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A meeting of the Supervisory Board of Kazan Expo took place today at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov.

The meeting was attended by Minister of Land and Property Relations of Tatarstan Fanil Agliullin, Advisor to Director General of Svyazinvestneftekhim Ayrat Garayev, Head of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Talia Minullina, Director General of Kazan Expo Robert Minnegaliyev, partner of the Strategy Partners Group Aleksey Prazdnichnykh, and others.

Aleksey Prazdnichnykh opened the Supervisory Board meeting with a report on the development of the Strategic Development Plan for the Kazan Expo IEC in the period of 2025-2030.

Then the members of the Supervisory Board considered a number of items on the agenda, such as the approval of the annual report and accounting (financial) statements of the Kazan Expo IEC for 2020, as well as the approval of Kazan Expo’s participation in the AIPC 2024 Annual Conference and General Assembly.

The members of the Supervisory Board expressed their mutual interest in continuing close contacts to promote the topical issues on the agenda and outlined a tentative work plan for the Board, being of mutual interest.

The employees of POZIS (part of the Tecmash Concern under the Rostec Corporation) have an opportunity to be vaccinated against the coronavirus directly at the company’s medical aid station. To vaccinate the employees of the enterprise, the medical personnel from the Zelenodolsk Central Regional Hospital are invited. During their last visit, 58 workers were vaccinated against COVID, 18 of them received the second component of the vaccine. The heads of services and subdivisions set an example for the staff.

The whole procedure does not take more than half an hour. First there is the registration, then the therapist’s examination and if the temperature and pressure are normal, the vaccination can be started. The factory workers are inoculated with Russia’s first Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine.

“Experts note that the quality of this vaccine ranks first among the world’s mass circulation vaccines against COVID-19. Our factory workers have a great opportunity to be vaccinated against coronavirus without interruption of production and thus protect themselves and their dear ones”, stresses Radik Hasanov, Director General of the company.

In 21 days, the workers will return to the local health centre to receive the second component of the vaccine which will build up immunity against COVID. Vaccination enrolment at the plant continues.

In April 2021, as part of the Labour Productivity national project, Techno Trans closed the implementation phase of the improvements and assessed the pilot stream for compliance with the requirements of the sample flow.

All project targets have been achieved in full, and the sample flow meets the established criteria. The office running time was reduced by 25%, the rate of truck usage in the Euro Trailer flow for long-distance transportation was increased by 20%, while the output was increased by 15%. An economic effect of over RUB 16 million was obtained.

In addition to the targets achieved, a reference site was established at which tools such as production analysis of the waybill and consignment note processing were implemented, workstations were organised based on the 5S principle, work on critical operations was standardised, and the method of structured problem solving based on the 8D tool was introduced.

In the course of the project, the company trained internal trainers who are able to independently replicate the project results in other company flows.

The project outcomes are the results of comprehensive implementation and use of Lean Production techniques. One of such tools is the implemented information centre of the company, which reflects all key performance indicators in the areas of safety, quality, order fulfilment, costs, and corporate culture.

On May 19, 2021, an award ceremony was held in Moscow to honour the winners of the Best Commercial Vehicle of the Year in Russia 2021 contest. The nationwide contest has a 20-year history and an authoritative status, the main criterion for nomination being the significant contribution a vehicle has made to transport efficiency. According to the decision of the jury, Sollers Ford received a well-deserved award for its success in developing the Russian market.

Jury members were greatly influenced by Sollers Ford work on product customisation and availability of 145 special versions of Ford Transit vehicles that allowed the company to enter new market areas; rapid steps towards production localisation that have great social importance for the regions, as well as development of Russian suppliers that got an opportunity to enter global Ford markets.

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, which allows the company to offer Russian customers an up-to-date product adapted to operate in Russian conditions at a competitive price.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov had a meeting with Director General of LUKOIL-Uralnefteprodukt Aydar Abuzyarov.

The meeting took place at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.

The parties discussed bilateral cooperation and further development of the company’s network of filling station in Tatarstan.

The meeting was also attended by Rustam Khusainov, Regional Manager of LUKOIL-Uralnefteprodukt in Tatarstan.

LUKOIL-Uralnefteproduct is one of the largest petroleum product market operators in Tatarstan. There are 39 filling stations and 2 oil depots on the territory of Tatarstan providing retail sales of petroleum products. Every day millions of people buy the company’s products, energy and heat, improving their quality of life. More than 100,000 people join their efforts and talents to ensure the company’s efficient development and its leading market position.

In 2021, the company’s work is aimed at uninterrupted supply of petroleum products for the needs of its own filling stations in Tatarstan and it expects to sell 260,000 tonnes of petroleum products through its network of filling stations.

The PSK Ak Bars Stroy joined the Labour Productivity national project in March 2021. The project is being implemented with the support of experts from the Tatarstan Regional Competence Centre.

