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Every year, POZIS company (part of the Tecmash Concern under the Rostec Corporation) takes an active part in the All-Russian No-Turnstile Week career guidance campaign being initiated by the Russian Union of Machine Builders since 2015.

Within the framework of the campaign, representatives of POZIS went to schools themselves and held meetings with students. They visited schools No. 4, No. 11, and Lyceum No. 14 in Zelenodolsk.

The company’s experts told the schoolchildren about the development of POZIS and showed career guidance videos about the company. When choosing a future profession, the children were advised to pay special attention to engineering specialties, which are becoming more and more in demand among present-day industrial enterprises.

At the end of the vocational guidance meeting, the children were able to ask their questions about POZIS products, company’s development prospects, new technologies used in refrigeration products, social component for young professionals, etc.

The No-Turnstile Week campaign is held twice a year, in April and in October. It is aimed at arousing the interest of young people in engineering and technical jobs, forming an early vocational guidance system and recruiting motivated human resources for the engineering industry.

The 9th joint meeting of the working group for the development of trade and economic cooperation between petrochemical organisations and enterprises of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Tatarstan took place via videoconference today.

From the Republic of Belarus, the meeting was chaired by head of the working group, Chairman of the Belneftekhim Concern Andrey Rybakov, while Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Aleksey Savelchev chaired it from Tatarstan.

The working group meeting was attended by head of the Embassy Branch Office of Belarus in Kazan Oleg Isaev, as well as representatives of the Belneftekhim Concern, Belorusneft, Belshina, Mogilevkhimvolokno, Naftan, and Grodno Azot. Tatarstan was represented by such companies as Tatneft, Tatneft-Neftekhim, KVART, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, and Zeolites of the Volga Region Trading House.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state of interaction between the companies, topical issues of bilateral cooperation and promising areas. Representatives of Tatarstan and Belarus expressed their preparedness for further mutually beneficial cooperation in their petrochemical sectors.

The Federal Organising Committee of the #VmesteYarche All-Russian Festival of Energy Saving and Ecology announces the first stage results of the flash mob contest dedicated to careful attitude to energy resources and work of energy sector employees, as well as the contest of creating a new official festival song. A total of 30 flash mobs and 10 songs were chosen for the contest finals. Contestants include schoolchildren and teachers, university and college students, employees of fuel and energy companies, pre-schoolers and educationists, employees of community centres and libraries.

In the festival’s jubilee year, 95 submissions were received for the flash mob contest, almost all Russian regions took part in it. The most active participants in the contest were residents of the Amur Region, Rostov Region, Leningrad Region, and Tatarstan.

Altogether, 27 submissions were received to the new official song contest for the #VmesteYarche festival. The most active participants were authors from Kemerovo and Tambov regions. The contestants presented original texts and pieces of music in different styles, worked hard to create video clips and images of performers.

The results and winners will be announced no later than the Power Engineer’s Day (December 22, 2020), the exact date will be chosen by the Festival’s Federal Organising Committee. The list of finalists was published on the festival website: https://вместеярче.рф/novosti/opredeleny-finalisty-vserossiyskikh-konkursov-fleshmobov-i-pesni-festivalya-vmesteyarche-2020.html (in Russian).

The Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters holding (part of the Rostec Corporation) summed up the work on the pilot stream entitled “Manufacturing Composite Blades for Mi-38 / Mi-171A2 Helicopters”, within the framework of the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project held jointly with the Federal Competence Centre (FCC).

Within the framework of this national project, two employees of the enterprise were trained in several lean manufacturing competencies and became certified internal coaches. They will help launch the next projects and train factory workers to use the right tools to streamline workflows and reduce costs. Employees who were included in the pilot project working group and became leaders of change were awarded diplomas for their active participation in the labour productivity improvement programme.

Testing of lean manufacturing tools at the company began in 2010-2011. After that, for implementing a large-scale plant reconstruction programme, a priority was determined in developing the production system: reengineering (reconstruction) of production facilities with shaping value streams in accordance with lean production principles and the creation of a continuous improvement system.

Participation in the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project will allow Kazan Helicopters to achieve new results. At the same time, the company’s objective within the project is not only to achieve the required production indicators, but also to improve the qualifications and involvement of personnel.

Sollers Ford announces plans to relaunch its engine plant located in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. The plant is expected to produce diesel engines for Ford Transit commercial vehicles. Full-scale engine production is scheduled for 2023.

The engine plant covers an area of ​​42,600 square metres and is located in close proximity to the Sollers Ford factory. The plant is equipped with advanced hi-tech equipment that meets all the requirements of productivity, environmental friendliness, and safety in accordance with the global standards of the Ford Motor Company.

Production of Sigma 1.6 engines for cars started at the plant in 2015 and was suspended in 2019 following the company’s restructuring. The plant became the first such hi-tech enterprise in Russia with the automation of its production processes reaching 95%.

Ford Transit is one of the most popular LCV vehicles. The choice and loyalty of its customers are due to a number of vehicle’s advantages, such as quality and reliability, low cost of ownership, a high level of service in an official dealer network at an affordable maintenance cost - one of the lowest in the LCV segment - 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.

Tatarstan has established close cooperation with many Chinese provinces, including those within the Volga-Yangtze format. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said this today at a meeting of the co-chairs of the Council for Interregional Cooperation between Russia and China in the Volga-Yangtze format. The videoconference meeting was chaired by Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov and State Councillor of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yong.

