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Within the framework of the Mechanical Engineering. Metalworking. Welding. Kazan exhibition programme, a meeting of the Coordination Council of Tatarstan Machine-Building Enterprises was held under the chairmanship of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The main topic of the 9th meeting was “Increasing Labour Productivity Through the Introduction of Innovative Technologies and Advanced Enterprise Management Systems”.

Welcoming speeches were delivered by Chairman of the State Development Corporation of Thuringia (Germany) Andreas Krey, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Dmitry Ovsyannikov, and other officials.

At the meeting, reports were presented by heads of companies and enterprises that enjoy real experience in improving labour productivity through the introduction of innovative technologies and advanced enterprise management systems.

Principal of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Andrey Rudskoy presented innovative technologies in mechanical engineering and existing developments in machine tools, and Director General of OOO Yamazaki Mazak Makoto Khasuo spoke about an increase in labour productivity using the machine tools manufactured by the Japanese company.

Director General of the Zelenodolsk Shipyard Aleksandr Karpov described the company’s expertise in implementing projects to increase labour productivity.

Today, the radio of the State Television and Radio Company of Tatarstan (99.2 FM Kazan, 92.1 FM Naberezhnye Chelny, 103.9 FM Almetyevsk, and 101.1 FM Nizhnekamsk) broadcasted a programme on the implementation of the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project and the government programme for supporting exporting enterprises from the non-primary sectors of the economy within the International Cooperation and Exports national project.

Deputy Minister Almaz Khusainov spoke about the main goals and objectives laid down in the structure of the national project, about the economic efficiency achieved by enterprises participating in the national project and measures of State support.

For all questions of participation in these national projects, please contact:

Increasing Labour Productivity and Supporting Employment national project

Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan:

Ms. Yekaterina Mikhailova: +7 (843) 210-02-87 Mihaylova.E.A@tatar.ru

Regional Centre of Competencies in the Field of Labour Productivity:

Mr. Shamil Bayramov: +7 (843) 272-19-41 Shamil.Bayramov@tatar.ru

International Cooperation and Exports national project

Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan:

Ms. Ramilya Mukhitdinova: +7 (843) 210-05-88 Ramilya.Muhitdinova@tatar.ru

The Expert Council of the Industrial Development Fund approved a loan for the Tatarstan-headquartered RIAT in the amount of RUB 300 million under the Labour Productivity programme. The company will purchase equipment, organise production processes under lean manufacturing principles and methods, and will manufacture up to 2,000 special vehicles a year in its renovated building. As a result, company’s labour productivity is expected to grow by 40% until 2024. The loan funds will be used to purchase blanking, machining, welding, assembly, and painting equipment for the production of KAMAZ vehicles with modifications for operation in various road and climatic conditions, multi-axle chassis for special equipment, dump and flat trucks (trailers), tank trucks, and vacuum loaders.

In parallel with equipping the production facilities, it is expected to introduce a set of technology solutions in accordance with lean manufacturing principles: Kanban systems, visualisation systems, and others. This would create a unified information space, with the aid of which all automated enterprise management systems and industrial equipment (IoT – Internet of Things) will be able to promptly exchange information, which would make it possible to evaluate the performance of equipment and personnel.

The total project budget is RUB 422.3 million.

Based on information by Industrial Development Fund press service

Within the scope of the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project, the “#LeadersPRO - Effective Production 2.0” hackathon is being held at a federal level. We invite Tatarstan enterprises in the non-primary sectors of the economy to take an active part in the regional stage of the hackathon.

The organisers will form teams from the event participants to solve, during the day, some production and corporate cases developed by the Expert Council of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. In 2020, the teams that suggested the best solutions will go to Moscow for the finals of the All-Russian Hackathon, where they will compete with winners from other regions for the right to go for an international training.

Participation in the #LeadersPRO - Efficient Production 2.0 hackathon will allow:

• Winning an international training for the entire team;
• Presenting their projects at international economic venues;
• Becoming a member of the Innovation Leaders community;
• Receiving an expert assessment of their proposals and know-how;
• Strengthening networking opportunities, expanding the range of their competence, improving professional skills;
• Entering the team of those who increase labour productivity both at their enterprise and in the country in general.

Competitive selection under CCIP, corporate competitiveness improvement programmes, has been summed up. From Tatarstan, selected were 11 regional-level enterprises and 3 companies of federal level. A single list of manufacturers implementing CCIP can be found in the State Information System of Manufacturing Industry (GISP) and is available for authorised users.

CCIP is one of the key mechanisms of the International Cooperation and Exports national project aimed at supporting the increase in output and sales of competitive industrial products manufactured in Russia (as regulated by Russian Government Resolution No. 191 of February 23, 2019).

The final list, approved by the interdepartmental commission, included 14 Tatarstan enterprises related to the implementation of export-oriented projects in chemical, petrochemical, mechanical engineering, and wood-processing sectors.

Companies that have entered into relevant agreements with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia will be able to get soft loans in a wide range of areas, including investment loans for the creation of export-oriented businesses, letters of credit, factoring, and loans to foreign buyers of Russian products. The size of the subsidised interest rate will be 4.5% per annum.

Based on information by minpromtorg.gov.ru, strategy24.ru

With the framework of their programme, the workshop participants visited the Gorky Zelenodolsk Shipyard. In 2017, the company was selected from among the participants of the priority programme “Improving Labour Productivity and Employment Support in Tatarstan in 2017-2025” as a pilot enterprise for implementing the best industry’s and global lean manufacturing practices by experts of the Rosatom Production System.

As pilot projects for the development of new methodology, Hull Fitting Shop No. 8 and Piping Shop No. 6 were identified.

During the presentation of Hull Fitting Shop No. 8 and Piping Shop No. 6, the delegates were told about the intermediate results of using Lean Production tools aimed at improving labour productivity in these areas.

Last year, a lot of work was done on the digitisation project in Shop No. 6. In the pre-production contour, the automated warehouse stock recording system was introduced for inventory items arriving from the central warehouse and assemblies, parts, and components arriving from manufacturing shops.

During the visit, the guests made a tour of the company’s production departments and studied the latest developments and promising projects in the shipyard.

Based on information by the Zelenodolsk Shipyard

Vacuummash, the plant with a 75-year history, summed up today the results of the pilot project implemented by the company within the framework of the National Project titled “Increasing Labour Productivity and Supporting Employment”. The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Almaz Khusainov, experts of the Federal Centre of Competencies, representatives of the Tatarstan Regional Centre of Competence for Increasing Labour Productivity, and employees of the plant and the Ministry.

The event began with a presentation by Director General of Vacuummash Evgeny Kapustin. He spoke about the development strategy of the company that positions itself as an all-Russian centre of vacuum engineering. The plant has been working in the vacuum technology for 60 years and has been cooperating for 25 years with its strategic partner from Germany, Leybold GmbH. Due to the established partnership, the company took about 30% on the Russian vacuum pump market and is a leader among other suppliers of vacuum equipment in the metal, chemical and petrochemical, nuclear, and other industries.

In order to implement the recommended measures, the company was given clear objectives to achieve indicators in shortening process times, reducing work in progress, and increasing productivity. As of now, the economic effect exceeded RUB 16 million.