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The Tatarstan’s industrial export potential was discussed today within the framework of the Hour with Trade Representative online workshop.
Trade Representative of Russia in Algeria Ivan Nalich had a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov.
The event was attended by representatives of major Republic’s industrial enterprises, such as the Engineering and Production Centre, the Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation, Tatspirtprom, Tatneft, and YelAZ.
During the meeting, the parties discussed the current progress in trade and economic relations; Tatarstan companies also presented their export potential with an opportunity of entering the Algerian market.
As a result of the event, an agreement was reached on further cooperation between the Russian Trade Mission in Algeria and representatives of Tatarstan’s businesses and on continuation of joint work to establish cooperation with Algerian partners.
Representatives of the Tatar-Bashkir National Cultural Centre of Kashkadarya Region (Republic of Uzbekistan) took an active part in festivities at the Karshi Central Park of Culture and Recreation dedicated to Nowruz, a remarkable date in the life of Oriental nations.
Director of the Сentre Firuza Ikhsanova heartily congratulated fellow countrymen on the New Year according to the Oriental solar calendar. She spoke about historical roots of Nowruz, its wonderful traditions, legends, features of national dishes decorating the holiday tables on the days of Nowruz, and recited poems dedicated to Uzbekistan, love, and spring.
The participants in the vernal equinox festival, which ushers in the astronomical new year, have for centuries wished one another long life, happiness, health, a rich harvest in the fields and orchards, and plenty of breeding stock for farm animals. Director of Chirakchi Branch of the Tatar-Bashkir National Cultural Centre of Kashkadarya Region Farkhad Rakhmanov, activists of the centre Ildar Rakhmatullin, Nailya Khismatullina, and others made a lot of heartfelt wishes.
Performances in Tatar and English of the Koyash folk-ethnographic ensemble at the Tatar-Bashkir Cultural Centre earned great applause from the audience, while Tatar and Spanish dances of the youngest participant of Koyash Amina Yegamberdieva gave additional positive emotions to the participants of the event.
An award ceremony for the winners of the annual republic’s contest “Exporter of the Year” for small and medium-sized enterprises of Tatarstan in the field of exports for the year 2020 was held today at the House of Entrepreneurs.
The awards were presented to the winners by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Tatarstan Midkhat Shagiakhmetov, Chairman of the Tatarstan Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageyev, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Foods of Tatarstan Rishat Khabipov, and Deputy Head of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Marina Yepifantseva.
The Exporter of the Year annual republic’s contest for small and medium-sized enterprises of Tatarstan is held by the Ministry of Economy of Tatarstan, the Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Tatarstan Business Support Foundation, and the Tatarstan Centre for Exports Support.
Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov had a meeting with Maksim Boureyev, Trade Representative of Russia to the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The meeting was held via videoconference.
The meeting was attended by representatives of such industrial enterprises of Tatarstan as Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation, Maksiton, Tatspirtprom, Tatneft-Neftekhim, KER-Holding, Engineering and Production Centre, Tatneft, and YelAZ.
The participants presented their products, asked questions to the Trade Representative and discussed opportunities and prospects of supplying goods to the South African market.
Tatarstan’s exports to South Africa are mainly mineral fuels, oil, and land vehicles.
“Tatarstan is interested in developing cooperation with partners from South Africa in a wide range of activities. We will be glad to have an assistance to this process from the Trade Mission of Russia in South Africa”, the Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan said during his speech.
As a result of the videoconference, an agreement was reached on the assistance by the Russian Trade Mission to Tatarstan companies in searching for South African partners.
On March 25-27, the Ot Winta! (Off We Go!) Festival of Children’s and Youth’s Scientific and Technical Creativity will take place in Krasnodar. Its participants include inventors and innovators from Tatarstan. They will present such projects as an innovative biogas unit, which became a prize-winner in the 2019 Project Olympiad, as well as the concept of space modelling youth centres designed to become centres of attraction for young technicians and designers across the country.
The Ot Winta! International Festival is a key youth event of the Year of Science and Technology. The festival has become a communication platform where young inventors, scientists, heads of federal ministries and agencies, governors and regional supervisors of science and technology meet together.
The Technoforum will be held as part of the Festival; its central topic will be attracting young people into the field of science and technology. Heads of federal ministries and agencies, scientific institutions and leaders of youth initiatives will discuss how to build a system involving young people in science and engineering. The Technoforum programme includes over 200 official events.
The annual International Festival of Children’s and Youth’s Scientific and Technical Creativity was initiated in 2005 and has been successfully held in various Russian regions and abroad. This year, Krasnodar is set to become its permanent venue.
Kastamonu, Russia’s leading woodworking manufacturer, has launched its third production line. The event took place in March 2021. With the opening of this line, the company will produce a total of 45 million square metres of laminate per year.
