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September 26, 2019 saw the closing of the in-person phase of the Republic’s Engineer of the Year contest. After its completion, the Contest Committee determined the winners of the contest.

Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted the next organisational meeting of the Engineer of the Year event, at which the results of the Contest Committee were summed up.

Based on the examination results of the finalists’ works, each participant was assigned points, after which the contestants were invited to present their projects. The members of the Contest Committee were divided into categories of industries, with 10 experts representing each of them. The experts include representatives of higher educational institutions and technical experts of major industrial enterprises.

October 25 will see the All-Russian Applied Science Conference “Mentoring in Education: Present-Day Theory and Innovative Practices”. The need for the finalists of the Engineer of the Year contest to participate in the conference was explained by Maria Yermilova, a representative of the Kazan Open University of Talents 2.0.

According to her, following the results of the All-Russian conference, it is planned to organise an educational programme for the development of the super-subject skills of the finalists, for the exchange of experience and the integration of the accumulated engineering potential and skills into the republic’s mentoring system.

These days, Almetyevsk saw the first zonal qualifying round of Our Time - Beznen Zaman, the 7th Republic’s Annual Open TV Festival of Working Youth Creativity.

In the team rating, the first place was taken by the Tatneft team. The second place was shared by the teams of the Almetyevsk Pipe Plant and the Interregional Trade Union Organisation of Tatneft. The third place in the team rating was held by the Education Board of the Almetyevsk Municipal District of Tatarstan.

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.

As part of the festival, master classes and round tables were traditionally held for its participants. The lecturers include Vladimir Anosov, President of the Centre for Stage Practices (Moscow) and the founder of the Dramaturgy and Plastic Art School.

Competitors who successfully passed the zonal qualifying round will meet at the Kazan Super Finals, which will be held on November 13 to 14. Grand Prix holders and festival winners will be announced at a Gala Concert on November 16 at the Pyramid Cultural and Entertainment Centre.

Based on information by Our Time - Beznen Zaman Organising Committee

Deputy Minister Aleksey Savelchev held a working meeting with representatives of DESO (USA) and Coşkunöz Alabuga. The main issue on the agenda was the discussion of the opportunity of localising a joint project by DESO and Coşkunöz Holding (Turkey) in Tatarstan.

Coşkunöz Holding is a Turkey-based company founded in 1950. It is engaged in the production of welding machines, press equipment in the automotive sector, metal production and processing. In 2014, the company opened its branch in the Alabuga SEZ. As of now, Coşkunöz Alabuga is a manufacturer of interior and exterior parts, chassis, dashboard parts, fuel tanks, door fasteners, and other automotive products.

DESO is headquartered in California (USA) and is introducing advanced technologies for the treatment of liquid industrial waste, tank bottoms, and sludge.

Within the framework of the joint project between DESO and Coşkunöz Holding, company’s representatives would implement the introduction of technology for industrial waste treatment for the companies in oil-producing and other industries.

“DESO can clean crudes from simple waste oils to tank bottoms, tar sands, Canadian bitumen packed with contaminants and emulsified, cleaned back to non-detect BS&W. The result is clean dirt, clean water and clean oil”, said Kaan Akyalcin, company’s CEO.

Today, on the sidelines of the 9th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum, the key event for the republic was the signing of an action plan (“Roadmap”) between the Tatarstan Government and Gazprom on the implementation of investment projects “Construction of a Natural Gas Liquefaction Complex in Tatarstan” and “Construction of a Network of Cryogenic Filling Stations in Tatarstan”.

The signing was attended by Head of the Office of the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Shamil Gafarov and Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee Vitaly Markelov.

The Roadmap provides for the construction of a natural gas liquefaction complex and the network of cryogenic filling stations in Tatarstan.

An Agreement on the implementation of these investment projects was signed between the Government of Tatarstan and Gazprom on June 7, 2019, within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum’2019.

On October 1, the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre in St. Petersburg hosted the opening of the 9th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum (SPIGF 2019).

The Forum is attended by a Tatarstan delegation comprising Head of the Office of the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers Shamil Gafarov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Ildar Mingaleyev, representatives of concerned ministries and agencies, as well as republic’s companies such as RariTEK-Holding, KAMAZ, Gazprom Gas Engine Fuel, and PATP No.2.

Members of the delegation visited an international conference on world expertise in gas engine fuel market development, where issues of implementing programmes and outcomes, incentives and barriers to using natural gas in transport were discussed, with participation by Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors Viktor Zubkov.

The SPIGF’2019 saw the finish of the Blue Corridor - Gas into Engines 2019 gas motor rally. The rally started on September 20, 2019 in the Krasnodarsky Krai, with the crews from RariTEK, KAMAZ, Gazprom Gas Engine Fuel, and others. The length of the rally section in Russia is 2,760 kilometres. Its route passed through the Rostovskaya, Voronezhskaya, Belgorodskaya, Moskovskaya, Novgorodskaya, and Leningradskaya oblasts.

Based on information by Gazprom Gas Engine Fuel press service and gas-forum.ru

The Russian Energy Week Energy Efficiency and Energy Development International Forum opened today in the Manege Central Exhibition Hall (Moscow).

