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Tatneft filling stations and Magnit retail chain have launched a joint pilot project, the opening of retail outlets at the company's filling stations.

Testing the first retail outlets under the Magnit brand began at a Tatneft gas station in the Krasnodar Territory, where the retail chain opened compact stores with the most popular range of goods. The first two facilities are located near the M4 Don federal highway on the way to the Black Sea coast, where a focus has been made on popular products, including various types of coffee, confectionery, beverages, etc.

Over the past five years, Tatneft’s distribution network has gained sufficient competence in the non-fuel business and is not limiting to the sales of oil products. As part of its filling station chain upgrade, new station formats are being introduced with an expanded cafe area, developed public catering; customers at Tatneft filling stations are offered high-quality grain coffee, national bakery products, and a wide range of goods and services. One of the areas for the non-fuel business development is the cooperation with well-known retail chains or fast-food chains, which allows expanding the list of services and attracting new customers to its filling stations.

In addition to the southern direction, Magnit stores are also expected to be organised at filling stations in the Moscow area. Following the results of this project, a decision will be made on further development of cooperation with the Magnit chain.

Based on information by Tatneft Press Service

During his 2-day visit to Innoprom-2019, Minister Karimov visited local enterprises.

On the first day of his trip, the minister visited the Prosoft Systems at the personal invitation of the company. Its Director General Aleksandr Rasputin made a presentation and introduced the guests to the activities of the enterprise specialising in the development and implementation of automation systems for the energy, oil and gas, metal, and other industries. It is important to note that the company already has experience working with a number of major enterprises from Tatarstan.

Also during the visit, Albert Karimov made a tour of the Kalinin Machine-Building Plant (MZIK). The minister learnt about the half-century history of the plant by visiting its museum and exhibition grounds. He was also shown machines and loaders for municipal services and a regional interdisciplinary centre for continuing professional education.

The Kalinin Machine-Building Plant has close professional ties with Tatarstan and, in particular, with the Tupolev Kazan National Research Technical University in the field of qualified personnel training: the enterprise employs many graduates of this university. In addition, MZIK for many years has been partnering with enterprises of Tatarstan, such as Elecon Plant, Quartz, and others.

Photo presented by Prosoft Systems

Today, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted the final meeting of the Organising Committee of the Best Goods and Services of Tatarstan. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner.

Deputy Director of the Tatarstan Centre for Standardisation, Metrology, and Certification Andrey Makarov made a report on contest results and on the work of expert commissions.

The Republic’s contest “The Best Goods and Services of Tatarstan” has been holding within the framework of the 100 Best Goods of Russia Programme as a regional stage for 16 successive years. This year, a total of 453 goods and services from 230 entities took part in the contest, which is 10% more than in last year.

In order to evaluate the goods and services submitted to the contest, 8 expert commissions were formed, which included more than 30 professionals and experts from 11 republic’s ministries, agencies, and organisations. For the first time, experts on halal products and services were involved in the work of expert commissions.

The meeting participants unanimously decided to honour 135 products and services with the title of contest winners and to award 138 diplomas of the 1st degree and 162 diplomas of the 2nd degree. Also during the meeting, a decision was taken to establish a working group for the preparation and organisation of the Award Ceremony. German Lerner was appointed Chairman of the working group.

The Department of CSIMS (Computer Science and Information Management Systems) at the Kazan State Power Engineering University hosted defence of diploma theses with the participation of employers.

In point of fact, the digital economy is gaining momentum, and the demand for graduates in IT areas is high. For the first time, representatives of employers from TatAISEnergo, Alfascan, LPTSystems, Maytek, ABAK, and others took part in the defence of Computer Science graduation theses under the educational programmes “Software Engineering Technology” and “Applied Computer Science”.

Experts noted the high level of graduates’ training, many of whom received invitations to work, and some of them were given an order for developing software for the said organisations.

Based on information by KSPEU press service

From July 8 to July 11, 2019, the INNOPROM International Industrial Fair will be held in Yekaterinburg. We invite leaders and representatives of republic’s industrial enterprises to visit the exhibition as part of the Tatarstan delegation.

To participate, an applicant organisation should send an application to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan on the company's letterhead indicating the name of the visit, the organisation name with contact details, visit purpose, individual work plan (if available), list of companies in the host country regions that the applicant is interested in, questions for discussion, brief information about the applicant: industry, products manufactured, etc.

Applications should be sent on or before June 25, 2019 to email mpt@tatar.ru.

The tenth anniversary exhibition will be located in three pavilions of the new Congress Centre at the Ekaterinburg-Expo IEC.

The topic of INNOPROM 2019 is “Digital Manufacturing: Integrated Solutions”. The 2019 business programme of the Exhibition includes the following thematic tracks: “Digital Manufacturing”, “Industrial Innovations”, “Industrial Robotics”, “New Mobility”, “Metropolitan solutions”, “Industrial Innovations”, and others.

International participants are expected to include heads of major industrial companies from Germany, Japan, Italy, China, Switzerland, Korea, countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, and other countries. The partner country will be the Republic of Turkey.

Within the framework of the Russian-Turkish Industrial Forum, a session on the cooperation between the two countries in the field of mechanical engineering was held on the sidelines of the Innoprom 2019. Presentations during the session were made by Deputy Prime Minister Albert Karimov, Chairman of the Turkish Machinery Exporters Union (MAİB) Kutlu Karavelioğlu, Chairman of the Russian-Turkish Business Council Akhmet Palankoev, First Deputy Governor of the Tula Region Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, Member of the Board of Kar Metal Semih Kar, and Managing Director of Tsifra Pavel Rastoropshin.

