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The Expert Council of the Industrial Development Fund approved a loan for the Tatarstan-headquartered RIAT in the amount of RUB 300 million under the Labour Productivity programme. The company will purchase equipment, organise production processes under lean manufacturing principles and methods, and will manufacture up to 2,000 special vehicles a year in its renovated building. As a result, company’s labour productivity is expected to grow by 40% until 2024. The loan funds will be used to purchase blanking, machining, welding, assembly, and painting equipment for the production of KAMAZ vehicles with modifications for operation in various road and climatic conditions, multi-axle chassis for special equipment, dump and flat trucks (trailers), tank trucks, and vacuum loaders.

In parallel with equipping the production facilities, it is expected to introduce a set of technology solutions in accordance with lean manufacturing principles: Kanban systems, visualisation systems, and others. This would create a unified information space, with the aid of which all automated enterprise management systems and industrial equipment (IoT – Internet of Things) will be able to promptly exchange information, which would make it possible to evaluate the performance of equipment and personnel.

The total project budget is RUB 422.3 million.

Based on information by Industrial Development Fund press service

Renata Asylgareyeva, an employee of Nizhnekamskneftekhim (Chemical Analysis Laboratory at Workshop No. 3601), won a gold in the regional Young Professionals competition (WorldSkills Russia). The competition’s next stage took place at the Lemaev Petrochemical and Oil Refining College from November 11 to 16.

She competed in the Chemical Laboratory Technology skill in the age category up to 22 years. A total of 7 young representatives from Nizhnekamsk, Bugulma, Yelabuga, and Kazan fought for the winner’s title. During the first two days of the competition, the participants and experts studied the equipment and learnt techniques for determining the composition of substances.

The expert at the competition was the leading employee of Workshop No. 3601 of Nizhnekamskneftekhim Maria Ilyina. Thanks to the fruitful and well-coordinated work of the expert and the participant in the process of preparing for the competition, Renata showed the best results gaining 548 points.

When summing up the results, the jury considered time devoted to the assignment, quality of its performance, and safety precautions.

The finals of the national Young Professionals competition will be held in 2020 in the Kemerovo Region.

Based on information by Nizhnekamskneftekhim press service

The Kazan National Research Technological University is launching additional vocational programmes to improve the skills of employees at oil, gas, and chemical enterprises and university lecturers.

The projects are absolutely free for its listeners – as part of the grants received, the government subsidises the costs of implementing programmes. One of the projects is aimed at improving the skills of employees in sectoral enterprises, as well as all interested citizens, in one or more of 17 additional vocational programmes.

Training for all announced programmes will be organised in full-time and distance formats: half the time, students will study in person, and the other half using distance learning technologies. The trainings will be held by highly qualified professors, associate professors, and current experts of enterprises and organisations. The programmes will be implemented both at KNRTU and on the customers’ grounds.

The petrochemical sector programmes could also be attended by people with higher and secondary vocational education who wish to expand their competencies, gain basic knowledge in new fields, ensure career growth, or change jobs.

Based on information by KNRTU press service

Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of Rostec Corporation) received a manufacturer’s certificate for serial production of Mi-38, the latest civilian helicopter, from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation). The first rotorcraft will be delivered to the customer before the end of this year.

Due to the technical solutions employed, the helicopter surpasses other peers in its class in terms of maximum payload, passenger capacity, and key performance indicators. With a maximum take-off weight of 15.6 tonnes, the helicopter is capable of taking 5 tonnes of payload on board or on an external sling. The passenger version of Mi-38 can carry up to 30 people.

The helicopter’s flight range in the transport configuration with additional fuel tanks is up to 1000 kilometres. Mi-38 is equipped with new domestically-made engines, wreck-resistant fuel system, and additional landing gear for soft ground and steep snow landing.

“This year, the Kazan Helicopters manufactured its first civilian Mi-38 with a luxury cabin, which these days takes part in the Dubai Airshow. The certificate obtained from the Federal Air Transport Agency confirms that the company is prepared for serial supply of these helicopters for both commercial operators and governmental customers”, said Managing Director of Kazan Helicopters Yuri Pustovgarov.

Based on information by Kazan Helicopters press service

The best metrologists and standardisers in Tatarstan were announced on the World Quality Day at the Kazanskaya Yarmarka. The award ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister German Lerner.

In 2015, the Best Goods and Services of Tatarstan contest launched a category for the great contribution to the development of quality products and services. It consists of such sub-categories as “The Best Metrologist”, “The Best Standardiser”, “The Best Testing Laboratory”, and “The Best Diploma Thesis of University Graduates”.

The republic’s best metrologists are employees of KAMAZ, TANECO, Radio and Television Broadcasting Centre of Tatarstan, and others. Seven people became the winners of the Best Standardiser in Tatarstan sub-category, including professionals from KMPO, Kazan Helicopters, and Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

According to the results of the contest, the best testing laboratories were the facilities of the Bely Kreml Brewery, Tatneft, TatInvestGrazhdanProekt, and others. Graduates of KNRTU, KFU and KNRTU-KAI received diplomas in the category of the Best Diploma Thesis.

