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Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov visited the Kazan College of Technology and Design, where he walked around the competition sites for the Fashion Technology Junior and Digital Fashion Designer skills, and also talked with the main experts of the sites.

In 2019, the Kazan College of Technology and Design received the status of a Resource Centre for the training, retraining, and advanced training of specialists in the light and textile industries.

Every year, based on the Kazan College of Technology and Design, the regional WorldSkills competition is held in such skills as Fashion Technology WorldSkills, Fashion Technology Juniors 12+, Fashion Technology Juniors 14+, and Digital Fashion Designer, as well as the Regional Abilympics in the Tailor and Seamstress skills for people with disabilities.

WorldSkills is an international non-profit movement created to enhance the prestige of blue-collar occupations and develop vocational education by harmonising best practices and professional standards around the world.

Every two years, WorldSkills holds an international professional skill competition. The Republic of Tatarstan joined the movement in 2013.

TatkhimPlast has launched a new line for the production of high-tech polymer compounds in Kazan for moulding automotive elements, various parts of washing machines, refrigerators and TV sets, as well as for manufacture of building materials.

With the attraction of a soft loan, the company acquired state-of-the-art equipment to create a new high-tech compound facility with a capacity of 12,000 tonnes a year. The company’s total production output grew almost twofold to 25,000 tonnes a year.

Polymer compound (thermoplastic composite) is a multicomponent material that consists of a polymer matrix, modifying additives, and fillers. Its main areas of application are the automotive industry (parts of the exterior, interior, engine compartment, and HVAC systems), household appliances and electronics (bodies and internal parts of refrigerators and washing machines, TV sets), the construction industry (facing panels, drainage systems, pipes for hot and cold water supply). TatkhimPlast materials are used by such companies as Ford, UAZ, Samsung, Schneider Electric, Docke Extrusion, and Vox.

Due to expansion of TatkhimPlast’s production facilities, the demand of Russian polymer producers for foreign raw materials will decrease. The creation of a new production facility became possible due to a soft loan under the Leasing Programme. At the end of 2018, the company received RUB 60 million from the Industrial Development Fund. The total project cost exceeded RUB 230 million.

In September 2020, AO Chelny-Khleb joined the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project. It is a present-day full-cycle enterprise for the production of bakery and confectionery products, the range of which exceeds 100 items. The company’s products have been in demand for over 40 years among residents of the city and the republic. The product range is constantly expanding. At the same time, the technology base of the enterprise is being continuously updated.

As a pilot project, the company determined the flow of confectionery products on the Fritsch production line, which includes a full production cycle, starting with the process of receiving feedstock and preparing the dough and ending with the shipment of finished confectionery products to the client. The choice of the stream is not accidental. The existing potential of the equipment, the increasing demand for products and the desire to increase efficiency, allow working out all the available lean production tools using the example of the pilot stream.

The goal of the project is to increase output by 30%, reduce production inventories by 60% and cut production times by 55%. Along with the project target indicators, the action plan includes the tasks of training the project’s working group and company’s executives on the topics of “Decomposition” and “Effective Information Centre”, as well as the training of an internal lean coach for the enterprise. Today, the project is at the final stage of diagnosing the current state of the flow.

Ford Transit LCVs are in demand in all spheres of business and life, due to their quality, reliability, ease of maintenance and low cost of ownership, while the cost of Ford Transit maintenance is one of the lowest in the segment. Vehicles are trusted by both individual businesses and major market players, with a fleet of more than 1000 Ford Transits. The largest one-time order exceeded 700 vehicles purchased by a major online store in 2019 to deliver goods.

Since the plant began operating in 2012, a total of 90,000 vehicles have been produced and sales are growing steadily. The most popular vehicle in the Ford Transit commercial line is the all-metal van, which accounts for about 60% of sales, followed by the single-cab chassis. The most popular colour among consumers is white, it is ordered by more than 80% of buyers.

The Ford Transit success is also ensured by the widest range of special versions: to date, the full range of vehicles based on Ford Transit includes 141 modifications for special and social purposes and continues to grow. One can order a special version vehicle in just one visit to the dealership at a single, fixed cost, thanks to the unique centralised SVO ordering system. Due to extensive customisation, the share of sales of special version vehicles is growing to over 50%.

Today, Ford Transits are used throughout Russia to deliver mail and goods, they work in the ambulance service, deliver children to schools, carry out urban and intercity transportation, and effectively solve the problems of SMEs.

From November 18 to December 18, 2020, the EXPO-Russia Uzbekistan 2020 International Industrial Exhibition will be held in the online format.

This new version of the EXPO will allow everyone to fully participate in it without leaving the office. Each participant is provided with an individually designed digital stand, reliable communication channels with visitors for video meetings and direct negotiations, an opportunity to hold a video presentation, a webinar, or to take part in any of the round tables online. All business programme events will be held with the direct participation of representatives from the relevant ministries of Russia and Uzbekistan.