Kastamonu’s plant opened in Tatarstan in 2014. During its operation, the company, located in Yelabuga, has invested over USD 771.8 million in the region, making it the largest Turkish investor in the republic and the second largest among the SEZ Alabuga residents. The company produces laminate floorings of wear-resistance class 31 to 33 and various types of MDF boards, including moisture-resistant and fire-resistant ones. The laminate floorings are supplied to 27 countries in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
The new line at the Kastamonu plant will produce laminate in the most demanded wear-resistance classes - 31, 32, 33, and in the highest class - 34, which was not previously included in the company’s product portfolio. The plant can thus fulfil the widest range of market requirements for both commercial and residential properties, providing materials for various types of premises in accordance with the highest quality and performance requirements.
Over the years, the company has regularly supported environmental initiatives and participated in environment protection activities, cooperating with WWF Russia and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
Today, the third meeting of the Kazakhstan-Tatarstan Working Group for Trade and Economic Cooperation was held under the co-chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov and Vice Minister of the National Economy of Kazakhstan Alibek Kuantyarov. The meeting was held in the online format.
The meeting was also attended by Head of the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minullina, as well as representatives of other ministries and agencies, and republic’s enterprises.
The parties discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, as well as key joint projects and initiatives.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic and the introduction of restrictive measures in 2020, the volume of trade between Kazakhstan and Tatarstan grew by 14% compared with the indicator for 2019.
The ties between enterprises of various economy sectors of Tatarstan and Kazakhstan are vigorously developing. Tatneft and KAMAZ are active in implementing projects in mechanical engineering, oil and gas spheres in Kazakhstan. An interest in the development of trade and economic relations with Kazakhstani partners were expressed by such enterprises as POZIS, Eidos-Medicine, Kazan Motor-Building Production Association, Raritek Holding, and others.
Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a regular meeting of the Tatarstan Headquarters for Ensuring Power Supply Security chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov. Part of the participants were connected via video conferencing.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Health of Tatarstan, the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in Tatarstan, the Ministry of Education and Science of Tatarstan, the Ministry of IT and Communications of Tatarstan, as well as representatives of the Tatarstan Grid Company, TGK-16, Tatenergo, Tatenergosbyt, Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Kazan, the Tatarstan Regional Dispatching Office of the Unified Energy System, KAMAZ-Energo, the Karpov Chemical Plant, and Nizhnekamsk CHP.
In the course of the meeting held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, flood and fire-hazardous forecasts for 2021 were analysed. The meeting also considered the issue of equipping socially significant facilities with autonomous backup power supply sources, including public utilities and organisation of reliable power supply to the Unified State Examination venues.
In addition, the participants discussed the approval of investment programmes for power utilities, which include remote control elements for relay protection and automation equipment and devices as part of the industry’s digitalisation.
POZIS Company (part of the Tecmash Concern under the Rostec Corporation) increased the sales of specialised MX-500 refrigerators for fur products by almost 10% since the beginning of the year.
POZIS successfully develops new types of household and medical refrigeration equipment within the framework of production diversification. MX-500 is one of the latest company’s developments. The refrigerated cabinet is a full-fledged analogue of a professional fur coat room with smaller dimensions (730 mm˟860 mm˟2050 mm) and better ergonomics. It is designed for storing several fur coats and hats.
The smart refrigerator is equipped with a microprocessor control with indication and temperature control from -10°C to +8°C, supports air humidity from 50% to 70%.
Due to the cyclic frost mode, the refrigerator makes it possible to preventively deal with malicious insects that can harm a fur product. MX-500 is programmed for monthly lowering the temperature inside the cabinet down to -10°C, at which all types of insects die, and then return to the normal operating temperature range.
The cabinet consumes electricity like a conventional kitchen refrigerator; there is enough 220V ordinary power outlet. The POZIS refrigeration cabinet for storing fur products can be performed in any basic colour, including artistic painting and inlay by Swarovski crystals.
The Ansat helicopter used by the Republic’s Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of Tatarstan has been upgraded. It was equipped with a new ambulance module with increased convenience of patient loading. The work was done by the UVT Aero airline with the participation of experts from Kazan Helicopters.
The new ambulance module manufactured by the Kazan Aggregate Plant features a modified layout that facilitates patient loading and unloading.
In Tatarstan, 184 Ansat medical evacuations were performed in 2020. For the first time, patients injured in road accidents were evacuated outside the republic. The helicopter flew to the Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, and Kirov regions.
Ansat is a light twin-engine multirole helicopter, serial production of which has been established at the Kazan Helicopters. In May 2015, an addition to the type certificate was obtained for a modification of the medevac helicopter. In August 2018, based on the results of the certification work, the Federal Air Transport Agency issued approval to the Kazan Helicopters for a major modification to increase the resources of a number of Ansat units and systems. In February 2020, aviation authorities of Russia certified the installation of a ditching system on Ansat.
The airline successfully operates in the PPP format performing a job package for the air ambulance needs. For the maintenance of the Ansat helicopter, the UVT Aero has done a lot of work to train engineering and technical personnel, conduct personnel training, and acquire the necessary equipment.