On 1 February, the Board of the Tatarstan Association of Enterprises and Industrialists (TAEI) held its extended meeting. The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Aide to Tatarstan President Ravil Zaripov and was chaired by TAEI President Aleksandr Lavrentiev. The following issues were discussed: results of TAEI in 2016 and its action plan for 2017; approval of the 2016 financial and economic activity report and estimates for expenditure in 2017; joint collegium of the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade, Tatarstan Ministry of Economy with the participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov on the manufacturing industry’s results in 2016 and tasks for 2017; election of delegates to the Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
The participants raised the issues concerning the expansion of sales markets, mastering of new products, government's defence procurements, development of the Russian machine-tool industry, State support for production and sales of domestic products, coordination of training, enhancing the prestige of white-collar and blue-collar jobs.