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Some 40 people from 20 enterprises of Tatarstan visited the Kalashnikov Group on Thursday. The delegation included representatives of such major businesses as Tatneft, KAMAZ, Kazancompressormash, the Kazan Motor-Building Production Association, the Kazan Helicopters, KNIAT, Saturn, Eidos-Medicine, RIAT, and others.

During the visit, the delegation members were introduced to the SCADA equipment monitoring system and studied the Group’s tool-making capabilities. The guests highly appreciated the level of production process organisation.

The greatest interest of the industrialists from Tatarstan was aroused by the Group’s latest development, a hybrid processing centre. It combines direct laser cladding with metal powders and machining of parts. The equipment is designed to overcome technological limitations of traditional technologies, to shorten the cycle of product launch by 3-4 times, and to control properties of the products.

Machine tools of this class are only manufactured by five companies in the world, including Kalashnikov. For the first time, the Group presented this development at the Army 2020 International Military-Technical Forum.

Based on information by the Kalashnikov Group press service

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov took part today in the meeting with CEO of Coca-Cola HBC Russia Aleksandar Ruzevic. The meeting was held in Moscow on the sidelines of the Gaidar Forum 2021.

The participants to the meeting discussed the preparations to the Special Olympics World Winter Games to be held in Kazan in 2022. Russia is hosting these Games for the first time. Earlier, the Coca-Cola Company became the official partner of this socially significant sporting event.

Also during the meeting, the parties discussed the implementation of joint environmental initiatives. In 2019, Tatarstan and Coca-Cola signed an agreement on developing a culture for separate collection of municipal solid waste. In accordance with this agreement, Tatarstan is improving the infrastructure of separate waste collection for the purpose of further waste processing and implementing environmental education projects.

The Kazan International Airport has summed up the results of participation in the Labour Productivity national project in 2020. With the assistance of experts from the Federal Competence Centre (FCC), several new process solutions and measures were implemented at the airport, which made it possible to improve production processes, as well as to replicate the experience gained.

The Kazan International Airport joined the national project in June 2019 and became the first participant in the project from among airports and civil aviation companies.

In the first six months of participation in the national project, the airport has introduced lean manufacturing tools into the work process. In 2020, the airport replicated the experience gained from the pilot stream. To improve the efficiency of aircraft maintenance processes and the quality of services provided, a new unit was created, the apron service dispatcher (supervisor). Another effective solution at the airport is the relocation of the parking lot for special vehicles, which is involved in ground handling of aircraft, closer to the passenger apron.

As part of the national project, airport managers were trained under the Productivity Leaders programme: 17 people successfully completed the training course, as a result of which two projects were presented: “Increasing Labour Productivity by Improving Production Organisation and Introducing Managerial Innovations” and “Strategy for Increasing Air Freight Transportation Volumes Through Creation of Warehouse Infrastructure”. These projects are already being actively implemented.

The Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec Corporation) summed up the results of the professional skill contest for the “Best in Profession” title. A total of 30 participants fought for the honorary title, their work was evaluated by 21 experts.

The contest was held in six skills, such as Aircraft Assembly, Labour Protection, Process Engineer, Aircraft Electrical Wiring, Manufacturing Team Challenge, and Electrical Installations. The youngest of the skills is the Labour Protection; it was attended by engineering and technical personnel who are responsible for labour protection activities in their units.

Participation in the professional skills contest is not only an opportunity to improve professional skills, but also to work one’s way up. The one who wins a prize is automatically assigned the next qualifying category, if there is a corresponding vacant staffing position. If there is none yet, then the holder of the Best in Profession title becomes the first applicant for promotion.

The in-house Best in Profession contest is a qualifying stage for many professional skills competitions, including city, republic’s and WorldSkills and WorldSkills Hi-Tech contests. In 2020, the Kazan Helicopters team took the 1st place in the Life Cycle Management skill at the 5th Corporate Professional Skills Contest of the Russian Helicopters Holding and the 2nd place in the RostecSkills contest.

On December 29, 2020, at the initiative of the Rossotrudnichestvo Office in the Republic of Uzbekistan, a meeting of graduates of Russian (Soviet) universities was held to sum up the 2020 results of the work of the Republic’s Non-Governmental Association of Graduates of Russian (Soviet) Universities in Uzbekistan.

The event was attended by Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Federation Embassy in the Republic of Uzbekistan Vadim Mitrofanov, Head of the Rosotrudnichestvo Representative Office in Uzbekistan Mikhail Vozhdaev, Chairman of the Republic’s Non-Governmental Association of Graduates of Russian (Soviet) Universities in Uzbekistan Sayora Khodzhdaeva, officials of the Russian Federation Embassy in the Republic of Uzbekistan, Representative Office of Tatarstan in the Republic of Uzbekistan, members of the Board of the Republic’s Non-Governmental Association of Graduates of Russian (Soviet) Universities in Uzbekistan, chairmen and activists of the Russian, Tatar, Bashkir and Crimean Tatar national cultural centres, creative and scientific intelligentsia, and the media.

