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From December 6 to December 7, Kazan will host the 3rd Scientific and Applied Conference “Increasing Labour Productivity in the Defence Industry through Present-Day Production Management Methods”, to be held 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 event will took place at the Volga State Academy of Physical Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

The conference will bring together business leaders and executives responsible for developing the production system, increasing operational efficiency, managing production, ensuring business logistics, and managing product quality, as well as for selecting and developing systems for motivating staff to reduce costs and increase productivity.

The purpose of the conference is to develop recommendations on the use of present-day methods and management tools aimed at increasing labour productivity at defence industry enterprises. Event participants will examine case studies in introducing methods to increase productivity at defence enterprises, choose techniques and tools for improvements that are optimal for the industry’s manufacturing or other sectors.

The Tupolev Company has transferred the next long-range Tu-22M3 bomber to the Long-Range Aviation fleet of the Russian Air Force.

On November 30, the aircraft left the flight-test centre of the Kazan Aviation Plant (branch of PAO Tupolev). In the company’s workshops, the Tu-22M3 has went through the full package of planned checks and restoration operations, while the experts of the company’s flight-test centre carried out all ground tests. Also successful were operational readiness, acceptance, and familiarisation flights.

After its handover to the customer, the aircraft traditionally flew over the company’s territory and went to its place of destination.

Today, a Memorandum of Intent was signed between Tatneftekhiminvest Holding and the South Korea-based Apollo Group. The signing ceremony took place within the meeting of the Board of Tatneftekhiminvest Holding chaired by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.

“We will strive to become one of the best enterprises of the oil and gas industry in Tatarstan. We have 1157 employees. Our team of experts consists of 68 people trained at such corporations as General Electric. Our enterprises are equipped with the most up-to-date facilities. This allows us to generate annual sales of $200 million”, - said Deputy General Manager of the Apollo Group Cho Jang Hyun.

The Korean company intends to consistently develop its production facilities in Russia. The enterprise is located in Tatarstan on the premises of Tatneft; the company has prepared a development plan. In the next five years, serious investment is planned in the Russian business, explained the deputy head of the company.

Apollo is the largest South Korean manufacturer of valves and actuators for oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and power plants. The company's products are exported to the countries of North America, Western Europe, and the Middle East.

Ford Sollers Company announced the launch of an educational project to introduce the advanced dual education system in the regions of the company's presence, such as the Republic of Tatarstan and the Leningrad Oblast. The company, in collaboration with leading experts from the WorldSkills Association, has developed a course for the teachers of secondary vocational schools for the introduction of the dual education model using the professional modules in the Mechatronics specialty.

At the closing ceremony of the WorldSkills regional competition, the first certificates for the introduction of a new training system were handed to teachers of secondary special educational institutions of Tatarstan. In total, the project involves 10 secondary vocational schools from the regions of Ford Sollers's presence, where the company is one of the largest employers.

The project’s first stage is the training courses for teachers of secondary vocational schools for developing the curriculum and basics of teaching Mechatronics drawing on dual education system principles and in accordance with the Federal Educational Standard of Secondary Professional Education titled “Mechatronics and Mobile Robotics”.

In case of successful introduction of the mechatronics course in vocational schools, Ford Sollers intends to develop the educational project even further and is prepared to accept a pilot group of students being trained using the dual model.

The trucks of the KAMAZ-Master team successfully passed technical inspections in the French port of Le Havre. The trucks are now in a closed park waiting for loading on the ferry, which tomorrow, on November 30, will lay a course across the Atlantic Ocean for Peru, the starting point of the 2018 Dakar Rally.

The participants of the 2018 Dakar Rally include four crews of the Russian KAMAZ-Master team, led by pilots Eduard Nikolayev, Ayrat Mardeev, Dmitry Sotnikov, and Anton Shibalov. Among this year’s novelties, there is a new 13-litre-engine truck. It was developed by the team in preparation for the Dakar Rally and already proved to be successful during the 2017 Silk Road. In order to comply with new Dakar regulations, which will affect the trucks from January 2019, a six-cylinder in-line engine was installed on this cab-over truck, which resulted in changes in the truck design and appearance.

