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At its plant of oligomers and glycols, Nizhnekamskneftekhim started production of solid polyethylene glycol (SPEG).

Today, these products are used in many industries and are increasingly incorporated into daily life of every Russian family. SPEG is applied as a viscosity regulator, antistatic agent, softener, gelatinising, granulating, and tabletting auxiliary substances in the ceramic and rubber industry.

Solid polyethylene glycol also enjoys application in the pharmaceutical industry for the dissolution of liquid drugs, production of suppositories, ointments and tablets.

In addition, SPEG serves as the basis for cosmetics, in particular creams for skin care, in the production of detergents. SPEG consumers are Russian and foreign companies.

To receive SPEG, Nizhnekamskneftekhim commissioned a unique new equipment – a crystallisation unit, as well as a robotic product packaging line.

The finished SPEG product is packed into dense three-layer 25-kg paper bags. To pack solid polyethylene glycol in the future, the plant expects to apply polypropylene containers up to 1000 kg (big bags).

Based on information by Nizhnekamskneftekhim press service

A delegation from the Federal State of Bavaria (Germany) will arrive on a working visit to the Republic of Tatarstan. The delegation will be headed by Hubert Aiwanger, Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy and Deputy Bavarian Prime Minister.

The business community in Bavaria has noted certain positive changes and good potential for bilateral cooperation, despite the uneasy economic and political framework conditions. The Bavarian delegation comprises officials, representatives of industrial authorities, as well as managers and experts from companies.

The visit’s programme will begin on October 22, Tuesday, with a meeting with Prime Minister of Tatarstan Aleksey Pesoshin.

The key event for the guests will be the Tatarstan-Bavaria Economic Forum to be held on October 22, 2019 in the Tolstoy Hall of the Korston Hotel and Mall at 10.30. From Tatarstan, the forum will be attended by Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, officials and representatives of republic’s industrial enterprises and universities. The forum programme includes a presentation of the investment and industrial potential in Tatarstan, a case study on cooperation experience with German partners, and speeches by members of the Bavarian delegation. Later, representatives of German and Tatarstan business communities will be able to discuss issues of their interest in the format of B2B meetings.

In the first half of 2019, the foreign trade turnover between Tatarstan and Germany amounted to USD 774.2 million.

The Tatarstan delegation headed by Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, arrived today in Dusseldorf (Germany) to attend K-Messe, an international trade fair for plastics and rubber.

The world’s leading and largest exhibition of such products takes place every three years; this year it lasts from October 16 to 23. The main sections of the K 2019 feature raw and auxiliary materials, semi-finished products, technical elements, high-performance plastic products, machinery and equipment for rubber and plastic production, and various related services.

The Tatarstan delegation includes Head of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Talia Minullina, representative of Tatarstan in Germany Takhir Gataulin, and representatives of industry’s enterprises.

Tatarstan polymer industry enterprises – Kazanorgsintez, Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Plast-TEK – came to the exhibition with their products. In addition, the products of such companies from Tatartsan as the Kama Polymer Materials Plant, Orion-Plast, and TathimPlast were exhibited at the joint Russian stand.

After lunch, a round table discussion was held with representatives of the German business community, where the Tatarstan delegation presented the investment and economic potential of the republic.

The diesel and motor fuels produced by TANECO of Tatneft Group have been awarded the diploma of the World Quality programme.

The Expert Programmes Centre of the All-Russian Organisation for Quality has successfully completed the work within the World Quality programme on the evaluation of diesel fuels produced by TANECO (inter-season F-grade; summer-season C-grade, winter-season Class 2) and motor gasoline of AI-92 and AI-95 brands complying with the Euro 5 environmental requirements. The experts assigned the highest level of quality to the samples of oil products yielded at the Tatneft’s refinery complex, which has been confirmed by the relevant diploma and the certificate. From now, the TANECO Complex has the right to use the “World Quality” sign when marking its diesel oil (inter-season, F-grade; summer-grade C; winter-grade, Class 2) and automotive gasoline of AI-92 and AI-95 brands.

The All-Russian Organisation for Quality was established on February 12, 2001. Its main objective is to consolidate the efforts of citizens and public organisations, enterprises and authorities to help solving the problems in the area of quality and competitiveness of domestic products and services. Over 150 organisations take part in the work of the problematic and sectoral committees of AROQ, including industrial enterprises, research agencies, universities, and academies.

Based on information by Tatneft press service

At one of the zonal concerts of the Festival held in Zainsk in mid-October of this year, it became known that the Festival received the status of intangible cultural heritage of Russia.

“The festival was created for professional and friendly communication between working youth and deserves wide spreading in the country”, said Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Secretary-General of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO and Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

This year, more than 160 teams and individual performers entered the Festival. The qualifying rounds of the Festival are held from October to November 2019 and comprises four zonal qualifying rounds in the cities of Almetyevsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Zainsk, and Kazan, a Super Finals and a Gala Concert in Kazan. The Gala Concert will be held on November 16 at the Pyramid Cultural and Entertainment Centre where the Grand Prix holders and Festival winners will be announced.

The “Our Time - Beznen Zaman” Republic’s Annual Open TV Festival of Working Youth has been held in Tatarstan since 2013. The project invites young people aged 18 to 35 that work in republic’s enterprises and organisations to express themselves in a creative way – in music, choreography, and art of declamation. The Festival is a socially significant governmental project that has no commercial purposes.