The office process at the enterprise was defined as a pilot project, its project name being “Optimisation of Terms of Reference Formation Process”.

The company is currently implementing the Diagnostics and Planning phase. Comprehensive analysis and diagnosis of the current state of the processes in the flow will identify the potential for improving the efficiency of the work performed.

During the phase, the key problems of the pilot flow were identified with the aid of such Lean production tools as Mapping and Production Analysis.

Mapping is a tool to visualise and analyse material and information flows in the value creation process from supplier to customer. It identifies factors that increase process time and work-in-progress in the flow.

Production Analysis is a tool aimed at obtaining timely and accurate data on the implementation of the production plan, quickly identifying deviations and responding to problems. It is used to measure the stability of the production plan process, based on real data.

The enterprises of Tatarstan’s petrochemical sector shipped products worth RUB 1.538 trillion in 2020, which is about 56.5% of the total volume of shipped products.

Tatneft, TAIF NK, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Kazanorgsintez, Nefis Cosmetics, and Tatneft Tyre Group collectively account for about 90% of the total sales by the main petrochemical companies.

Last year, Tatneftekhiminvest Holding, jointly with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, set up a programme for oil-gas-chemical sector development in Tatarstan in 2020-2024 and until 2034.

In accordance with the programme, the main goal of the sector for the coming years is to shape a raw materials and scientific base for the development of functional materials production (new and composite materials, super construction plastics, functional additives) and other types of products manufactured by small and midsize chemical facilities.

At the HeliRussia 2021 International Helicopter Industry Exhibition, the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec Corporation) will present a range of its present-day civil helicopters designed for cargo-passenger, sanitary, and tourist transportation in local and regional air transport systems.

In particular, Mi-8AMT and Ansat helicopters with passenger cabins will be on display there. In addition, Ansat, Ka-62, Mi-171A2, and Mi-38 helicopters will be demonstrated as models at the company’s stand. At its interactive exhibition, experts and guests will be able to study the various uses of these rotorcrafts.

The Mi-8AMT will be presented in the version with a more comfortable cabin. At the same time, the helicopter can be re-equipped for passenger and cargo transportation. Mi-8AMT helicopter capacity provides transportation of up to 27 passengers on folding seats as well as transportation of cargo weighing up to 4 tonnes inside cargo cabin or on external sling.

The Ansat helicopter cabin is equipped with 7 energy-absorbing passenger seats, which ensure comfortable flight and additional safety. The seats are made of reinforced plastic fibre with a full aramid outer surface to reduce the likelihood of injury in emergency situations. They can be used both in the passenger version of the Ansat and in the comfort cabin.

Today a meeting of the Commission for the Defence Industry by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) entitled “Scientific and Technical Developments and their Application in Defence Industry Diversification Projects” was held as part of the 3rd International Special Transport Salon INTERPOLITEX: SpecTransExpo’2021 in Kazan.

The participants of the meeting include Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Co-Chairman of the RUIE Commission for the Defence Industry Mikhail Dmitriev, Member of the Board of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission Vyacheslav Shport, as well as representatives of the Omsk Region, the city of St. Petersburg governments, Rostec Corporation, Academy of Military Sciences, Rosoboronexport, RUIE industry associations, unions, and regional branches. The meeting discussed the current situation and plans to diversify production in the Russian MIC organisations.

Minister Karimov said that Tatarstan hosts 27 large and midsize enterprises, which are part of the Russian defence industry and are active in production of ammunition, special chemicals, aircraft building, shipbuilding, and radio-electronics.

Pursuant to the instruction by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a number of Tatarstan’s defence industry companies reached, at the end of last year, the threshold value of the share of civilian products in the total production volume set for 2020, 17%. The leaders are the Kazan Elektropribor Plant, Kazan Helicopters, and POZIS.

The 3rd Productivity 360 Federal Forum will take place on June 15 and 16 in Nizhny Novgorod. Managers of enterprises participating in the Labour Productivity national project, representatives of the expert community, government, and businesses will discuss topical issues of increasing business efficiency.

The Productivity 360 Federal Forum is organised by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and the Federal Competence Centre in Labour Productivity supported by the Government of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region. Registration for the Forum is available at www.forum-360.ru until June 1.

This year, more than 1000 people will take part in the event. The heads of the Russian Government and the Presidential Administration will also attend the Forum.

The plenary session will focus on the implementation of the national project and its development. In particular, experts will discuss the main steps for improving labour productivity and increasing the competitiveness of Russian enterprises against the backdrop of global challenges. The participants will also be able to attend training sessions of Performance Management System and Change Management, as well as the Office Process Factory.

The Forum will include an awards ceremony for the winners of the Best Practices Federal Contest. In 2021, there will be two nominations: Best Practice for Productivity Improvement and Best Proposal for Improvement.