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On December 9, Moscow will host the Made in Russia International Export Forum. The Forum will be organised by the Russian Export Centre. The key topic of the forum in 2020 is “Challenges of the New Decade”.

The Forum has been held since 2012 and has acquired the status of the main platform for discussing export agenda issues within the framework of the International Cooperation and Exports national project. This year the Forum will be held online.

The business programme of the Forum includes 6 thematic round tables, a plenary session, and an award ceremony for the country’s best exporters, winners of the “Exporter of the Year” All-Russian Prize in International Cooperation and Exports.

Within the framework of the Forum, urgent problems of exporters will be discussed with members of the Russian Federation Government, as well as with Russian and international experts. The Forum participants will be presented with new business solutions for the development of export activities, and the One Window information system. At the forum site, master classes will be available for organising export activities and seeking potential buyers abroad.

The Forum will be attended by heads of Russian and foreign companies, federal and regional executive authorities, Russian banks, regional export support centres, specialised associations and unions, business media and leading experts.

A live broadcast of the sessions will be available at forum.exportcenter.ru 

Today, Kazan hosted the final zonal stage of the 8th Our Time - Beznen Zaman Republic’s Annual Open TV Festival of Working Youth Creativity in 2020 that is held with the support from Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and under the auspices of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO.

For representatives of blue-collar jobs, this has become a long-awaited event, for which they have been preparing throughout the year, often conducting rehearsals online. The first zonal stage took place on November 13-14 in Almetyevsk.

The final zonal stage was held on November 20 and 21 in the concert hall of the Volga Region Academy of Physical Culture, Sports, and Tourism. More than 400 contestants from 60 enterprises and organisations of Tatarstan took part in it.

As the organisers noted, the festival was held in compliance with all epidemiological requirements. The performances of the participants, which were highly appreciated by the jury, were dedicated to two significant dates for the republic, the 100th anniversary of the TASSR and the 75th anniversary of the Victory in WWII.

All winners will meet again in Kazan on November 27 and 28 at the festival’s super-finals, where they will compete for the title of the Grand Prix winner to be announced at the traditional gala concert on November 30 at the Pyramid Entertainment Centre. It is planned that the Tatarstan President’s Challenge Cup and a RUB 500,000 cash prize will be presented to the winning team personally by Rustam Minnikhanov.

Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov took part in a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Russian Helicopters holding.

The meeting took place on the premises of the Kazan Helicopters.

The event was chaired by Aviation Cluster Industrial Director of the Rostec Corporation, Chairman of the Board of Technodinamika Anatoliy Serdyukov.

During the meeting, Acting Managing Director of Kazan Helicopters Aleksey Belykh reported to the members of the Board of Directors on the plans for the financial recovery of the company, as well as on the plant’s production programme in 2021-2023, which provides for the expansion of the range of products and volumes of their supplies.

In addition, the Board’s meeting discussed the issues of optimising the production areas of the Kazan Helicopters and developing the production of new-generation composite blades.

On November 24 at 09:00, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, jointly with the Kazan State Power Engineering University, is holding an online conference entitled “Circular Economy”.

The objective of this conference is to exchange experiences in the field of recycling waste and making profits by saving resources and materials.

The conference programme includes a discussion of issues on the problems and prospects of the circular economy development in Tatarstan.

Participation in the conference is free.

To attend the conference, please follow the link https://idpo.kgeu.ru/ceco/, register, and receive a reply letter how to connect to Zoom.

For more than 230 years, the Kazan State-Owned Gunpowder Factory has been producing gunpowders and charges for almost all types of weapons, as well as hunting and sporting powders. The company is successfully introducing innovative ideas, focusing on strengthening the scientific potential and optimising production processes within the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project.

Since the beginning of the year, FCC experts, together with the company’s employees, have been working on optimising the production processes for sports and hunting powders. During the implementation of the national project, the production of such powders increased by 30%. The in-process inventory - unclaimed products accumulated in the workshops - was decreased by 60%.

A significant increase in productivity was achieved through the introduction of lean manufacturing tools. For example, according to the results of a comprehensive analysis, it was revealed that the equipment stood idle. FCC experts have developed a whole range of measures to eliminate equipment shutdown. Some of the innovations have reduced downtime by 75%, and this work will continue in future.

The company’s employees will not stop there. In the near future, optimisation will affect all areas of gunpowder production. For this, the enterprise has its own team of changes. At the moment, a schedule has been developed for training the workshop employees in the lean production basics.

The Kazan Aviation Technical College named after P.V. Dementyev was visited today by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Aviation Cluster Industrial Director of the Rostec Corporation Anatoly Serdyukov.

