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Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited the Alabuga Polytechnic Educational Centre today.

The centre trains highly qualified specialists for resident companies of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. Educational programmes of secondary vocational education based on the dual system, aimed at meeting the needs for qualified personnel for resident companies, have been implemented since 2019.

The Alabuga Polytechnic Targeted Production and Education Centre provides practical training for students in four of the most popular areas for Alabuga SEZ residents: laboratory chemical analysis; mechatronics and industrial robotics; electrical engineering; and industrial automation.

Timur Shagivaleyev, Director General of the Alabuga SEZ, gave explanations during the introduction to the Alabuga Polytech.

The students are taught practical skills by highly qualified tutors, acting engineers from resident companies. Practice-oriented training is achieved, among other things, by involving students in practice at the engineering infrastructure facilities of Alabuga SEZ starting from the second half-year of the first year of study.

The main vector of mastering professional skills is WorldSkills standards.

The welding and painting shop, as well as the assembly shop at the Aurus serial car plant were visited today in Tatarstan by Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, Director General of Rostec Corporation Sergey Chemezov, and other officials.

Immediately after the launch ceremony of the Aurus Senat serial production, Denis Manturov and Rustam Minnikhanov answered questions from the media.

Denis Manturov noted that Tatarstan is not only an automotive, but also a helicopter and aircraft republic. He said that it was the Kazan Helicopters that became the first partner in the collaboration with the Aurus brand.

Along with Russian companies, Western and South Korean companies took part in the project, said Denis Manturov. The entire cycle related to the IT product, all the software on which the company works and by which it is managed, as well as a number of process equipment manufacturers, were Russian.

The FGUP NAMI State Scientific Centre of the Russian Federation has developed a hydrogen-powered Aurus car. The vehicle was presented during the ceremony of launching the serial production of Aurus.

Denis Manturov also personally took the first ride in the Aurus car.

Today, a launch ceremony of Aurus Senat serial production was held in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (Yelabuga Municipal District of Tatarstan).

The event was attended by Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, Director General of Rostec Corporation Sergey Chemezov and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the ceremony via videoconference.

In his welcoming address, Vladimir Putin reminded that, for the first time in Russia’s history, an entire line of executive-class cars has been created from scratch. In addition, they have a recognisable traditional design.

The Russian President stressed that the car development process had been carried out in close collaboration with experts and engineering hubs in Europe and Asia. Everything was done quickly, our partners were surprised many times by this and were delighted along with us, Vladimir Putin said. The Russian President especially emphasised that about 70% of component suppliers are Russian companies.

Russian Minister Denis Manturov also reminded that a full-cycle production of Senate vehicle is launched today, from body-welding operations to final testing.

For his part, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov expressed his gratitude for entrusting the republic with the mass-production of the Aurus vehicle. The project would not have been possible without the support from the Government, he said.

On May 24 and 25, the 2nd round of the 8th International Olympiad “The Future of Big Chemistry” held by the Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU-KhTI) took place in Tashkent at the Inorganic Department of the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology. About 200 entrants from Uzbekistan, including Russian compatriots took part in the competition. Tatarstan was represented by the employees of the Institute of Continuous Education Development: E.A. Shishkova, head of the pre-university training centre, and E.S. Arslanova, head of vocational guidance for schoolchildren.

In accordance with Clause 3 of the Procedure for Including Businesses in the List of Organisations Related to Retail Trade, as approved by Resolution of the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers No.298 dated April 30, 2021 “On Measures of Government Support for Producers of Sunflower Oil and White Sugar”, from May 17 to May 26, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade selected business entities for the inclusion in the list of organisations related to retail trade.

You can find out more about the results of selecting businesses included in the list of retail trade organisations by clicking here (in Russian).

Order by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade No. 1831 of May 19, 2021 approved the organisation of work to evaluate the performance of executive authorities in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the sphere of manufacturing industry.

The performance evaluation of regional executive authorities in industry will allow for greater involvement of constituent entities in stimulating industrial development, while regions will be able to identify their growth points, actively use government support measures, and analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the ongoing regional policies for developing industrial potential and attracting investment.

