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Dear friends!

Each year we celebrate April 2 as the Day of Unity between the Peoples of Russia and Belarus. It was on this day that the Presidents of the two states signed the “Treaty on the Union between Belarus and Russia”, which initiated the process of mutual integration of the countries.

The main purpose of the Union was to strengthen friendly relations and ties based on the principles of good neighbourliness, taking into account mutual interests, paying special attention to trade and economic cooperation.

The successful experience of interaction within the Union also contributed to the development of trade and economic relations between Belarus and Tatarstan. The trade turnover between the republics amounted to US$ 1.19 billion in 2018. Our enterprises are successfully working on the development of integration processes – industry-specific programmes are underway and new projects are being created. The main areas of industrial cooperation are engineering, petrochemicals, and medicine.

It should also be noted that favourable conditions have been created in Tatarstan for cooperation with Belarusian enterprises.

On this day, I wish everyone a peaceful sky, optimism, and well-being!

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov

Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov arrived on a working visit to Denmark. Today in Copenhagen, he had a meeting with top executives of the Danish Primo consortium.

The Inter Primo A/S was founded in 1959, it owns 14 factories in Germany, Poland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, China, and Russia and has concentrated its activities on the development of integrated solutions from plastics and extrusion of profiles for a variety of applications.

The parties to the meeting discussed the opportunities for cooperation. In March, discussions were already held in Kazan with representatives from the Russian subsidiary of Primo.

The Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted today a meeting between Duracell Russia and representatives of Kazan’s shopping centres. The event, chaired by Deputy Minister German Lerner, was dealt with establishing an infrastructure for the collection of used batteries through creating additional collection points.

Establishing a unified system for the collection, transportation, and recycling of batteries is an important step in the formation of the waste treatment, recycling, and disposal industry.

Tatarstan is a pilot region of Russia for expedited battery recycling. For this, conditions will be created to recycle up to 60% of the batteries. Further on, this expertise will be shared with other regions.

Containers for collecting batteries can be found in many stores and supermarkets of electronics, which have entered into an agreement with the company for processing lithium-based batteries. At the moment, the company cooperates with many large retail chains, installing collection containers in stores.

Thanks to the joint project of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, Duracell, and retail companies, more than 300 new battery collection points were located in retail chain outlets in 2018, which allowed significant increase in battery recycling.

The Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, the Foreign Trade Chamber of Kazakhstan with the participation of the Consulate General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Kazan and branches of the Trade Representative Office of Kazakhstan in Russia are organising an official trade and economic mission to be held on April 25, 2019 in Kazan within the 11th International Economic Summit “Russia-Islamic World: KazanSummit 2019”.

On this day, a networking session will be held at the Kazan Expo in B2B format, with an aim of establishing direct contacts and develop business ties between companies of Kazakhstan and Tatarstan. The Kazakhstani manufacturers will be represented in the following areas: food products (beverages, pasta, dairy products, butters, confectionery, teas, spices, cereals, and much more); electrical equipment; chemical products; engineering equipment; children's goods, etc.

We invite business communities, procurement companies, and retail chains of Tatarstan to take part in the event.

For all organisational issues and registration of participants, please contact the staff of the Kazan Trade Representative Office of Kazakhstan in the Russian Federation.

The Kazan Helicopters was visited by senior students of Kazan schools, as well as children from different schools of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), who came on a tour to Kazan. In the Labour Glory Museum, schoolchildren were told about the history of one of the country’s largest helicopter manufacturing enterprises. The children were also shown all helicopters produced by the company since 1952.

During the school holidays, the Kazan Helicopters was also visited by participants of the 4th All-Russian Convention of Young Inventors. They made a tour of the factory museum and the assembly shop, where they were told about the helicopter manufacturing process, from computer drawings to a finished rotorcraft. The schoolchildren saw how Mi-8/17, Ansat, and Mi-38 helicopters are made.

