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AO Voronezhstalmost has completed the pilot project entitled “Improving Productivity at the Supporting Block Fabrication Stream” as a part of the Labour Productivity national project. Jointly with the Regional Competence Centre of the Voronezh Region and the Regional Competence Centre of Tatarstan, an assessment was carried out, during which the Supporting Block Fabrication Stream was recognised as a model stream.

Implementation of action plan on achieving the goal state allowed reaching really high results, namely: to reduce process running time by 19% from 44,265 to 35,942 minutes; to reduce in-process inventory from 2,194 tonnes to 1,970 tonnes; to increase production output from 7.97 to 8.76 tonnes/person/month. One of the important results is that it was possible to unite the team, which is aimed at replicating the successful experience in creating a model stream and a reference site using all the Lean Manufacturing tools.

Dmitry Sinyukov, Head of RCC Voronezh, and Shamil Bayramov, Head of RCC Tatarstan, visited the reference site, where they inspected the work results and discussed difficulties arising in the process of work on the project. “The global optimisation process is a long-term development strategy for the entire enterprise, which is sure to bring its benefits both in the internal process and in the competitive market,” Shamil Bayramov, head of RCC Tatarstan, said in conclusion.

German Lerner, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, had a meeting today with a delegation from Uzbekistan chaired by Deputy Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Khurram Teshabaev. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.

During the meeting, the parties discussed existing formats of interaction aimed at developing bilateral trade and economic cooperation as well as key joint projects and initiatives.

“Relations between Tatarstan and Uzbekistan are successfully developing in various areas. We believe that we have an opportunity to increase mutual trade indicators. The trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Tatarstan in 2020 was USD 156 million. In 2020, exports to Uzbekistan reached USD 126 million. Imports to Tatarstan amounted to USD 29 million in 2020. There is a successful cooperation between Uzbekistan and Tatarstan,” German Lerner said during his speech.

At the end of the meeting, the parties agreed to continue joint work to develop interregional cooperation and support each other in all spheres of partnership.

Division of the National Bank in Tatarstan of the Volga-Vyatka Main Branch of the Russian Central Bank reminds that since July 01, 2021 amendments to the Law No.2300-1 of February 7, 1992 “On Protection of Consumer Rights” will come into force, according to which the obligation to provide payment for goods (works, services) using national payment instruments applies to a seller (performer, owner, aggregator) with proceeds from goods sales (works, services) for the previous calendar year exceeding RUB 20 million.

In Ankara, Tatarstan President Minnikhanov had a meeting with Mustafa Varank, Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology.

“The Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation is very dear to our hearts. Based on our cultural and historical ties, we need to strengthen economic contacts. We can mutually increase investments in the economies of our countries,” the Minister said.

“Unfortunately, the current epidemiological situation in the world does not allow us to see each other more often. Let’s hope that joint efforts of the international community will finally overcome this problem in the near future,” the Tatarstan President said.

Rustam Minnikhanov also said that the Republic of Turkey is one of the leading foreign partners of Tatarstan. Last year’s trade turnover exceeded $360 million.

“We see great potential for cooperation between our Innopolis SEZ and your IT Valley. In addition, as you know, our leading companies operating in the petrochemicals and automotive industries show interest in implementing joint projects in Turkey,” Rustam Minnikhanov added.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting today in Ankara with Turkish Trade Minister Mehmet Muş.

“We follow closely and with great interest the dynamic development of your country, rejoice in the successes of the brotherly Turkish people with whom we are brought together by historical, cultural, religious, and linguistic commonality,” the Tatarstan President said in his welcoming speech.

He informed that 10 large Turkish factories are successfully operating in Tatarstan. Work on new projects is underway. In turn, a number of Tatarstan companies representing the petrochemical and automotive sectors are exploring the opportunities of implementing investment projects in Turkey.

“Recently, you personally received a delegation of our Tatneft Group. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and attention to our initiatives,” Rustam Minnikhanov added.

Mehmet Muş, in turn, expressed his intention to support Tatneft's project. “I have already given relevant instructions to my colleagues. These investments are very important for us. We have a great need for petrochemicals,” the Trade Minister said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan announces the start of the selection of recipients of subsidies for the reimbursement of lost income in connection with the provision of discounts to owners of vehicles for the conversion.

Subsidy is given from the budget of Tatarstan to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs who carry out the conversion of vehicles to use natural gas (methane).

