hydroxide production facilities and a PVC-S production facility in 2010, according to the company's director general, Serhiy Chmykhalov.

"From 2011, we'll start operating efficiently and seeing profits, which we failed to see [earlier] not just because of the financial turmoil," he said at a press conference in Kalush.