The effectiveness is assessed for 4 blocks: region’s economic development, its regulatory framework and regional support measures, business activities, as well as interaction with the IDF and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia.

In addition, the evaluation results will help identify best practices in the implementation of regional industrial policies with the opportunities for their further transfer and exchange of experience.

“With the aid of this system, we will be able to encourage regions not only to maintain their current industrial potential, but to work out promising areas for their development in more detail as well”, said Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.

Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov had a meeting with Ramil Zakirov, Representative of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.

The participants to the meeting discussed the issues and joint tasks within the Days of Yakutia in Tatarstan. The event is scheduled for June 7-11.

At the end of the meeting, the parties noted the high potential and opportunities for cooperation, and agreed to develop mutually beneficial cooperation to promote the interests of Tatarstan and Sakha (Yakutia).

During the Days of Yakutia, it is planned to sign an agreement between the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan on cooperation in the economic, cultural, social, and other spheres, as well as an Action Plan for 2021-2023 for its implementation.

Sollers Ford will produce and deliver more than 350 Ford Transit cash-in-transit vehicles for the Russian banking sector. The first 44 vehicles will be delivered to Sberbank as early as May, with the remainder to be delivered by mid-autumn 2021.

The all-metal van is used as the base version for the armoured Ford Transit vehicle. The CIT vehicles are fully customised and, depending on customer requirements, equipped with front, rear, or all-wheel drive, as well as with an engine of required horsepower. Wide range of optional equipment and reinforced suspension of the base van allows the Ford Transit to be armoured to a customer’s required protection class, and to combine elements of different classes in one vehicle.

All armoured vans are equipped with telemetry system, internal and external video surveillance systems, fire suppression system, centralised locking system, special air conditioning system, loopholes in the doors for firing, mountings for weapons, etc.

Ford Transit is one of the most popular vehicles in the LCV segment. The loyalty of its customers are due to a number of vehicle’s advantages, such as quality and reliability, low cost of ownership, high level of service in an official dealer network at an affordable, one-of-the-lowest for LCVs, maintenance cost, and many others. Ford Transit production was launched at the Sollers Ford factory in Yelabuga using full-cycle technology.

During his working trip to Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the ceremony marking the Chemist’s Day.

The event was held at the Neftekhim Arena ice palace. Prior to the official part, President Minnikhanov toured an exhibition of the republic’s petrochemical companies, studied the priority areas of Tatarstan’s chemical sector development, including the strengthening of scientific and educational potential. 

In his welcoming address, Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated current and retired employees of the chemical industry with their professional holiday. “We have a good tradition: we celebrate Chemist’s Day in Nizhnekamsk, visit our enterprises, open new production facilities. Today we have launched three production facilities at TANECO, and we have seen a new project at Nizhnekamskneftekhim. Those are huge investments and state-of-the-art world-class production facilities. This means our petrochemicals will be competitive and have prospects”, the President said.

“Today, Tatarstan is one of the petrochemical centres in our country. We have big plans for the future, I hope we will implement them”, Rustam Minnikhanov added.

The President then presented a number of government awards of Tatarstan to republic’s employees of the chemical and petrochemical sectors.

Two strategic directions are being pursued at the Kazan Helicopters to improve the company’s efficiency and labour productivity. The first one is the development of process control technologies. The second one is the development of production technologies. Systemic work to implement process control technologies began as early as 2010-2011. Back then, the company started testing Lean production tools within a pilot project to implement them in the tail section of the main rotor blades. Subsequently, these undertakings expanded into a full-fledged project to develop the production system for the entire blade production in accordance with Lean principles. The project lasted about a year and resulted in a significant economic effect amounting to about RUB 45 million.

The plant is carrying out a large-scale upgrade of its production facilities, and has already invested more than RUB 11 billion in retrofitting. In doing this, production under new technologies and on new premises is organised with the use of tools for analysis and construction of optimal flows. Only such joint implementation of new process control and production technologies gives the best synergetic effect.

In 2019, Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters Holding was among the enterprises in Tatarstan that launched the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project. At the  plant, together with FCC, labour productivity was improved at the project of Production of Composite Blades for Mi-38/Mi-171A2.