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The Tatarstan delegation headed by Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, arrived today in Dusseldorf (Germany) to attend K-Messe, an international trade fair for plastics and rubber.

The world’s leading and largest exhibition of such products takes place every three years; this year it lasts from October 16 to 23. The main sections of the K 2019 feature raw and auxiliary materials, semi-finished products, technical elements, high-performance plastic products, machinery and equipment for rubber and plastic production, and various related services.

The Tatarstan delegation includes Head of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Talia Minullina, representative of Tatarstan in Germany Takhir Gataulin, and representatives of industry’s enterprises.

Tatarstan polymer industry enterprises – Kazanorgsintez, Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Plast-TEK – came to the exhibition with their products. In addition, the products of such companies from Tatartsan as the Kama Polymer Materials Plant, Orion-Plast, and TathimPlast were exhibited at the joint Russian stand.

After lunch, a round table discussion was held with representatives of the German business community, where the Tatarstan delegation presented the investment and economic potential of the republic.

Today, the Polymer Day industry event was held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan. Experts from the republic’s chemical industry discussed issues of exports and imports of polymer products.

Opening the meeting, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Aleksey Savelchev noted that the polymer materials industry is an important sector in Tatarstan, accounting for about 25% of the republic’s total industrial output.

The first issue on the agenda was the discussion of the potential participation of industrial enterprises from the republic in national projects supervised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan. These include “International Cooperation and Exports” and “Labour Productivity and Employment Support”.

Representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan and the Tatarstan Centre for Energy Saving Technologies spoke about existing measures to support enterprises and the conditions for participation in national projects.

The second part of the Polymer Day programme was dedicated to the speeches of experts from sectoral ministries and companies.

The Polymer Day ended with presentations of invited companies. Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Grand Polymer, and Primo told the participants to the meeting about the activities of their enterprises in the polymer industry.

Today, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted a meeting with representatives of the Turkey-based Sanem Plastic, which manufactures polymer products, in particular polyvinyl chloride (PVC), on its own equipment, from which it produces rolled polymer films and non-woven tablecloths.

Sanem Plastic has plans to localise its facilities in Tatarstan. “We are interested in opening our production in your republic and the support from the Tatarstan Government is very important to us”, said its General Manager Yalçın Kutay.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Aleksey Savelchev explained in detail the benefits of localising their facilities in Tatarstan to the Sanem Plastic representatives: the company can be given various tax and customs preferences, assistance in setting up its production, consulting aid and support. Company’s representatives were offered a number of sites for the opening of plant there: the Alabuga Special Economic Zone and several priority social and economic development areas.

Sanem Plastic was founded in 1996 in Turkey and is headquartered in Izmir. The company manufactures nonwovens based on polyester fibres and furniture for trade outlets. The average company’s output is 60,000 rolls per month. It exports 98% of its products to more than 50 countries worldwide.