Three new projects were added to the investment catalogue of Nizhnekamsk. The business initiatives were discussed within the framework of the 11th Investment Council held with the participation of Nizhnekamsk Mayor Aydar Metshin.

The first project is related to the production of equipment for the construction of industrial enterprises and their overhaul (Iron Industry Company). This is the production of pipe assemblies, and the manufacture of supporting metalworks for overpasses, buildings, and structures.

The second project was presented by an enterprise manufacturing electric appliances for ventilation and smoke exhaust systems (KEMA). Such products will saturate the domestic market with quality goods for the needs of local consumers.

The last project deals with the environmental component: production of packaging from post-consumer waste to replace plastic containers (Aquatar). In the first instance, the company intends to supply its products to egg producers.

As of now, the investment catalogue of the Nizhnekamsk PSEDA features 55 facilities of various kinds with a total investment of RUB 43 billion and 7,500 new jobs. All projects are accompanied and supported by municipal structures.

Based on information by Nizhnekamsk Municipality Council press service

Tatarstan was visited by Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom. His working trip began with a visit to the Innopolis University, where an exhibition of Tatarstan enterprises was organised. It presented the displays of innovative and import-substituting products manufactured by enterprises from Tatarstan for the needs of Gazprom. During the tour, Vitaly Markelov was accompanied by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The guests saw samples of gas engine equipment: passenger cars and gas-powered agricultural vehicles, including MTZ tractors. The exhibition featured the developments of such companies from Tatarstan and Russian regions as Elektropribor, KMPO, RariTEK, Tasma, Kazancompressormash, etc.

At the stand of the Zelenodolsk Shipyard, Rustam Minnikhanov and Vitaly Markelov signed an action plan for the implementation of a pilot project for the use of river vessels operating on liquefied natural gas on republic’s tourist routes. The construction of such a ship is currently launched at the Zelenodolsk Shipyard.

After viewing the exhibition, a meeting was held on implementing the roadmap for interaction between Gazprom and republic’s industrial complex. At the meeting, promising cooperation areas were also mentioned: development of gas filling infrastructure, construction of gas pipelines, and an Innopolis University project to develop an information site for integrated geomechanical modelling of gas fields.

Based on information by Tatarstan Presidential press service and Tatar-Inform

On October 14, 2019, the All-Russian No-Turnstile Week campaign was launched in the republic as part of the large-scale Work in Russia vocational guidance project. The campaign is a set of actions aimed at improving career guidance, awareness of activities in major Russia’s enterprises, and promoting engineering trades and specialties that are in demand in industries.

The main idea of ​​the project is an interactive introduction of schoolchildren and students to activities to industrial companies located in the region.

The No-Turnstile Week is held annually in the third week of April and October. In the spring of 2019, the campaign was supported by over 40 industrial and commercial enterprises in Tatarstan: Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Tatneft Presscomposite, Kazan Aviation Plant, Zelenodolsk Shipyard, and others.

On October 14, a tour of the Bugulma Electric Pump Plant was conducted for 23 students of 9th grades of Tatar Gymnasium No. 14 in the city of Bugulma. The guests were also shown a film about the enterprise.

Kazan Helicopters opened its doors for 68 students of the 9th grade of Secondary School No. 54. The schoolchildren visited the museum of the company and made a tour of its production facilities.

Based on information by Kazan Helicopters press service

Within the framework of the International Science and Innovation Forum, Tatneft will organise a hackathon under the title of "Business through the Eyes of a Student”.

Senior course students and master degree holders of technical universities are invited to participate in the event to solve real production cases.

The hackathon will be held on October 18 at the premises of the company’s Yunost health improvement summer camp in Almetyevsk. The participants will be offered production cases for technology challenges in three areas: Exploration and Production, Oil and Gas Processing, and Tyre Manufacturing Complex. Based on the hackathon’s results, 7 best students will have an opportunity to undertake a salaried internship at the Tatneft’s Centre for Technology Development.

The hackathon will be held as part of the International Science and Innovation Forum being organised from October 16 to 18, 2019 by Tatneft jointly with the Almetyevsk State Petroleum Institute. The Forum programme will include a plenary session on the topic “Life after Oil”, which will focus on the anticipated world energy developments by 2040, the prospects for low-carbon future, and the readiness of oil companies and the entire industry for future changes.

Based on information by Tatneft press service

An unforgettable gala concert and an award ceremony for the best performers closed the qualifying zonal round of the 7th Republic’s Annual Open TV Festival of Working Youth Creativity Our Time - Beznen Zaman in Zainsk.

Over the past weekend, jury members watched over 50 original performances of festival contestants at the stage of the Zainsk’s Energetik Palace of Culture.

Traditionally, all festival’s winners and laureates received diplomas and gifts. The holders of the first, second, and third places were presented with special invitations of the jury to the Super Finals of the festival.

An important feature of this year was that most of the contestants presented their songs and choreographic compositions dedicated to the life and culture of not only the Tatars and the Russians, but also Mari, Chuvash, and Bashkir peoples.

The festival also hosted such master classes as Stage Direction, Image of Visions by production director from Moscow Dmitry Platonov and President of the Centre for Stage Practices (Moscow) Vladimir Anosov. Head of the Road from the City Dance Theatre Lilia Bagautdinova also held her Technique of Modern Dance master class.

Based on information by Our Time - Beznen Zaman Organising Committee