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September 24, 2017 is the Mechanical Engineer's Day. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov congratulates current and retires employees of the mechanical engineering sector of the Republic of Tatarstan on their professional holiday:

“Dear machine-builders of Tatarstan, current and retires employees of the industry!

I congratulate you on the occasion of your professional holiday, the Mechanical Engineer's Day.

Mechanical engineering remains the most important sector in the economy of the Republic of Tatarstan. As a foundation of the Tatarstan’s industry, mechanical engineering undoubtedly plays an important role in the social and economic development of the region.

Machine-builders from Tatarstan create unique machines and equipment that are in demand both in Russia and abroad. Introducing innovative technologies, mastering the manufacture of new products, you occupy an important position in the machine-building segment of the Russian market.

On the Mechanical Engineer's Day, I thank all current and retired employees of the industry for their conscientious work for the benefit of the Republic of Tatarstan.

I wish you, dear machine-builders, new production achievements, good health, well-being, and all the best!”

Today, Laishevo is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the district and 460th anniversary of the city. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in the festive events. Traditionally, he is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov.

In the first half of the day in the village of Imenkovo at the Laishevo District of Tatarstan, a new Community Centre was opened. In addition, the opening of the renovated embankment took place on this day.

Today, as part of the city and the district anniversary’s celebrations, there will be a “Gifts of Autumn” fair and tasting session and a “City of Masters” fair of applied arts and crafts. Within the celebrations, a festival of street art will also be held, along with exhibitions of creative works by artists of “Laishevo Plain-Air” and industrial and agricultural enterprises of the district.

In addition, the events will comprise a festive concert of variety performers and creative groups of Tatarstan.

Today in Laishevo, a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Tatarstan Sailing Federation was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov. The event was also attended by the Aide to the Tatarstan President Natalia Fishman.

The participants to the meeting discussed the construction of yacht anchorages in Tatarstan, approved the TSF’s annual budget, and considered the concept of building a marina in Laishevo.

The Tatarstan Sailing Federation is actively working on the development of yachting sport in the region, with its development hubs in Kazan, Laishevo, and Naberezhnye Chelny. Kazan hosts a sailing section at a secondary school and the helmsmen courses.

Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov took part in summing up the results of the Congress of Managing Companies and Residents of Industrial Parks within the framework of the Glimpse to the Future Forum. The event was held in Kazan on the premises of Korston Hotel and Mall with the participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.

Executive Director of the Industrial Parks Association Denis Zhuravsky noted in his speech that 10 percent of all Russia’s industrial parks are located in Tatarstan. At the same time, 32 percent (677 enterprises) of all country’s residents are concentrated in these parks in the republic.

The Tatarstan President appreciated the success of the industrial sites operation programme.

According to Rustam Minnikhanov, the topic raised within the Forum is very important; it has a separate block in the Message of the Tatarstan President to the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan. He also noted that a large investor from Turkey is prepared to come to Tatarstan, but the regulatory framework should be brought closer together for its fruitful work.

Vahit Yıldırım, Chairman of the Executive Board at the Gebze Organised Industrial Zone, met today with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The event was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov.

During the conversation, the participants discussed issues related to the establishment of a joint industrial zone based on the Sviyazhsk Interregional Multimodal Logistics Hub.

The Tatarstan President noted that Tatarstan is interested in cooperation with Gebze. In addition, Rustam Minnikhanov suggested starting work on attracting potential residents to the new industrial zone.

For reference:

The Gebze Organised Industrial Zone (GOSB) is located in Turkey in the Gebze Province. It was founded in 1986. Currently, 156 companies are registered with GOSB, 42 of which are foreign companies. Its staff is 22,000.

The core ​​activities of its residents are engineering, automotive, auto component production, IT, foods, plastics, electrical equipment, electronics, etc. GOSB hosts companies from Germany, Austria, USA, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, and South Korea.

The ceremony of appointing new Director General of the Kazan Gunpowder Plant, Aleksandr Livshits, took place on September 21 in the Conference Hall of the plant management building. The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Director of the Conventional Arms Industry Department at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kapranov, Deputy Director General of the Tatarstan Association of Enterprises and Industrialists Igor Rassman, and the employees of the gunpowder plant.

For reference:

Aleksandr Livshits

In 1985, graduated from the Kazan State Technological University.

