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On July 27, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, supported by representatives from the Tatarstan Ministry of Economy, the Tatarstan Ministry of Health, the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency, ZAO IPT Idea, SEZ Innopolis, and SEZ Alabuga, held a meeting to determine the prospects for the implementation of the project titled “Pharmapolis of the Republic of Tatarstan”.
Given the state of the republic’s pharmaceutical industry, one of the main drivers for its development, according to the Ministry, is involving pharmaceutical companies to Tatarstan as residents of sites with special business environment. In the brainstorming format, the participants discussed key issues of the project on creating a management system and allocating a special site for the placement of pharmaceutical facilities.
In follow-up to the meeting, it is expected that an action plan will be worked out by the republic’s ministries and organisations participating in the project.
From 17 to 20 October 2017, the city of Ufa will host the 17th Russian Energy Forum and the International Specialised Exhibition “Urals Power”.
The Forum is organised by the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Ministry of Industry and Innovation Policies of Bashkortostan, the Bashkir Exhibition Company with the support from the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Energy Forum is a large-scale and authoritative platform for discussing promising and current trends in the energy sector development. The key event of the Forum will be a plenary session titled “Contemporary Power Engineering: Multivariate Development”; sections on topical areas with the participation of leading energy experts are also scheduled.
The KAMAZ Forging Plant have completed a multi-stage project, which started more than a year ago as part of the diversification programme. Since March, the plant has been carrying out regular deliveries of two kinds of forged crankshafts to the Yaroslavl Motor Plant.
The initiative to produce crankshafts at the production facilities of KAMAZ was made by the Yaroslavl engine builders, with the reason being their own import substitution programme. Having reached an agreement with partners, forging plant experts proceeded to designing new products, creating design documentation, and starting preproduction engineering. A final stage of the work included the creation of a special section for machining crankshafts; now the forging plant has a full cycle of product development, including high-quality machining.
It is noteworthy that this large-scale project has been implemented without purchasing any additional equipment: they managed to unleash the potential of the machine tools already available at the plant. In addition, an ideal crankshaft balancing was achieved. Specifically for correcting imbalance in forgings, a computer programme has been developed at the plant. The discrepancy between the weight characteristics of the counterbalances is entered into it, computed, and the resulting information goes to a milling machine operator who completes the product.
Based on the KAMAZ press service information
The second annual international forum “Eurasian Week” will be held at Astana EXPO-2017 (the Republic of Kazakhstan) on August 24-26.
The first Eurasian Week took place in Moscow in 2016, gathering more than 2,000 visitors and 400 speakers representing business, government structures, and expert communities from EAEU, Singapore, EU, South Korea, Chile, Vietnam, Egypt, Iran, and other countries.
Within the framework of the Eurasian Week 2017, representatives of businesses, government agencies, and experts will discuss applied issues of creating competitive products and their launch in foreign markets under the conditions of dynamic changes in technology, production and logistics processes, and product requirements.
The Forum will also host the displays of export-oriented companies from the five Union Member States and will provide an opportunity to establish business contacts and hold B2B meetings both between companies of the Union Member States and with representatives of third countries.
The business programme of the Forum will comprise the Summit of Governors from regions of the EAEC member countries.
The assembly section of new cabs at the KAMAZ Automobile Plant received a commercial batch of new localised component, Floor Carpet Kit, for KAMAZ-5490 tractor units and for KAMAZ-65206 and KAMAZ-65207 trucks. The new floor covering became an alternative to the products from Daimler, whose deliveries would cease in October. Thirty-six cabs have already tried the first carpet kits. This event was preceded by a lot of work, started early in the year.
The selection of the supplier was followed by the purchase of two test kits for trial assembly. Russian carpets have passed necessary tests in the laboratories of the KAMAZ Research and Development Centre and in the non-metallic materials laboratory of the Technology Centre. Tests were conducted to assess frost resistance at - 45°C, fire resistance, heat resistance at + 80°C, oil resistance, face layer strength, and sound absorption coefficient. As a result, a positive opinion was received for its manufacturing application.
The new parts are made of polyurethane foam covered with a layer of durable artificial leather using the advanced Skin Spray technology process. It has excellent sound-absorbing properties and good-looking appearance. Regular shipments of carpets will commence in the autumn. The nominated supplier is currently expanding its facilities to ensure full import substitution and uninterrupted supply.
Based on the KAMAZ press service information
The Rostec Corporation approved the strategy for POZIS, which provides for a fourfold increase in revenues from the sales of civilian products by 2025. The company will become a growth driver in the sphere of civilian production at the Rostec Weapons Cluster within the framework of the defence industry’s conversion programme.
