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Today, an on-site meeting was held at the Invent Technopolis site with the participation of representatives from the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade and republic’s industrial enterprises, such as TAIF, Tatenergo, TANECO, Tatneft, KAMAZ, Tatarstan Grid Company, and KER Holding. The agenda included the issues of mutual cooperation between Invent Group and its potential partners, in particular, with companies of the Tatarstan’s energy sector.

For the guests, a tour was organised around the member companies of the group, such as Tatcable, Tatteploizolyatsiya and, Invent-Electro.

OOO Tatcable is a plant manufacturing cable and wire products. The company was commissioned in 2009. Tatcable produces cables with a very large construction length and a drum flange diameter of 4,500 mm, voltage up to 500 kV inclusive, with a cross-section of conductive wires of up to 2500 square mm.

OOO Tatteploizolyatsiya plant was built in 2008. The company produces pipes and fittings pre-insulated with PU foam with diameters of 32-1220 mm in outer protective sheaths made of LPPE or galvanised steel (pipe-in-pipe system).

OOO Invent-Electro opened in 2007 is one of the Russia’s largest manufacturers of electrical equipment. The plant produces energy-saving equipment, gas-insulated units, complete switchgears, other electrical devices, and metal products.

Today, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted a meeting with representatives of the Turkey-headquartered TTAF. The company is one of the largest manufacturers of various elements of fibre optic technology, as well as proprietary products and unique technology solutions.

The TTAF delegation arrived in Tatarstan on July 1. The delegation also included representatives of the Eurasian Development Bank and the Assembly of the Peoples of Eurasia. The purpose of their visit was to obtain information on markets, including that on the labour market, the investment climate, and government support measures.

The delegation visited major enterprises of Tatarstan, sectoral ministries and agencies of the republic, as well as the Innopolis Special Economic Zone.

On July 3, the delegation arrived at the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade, where they were met by Minister Karimov. At the meeting, they presented the projects that the company would like to implement in Tatarstan. In particular, these are encryption devices, smart city lighting systems, smart parcel lockers, a system for issuing hospital prescriptions, a patient palmprint identification system, a smart board for educational institutions, and a data centre upgrade project.

In the next two months, TTAF expects to choose the exact location of its facility at the Innopolis SEZ, as well as to develop the logistics of the future enterprise.

Today, Kazan saw a business visit by CEO of Falk Beratung GmbH Thomas Falk and President of the Atlas Copco Gas and Process Division Robert Radimeczky. The reason for the visit was the interest of Atlas Copco in cooperation with major petrochemical and mechanical engineering enterprises of Tatarstan.

As part of their business programme, Mr. Radimeczky and Dr. Falk visited the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, where they had a meeting with Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov. The topic for discussion was the organisation of cooperation and localisation of production in Tatarstan.

In the afternoon, the guests visited the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, where they were greeted by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The parties discussed Atlas Copco’s proposals on promising areas of cooperation.

Atlas Copco is a public company, founded in 1873 and located in Sweden, Stockholm. In 1992, Atlas Copco opened its representative office in Russia, and in 1996, a Russian subsidiary, ZAO Atlas Copco. Its turnover in 2016 amounted to EUR 10 billion, and the number of employees exceeds 44,000.

The company produces diesel and electric compressors, mining equipment, loading and hauling equipment, geotechnical and geological survey equipment, drilling tools; industrial tools, road construction equipment.