The jubilee 40th Dakar Rally will be held on January 6 to 20, 2018. The total length of the route will be about 9000 kilometres. Event participants will cross the territories of Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.

Based on the information from the KAMAZ Press Service

In the territory of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone, the TechnoNICOL Corporation plans to build a facility for the production of construction foams. Investment in the facility construction will amount to about RUB 600 million. Production start is scheduled to the first half of 2018; its annual capacity is expected at 13,000 tonnes of products.

The development of the Russian production of construction foams will facilitate import substitution in the market where the share of imported products is currently about 60%. The new plant in Tatarstan will make products both for domestic market and for exports to the CIS, Eastern Europe, and Baltic countries.

TechnoNICOL is one of the leading international manufacturers of reliable and effective construction materials. As of now, the TechnoNICOL Corporation integrates 51 production sites in seven countries (Ukraine, Belorussia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Italy, and the United Kingdom), 6 research centres, 18 training centres, and 22 representative offices in 17 countries. Its headquarters are located in Russia, Poland, Italy, China, and India. The company exports materials to over 90 countries worldwide. In 2016, the industrial facilities of the TechnoNICOL Corporation showed aggregate revenues of RUB 70 billion.

The contest is aimed at promoting business development in Tatarstan, raising the prestige of entrepreneurial business and the entrepreneur status in the society.

All entrepreneurs of small and medium-sized businesses, whose activities fall under the contest’s provisions, are welcomed to participate in the contest. The contest evaluates entrepreneurial talents and the contribution of entrepreneurs to the development of the business area, their particular industries, and the republic’s economy in general. Winning the contest could be a basic stage for the company to reach a new level, to ensure the expansion of the target audience by raising the company’s status.

The winners will be determined in 10 categories, namely:

1. Production

2. Import substitution

3. Exporting enterprise

4. High and innovative technologies

5. Construction

6. Transportation

7. Agriculture

8. Services

9. Social sphere entrepreneurship

10. Young Entrepreneur

Today, the Kazanskaya Yarmarka Exhibition Centre hosted the opening ceremony of the Regional Skills Competition under WorldSkills standards. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov addressed the event participants and organisers with a welcoming speech.

Later, an official tour of 11 competition venues took place, with participation of First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Tatarstan Andrei Pominov and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Almaz Khusainov.

In total, the regional competition will be held on 91 skills with 814 contestants and 764 experts; 131 contestants and 73 experts will take part in it under WorldSkills Junior standards. This regional competition is expected to become the largest event in the WorldSkills history of Tatarstan.

Competitions on 18 skills will be held at the main venue of the Kazanskaya Yarmarka Exhibition Centre between November 27 and 29. In addition, the competitions will be held at the Kazan Aviation Technical College, the Kazan Cooperative Institute, the Kazan National Research Technological University, the Kazan College of Technology and Design, the TTC - Toyota Centre Kazan, NPF BETAR, the Quantorium Children’s Technology Park, and the IT Park.

On November 24, Moscow saw the award ceremony of the Exporter of the Year 2016 within the framework of the 5th Made in Russia International Export Forum.

AO Nefis Bioproduct ranked 1st in the category “Vigorously Developing Exporter of 2016”, the 2nd place was held by the Kama Trade House, while KAMAZ was recognised as the Exporter of the Year.

Congratulations to the winners!

Today, the 5th Made in Russia Export Forum began its work in Moscow, which is aimed at discussing the outlook for domestic exports and the opportunities to overcome existing difficulties on the way of export growth. The event was also attended by representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.

This international Forum, organised by the Russian Export Centre, is held at the Moscow International Trade Centre. The Forum traditionally brings together representatives of government authorities, market participants, experts, and analysts, drawing the attention of the general public to the issues of developing non-primary exports and seeking effective ways to solve existing problems.