In the course of the evening, memorable gifts, diplomas, certificates, and letters of gratitude were presented. Then the guests of the event were able to communicate with each other and exchange New Year’s greetings.

At the end of the evening, the participants thanked the organisers for the wonderful holiday and for the opportunity of informal professional communication.

The event was covered by the TNV-Planet Bureau in Tashkent.

New Year’s holidays bring happiness and bright moments of joy of communication with family and friends, uniting us and filling with good mood and bright hopes. In anticipation of the time when traditional Kremlin Clock strikes midnight, we believe in all the best that the coming year will bring.

On behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan and on my personal behalf, I sincerely thank every employee who is selflessly devoted to his work, everyone who makes a daily contribution to the development and prosperity of the republic’s manufacturing sector, helping with their work in tackling diverse problems. Only through joint efforts will we be able to implement everything that has been planned and will go through all the difficulties that may arise. I am sure that together we can handle everything.

Only a few hours remain until the New Year. We, together with the entire country, are on the threshold of 2021. I sincerely wish everyone to leave your hardships in the past year, to meet the coming year with confidence and optimism, to take the brightest and most positive emotions with you into the future. May the dreams and desires made on New Year’s Eve come true, and may warmth and comfort not leave your families and homes in the coming year even for a minute. I wish you good health, well-being, and peace of mind! Happiness and good luck in the New Year 2021!

Best wishes,

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov

Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov introduced a new deputy minister to the staff. It was Ivan Kolchin, formerly working as Head of the Department for Machine Building Sector Development at the Ministry.

Ivan Kolchin will oversee issues of mechanical engineering sector, defence industry sector, timber processing and light industries.

The staff of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan congratulates Ivan Kolchin on his new appointment and wishes him further success in his professional activities for the benefit of the republic’s manufacturing industry development.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov held a working meeting dedicated to 2020 results to combat the spread of the new coronavirus infection. The meeting was attended by representatives of republic’s ministries and agencies, heads of industrial enterprises and retail chains.

“Flexibility in the face of uncertainty has allowed enterprises of different industries to quickly and efficiently switch over to manufacture products that are in demand”, said the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan during his speech.

The operational headquarters for control over the rise in prices for socially significant food products, which incorporates the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Foods of Tatarstan, the Tatarstan Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Prosecutor's Office of Tatarstan, the Kazan City Executive Committee and other republic’s ministries and agencies, are regularly monitoring retail prices for certain types of socially important foods.

The main tasks for the next year are maintaining the achieved rate of industrial production of personal protective equipment and raw materials for them, the readiness to respond quickly to emerging changes in the market situation, an increase in the volume of products for the population, medicine, and other spheres of activities, stabilisation of prices for food products of prime social importance, etc.

At the end of the meeting, Minister Karimov presented Letters of Gratitude and Certificates of Honour from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.

On December 24, an energy hackathon took place at the Kazan Energy College. The hackathon was held by the Youth Union of Enterprises and Organisations of Tatarstan and the Kazan Energy College with the support from the Foundation of Assistance to the Civil Society Development in the Volga Federal District.

The hackathon was held in 2 stages. At the correspondence stage, which took place from December 7 to December 16, a total of 38 projects were presented with the participation of 100 students and schoolchildren from the Kazan Energy College, Lyceum No. 5, School No. 42 of the Volga District of Kazan, Gymnasium No. 102, and Gymnasium No. 75. Ten teams made it to the final. On December 8, a consultation on writing projects was held for the participants.

The in-site stage took place on December 24, where the teams presented their signature shows and homework assignments. The participants prepared projects aimed at popularising blue-collar jobs in the power industry. They showed their projects as creative performances in the form of propaganda teams, panel games, video clips, presentations, and miniature models. The teams were judged by an award panel comprised of representatives from energy providers, educational institutions, and the Tatarstan Organisation of the All-Russian Electric Trade Union.

The winners were awarded with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place certificates and gift vouchers in the amounts of RUB 2500, RUB 2000, and RUB 1500, respectively.

The Leader of the Year contest is a good opportunity to thank labour teams and their leaders for their contribution to the economy of Tatarstan. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov announced this at the award ceremony for the winners of the republic’s Head of the Year 2020 public contest. The ceremony, which took place in the Korston Hotel & Mall, was attended by State Councillor of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin, and Prime Minister of Tatarstan Aleksey Pesoshin.

Rustam Minnikhanov noted that, despite the difficulties that have arisen because of the pandemic, Tatarstan maintains leading positions in many socio-economic indicators. The President thanked the managers who, in the uneasy epidemiological and economic situation, kept jobs and did not allow mass layoffs, were able to avoid large foci of the disease at their enterprises thanks to caring attitude for their teams.

During his speech, Aleksey Pesoshin noted that a total of 120 heads of enterprises and organisations from various sectors of the economy were recommended for participation in the contest. Its nominees were 82 managers who, together with their teams, ensured a high level of their companies’ performance in 2020.

In turn, Mintimer Shaimiev mentioned the leaders who headed various republic’s organisations in difficult years of shaping the economy of today’s Tatarstan. “Being a leader is a mission. You have to bring people together, to lead them”, he said.