EXPO-Russia Uzbekistan Online 2020 invites any companies operating in various sectors of the economy and interested in supplying their products or services to the countries of the Central Asian region.

Thematic sections of the exhibition are mechanical engineering, energy, construction, oil and gas industry, chemical industry, medicine and pharmaceuticals, agriculture and food production, transport and logistics, metals, mining, information technology and communications, consumer goods, education and science.

More information can be found at http://eru2020.expoday.online

Athletes of POZIS (part of the Tecmash Concern under the Rostec Corporation) won prises at the Interregional Corporate Games of the Volga Federal District in Kazan.

The capital of Tatarstan saw the Interregional Corporate Games of the Volga Federal District (West). The organiser of the event is the Trudovye Rezervy All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society with the support from the Rostec Corporation and the Russian Helicopters holding.

The competition was attended by 1200 amateur athletes from different regions of Russia. Participants of the competition were awarded 789 medals in 18 sports, such as mini-football, basketball, volleyball, tug-of-war, chin-up, pull-ups, CrossFit, practical shooting, etc.

The POZIS team has showed excellent results both in individual and team sports. A total of 18 teams competed in the interregional corporate football game. In the final standings, the combined team of POZIS was confidently ranked in the Top 5.

The Interregional Corporate Games of the Volga Federal District in Kazan were held within the framework of implementing the tasks of the Demography National Project, the Sports as a Norm of Life federal project, involving the population in mass sports and a healthy lifestyle.

The Productivity Leaders executive training programme was created by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation jointly with the All-Russian Foreign Trade Academy under the Russian Ministry of Economic Development as part of the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project.

During the educational process, the Programme participants work out key areas for increasing labour productivity for a particular enterprise, and develop an action plan for its implementation, which allows managers of enterprises in non-resource sectors of the economy to focus on acquiring new skills and competencies within a single information field in the context of large-scale production transformations, introduction of organisational and technology innovations that contribute to increasing labour productivity.

Due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus infection, the Programme is currently being implemented using distance learning technology that allow remote interaction of participants in the educational process while maintaining the educational process quality. An important condition for training in the Programme is the availability of free access to an Internet-connected personal computer / laptop, as well as a basic level of computer literacy.

To participate, please register for the programme at https://лидерыпро.рф.

More than 300 employees of Tatarstan enterprises have been trained under the Process Factory programme of the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project to implement the lean production principles. The Process Factory is a training production site where participants, in a real production process, gain hands-on experience in using lean manufacturing and production optimisation tools, and understand how improvements affect operational and economic performance.

Since the opening of the training site in Kazan, which took place in August of this year, a total of 18 Process Factories have been held to train officials and employees of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, as well as experts from 13 enterprises participating in the national project.

Training takes place at the premises of the Regional Competence Centre in a specially equipped classroom. Its main goal is to introduce the lean manufacturing principles in enterprises for the subsequent increase in productivity.

The national project is focused on achieving socially significant results: the introduction of online services into the digital ecosystem of an enterprise participating in the national project; expanding the range of services provided by the Federal Competence Centre and the Regional Competence Centre; formation of an innovator movement with the involvement of WorldSkills experts and infrastructure.

The Zainsky Sugar company, part of one of the largest holdings, Agrosila, intends to increase labour productivity by 30% in the next three years. The plant is introducing innovative technologies for the cultivation and storage of sugar beets. In late August this year, the Zainsky Sugar became a participant in the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project.

The plant has been introducing lean manufacturing tools into its processes since 2014. An analysis of equipment failures during the sugar production season revealed the main causes for downtime and reduced productivity in sugar beet processing.

As a result, new maintenance schedules were developed for all types of equipment with a detailed description of each stage. The most important moment in the implementation of the lean manufacturing system was the development of regulations regarding the involvement of employees in continuous improvement, provisions for the opening and implementation of kaizen projects, the 5C workplace organisation system, and the standardisation of all processes. Kaizen projects are opened annually by heads of the repair services, foremen, and the management.

Lean tools are also used in the warehouses. The Kanban technology helped to optimise warehouse stocks and build a production inventory planning chain. In 2020, the company’s experts work to improve the efficiency of the AGRO production system by opening kaizen projects aimed at reducing the cost of production.

Today, the company has posted their second Tatar-language video featuring the people’s artist on its official website and Instagram page.

During the pandemic, Tatenergosbyt paid special attention to online methods of service, in particular to older customers.

Ravil Sharafeyev, People’s Artist of the RSFSR, took part in the advertising campaign for the services of the sales company telling Tatarstan people how easy and convenient it is to pay for electricity and transfer meter readings through the Personal Account.

The first video was released in early October on the TNV Channel site and received a positive response from viewers.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/hd_7O0gB-2w