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A press conference was held at the KAMAZ Press and Frame Plant, dedicated to the production of the 10-thousandth cab frame for a new model range of trucks.

The cabs of these series are installed on the entire family of advanced vehicles, including the popular KAMAZ-5490 tractor, KAMAZ-6580 and KAMAZ-65801 dump trucks, and others. The jubilee cab frame was one for the KAMAZ-5490 truck.

The KAMAZ Press Service noted that the production of 10,000 cab frames is the result of the well-coordinated work of a large team. Within the framework of the event, awards were delivered to employees of the Press and Frame Plant.

The order to open the Cab Project was signed in March 2013. In December the same year, the welding line for new cabs was put into operation. In the shortest time, new advanced equipment was installed, and in late 2013, the first 45 cab frames left the new assembly line. In mid-November of 2016, a five-thousandth cab frame was manufactured.

Today in Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), the 5th Russian-Saudi Intergovernmental Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific, and Technology Cooperation was opened. At the event, the Republic of Tatarstan is represented by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov.

Within two days, a delegation from Russia composed of over 60 top executives of Russian companies, including KAMAZ, Gazprom, Lukoil, Pipe Metallurgical Company, United Machine Building Plants, Russian Railways, Nevsky Machines, will visit the leading companies of Saudi Arabia and hold working consultations with representatives of key ministries and industry associations.

In addition, an expanded meeting of two countries’ business communities will be held with the participation of the officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Investment of Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation. During the meeting, major Russian companies will present their investment opportunities and take part in sectoral discussions and bilateral negotiations with their Saudi counterparts.

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan held a meeting chaired by Deputy Minister Almaz Khusainov on arranging the Collegium of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan on labour productivity and the 3rd Scientific and Applied Conference “Increasing Labour Productivity in the Defence Industry through Present-Day Production Management Methods”.

During the meeting, participants to it discussed organisational issues, the composition of attendees, the formulation of the business programme, and much more.

The event will be held in the first decade of December under the chairmanship of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Deputy Chairman of the Russia’s Defence Industry Board Oleg Bochkarev. The Collegium is expected to be attended by representatives of federal and regional authorities, as well as representatives of more than 450 defence enterprises of Russia, including top executives of major military industrial holdings.

The Alabuga-Development company, a subsidiary of SEZ Alabuga, established to provide general subcontracting services to residents, reported the completion dates of the first order. The construction of the plant building for substrate production will be completed by the end of April 2018. The customer and construction investor is Rockwool-Volga, a current resident of the SEZ Alabuga.

Alabuga-Development continues the construction of its first project, the building of the Grodan substrate production plant. The plant construction was initiated and 100% funded by Rockwool Russia, a resident of the SEZ Alabuga, and Rockwool International A/S. The investment to the plant construction is about RUB 500 million. The plant producing Grodan mineral wool substrate is an investment created for import substitution, since as of now the substrate is supplied from Holland.

The plant construction was launched in September 2017; the construction launch ceremony was attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. During the ceremony, he stressed that the new plant will produce a product in great demand, a stone wool substrate, which is intended to fill the needs of both Tatarstan and the Russian market in general.

Based on the information from the SEZ Alabuga Press Service

Aimed at improving the prestige of skilled trades and dissemination of advanced experience of light industry workers, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan has been holding, since 2003, the annual Republic’s competition of working skills among the enterprises in the sector.

Yet again, the competition of seamstress working skills was held on October 28, 2017. The winners of the intra-factory competitions demonstrated theoretical knowledge and presented the practical task samples to the Competition Committee comprising representatives of the KNRTU’s Institute of Light Industry Technology, Fashion, and Design, Kazan College of Design Technology, and the Republic’s Federation of the Trade Unions of Textile and Light Industry Workers.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan expresses gratitude to all participants of the competition and hopes for a more proactive attitude of enterprises to such events, which are intended for motivating employees to achieve even better results.

The Forging Plant of KAMAZ will start the production of crankshafts for cars. Starting in next year, the company will act as a sustainable supplier of the Volkswagen Group Rus.

