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A ceremonial handover of thirteen LOTOS 105 city buses took place in Cheboksary. The receipt and commissioning of new passenger vehicles was made part of the Day of Russia celebrations in the capital of the Chuvash Republic.

The buses are manufactured by RMZ RariTEK (part of RariTEK Group) based on the Foton vehicle and are fully assembled in Tatarstan, in the city of Naberezhnye Chelny. LOTOS 105 buses meet the highest requirements for safety, comfort, and environmental friendliness. Natural gas methane is used as a fuel; therefore, there are virtually no harmful emissions and the cost of fuel and lubricants is much lower.

Buses are low-floor and adapted for the transportation of low mobility people. They have a folding ramp and special places for priority seating. Railings are equipped with stop-on-request buttons. In addition, the buses have installed electronic route indicators, video surveillance systems and climate control, together with USB connectors for charging mobile devices at each row of seats.

Buses manufactured by RMZ RariTEK are successfully operated today on passenger lines in such Russian cities as Cheboksary, Khanty-Mansiysk, Nizhnekamsk, Republic of Crimea, Chelyabinsk, Ryazan, Balashikha, Khimki, Nadym, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, as well as in Kokshetau (Republic of Kazakhstan).

The Industry Development Fund of the Russian Federation and AO PTFK Tekhnotron signed a loan agreement for developing the production of interior and exterior parts for KAMAZ cabs of the K5 family. The company will receive a loan in the amount of RUB 56.9 million under the automotive component financial support programme; the total project cost is RUB 88.6 million.

By means of this preferential loan, the company is planning to purchase equipment intended for spraying leather and pouring polyurethane foam. Thus, the enterprise is ready to start the production of plastic automotive components for a new type of KAMAZ K5 cab: dashboard, facing panel, and front bumper. According to the company, such components on the today’s Russian market are mainly represented by foreign manufacturers. Following the implementation of this project, the portion of imports will decrease, and the contribution of Russian manufacturers will grow up to 81% by 2021.

Tehnotron is a leading mechanical engineering company. The company’s core business is the production of automotive components for commercial vehicles.

Based on information by IDF, photo by KAMAZ Press Service

Today, the Gorky Zelenodolsk Shipyard hosted a ceremony of launching the second serial 1st-rank border patrol ship of Project 22100 which was given the name of “Anadyr”.

The event was attended by representatives of the Border Guard of the Russian Federal Security Service, officials of the Zelenodolsk Municipality, top executives of the Ak Bars Holding Company, the Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation, as well as representatives of designer and contracting organisations.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of the Tatarstan Government: “I am sure that ‘Anadyr’ will serve well and reliably guard the borders of our country in the Far East”.

The border guard vessels (patrol boats) of the Okean project developed by the Almaz Central Maritime Design Bureau (St. Petersburg) are the first ships in the contemporary history of Russia designed entirely for the requirements of maritime border guards, are multifunctional, have high combat potential and are capable of participating in full-scale rescue operations. In terms of technical characteristics, they have no equals in the world.

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.

The 7th Festival “Our Time - Beznen Zaman” was discussed today at a briefing with the participation of Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Almaz Khusainov, Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs Timur Suleymanov, festival’s General Producer Dmitry Tumanov, Director at the Traffic Safety Establishment Rifkat Minnikhanov, Executive Director at the Culture Development Support Foundation under the Tatarstan President Nuriya Khashimova, Deputy Chairman of the Tatarstan Federation of Trade Unions, and others.

With an aim of uncovering the creative potential of young people working in republic’s enterprises and organisations, the “Our Time - Beznen Zaman” Republic’s Annual Open TV Festival of Working Youth has been held in Tatarstan with the support from Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov since 2013. This year, the festival dedicated to the “Year of Blue Collar” was kicked off on March 1, 2019 after the meeting of the Festival’s active participants with the Tatarstan President.

The teams at the festival are composed of working young people aged 18 to 35 (inclusive), for whom the participation in the contest programme is not a professional activity. The festival contributes to the formation of team spirit among young people, the strengthening of creative ties between republic’s organisations, and the professional consolidation of working youth.

On June 11, the Gorky Zelenodolsk Shipyard saw a ceremony of launching the eighth small rocket ship of Project 21631 (developed by the Zelenodolsk Design Office), which was given the name of “Ingushetia”. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister of Tatarstan Aleksey Pesoshin, Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defence, the Russian Navy, officials of the Zelenodolsk Municipality, heads of Ak Bars Holding Company, Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation, as well as representatives of designer and contracting organisations.