Speaking at the meeting, Minnikhanov thanked the Russian and Chinese leaders for their attention to the issues of creating favourable conditions for the development of interregional cooperation as part of rapidly evolving Russian-Chinese relations. The Tatarstan President noted that friendship and mutual support are especially relevant and important in today’s difficult times of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The 2019 Tatarstan-China trade turnover amounted to $564 million. A number of joint economic projects are being implemented in Tatarstan with large Chinese companies such as Haier, Weichai, Huawei, Didi, and others. Besides, work is underway to expand cooperation in the field of culture, education, science, sports, and youth exchanges. About 1,700 Chinese students are studying in Kazan universities at the moment.

The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, Co-Chairman from Tatarstan German Lerner.

Today, October 14, is the Chak-Chak Day. On this occasion, we shall say a few words about this ethnic food delicacy, a symbol of Tatar hospitality that is made in Tatarstan.

In the old days, chak-chak was considered as an exclusively festive food made for holidays and significant dates and brought as a gift to weddings. Now it has become an almost every day item; it can be purchased at any supermarket.

In Tatarstan, chak-chak is made in different forms: as a mound, cone-shaped, cylindrical, square, portioned balls. In each district, this confectionery product is prepared in its own way.

The main chak-chak components are unchanged. To prepare a delicacy, it is enough to melt honey with sugar, add water and cook a syrup. Chak-chak is poured with hot honey, mixed, and spread on a dish, giving it the desired shape. All what you need for a delicious chak-chak is butter, flour, eggs, milk, and honey. The dessert can optionally be decorated with nuts and dried fruits.

Benefits of chak-chak for human health are due to the natural honey in its composition. Everyone seems to have heard about the value of this unique product of beekeeping. However, it should not be eaten too often, because of its high caloric content.

The chak-chak record holder was made in Kazan for the opening of FIFA 2018; it was shaped like half of a soccer ball.

On November 1, the first stage of introducing mandatory digital marking of tyres will start in Russia. This is specified in Russian Government Resolution No. 1958 of December 31, 2019.

Buyers will be able to check the legality of marked tyres and their consumer properties using the Chestny Znak (Honest Sign) application: for this, they have to scan a unique Data Matrix code printed on the tyre.

For citizens, the introduction of marking means a guarantee of confidence in the purchase of high-quality and safe goods. For example, there is no longer any risk of buying used tyres disguised as new ones. A bona-fide business would have more loyal customers, as well as an ability of automating and optimising business processes and expanding market share due to departure of unfair players. For the State, marking is the digitalisation of entire industries and administration, transparency of trade flows.

From November 1 onwards, all importers and manufacturers are obliged to produce and import marked tyres only, while wholesalers working with them directly are obliged to submit information about the purchase of such tyres and their withdrawal from circulation to the federal information system.

Retailers selling marked tyres should also transmit information about their withdrawal from circulation to the Chestny Znak system starting from November 1.

Mechanical engineering employees of Tatarstan make a worthy contribution to the development of the economy and strengthening of the country’s defence capability, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said today in Naberezhnye Chelny at an event dedicated to the Mechanical Engineer’s Day.

Rustam Minnikhanov greeted the participants of the event, noting that Tatarstan is an advanced industrial region, known throughout Russia and abroad. Today, there are over 3,000 mechanical engineering companies in the republic employing about 120,000 people. The Tatarstan President spoke about the history of the formation and development of mechanical engineering sector in Tatarstan.

Also, the President noted that this year, in spite of difficult conditions, Tatarstan manufacturers have demonstrated resilience and proved that mechanical engineering sector has a solid foundation in the republic. The enterprises kept jobs and continued to implement the projects they scheduled.

He emphasised that young people are diligently continuing the work started by the older generation. In the Mechanical Engineering skills, participants from Tatarstan won 4 medals (2 golds and 2 bronzes) as part of the Russian team at the 45th WorldSkills Competition. This year at the WorldSkills Russia competition, they confirmed their skills by winning 23 medals (9 golds, 7 silvers, and 7 bronzes).

President Minnikhanov congratulated all republic’s current and retired employees of the sector on their professional holiday and presented a number of Tatarstan awards.

Today, a video conference was held on the implementation of the Resolution by the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers No. 208 of March 19, 2020 “On Measures to Prevent the Spread of New Coronavirus Infection in Tatarstan" (as amended on September 18, 2020) at trade enterprises, catering facilities, the sphere of services, as well as vaccination of trade personnel on the territory of Tatarstan.

The meeting was chaired by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner and attended by heads of Tatarstan municipal executive committees, top executives of shopping malls, retail chains, and public catering facilities.

The restrictive measures introduced in connection with the spread of COVID-19 had a detrimental effect on the commercial activities in the republic. Due to implementation of measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic in Tatarstan, restrictions were imposed on stores selling non-foods, operation of shopping centres was prohibited, which resulted in a retail turnover decrease in January-August 2020 down to 92.6 % from the same period last year. Restrictions in the services sector led to a decrease in retail turnover in January-August 2020 down to 84.6% y-o-y.

At the meeting, a number of decisions were made to identify non-compliance with facemask regulations and epidemiological rules at trade enterprises, public catering facilities, and services sector, including trade personnel vaccination.