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Each district of the republic will have a district representative of the Fund for Entrepreneurship Support in Tatarstan (further, the FEST).

As from now, representatives of small and medium-sized businesses will be able to get advice from a district representative on support measures provided by the Fund for Entrepreneurship Support in Tatarstan.

The representatives are currently working in Alkeevsky, Almetyevsky, Arsky, Chistopolsky, Cheremshansky, Drozhzhanovsky, Kaybitsky, Laishevsky, Muslyumovsky, Nizhnekamsky, Tukayevsky, Yutazinsky, Zelenodolsky districts, and in Naberezhnye Chelny.

If you are active, know the business community, or may have a desire to help entrepreneurs in your municipal district and are ready to join the work, then send your CV to Vyacheslav.Andronov@tatar.ru or call +7 (843) 524-90-90.

The FEST is prepared to offer decent wages, career opportunities, and comprehensive development.

Based on FEST press service information

From April 10 to April 12, 2019, the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre will hold the forum for energy and resource efficiency.

Annually for over 20 years, the city of Kazan has been hosting the international symposium “Energy & Resource Efficiency and Energy Saving” and the international specialised exhibition “Energy. Resource Saving”, which, from this year, will be collectively held under the name of the Tatarstan International Energy & Resource Efficiency Forum (further, the TEF).

The TEF, which combined exhibition events and a business programme, was highly appreciated by expert community, annually confirming its high profile as a demonstration platform for fruitful business meetings, company presentations, discussions with government representatives and industry partners on topical issues of energy efficiency and innovative energy-saving methods.

The TEF will discuss urgent issues in the field of energy efficiency, including developments in the natural gas fuel market, the use of alternative energy sources, the digitalisation of production, and will showcase present-day energy efficient technology and innovative energy saving techniques.

Official site: http://tef.tatar/index.html

Today in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, representatives of Turkish-based ABT Yapı explored the republic’s industrial potential during their first visit to Tatarstan, and also voiced their intentions to expand the corporation’s geography.

“We want to expand our activities in the territory of Russia - we are interested in Tatarstan in the fields of industry, construction, and investment,” said Erkan Yıldız, company’s Deputy Director General. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Minister German Lerner.

ABT Yapı is a construction company implementing industrial and infrastructure projects in Turkey and abroad. They have actual construction contracts worth over $200 million in the following projects:

- STAR refinery in Izmir Province (Turkey);

 - construction of compressor and metering stations;

- construction of a methanol storage terminal;

- SONELGAZ (Algeria): construction of a 700 MW power station, and others.

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan was visited by a delegation from Japan. The delegation included representatives of chemical companies. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Minister Aleksey Savelchev.

The participants to the meeting talked about the industrial potential in the republic, as well as the interests of Japanese manufacturers, in particular, of Okitsumo Incorporated, to localise the production of heat-resistant silicone-based paint for industrial enterprises in Tatarstan or to transfer the production technology.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov visited the industrial site of Polimix Kazan located in the Laishevo Municipal District.

The company’s head Rishat Valeyev made a presentation of the company, showed production facilities, workshops and laboratories, as well as samples of finished products.

In addition, a meeting with Head of the Laishevo Municipal District Mikhail Afanasyev was held on the company’s premises, during which the participants discussed issues of developing the company's industrial production capabilities and potential government support measures for the company.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov visited today the Ventilation Technology Production Company (FORTEX Group), an enterprise manufacturing specialised energy-efficient climate control equipment.

At a meeting on the company’s premises, Director General of Fortex Rauf Galyamov made a presentation of the company's production capabilities. The participants to the meeting discussed the implementation of an investment project for the production of refrigeration equipment, company’s export potential, introduction of digital enterprise elements, opportunities of receiving government support measures, etc.

Some additional funds will be allocated to increase the tariff rates, salaries and bonus payments to employees of the Kazan Motor-Building Production Association.

In order to strengthen the material incentives for each employee with an aim of improving the overall performance of the association, timely and high-quality performance of their official duties, increasing responsibility for the assigned work area, the average salary of employees at the Kazan production site should be RUB 46,000 by the end of this year. This is a 21% increase compared to 2018.

To this end, a quarterly bonus is introduced for the overall results of divisions’ operations. The bonus payments are subject to the fulfilment of performance targets.

The bonuses will be paid to all employees of the association who are in attendance lists as of last working day of the quarter, with the exception of those having labour discipline violations during the quarter and those who retired from the association within the reporting period.

The core activities of KMPO is the fill-scale production of gas turbine engines and gas pumping units for the transportation and distribution of natural gas through main gas pipelines. The revenues of the Kazan Motor-Building Production Association in 2018 amounted to RUB 11.8 billion, 100% of the target figures and a 26% increase compared to last year (RUB 9.34 billion in 2017).

Based on KMPO press service information

Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov presented the new director of the Tatarstan Centre for Energy Saving Technology under the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers.

The institution is the centre of competence both in the energy efficiency matters and in the issues of labour productivity, developments in energy sector and manufacturing industry.

Since 1997, the Centre for Energy Saving Technology was headed by Yevgeny Martynov, who was responsible for approving two laws on energy saving and implementing three republic’s energy efficiency programmes. Minister Karimov thanked the former director for his merits and many years of conscientious work for the benefit of the republic and presented a new head, Marat Akhmerov.

Marat Akhmerov worked in the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade for more than 5 years as a head of the analytical department, ensuring the implementation of the republic’s labour productivity increase programme, calculating the forecasts of the republic’s production volumes and industrial production index. He also oversaw the monitoring and analysis of production and commercial activities and financial condition of enterprises and organisations; dealt with issues of digitalisation at industrial enterprises and preparing key reports.

Today, a Headquarters meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov. Participants to the meeting discussed the working out of a scheme and a programme for power industry development in Tatarstan in 2019-2024, the reliable and uninterrupted power supply for the WorldSkills Kazan 2019, passing through flood and fire hazard periods by electric power industry facilities, the implementation of investment projects for the construction and reconstruction of key power facilities, as well as the fulfilment of the 2019 repair operations.

The event was attended by representatives of the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in Tatarstan, the Directorate of Sports and Social Projects, the Tatarstan Regional Dispatching Office of the Unified Energy System, and republic’s electric power companies.

An interview with Deputy Minister Aleksey Savelchev and Deputy Director General of Raritek Holding Ramil Ishmaev was held live today on the TNV channel, where they talked about the 2018 results and outcomes of the Republic’s gas motor fuel development programme. In addition, the speakers told about the future prospects and tasks for 2019.

It is important to note that Tatarstan holds a lead in the development of gas-fuel infrastructure and the consumption of compressed natural gas (as a result of the work of republic’s ministries, agencies, enterprises, and the successful implementation of the government programme “Development of the Gas-Motor Fuel Market in Tatarstan in 2013-2023”). In addition, there is an extensive network of high, medium, and low pressure gas pipelines. However, the network of CNG filling stations does not allow to fully organise transport routes for CNG-powered vehicles throughout the republic. Therefore, in order to stimulate the conversion of vehicles to run on gas motor fuel by way of expanding the CNG filling infrastructure, the government programme “Construction of Natural Gas Filling Stations in Tatarstan” was approved for implementation from 2019 to 2021.