The small missile ships of Project 21631, being built at the shipyard since 2010 for the Russian Navy, are multi-purpose river-sea vessels equipped with the most advanced missile, artillery, anti-sabotage, AA, and radio-electronic weapons. The ships are dedicated to the protection and defence of national economic zones.

Seven ships of this project, the lead ship Grad Sviyazhsk and the follow-on ships Uglich, Velikiy Ustyug, Zelenyy Dol, Serpukhov, Vyshniy Volochek, and Orekhovo-Zuyevo are already assigned to the Russian Navy. Small rocket ship Zelenyy Dol was recognised as the best small missile ship in the Russian Navy by winning a prize of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy in the missile firing and was also named as the best ship in the Black Sea Fleet.

Today, the delegation from the Republic of Turkey arrived in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan with a working visit. Members of the delegation include an independent investor Aydın Rıfat Kocabaş, as well as representatives of the SA-RA Group, an industrial group that manufactures power transmission line supports, steel structures for transformer centres, car railings, polygonal supports, and much more.

The working meeting with the Turkish delegation was chaired by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner. Greeting the guests with a welcoming speech, he noted the interest in expanding mutually beneficial relations between Tatarstan and Turkey, as well as the prospects for increasing mutual trade turnover.

At the meeting, the trade and industrial potential of Tatarstan was presented, after which the parties were able to discuss promising areas for further development of cooperation.

The 2018 foreign trade turnover of Tatarstan with Turkey amounted to about US$ 314 million, which is 4% more than in 2017.

A briefing held today in the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers was devoted to the results of Tatarstan delegation activities at the 2019 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The briefing was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Head of TIDA Taliya Minullina, Deputy Minister of Economy of Tatarstan Indira Kireyeva.

The programme of the Tatarstan delegation headed by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov was traditionally rich. Important agreements have been signed for the development of industrial, trade and economic relations with Russian and international corporations, and a number of meetings took place at the highest level with the heads of Russian regions and foreign states.

Within the framework of the Tatarstan exhibition display, such projects were presented as the PharmMedPolis of Tatarstan, the Mechanical Engineering cluster, the WorldSkills 2019 contest, the Factory of Entrepreneurship, and others.

The SPIEF 2019 was held on June 6 to 8, 2019 at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre. This year, the SPIEF 2019 broke the attendance record in both the number and the composition of its participants: it gathered more than 19,000 people, including over 3,500 foreign visitors from 145 countries. More than 170 events took place in various formats, all united under a motto “Shaping the Sustainable Development Agenda”. The largest foreign delegations at the SPIEF 2019 were those of China and the USA.

The Expert Council of the Industry Development Fund (IDF) approved 5 projects in the Tver and Vladimir regions, and in the republics of Tatarstan, Udmurtia, and Mordovia. The total amount of IDF loans will be RUB 652 million, and the aggregate cost of the projects will amount to RUB 1.82 billion.

A RUB 26.5 million loan was approved for OOO Saturn from Tatarstan. Saturn is planning to lease the NH615 Nedschroef cold forming machine allowing the company to produce hardware – screws, bolts, shafts – in complicated shapes. After putting the new machine into operation, the capacity will increase from 40 to 240 pieces per minute.

The main customers of the company are manufacturers of electric locomotives, refrigeration equipment, defence and construction companies, automotive industry. The total project cost is RUB 98.5 million, of which RUB 26.5 million can be provided by the IDF as a loan to pay part of the advance payment under the lease agreement.

Today, Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov had a meeting with Director General of Haitian CIS Ilya Plyutov. The meeting was devoted to discussing the opportunity of localising Haitian Group production in Tatarstan. Representatives of Haitian CIS were invited to open a facility in the Technopolis Himgrad with three divisions: a service centre, a finished goods warehouse, and a training centre.

Albert Karimov noted that Tatarstan is an ultimate competence centre in the field of plastics processing. A good investment climate, appropriate infrastructure and special preferences make the republic a suitable area for the localisation of Haitian Group facilities.

The Haitian Group is a company founded in 1966 in China (Hong Kong). It has 18 factories in 10 countries (China, Germany, Brazil, Turkey, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Japan) and has been the world leader in the production of plastic injection moulding machines since 1994.

In addition, the Haitian Group manufactures turning machining equipment for the metal industry and equipment for the mechanical engineering industry (servo drives).