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Today, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted a working meeting with representatives of Magnit, Head of Government Relations Department Alla Dyomina and Director of Kazan Branch Sergey Bodunov.

The main issue of the current meeting was the organisation and holding of a training workshop for potential Tatarstan product suppliers to the Magnit chain stores and conducting a Supplier Day based on its results.

The participants to the meeting discussed topics that may be included in the workshop agenda. These are, in particular, the peculiarities and main issues of supplier cooperation with Magnit, a green agenda (use of recycled materials, eco-products, installation of recycling kiosks for containers), and the company's digital business.

The organisational aspects of the planned event were also dealt with, including the event date, venue, and potential participants.

These issues are discussed in pursuance of the instructions by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov following his meeting with President and CEO of PAO Magnit Jan Dunning, which was held in June this year on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Today, Naberezhnye Chelny hosted the Hyundai Supplier Day. The event was organised by the Tatarstan Mechanical Engineering Cluster jointly with the Samara Region Automotive Industry Cluster, with the support from the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade.

As part of the Hyundai Supplier Day, an exhibition took place dedicated to the activities of enterprises and their products.

At the event, presentations of Hyundai and company’s first-tier suppliers were made, B2B meetings with potential suppliers were held, and visits to production sites of Tatarstan suppliers were arranged.

The event was attended by executives and employees from the auto component procurement department at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus, representatives of the first-tier Hyundai suppliers (Sejong, Daewon, NVH, Donghee, Mobis, Sungwoo, Yura, Doowon, Peterform, Hanil) localised in Russia, as well as representatives of the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade.

To date, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus is the second largest manufacturer of passenger cars in the Russian Federation after Avtovaz. In 2018, more than 235,000 vehicles left the assembly line of its plant in St. Petersburg.