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Today, the Alabuga Special Economic Zone saw a ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the mineral fertiliser production plant, with the participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The event was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov.
The mineral fertiliser production project was granted the resident status in the SEZ Alabuga as late as in September 2017. It is expected that the production will be launched by the end of 2018. The designed production capacity is 120,000 MT of products per year. Inco-TEK Agro Alabuga will produce compound fertilisers.
“This will be a fundamentally new product. We plan to produce compound granulated fertilisers, designed for both individual crops and specific fields by taking proper account of their peculiarities”, explained company’s head Aleksandr Babynin.
The facility is being built up at the junction of the oil-producing and agrarian industries; many of the oil industry's practices are successfully introduced during the project implementation process. As the result, the company expects to both increase the crop yield and give the agrarian industry an impetus to move to a present-day level of environmental safety.
On December 9, the United Nations initiative marks the International Anti-Corruption Day. On this day in 2003, the United Nations Convention against Corruption was opened for signing in the Mexican city of Merida.
The objectives behind the establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Day is raising public awareness about corruption and enhancing the role of the Convention in preventing and combating it.
To date, the Convention has been signed by about 140 states and ratified by about 80. Among them are Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. This international treaty provides for measures to prevent corruption, punish perpetrators, as well as mechanisms for international cooperation in combating it. It obliges member states to pursue policies of combating corruption, approve relevant laws, and establish special bodies to fight against this phenomenon.
On this day, many countries of the world hold demonstrations, meetings, conferences, seminars, and other events timed to the International Anti-Corruption Day. Russia is no exception. Public organisations, educational institutions, government officials, law enforcement agencies, and all committed citizens in many Russian cities organises various events on this day, and print and distribute leaflets and posters telling about the harm of corruption and methods for fighting it.
From December 6 to December 7, Kazan hosted the 3rd Scientific and Applied Conference “Increasing Labour Productivity in the Defence Industry through Present-Day Production Management Methods”. The event took place at the Volga State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports, and Tourism with the support from the Board of the Russian Military Industrial Commission, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Government of Tatarstan.
The conference was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Russia’s Defence Industry Board Oleg Bochkarev, Advisor to Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Yuliya Urozhayeva, Tatarstan Prime Minister Alexey Pesoshin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, and representatives from a number of Russian defence industry enterprises.
The mission of the conference was to develop recommendations on the use of present-day management methods and tools aimed at increasing labour productivity at defence industry enterprises. These issues were discussed at the plenary session.
On the second day, December 7, conference participants made a tour of four enterprises in Tatarstan, namely the Kazan Motor-Building Production Association, the Sergo Plant (POZIS), the Kazan Helicopters, and the Zelenodolsk Shipyard.
Today, the Kazanskaya Yarmarka Exhibition Centre hosted the opening ceremony of the 17th International Specialised Exhibition “Mechanical Engineering. Metalworking. Kazan” and the 12th Specialised Exhibition “TechnoWelding”.
The ceremony was attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Executive Director of WorldSkills International David Hoey, Chairman of the State Development Corporation of Thuringia Andreas Krey, etc.
Also on this day, a meeting of the Coordinating Council of Tatarstan Mechanical Engineering Enterprises was held under the chairmanship of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, which dealt with digital economy issues.
The 17th Mechanical Engineering. Metalworking. Kazan Exhibition and the 12th TechnoWelding Exhibition are being held from December 6 to December 8, 2017 at the Kazanskaya Yarmarka Exhibition Centre. This year, the exhibition participants were 153 companies from 20 regions of Russia and 17 countries. Their displays present the latest developments, technologies, advanced equipment, and innovative systems in the field of mechanical engineering, metal processing, and composite materials.
Today on December 7, the events under the general title “2017 Quality Days in the Republic of Tatarstan” are coming to an end. On December 5, Kazan hosted the International Forum “Tatarstan, a Territory of Quality” organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, the Kazan State Power Engineering University, and the Volga Centre for Quality. The scope of issues discussed at the forum covered a wide range of areas: from health care to education in the region and the country, the experience of introducing international management standards, lean manufacturing tools, quality assurance issues, and information security.
On the next day, December 6, the 9th International Conference “Quality Management Systems in Education” was held, and the Kazan City Polyclinic No. 21 hosted the round table discussion titled “Topical Management Issues in Organising a Friendly Polyclinic of Tatarstan Standard”. On December 7, a round table discussion was also held on the practice of compiling self-assessment reports on the Business Excellence and Production Systems models.
The events timed to the 2017 Quality Days in the Republic of Tatarstan was attended by leading Russian quality professionals, representatives of public authorities, experts from certification bodies and qualification assessment centres, including those from Belgium and China.
The packaging industry around the world continues to evolve, but the increasingly growing environmental requirements to the production and use of packaging urge manufacturers to seek new solutions.