Conversion and maintenance outlets may apply to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan with proposals (applications) to participate in the selection process from June 25 to July 26, 2021. Proposals (applications) are accepted in accordance with the requirements of the Resolution of the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers No. 484 of June 21, 2021 “On Approval of the Procedure of Granting Subsidies from Tatarstan Budget to Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs Performing Works on Conversion of Vehicles to Natural Gas (Methane) as Motor Fuel to Reimburse Their Lost Income Due to Provision of Persons Performing the Conversion, Discounts to Vehicle Owners for the Cost of Vehicles Being Converted”.

More information can be found here (in Russian).

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a regular meeting of the Tatarstan Headquarters for Ensuring Power Supply Security. 

The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, representatives of ministries and agencies, and power industry enterprises of Tatarstan.

The meeting discussed power supply reliability for consumers connected under the first and second categories of power supply reliability, especially vital and socially important facilities; approval and implementation of investment programmes by companies in 2021; preparation of the energy infrastructure for the forthcoming world-class events in 2022, the Special Olympics and the Volleyball World Championship; and other issues.

The participants discussed and approved in detail the action plan for preparing the energy supply for the sports venues and infrastructure for the Special Olympics World Winter Games and the 2022 FIVB Volleyball World Championship matches.

As Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Marat Minibayev mentioned, Tatarstan’s energy companies are ready for said events to be held in Kazan.

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a video-conference lecture by Rospotrebnadzor representatives on the topic of vaccination against coronavirus infection, chaired by Deputy Minister German Lerner.

Actively informing citizens about the importance of being vaccinated against coronavirus and the consequences of not doing so is one of the main tasks. “Inaccurate information about vaccination can cost people their lives,” German Lerner stressed during his speech.

Lyubov Avdonina, Deputy Head of Rospotrebnadzor Office in Tatarstan, spoke about the COVID-19 vaccine, the importance of vaccination and the possibility of vaccination at enterprises. The lecture also covered the incidence rates of coronavirus infection in the world, Russia, and Tatarstan. As Lubov Avdonina noted, mass vaccination is the only effective way to stop the pandemic and there is no alternative to it.

There are currently five ways to sign up for a coronavirus vaccination:

- Russian Federation’s Single Portal for Public Services;

- State and Municipal Services Portal of Tatarstan;

- Single number 122;

- By contacting the Multifunctional Centre for Provision of Services;

- By contacting a polyclinic by phone.

RMZ RariTEK has summarised the results of the first stage of the Labour Productivity national project. Yuri Shport, Director of RMZ RariTEK, and Shamil Bayramov, Head of the Regional Competence Centre, together with the project team toured the sample stream created as part of the Programme.

The team, together with the experts from the Regional Competence Centre managed to achieve impressive results: to reduce process time almost two times from 19680 minutes to 12000 minutes, to reduce the volume of unfinished products from 102 units to 50 units, to increase production output from 0.7 buses per day to 1 bus per shift, to reduce labour intensity of operations from 250 to 200 n/hour, to obtain economic effect of RUB 28 million, but what is the most important, to introduce continuous improvement culture, to involve staff in change making, to develop a capable, trained team to replicate the successes achieved.

At the final meeting, RCC Head Shamil Bayramov emphasised the scope and consistency of the work done, good results and a large number of improvements made in the sample stream. Director of RMZ RariTEK Yuri Shport presented the programme for replication of the results to other streams of the company. The best participants of the project working group were awarded with letters of gratitude and valuable prizes. The agreement was also reached on the use of the company site as a training base for teams of the companies that have just joined the Programme.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov is on a working visit to Istanbul (Republic of Turkey) as a member of the Tatarstan delegation. As part of the visit, he had a meeting with representatives of the Association of Turkish Machine Manufacturers (MİB).

The Association consolidates more than 200 Turkish companies producing machinery and equipment for such sectors as food, automotive, wood processing, plastics, construction, and others. The main task of the organisation is to represent the interests of manufacturing companies among the authorities in the country as well as abroad, promote their products in foreign markets, assist in participation in exhibitions, analyse the machine building sector to provide unbiased information to the members of the association, and so on.

During the talks, the Tatarstan President noted that the Republic of Turkey is one of the leading foreign partners of Tatarstan. Last year, the trade turnover exceeded $360 million. President Minnikhanov stressed the importance of personal contacts in order to restore the indicators of cooperation to the pre-pandemic level.

Representatives of the Association visited Kazan in March this year. S. Emre Gencer, Chairman of the Association, said in his welcome speech that Tatarstan is one of the most active regions with developed production.