In pursuance of the order by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, a delegation from Tatarstan also attends the Forum. The delegation includes Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, representatives of sectoral ministries and agencies, industrial companies such as KAMAZ, Tatenergo, Tatarstan Grid Company, TAIF, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Kazanorgsintez, TGK-16, Tatneft, and Invent Group, as well as the Kazan State Power Engineering University.

As early as in the morning, a number of important agreements were signed at the Forum by republic’s industrial giants. So, Kazanorgsintez and Siemens AG signed a general contract for the construction of a combined-cycle plant with a capacity of 250 MW (CCGT-250). TAIF Group and Siemens have signed two long-term service contracts for gas turbine units at Kazanorgsintez and Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

The Russian Energy Week will last until October 5, 2019. The Forum programme is rather eventful, comprising all-Russian sessions, plenary meetings, panels on issues of oil and gas, electric power industry, and gas engine fuel market development.

Based on information by Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Kazanorgsintez press services

On October 1, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan dedicated to the implementation of the regional project entitled “Targeted Support for Raising Labour Productivity in Enterprises of Tatarstan” (part of the Labour Productivity and Employment Support national project).

The meeting, chaired by Deputy Minister Almaz Khusainov, was held with the participation of representatives from the Tatarstan Centre for Energy Saving Technologies (a regional competence entity), the Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Social Security of Tatarstan, as well as republic’s enterprises participating in measures to increase labour productivity. In addition, the meeting was attended by organisations standing as potential co-executors of the national project. The main function of such “consultants” is to work together with enterprises in order to create a model stream for its further replication to the entire production process.

The work of consultants is free of charge for the enterprise. Payments will be made at the expense of the federal budget.

The meeting aroused great interest from enterprises, whose representatives were able to ask questions of their interest: for example, about the opportunities of participation in such educational programmes as “Exports Growth Accelerator” and “Productivity Leaders”, receiving subsidies for retraining and professional development of employees, etc.

Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec Corporation) handed over two medevac Ansat helicopters manufactured by the Kazan Helicopters to the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK). They are intended to be used in the Russia’s air medical service development programme.

Ansat helicopters were delivered for further operation to the SKOL Airline. They will be engaged in the priority project “Ensuring Timeliness in Providing Emergency Medical Aid to Citizens Living in Hard-to-Access Areas of the Russian Federation”.

The light multipurpose Ansat helicopter was designed by the Kazan Helicopters Design Office. The twin-engine rotorcraft can be used for passenger and VIP transportation, cargo delivery, environmental monitoring, and as a medevac transport. In August 2019, the Federal Air Transport Agency certified an eightfold increase in the resource of the Ansat helicopter’s fuselage.

Ansat with a medical module has a number of serious competitive advantages over peers in its class. First of all, it is a lower cost of maintenance, training, and repairs. In addition, Ansat is certified for the operation at outdoor temperatures ranging from -45°С to +50°С. High-altitude tests of Ansat have also been completed to confirm that it can be operated in mountainous terrain at altitudes up to 3,500 metres.

Based on information by Kazan Helicopters press service

Today, an industrial delegation from Tatarstan is on a working visit to Belarus.

In the morning, a delegation headed by Minister Karimov visited the Minsk Automobile Plant. The automotive company specialising in the production of heavy-duty trucks, as well as buses, trolleybuses, and trailer equipment was presented by its acting Deputy Director General Sergey Shulyak.

At the 7th meeting of the working group for cooperation between Tatarstan and Belarus, the parties discussed issues of bilateral trade and economic collaboration and the Action Plan for 2017-2020 on the implementation of the Agreement between the regions. Particular attention in the discussion was paid to the development of industrial cooperation in the field of mechanical engineering and in the petrochemical sector, supply of agricultural equipment for the republic’s agro-industrial sector, as well as cooperation in the field of science and innovation.

In the follow-up of the meeting, protocol documents and cooperation agreements were signed between the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, as well as between the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio Electronics and the Kazan (Volga) Federal University.

At the close of the visit, the delegation made a tour of the Great Stone Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park. The Park is an entity with an area of ​​112.5 sq. kilometres enjoying a special legal treatment to ensure a comfortable business environment.

On the first day of October, the 9th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum (SPIGF 2019) opened at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre in St. Petersburg.

The event annually becomes the leading platform for discussing current issues in the gas industry. The participants to the Forum are top managers of major oil and gas companies, representatives of country’s innovation centres and design institutions, experts, academics, heads of dedicated universities and R&D establishments.

In the Forum’s exhibition programme, Tatarstan is represented by leading republic’s enterprises of the sector, such as the Kazan Motor-Building Production Association (KMPO), the Aviagaz-Soyuz+, the RariTEK Holding, Kazancompressormash, and KAMAZ.

The central place in the KMPO display is the natural sample of the NK-38ST gas turbine engine, one of the advanced products developed by the company. The display also hosts a virtual reality table demonstrating a 3D compressor station project with a modular gas pumping unit. Visitors can also see the virtual cinema IC.IDO. Using IC.IDO technology, one can plunge into the virtual world of a gas turbine power plant, install and dismantle various units of a power plant drive.

Based on information by gas-forum.ru website and KMPO press service