Next came a series of meetings with representatives of the Turkish business community. In particular, the Minister had a meeting with representatives of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, where the parties discussed mutual interest and potential for cooperation. The Turkish counterparts identified their interest in the investment opportunities of Tatarstan, exchange of experience, and training.

The course towards cooperation with Tatarstan was also demonstrated at the meeting between Minister Karimov and Vice-Chairman of the Uludag Automotive Industry Exporters' Association (OIB) Birgül Polat. The Turkish side expressed interest in the cooperation of Turkish companies with KAMAZ, the organisation and holding of business missions of the two regions. In addition, Albert Karimov had B2G meetings with representatives of Turkey-based Kar Metal, Durmazlar, and others.

Within the framework of the Tatarstan delegation’s business programme at the Innoprom 2019 International Industrial Trade Fair, several working meetings with officials took place.

So, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov met today with Minister of Industry and Technology of Turkey Mustafa Varank.

The participants to the meeting noted the interest of Tatarstan in the development of trade and economic relations with the Republic of Turkey. Turkey is one of the leading foreign economic partners of our republic; many intensive business contacts are established as of today. In Tatarstan, various Turkish business projects are being successfully implemented, and many Turkish enterprises are operating.

Also within the framework of the exhibition, the Tatarstan delegation had a meeting with Director General of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company Andrey Kozitsyn. The parties discussed issues and further development of mutual cooperation.

Another significant event today was the meeting between representatives of Tatarstan and CEO of Coşkunöz Holding Erdem Acay, where the parties also discussed the prospects for a joint partnership.

Based on information by Tatarstan Presidential Press Service, photo: www.innoprom.com

On July 7, Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov arrived in the Sverdlovskaya Oblast to visit the Innoprom 2019 International Industrial Trade Fair, which takes place in Yekaterinburg from July 8 to July 11, 2019.

The tenth, anniversary exhibition of Innoprom 2019 will be held this year at the new Congress Centre as part of the Yekaterinburg EXPO IEC. The theme of the exhibition is “Digitalisation: Integrated Solutions”. International participants at the exhibition include industrial enterprises from Germany, Japan, Italy, China, Switzerland, Korea, the EEC countries, and others. The partner country is the Republic of Turkey.

The business programme of the Tatarstan delegation headed by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov began on July 8 with a tour of the exhibition pavilions, where about 600 companies (of which more than 200 foreign enterprises) presented their products. The delegation examined the exhibition of the Republic of Turkey, the pavilion of which featured over 40 companies. Russia was represented by pavilions of such enterprises as Rostec, ChTPZ, UGMK, Laser Centre and others.

Another important event of this day was the signing of a mutual cooperation agreement between RariTEK Holding and Gazinvestproekt on the development of the gas-engine market in the Tyumenskaya Oblast.

Based on information by Tatarstan Presidential Press Service, photo: www.innoprom.com

Today in the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade, Deputy Minister Aleksey Savelchev hosted a meeting with Owner and Chairman of ADCO Petroleum Inc. and Avrasya Technology, Engineering & Construction Inc. Selçuk Akat, who arrived in Kazan on a working visit to study the oil industry market of Tatarstan, as well as to meet with representatives of relevant republic’s industrial enterprises.

During the meeting, the parties discussed opportunities for cooperation between the Turkish companies and industrial enterprises in Tatarstan. Aleksey Savelchev spoke about the functioning features of the republic’s oil market and expressed the readiness of the Ministry to provide all necessary information assistance.

ADCO Petroleum Additives Industry & Trade Inc., as a supplier of specialty chemicals for the oil industry, is interested in offering its additives, chemicals, and semi-finished products to oil companies in the region, as well as in acquiring raw materials and finished products from Tatarstan manufacturers. ADCO supplies a full range of petroleum additives that are used throughout the entire oil refining cycle.

Avrasya Technology, Engineering & Construction Inc. is interested in participating in the design, procurement and construction, as well as in providing equipment solutions for the region’s oil and gas sector, with full implementation of its quality management policies.

On July 6, Minister Karimov had a meeting with representatives of the China Energy Engineering Corp Ltd. (CEEC). The meeting was attended by representative of the China Power Engineering Consulting Group in Russia and the CIS Aleksey Deryabin, representative of the Gazprom StroyTEK Salavat Aleksandr Ksenitov, representative of Tatarstan’s oil producing companies in executive authorities of Tatarstan Lenar Khusainov, and representatives of relevant ministry’s departments.

At the meeting, the parties discussed issues related to Zainsk GRES upgrade, the potential polypropylene production and supply, and new solutions for the introduction of energy efficient technologies in the field of heat supply.

China Energy Engineering Corp Ltd (CEEC) is a Chinese state-owned energy conglomerate, with headquarters in Beijing. The holding is one of the largest comprehensive solutions providers for the power industry in China and globally. Its major group companies include the China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), China Power Engineering Consulting Group Corporation (CPECC), Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute (EPPEI), China Energy Equipment Co., Ltd., the Engineering Department, and the Construction Department.

CEEC specialises in the field of research and design of energy facilities, provides one-stop integrated solutions and full life-cycle project management services.