On the initiative of the Kazan Helicopters, a “helicopter” class has been functioning since 2009 in Kazan Gymnasium No. 8 with an in-depth study of physics and mathematics. Children in this class have good prospects for entering technical colleges, including those focused on aviation. In September 2014, the company announced the opening of another “helicopter” class in School No. 54 of Kazan. In these classes, experienced teachers traditionally prepare students for scientific conferences and applied competitions on relevant subjects, conduct additional classes in maths and physics, organise tours and other events.

Based on information by Kazan Helicopters - Russian Helicopters Holding

Today a meeting was held in the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade dedicated to the activities of the Kazan Synthetic Rubber Plant (KSRP) with the participation of representatives from the Rostec Corporation and Polymix. The meeting was chaired by Minister Karimov.

The Executive Director of KSRP Aleksey Konturov informed the participants to the meeting about the current progress of the company. The meeting also dealt with issues related to the implementation of the State defence order and plans for further development.

The All-Russian Gas Motor Forum was held in St. Petersburg on March 22, 2019, timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the National Gas Motor Association (GMA). The event was attended by Director General of RariTEK Group Rafael Batyrshin.

The Forum presented a strategy for the development of gas-filling infrastructure in the Russian Federation, including the expansion of the network of natural gas filling stations in 17 priority regions of Russia.

At a special ceremony of the Forum, the RariTEK Group was presented an award for its special contribution to the development of the Russian gas motor industry.

Talking about the outcomes of RariTEK as a manufacturer of gas motor equipment and as a company that is making a tangible contribution to the natural gas fuel market infrastructure development, it should be said that 2018 became the main and starting point for several new company’s projects, including the use of liquefied natural gas.

RariTEK is a permanent GMA member focusing on the production and servicing of gas motor vehicles, the design of gas filling equipment and mobile gas tankers, as well as the conversion of vehicles from traditional motor fuel to natural gas.

Based on information by RariTEK Holding

Every year, on the initiative of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), an Earth Hour international event is held in the republic, symbolising the solidarity of citizens in various countries to tackling problems of resource conservation.

Participation is open for all interested legal entities and individuals of the republic.

For the action, it is suggested to turn off (on Saturday, March 30, 2019 for one hour, from 20.30 to 21.30) architectural, decorative lighting and background lighting of administrative buildings, as well as lighting and electrical devices of other facilities not associated with life safety of citizens.

From March 25 to March 28, for the first time at the Kazan State Power Engineering University, the 4th Sectoral Competition in Electrical Installations Skills was held between employees of industrial enterprises (an official WorldSkills Hi-Tech event). The Competition organiser is IEK Group, one of the major Russian suppliers and manufacturers of lighting and electrical equipment.

The competition was attended by representatives of Russia’s largest industrial enterprises (the Rosatom Corporation, EVRAZ, SIBUR, Norilsk Nickel, the Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant, the Afrikantov Engineering Design Bureau), ​​teams of Switzerland, UK, Brazil, and Kazakhstan, international experts from the UAE and Iran. Throughout all days, the participants assembled engine control and lighting control circuits, showed their programming skills.

The event was included in the list of sites for practical training of the WorldSkills national team. Members of expanded WorldSkills Russia National Team, preparing for the WorldSkills Kazan 2019, competed with young workers on the same site.

Throughout the competition, professional tests and master classes were held on the Electrical Installations skills, organised with the participation of KSPEU and the Kazan Power Engineering College.

Based on information by KSPEU press service

Today, a meeting with SPC Techmash enterprises took place on POZIS premises with the participation of Rostec’s Executive Director Sergey Abramov.

In his welcoming speech, Minister Karimov spoke about the main tasks for defence industry enterprises in Tatarstan, in particular, about the development and implementation of new investment projects for civil and dual-use products. At present, mechanisms are being created at the federal and regional levels to facilitate the implementation of investment projects, including the same for defence enterprises; for instance, the Conversion Programme launched by the Industrial Development Fund. Last year, POZIS received a loan in the amount of RUB 750 million to implement a project for the production of new refrigeration appliances of high energy efficiency classes with electronic control units. In the meantime, the Minister noted that for a sustainable growth in labour productivity, it is important to focus on the digitisation of enterprises. In addition, the meeting addressed issues of industrial and environmental safety and labour protection in enterprises.