As part of their visit to the College, a presentation was held of the WorldSkills movement in Tatarstan.

Rustam Minnikhanov and Anatoly Serdyukov examined the premises of the WorldSkills regional competition in the Production Assembly of Aircraft Equipment skill (the training and production site).

The guests were told about the work of the training and production site: there are such areas as welding technologies, industrial automation, diagnostics, technical measurements, and aircraft engine design.

Anatoly Serdyukov was also shown the work of the sites for the Maintenance of Aircraft Equipment and Sheet Metal Processing skills.

The POZIS company (part of the Tecmash Concern under the Rostec Corporation) plans to launch a new automated system indigenously designed by its specialists, which would allow the enterprise to increase the production capacity of household refrigeration and medical equipment by 40% in the near future.

As part of its investment programme entitled “Comprehensive Production Development of Household and Medical Refrigeration Equipment Based on Introduction of High-Tech Equipment and Advanced Technology”, POZIS has developed and started pilot operation of an automated system for the production of elements for the bodies of household and medical refrigerators.

This system employs some elements of mechatronics and robotics. High precision and productivity are ensured through the use of state-of-the-art power electronics in the driving components. The bending formers use new, unique methods of bending, which makes it possible to adjust their angle and correct the profile.

During the year, a group of experienced specialists worked on the project from idea to implementation, half of them were young designers who had been trained within the framework of a “Comprehensive Programme for Supporting and Developing Human Resources of POZIS in 2015-2020” specially developed by the company.

The TGK-16 energy company received a certificate of readiness for the heating season 2020/2021. The document was signed by Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia Yevgeny Grabchak. The certificate confirms that the equipment of TGK-16 stations is ready to carry electrical and thermal loads in the autumn/winter period.

The company, despite the difficult conditions of the pandemic, managed not only to repair the steam-power section equipment in both branches, but also to timely complete the major inspection of the hot-gas-path at the 9HA.01 gas turbine produced by GE of the GTU power unit St. No. 7 at the Kazan CHP-3. To carry out the gas turbine inspection, it was necessary to involve foreign experts from General Electric and Atlas Copco. This was greatly complicated by the closure of the borders.

All operations were completed on schedule. The GTU is connected to the grid and carries a maximum electrical load of 405 MW.

It should be noted that the readiness of power plants for the heating season is determined by a number of parameters, including those related to the technical condition of the equipment and the training of personnel to work during the period of maximum winter loads. This year TGK-16 was assigned a readiness index of 0.99.

The decision on the readiness of an electric power facility for the heating season is taken by the Russian Ministry of Energy based on the results of monitoring readiness indicators. The monitoring is carried out continuously throughout the year.

For two days, Tatarstan was visited by a delegation from the TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom headed by Vice President for Strategic Development and Marketing Ilya Galkin. The purpose of the visit was to attract the industrial and scientific potential of Tatarstan enterprises and organisations for the development of company’s non-nuclear businesses.

Tatarstan enterprises, in turn, presented their products, suggested technology solutions in the interests of TVEL, and discussed potential areas of cooperation with representatives of the fuel company.

During the visit, the delegation took tours of the Tatarstan Grid Company, the Kazan Aviation Plant, Tattelecom, the Kazan National Research Technical University (KAI), the Kazan Helicopters, the Zelenodolsk Shipyard, and KAMAZ.

The parties stressed their mutual interest in organising a full-fledged business mission of the Rosatom’s Fuel Division to Tatarstan. Oil production and oil service companies are also ready to discuss potential options for cooperation with TVEL.

The TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom is one of the world’s largest nuclear fuel producers. The company’s market share is 17%. TVEL fully meets the needs of the Russian nuclear industry. A total of 72 NPP units operate on TVEL fuel in 13 countries worldwide, this is every 6th power reactor.

From November 19 to December 2, a popular vote procedure starts on the portal of the first national contest of regional food brands entitled “Tastes of Russia”. This is the first stage of a set of measures to support such products, which the Russian Ministry of Agriculture is implementing on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation.

About 500 regional food brands from 79 constituent entities of the Russian Federation were submitted for the contest. From Tatarstan, 22 brands have been applied for participation in the event.

The first Tastes of Russia contest started across Russia on October 7. Its main mission is to acquaint consumers with the variety of tastes in Russia and to show the development potential of regional food brands. The results of the contest will be announced in mid-December. All project participants will be included in the federal support and promotion programme and will have a chance to improve the qualifications of its employees, while the winners will have an opportunity to receive support for growing demand and sales.