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In July 2017, Russian dealers sold 698 Ford Transit light commercial vehicles. As compared to last July, their sales grew by 65%. The higher y-o-y increase in the Ford model range was only shown by Ford Kuga crossovers (up 102%). Since early 2017, customers buy 4095 vans, minibuses, and special versions created on the basis of Ford Transit, an increase by 48% compared to the period of January to July 2016.
Ford Transit occupies a stable third position in sales among Ford cars in Russia and is the sales leader among foreign brands in the LCV segment following the results of 2016 and 7 months of 2017.
In July, a line of special versions available for ordering directly from Ford dealers was expanded by 24 modifications in 5 types for various purposes: a small-capacity bus, a school bus, a cargo van, an isothermal refrigerating van, and an executive vehicle. A wide range of special Ford Transit versions makes it possible to provide Russian businesses and social services with vehicles that are best suited for solving specific tasks in different roads and climatic conditions.
Based on the information from the SEZ Alabuga Press Service
In 2017, an active work was started in the Buinsk Municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan to implement a large-scale district-wise project, the Buinsk Industrial Park. It is scheduled to establish the industrial park in 2018. This project is a top-priority one for the Buinsk District and is aimed at improving conditions for investment and economic development of the district.
The key attractions of the Buinsk Municipality are its favourable economic and geographical position, developed transport infrastructure, and relative closeness to such large industrial cities of Russia as Kazan, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Dimitrovgrad, Cheboksary, and Syzran.
For more information about the Buinsk Industrial Park, please contact Gulina Sharafutdinova, Head of the Territorial Development Dept. at the Executive Committee of the Buinsk Municipality.
Today, on August 17, the Tatarstan-Izmir Business Forum was held within the framework of the working visit by the Tatarstan delegation to Turkey (Izmir). Introductory speeches were delivered by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Executive Board President of the Izmir Chamber of Commerce Ekrem Demirtas, and Chairman of the Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageyev.
During the forum, presentations were made of the trade, economic and investment potential of the Republic of Tatarstan, SEZ IPT Alabuga, the Priority Social and Economic Development Area (TOSER), alongside with the presentation of the Aegean region and B2B meetings.
In the course of the Forum, an agreement was signed between the Izmir Chamber of Commerce and the Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
On September 9-10, the capital of the Russian Federation, Moscow, celebrates its 870th anniversary.
Within the celebrations of the Day of Moscow City on September 1 to September 10, the 870th Jubilee of Moscow Festival (with festival's trade concept of “Hospitable Moscow”) will be held at 43 venues in all districts, parks, boulevards, and streets of the city.
We invite the best regional producers of souvenirs, toys, goods for creativity, hobbies, and recreation, confectionery and sweets (in industrial packaging) to take part in the 870th Jubilee of Moscow Festival.
Applications are accepted till August 17, 2017.
Participation in the Festival is free of charge.
Today on August 16, the Kazanskaya Yarmarka Exhibition Centre hosted a workshop for manufacturers dedicated to the introduction of systems for tracking the originality, movement, and location of manufactured goods.
The introduction of such systems allows manufacturers to track the chains of sale and use of goods, analyse their demand, target audience, and predict future sales, advertise the product, protect their products from counterfeits, facilitate the promotion of goods to foreign markets, etc.
The workshop was moderated by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Denis Valeyev.
During the workshop, speeches were delivered by representatives of development companies.
Dear executives, we remind you of the opportunity of placing notices of procurement for own needs by enterprises that are not customers in accordance with the Federal Law No. 223-FZ of 18.07.2011 “On Procurement of Goods, Jobs, Services by Individual Types of Legal Entities” on the Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Information Portal at smb.tattis.ru.
This would increase the awareness of SME representatives about the procurements of your company and expand your range of suppliers.
On August 14, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov congratulated Timur Mindubaev, Leading Expert of the Official Translations Sector (and a long-time translator of this site), with his semi-centenary jubilee, thanked him for his many years of conscientious work for the benefit of the Republic of Tatarstan and wished further success.
On August 11, Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast Sergey Levchenko arrived to the Republic of Tatarstan on a working visit. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov and other officials met Sergei Levchenko at the Kazan International Airport.
It is expected that during their stay in Tatarstan on August 11-12, members of the Irkutsk Oblast delegation will visit a number of industrial facilities, studied the innovation infrastructure established in the republic, hold meetings and business discussions with their Tatarstan counterparts. The programme of the delegation comprised a visit to the IT Park and the Technopolis Himgrad, tours of the innovative city of Innopolis and the Special Economic Zone Alabuga.
October 17, 2017 will saw the 12th Annual Conference “Oil and Gas Service in Russia” (Neftgazservis-2017). This is a traditional meeting between the supervisors of the oilfield services units within the vertically integrated oil companies and the executives of drilling and geophysical companies.
The Conference will sum up the results of the annual survey of oil and gas companies in 2017 and will award the winners in the following categories: field geophysics, seismic and VSP surveys; wireline wells services; operational and exploratory drilling; telemetry, HDD; side tracking; bit services; well servicing and workover, remedial cementing and fishing services; drilling-mud services; well cementing; coil tubing; hydraulic fracturing; ESP. All conference participants will receive a new wall map "Russian Oil and Gas Services’ 2017".
On August 9, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Russian Federation Peter Ericson. The meeting was also attended by Second Secretary of the Embassy Konrad Rikardson and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Denis Valeyev.
Mr. Ericson stressed that he had heard much about Tatarstan, and on his arrival, has convinced himself that this positive responses were true.
During the meeting, Albert Karimov made a presentation of the industrial potential in Tatarstan; the participants discussed the issues of further mutually beneficial cooperation.