From 1987 to 2004, repair master of the main production equipment.

In 2004 to 2010, Engineering Director, Chief Technologist, Production Director at the Kazan Gunpowder Plant

In 2010 to 2015, Director of the Samara Plant Kommunar.

In 2015 to 2017, Executive Director of the Cheboksary Production Association n.a. Chapaev.

On September 23, on the eve of the Mechanical Engineer’s Day celebrations, the Zelenodolsk Shipyard will host a ceremony of laying the keel of a high-speed passenger ship of Project A145E, designed by the Agat Design Bureau and intended for a customer in the United Arab Emirates.

The celebrations are expected to be attended by representatives of the United Arab Emirates, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, top officials of the Zelenodolsk Municipality, Ak Bars Holding Company, as well as representatives of the designer and contracting organisations.

Comfortable high-speed passenger ships of Project A145 are designed for carrying 150 passengers with luggage in the coastal marine area with a speed of about 40 knots at a distance of up to 400 miles unrefuelled.

A joint contract for the construction of two high-speed passenger ships of the A145E project was signed between Zelenodolsk Shipyard and the customer in the United Arab Emirates in 2017 as part of the 9th International Economic Summit “Russia - Islamic World: KazanSummit 2017” . The ceremony of laying the keels of the ships was held on July 13, 2017.

On September 20, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a meeting on the issues of implementing the priority programme “Improving Labour Productivity and Supporting Employment” in the Republic of Tatarstan.

The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Almaz Khusainov, Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Yulia Urozhayeva, Adviser to the Vnesheconombank Chairman Ksenia Yashina, Director of the Employment Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kirsanov, as well as representatives of ministries, agencies, and enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Opening the meeting, Deputy Minister Almaz Khusainov noted that the Republic of Tatarstan was included in the number of 6 pilot regions under the programme. In addition, a regional labour productivity programme has been developed and is being implemented in Tatarstan, training of personnel based on 20 resource centres is under way, technoparks, industrial sites, and innovation centres are being created, and a competence centre is operating.

The meeting also discussed the interaction of enterprises and employment centres, the role and functions of the centres of excellence for improving labour productivity, as well as development institutions in the programme implementation.

According to the Autostat Analytical Agency, four trucks models manufactured by KAMAZ PTC (part of the Rostec Corporation) were among the five most popular trucks in Russia in August 2017. The company remains the leader in the Russian market of new trucks.

In the last summer month of this year, the volume of the new truck market in Russia amounted to about 7,800 trucks (up 65.3% y-o-y). In total, in the eight months of 2017, the Russian market for new trucks grew to almost 46,000, an increase by 47% compared to the same period last year.

In August 2017, a total of 2,600 KAMAZ vehicles were sold in Russia, which is 49.5% higher than in the same period last year; these figures confirm the company's leading position in the Russian market for new trucks. Another domestic brand, GAZ, ranked second with 691 trucks (up 1.8%). The German-headquartered MAN (610 trucks) took the third place in the top three, with its sales growing 3.7 times.

According to experts, KAMAZ-5490 is the leader in the August rating models, the sales of which amounted to 523 trucks (up 121.6%). The leaders’ list also comprises the KAMAZ-43118 (517 trucks, up 38.2%) and Mercedes-Benz Actros (486 trucks, up 151.8%). Two more models of the Russian automaker, KAMAZ-6520 (471 trucks, up 80.5%) and KAMAZ-65115 (431 trucks, up 31.8%) closes the list of the five most popular ones.

TatNIPIneft experts of Tatneft Company developed a new effective technology of MGES-M for watered oilfields.

TatNIPIneft development is successfully used for contour flooding in terrigenous reservoirs of porous and fractured-porous types, with permeable heterogeneity in the formation’s section or structure. The technology enhances the oil displacement efficiency due to the selective impact on the reservoir. The emulsion compositions developed by the Institute’s experts based on proprietary emulsifier are resistant to water erosion and are easily destroyed by oil. This makes it possible to straighten the injectivity profile of water-injection wells, to cover previously unreached oil-saturated interlayers thereby increasing the sweep efficiency.

The merits of the new development include its environmental friendliness, it does not have a negative impact on the environment. In addition, it requires only standard oilfield equipment that ensures transportation and injection of working fluids into the well, which excludes additional costs for equipment upgrade.