In this regard, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, jointly with the KNRTU, held a Polymer Day on December 5 that was dedicated to the Russia’s polymer packaging market.
The Polymer Day was opened with a round table discussion, at which Director General of the National Packaging Confederation Aleksandr Boiko spoke about the conditions, trends, and prospects of the polymer packaging market and, on behalf of the NCPack, presented the 2016 Best Packaging Award to Danaflex.
Within the framework of the project rally, the participants to the event were presented design solutions of the KNRTU Institute of Polymers for packaging material manufacturers and learnt about state support measures for the implementation of investment projects and exports of products to foreign markets.
The event was also attended by manufacturers of basic polymers, such as Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Kazanorgsintez, and companies that produce packaging materials, such as Danaflex, SafPlast, the Kama Polymer Materials Plant, etc.
On December 5, the final session of the International Networking Applied Research Conference entitled “New Standards and Technologies of Engineering Education: University Opportunities and Needs of Petrochemical Sector (SYNERGY 2017)” was opened in the Kazan National Cultural Centre.
On the first day at the plenary session, its participants discussed new approaches in the training of sought-after specialists, innovations in engineering teaching and engineering education, upgrading the qualifications of engineering university teachers, ratings and quality of engineering education, as well as programmes of early engineering career guidance for schoolchildren within the “school-university-enterprise” paradigm.
In addition, a round table discussion was held on this day devoted to the development of the personnel potential in the Tatarstan’s petrochemical sector. It was attended by Director General of the Tatarstan Association of Enterprises and Industrialists Aleksey Pakhomov, Deputy General Director for Corporate Protection and Personnel Management of Gazprom Transgaz Kazan Marat Akhmetzyanov, Director General of Tatneftekhiminvest Holding Rafinat Yarullin, Acting Principal of KNRTU Sergey Yushko, and First Deputy Director of the Institute for Additional Professional Education under KNRTU Mansur Galikhanov.
Based on information from the KNRTU Press Service
Today on December 5, the Technopolis Himgrad hosted the ceremony of launching new production facilities. The event was attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, as well as representatives of Tatarstan ministries and agencies.
The event commenced with a visit to NPP Irvis engaged in the development and manufacture of measuring instruments for non-aggressive combustible and inert gases. Having settled in Himgrad, the company started to manufacture high-precision gas counters and flow meters, steam meters.
The next facility visited was the Cotton Way laundry factory. According to its Director General Aleksandr Utkin, the factory will be expanded in the near future. In this case, the investment will exceed RUB 1.5 billion, and its daily output will grow from 30 to 80 tonnes of laundry.
In addition to laundry processing, the company renders services of renting out high-quality textiles for medical establishments. The factory, according to the company's management, will become the largest one in its kind in the Volga Federal District.
Based on the information from the Tatar-Inform Agency
On December 5, the Kazan National Cultural Centre will host the final session of the International Networking Applied Research Conference titled “New Standards and Technologies of Engineering Education: University Opportunities and Needs of Petrochemical Sector (SYNERGY 2017)” to be held with the participation of representatives from 15 supporting universities of Gazprom, engineering universities of Russia and foreign countries, leading petrochemical companies of Tatarstan, and foreign and Russian experts in the field of engineering education.
The objective of the conference is to consider the global and domestic experience of applying new engineering education standards and technologies aimed at training sought-after specialists for petrochemical enterprises.
At the plenary meeting and four sections of the conference’s final session, new approaches will be considered for the training of sought-after specialists for petrochemical enterprises, innovations in engineering teaching and engineering education, system of standards and accreditation, development of technology entrepreneurship, upgrading the qualifications of engineering university teachers, ratings and quality of engineering education, as well as programmes of early engineering career guidance for schoolchildren within the “school-university-enterprise” paradigm.
We invite the manufacturers of Tatarstan that are interested in supplying their commodities to retail chains to attend the event titled “How to Build a Dialogue with Retail Chains” to be held in Kazan on December 12, 2017 at 12:45 in the Riviera Hotel (Monte Carlo hall). The event is organised by the Ministry of Economy of Tatarstan with the assistance from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan and the Ministry of Agriculture and Foods of Tatarstan.
Producers of foodstuffs and non-food products will be able to communicate directly with representatives of major federal and regional retail chains and introduce their commodities. In addition, entrepreneurs will learn about the basic principles of retail chain operations, as well as about their rules for certification and standardisation of commodities.
For a more productive dialogue, producers are advised to prepare commercial offers and bring samples of products for presenting them to retail chains at a dedicated site.
The event will be attended by such retail chains as X5 Retail Group, Auchan, Essen, Magnit, Selgros, Chelny-Khleb, Bakhetle, Arysh Mae, Megastroy, and Leroy Merlin.