On 1 July 2013, the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov chaired a meeting at Gorbunov Kazan Aircraft Production Association regarding the issues of opening a plant of ZAO KAPO-Composite for the production of composite components to implement SuperJet-100 and MC-21 programmes.
The meeting was attended by representatives of OAO United Aircraft Corporation, OAO Gorbunov Kazan Aircraft Production Association, ZAO KAPO-Composite, ZAO Kazansky Giproniiaviaprom, Tupolev Kazan State Technical University, and Administration of Aviastroitelny District of Kazan.