Director of the State Regional Centre for Standardisation, Metrology, and Testing in Tatarstan Farid Tuktarov congratulated the winners on their well-deserved awards.

Based on information by SRC for SMT in Tatarstan

On November 14, Tatenergosbyt held an award ceremony for the prize-winners of the 10th Republic’s contest of children’s creative works on energy saving entitled “Sunny Bunny”.

Over the past 10 years, 2675 children from more than 60 cities and towns of Tatarstan took part in the events. A total of 2228 drawings and 447 poems (in the Russian and Tatar languages) were submitted for the contest.

The competition traditionally arouses keen interest among the children. In their creative pieces, young participants reflected energy conservation ideas in the format of stories and poems, drawings and handicrafts made in various techniques.

For the participants of the event, a festive programme was organised with contests and displays of their works. Honorary awards were presented to the contestants by Director of Tatenergosbyt Rifnur Suleymanov.

Following the results of the competitive selection, children aged 4 to 17 were awarded in the categories of “The Best Drawing”, “The Best Story or Poem” and “The Best Handicraft”.

Based on information by Tatenergosbyt

The festival was held in Tatarstan from March 1 to November 16 of this year. The application process ended on October 1. The qualifying zonal rounds were held with great success in Almetyevsk, Zainsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, and Kazan.

The festival aims to popularise blue-collar and white-collar jobs and to uncover the creative potential of young professionals. The project helps young people aged 18 to 35 that work in enterprises and organisations of the republic to express themselves in a creative way.

This year, representatives of 174 republic’s enterprises, organisations and establishments submitted applications for participation in the Our Time - Beznen Zaman festival. Among this year’s participants are such well-known organisations of the republic as Ammoni, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Almetyevsk Pipe Plant, Gorbunov Kazan Aviation Plant, Tatenergo, Tatneft-Neftekhim, Kazan State Gunpowder Plant, Traffic Safety Establishment, and many others.

The festival’s winners were awarded with diplomas, souvenirs, and money prizes.

A Grand Prix winner, the team of the Gorbunov Kazan Aviation Plant, received a diploma, the Tatarstan Presidential Challenge Cup and a cash prize of RUB 500,000.

Congratulations to the winners!

Based on information by Tatarstan Presidential Press Service and R. Shigabetdinov

As part of his working visit to China, Minister Karimov visited the China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF). The 21st CHTF will last until November 17, 2019.

A number of business meetings took place on the sidelines of the Fair; in particular, the Minister met with the top manager of the Fair organiser.

The CHTF has been held annually since 1999. Some 500,000 people visited the current Fair, and about 3,000 companies, including those from Russia, exhibited their products in it.

This year, the Fair will demonstrate the latest technologies in such areas as artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing, energy-saving and green technologies, IT, the active introduction of 5G technology, biology, and others.

The CHTF programme featured specialised seminars, industrial conferences, presentations for investors and manufacturers.

Within the scope of the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project, the “#LeadersPRO - Effective Production 2.0” hackathon is being held at a federal level. We invite Tatarstan enterprises in the non-primary sectors of the economy to take an active part in the regional stage of the hackathon.

The organisers will form teams from the event participants to solve, during the day, some production and corporate cases developed by the Expert Council of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. In 2020, the teams that suggested the best solutions will go to Moscow for the finals of the All-Russian Hackathon, where they will compete with winners from other regions for the right to go for an international training.

Participation in the #LeadersPRO - Efficient Production 2.0 hackathon will allow:

• Winning an international training for the entire team;
• Presenting their projects at international economic venues;
• Becoming a member of the Innovation Leaders community;
• Receiving an expert assessment of their proposals and know-how;
• Strengthening networking opportunities, expanding the range of their competence, improving professional skills;
• Entering the team of those who increase labour productivity both at their enterprise and in the country in general.

Ford Sollers Yelabuga has provided the large Ozon online store with Ford Transit vehicles. In total, by the end of November of this year, the company will receive 743 branded LCVs.

Ozon’s sales in Tatarstan in 2019 are growing by more than 110%, the number of orders throughout Russia is doubled; now the company handles more than 150,000 orders a day. Such growth naturally requires the expansion of its delivery infrastructure, including more vehicles to work in the last mile. The LCVs will work in Tatarstan and in other million-plus cities, as well as in Moscow.

The choice in favour of Ford Transit was dictated by the high reliability of these vehicles, the low cost of their service, the availability of a developed dealer network, and the high resale value of the LCVs.

For delivery of orders, all-metal front-wheel drive Ford Transit vans were selected with a medium wheelbase and a medium-height roof. The vehicles are equipped with a built-in radio with Bluetooth, which allows the driver to avoid being distracted by a mobile phone.

Based on information by Ford Sollers press service