The Forging Plant has successfully passed a two-day production audit organised by representatives of the Volkswagen Group Rus. According to Forging Plant’s Deputy Director for Quality Aleksandr Chekh, the final audit was preceded by a huge preparatory work and a whole series of visits by auditors. The design and engineering service of the Plant designed an all-new forging, created documentation for it, registered all technology processes, and organised preproduction operations. Based on the audit results, the customer representatives became convinced that the entire process was set up to ensure the full-scale production of the passenger car crankshaft forging with the required quality and output.

At the moment, the output is estimated at 150,000 forgings per year. The plant representatives note that the work has already begun on further development and expansion of production; it is planned to retrofit the existing equipment and purchase new one.

The national subcontracting portal innokam.pro began its work in early 2017 as part of the preparations for the implementation of the Digital Industry 4.0 at industrial enterprises in the Russian Federation and other countries to automate the processes of receiving orders for sophisticated products, selecting proven suppliers, increasing capacity utilisation, and promoting products and services to the markets.

At the moment, the portal unites participants in four sectors: mechanical engineering, polymer products, petrochemicals, and information technologies.

At the end of Q3 2017, about 500 participants from 47 regions of the Russian Federation, as well as enterprises from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, and Turkey were registered at the national subcontracting portal innokam.pro.

The main objective of the subcontracting portal innokam.pro is to unite the producers of goods and services for the development of cooperation and the creation of innovative products.

Based on information from the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade

Exporters can partially compensate their costs for transportation along export routes from Vorsino (Kaluga Region) to Dalian, Shilong, and Chengdu (PRC). These export routes were developed by the Russian Export Centre in partnership with RZD Logistics, TransContainer, and Freight Village RU.

These routes give the following unique advantages to customers who have trade relations with China: cargo delivery by rail is 14-16 days compared to delivery by sea (40 to 60 days); cost of cargo delivery by rail is close to the cost of shipping by sea; trains depart every 2 weeks.

The amount of compensation is up to 50% of actually incurred costs (within the limits established for different types of containers) and should not exceed 50% of the cost of transported agricultural and food products.

The exact formula for calculating the amount of compensation, the list of product codes for which compensation is sought, and other conditions for obtaining it are set forth in the Rules for Granting Subsidies from the Federal Budget to Russian Organisations to Partially Compensate Costs of Transporting Agricultural and Food Products by Land, Including Rail Transport, as approved by the Government Resolution No. 1104 of September 15, 2017.

Link: https://www.exportcenter.ru

From December 4 to December 6, the 7th International Forum entitled “Arctic: Today and the Future” will be held in St. Petersburg, which annually sums up the results of the public agenda in the practical implementation of the state policies for the development of the Arctic area of the Russian Federation and related infrastructure. The Forum is organised by the Association of Polar Explorers.

The business part of the event will raise the issues of the exploitation of the Arctic mineral resources, the development of the transportation system, logistics, energy, environment protection, personnel training, etc. The Forum will display current Arctic projects and latest technologies.

More information about the forum can be found at the official website www.forumarctic.com/conf2017.

Today in Naberezhnye Chelny, an official opening of the Engineering School was held, which was established upon an initiative of KAMAZ and the Kazan National Research Technological University (KNITU-KAI) on the basis of School No. 30.

The ceremony was attended by Director General of KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin, Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Nail Magdeyev, Principal of KNITU-KAI Albert Gilmutdinov, and others. As part of the Engineering School opening, a lot of interesting master classes, intellectual games, a sports relay race, professional tests, and other cognitive activities were organised for the children.

In May 2017, KAMAZ, KNITU-KAI, and Secondary School No. 30 signed an agreement for joint activities to create the Engineering School. Its mission is to provide early vocational guidance for students in School No. 30 and prepare them for future professional work in the engineering and technical areas. They will also attend monthly meetings with lecturers and professors of KNITU-KAI. Moreover, during the academic year, young engineers will visit the Quantorium Children's Technology Park, the Technical Modelling and School Design Bureau clubs, make tours of KAMAZ production sites, and meet with representatives of Tatarstan's engineering elite.

Based on the information from the KAMAZ Press Service