During his visit to the Republic of Tatarstan, Industrial Director of Rostec Weapons Cluster Sergey Abramov inspected the progress in a number of projects initiated by POZIS (part of Rostec) and studied new developments of the company.
At present, in addition to the traditional production of small-calibre ammunition, POZIS intensively develops the areas of domestic refrigeration equipment and medical refrigeration equipment based on the introduction of high-tech equipment and advanced technologies, as well as by developing new types of household appliances, such as dishwashers and washing machines, kitchen stoves. Among the company’s latest developments is a special refrigerator for furs. In 2017, POZIS became a pioneer among Russian factories for the production of wine cabinets in wooden design.
The strategy of POZIS envisages the completion of a set of measures to restructure the company’s industrial facilities and the development of high-tech civilian products through product line diversification.
The Russian Ministry of Defence received, well ahead of schedule, a new batch of Mi-8MTV-5-1 military transport helicopters manufactured by the Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters Holding.
Timed to coincide with the Unified Military Goods Commissioning Day (held on 26 July 2017 in a videoconference format with the National Defence Control Centre), the Kazan Helicopters manufactured a batch of six Mi-8MTV-5-1 military transport helicopters. The equipment supplied to the Ministry of Defence passed all kinds of tests. The military representative office conducted QA tests of build quality and component manufacturing and assembly quality. The finished helicopters in their required specifications were inspected in the final assembly workshop to check the installation and operating capacity of on-board systems, as well as emergency crew support systems. In addition, the helicopters have been tested at the flight test facility and are ready for delivery to their operators.
The Mi-8MTV-5-1 military transport helicopter is supplied to Russia’s military and law-enforcement agencies and is designed to transport up to 4 tonnes of cargo and equipment. The helicopter can also fly search-and-rescue missions and carry out a number of specialised tasks.
On July 27, the Korston Hotel & Mall in Kazan (Pushkin-2 Conference Hall, 13.00 to 18.00) will host a seminar titled “Reliable Partnership as Path to Success”.
The event will comprise the presentation of the Fasol franchise programme from the METRO Cash & Carry. This programme is aimed at owners of small grocery stores with sales floor space of 50-150 square metres and entrepreneurs who are just planning to open their stores.
The key objectives of the Fasol initiative are:
- Supporting small and medium-sized retail outlets in the professional conduct of business by transferring basic knowledge in the field of commerce,
- Introducing up-to-date formats in small-scale retail trade, capable of providing a high level of service, quality, and safety of commodities,
- Creating a professional community under the franchise banner of “Fasol”,
- Building loyalty of end-users to “convenience store” and “express store” formats.
In addition, the seminar programme includes the educational modules “Business Navigator of SMEs” from the Federal Corporation for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises and “Business Class” from Sberbank of Russia and Google.
On July 23, the festival dubbed “I Opt for the Sky” was held near the Kazan Family Centre. The event was attended by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, Deputy Commander of Russian Aerospace Forces Sergey Dronov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, hero of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation Sergey Krikalev, as well as executives and employees of aircraft building enterprises, students and schoolchildren, numerous residents and guests of Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan.
The 5th I Opt for the Sky air show was held for the first time in the very centre of Kazan. In previous years, the air show grounds were the airfield in Kurkachi and the Gorbunov KAPO airdrome. This year, the well-loved event was combined with another one, no less significant for the Tatarstan capital, the final round of the Red Bull Air Race held in Russia for the first time ever.
Despite the extensive flight programme of the festival, its main event was the appearance in the sky of legendary aircraft build in the Kazan Aviation Plant: the Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber, and its evolution, the world's heaviest military aircraft, the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber jet, known as the “White Swan”.
On July 22, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan Albert Karimov congratulates current and retired workers of the trade sector on their professional holiday:
“On behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan and on my personal behalf, I sincerely congratulate you on the Salesperson Day!
Today, one can hardly underestimate the role played by trade in the country's economy. After all, it is the trade sector that is closest to final consumers and provides the people with goods and services.
Trade is one of the largest branches of the national economy. Its contribution to the republic’s gross regional product is 14.2%. Moreover, trade sector has vital importance in supporting federal and regional budgets, which is instrumental in ensuring the financial stability of the regions and creates conditions for social sphere development.
Thanks to the professionalism and dedication of employees engaged in the sphere of trade, the quality of services is increasingly improving in our republic and the needs of our customers are most fully satisfied.
With all my heart, I wish you good health, happiness, personal and professional success, stability, new achievements in your favourite business. I sincerely thank you for your hard, yet very necessary, work!”