The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, by Order No. 1057 of 27 March 2018, confirmed the inclusion of the Tatarstan’s Industrial Cluster of Manufacturers of Medical Instruments and Medical Equipment in the Federal Register of Industrial Clusters.
The cluster’s initiator is the Kazan Medical Instruments Plant, which produces a wide range of dental and microsurgical instruments and polymer products for medical purposes. The participants of the cluster are Zavod Elastik, Zdravmedtekh-Povolzhie, ELEPS, InstrMed, Medkon, Endomedium+, and others engaged in a full cycle of development, introduction, production, and sales of high-tech products for medical purposes.
Educational, scientific, and technology cooperation within the cluster will be provided through the competencies of the Kazan State Medical University, the Kazan Research Institute of Aviation Technologies, and the Regional Engineering Centre for Medical Simulators.
Inclusion of Tatarstan’s Industrial Cluster of Manufacturers of Medical Instruments and Medical Equipment in the Federal Register allows the cluster participants to reimburse up to 50% of costs associated with the implementation of joint investment projects aimed at import substitution.