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Today, as part of the Tatarstan’s visit of executives from foreign and Russian mass media outlets in the field of event tourism, a meeting was held at the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency with the participation of representatives from the republic.
The main objective of the visit was the development of cooperation and the presentation of the republic’s potential for future international industrial congresses.
Opening the meeting, Head of TIDA Taliya Minullina told the guests about the key events held in Tatarstan over the past few years and expected international-level events.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner shared information on the main areas of industrial development in the republic.
A representative of the State Committee of Tatarstan for Tourism Aigul Balakhontseva made a report on the tourism potential in Tatarstan.
After the reports, participants in the press tour – representatives of international media from the UK, Belgium, Germany, Slovenia, Spain, and Russia – asked questions on topics of their interest. For example, they are interested in measures to support the environment and ecology being implemented in the region, how the republic is preparing for major international-level events, and others.
The delegation from the Republic of Kazakhstan and representatives of the Tatarstan’s petrochemical companies had a meeting today in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan to exchange experience. The Kazakhstani delegation includes representatives of the Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO, operator of one of the world’s largest oil and gas fields), authorised body from the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, as well as the Akimat of the Burlinsky District of Kazakhstan.
Opening the meeting, Deputy Minister Aleksey Savelchev spoke about the specific features of the republic’s petrochemical sector, the main developments and existing competencies in the field of oil production and oil refining in Tatarstan.
Further at the meeting, presentations were made by representatives of the Tatarstan-based companies Tatneft and TANECO. They talked about the main projects underway at their enterprises, innovative developments and outcomes. Representatives of Tatneftekhiminvest-holding also took part in the discussion.
In the afternoon, the delegation from Kazakhstan met with representatives of other Tatarstan’s companies, such as Tagras-Holding, TatProm-Holding, Tatintec, the Engineering and Production Centre, the Scientific and Production Enterprise of Integrated Gas Systems, the Kazan Motor-Building Production Association, Kazancompressormash, and KER-Holding.
Tomorrow, the Kazakhstani delegation expects to a tour of the enterprises in the Alabuga SEZ, after which the results of the visit will be summed up at a working meeting in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.
Against the backdrop of the upcoming visit of the extended delegation from Tatarstan to Belarus and the meeting of the 7th joint working group, representatives of Tatarstan visited several enterprises of Belarus to discuss issues of cooperation.
On the first day of the visit, the delegation headed by Deputy Minister Ildar Mingaleyev made a tour of such machine-building enterprises as the Minsk Motor Plant, the Belarus Minsk Tractor Works, Amkodor, BelAZ, and others.
The issues for the discussion were the prospects for the joint development and introduction of vehicles run on liquefied natural gas, the issue of organising the assembly production of small-sized municipal machinery in the republic for the needs of housing and utilities sector, the use of Yelabuga batteries on Belarusian equipment, and other issues.
On this Saturday, September 28, on the eve of the International Day of Older Persons (October 1, 2019), a traditional meeting was held in the conference hall of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan with honoured guests, retired employees of the Ministry.
Warm words of gratitude and appreciation to the present pensioners were expressed by Deputy Minister German Lerner.
Ministry’s Chief Administrative Officer Aynur Shakurov and Head of Human Resources Dept. Daniya Safina honoured all the guests with gift certificates to the Lenta hypermarket.
Anniversary celebrants were especially distinguished: they were awarded with Letters of Gratitude from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan and bouquets of flowers.
At the end of the official part of the event, the guests were invited to a festive lunch with a concert programme.
A delegation from China visited the Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec Corporation). The event took place during a working visit by Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Li Zhanshu to Tatarstan as part of his official visit to Russia. The delegation was accompanied by Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin.
The guests took a tour of the unit assembly department to see how the helicopters of the Mi-8/17, Mi-38 family and Ansat are being built. The delegation also visited the final assembly of helicopters. In addition, the company’s flight test facility launched a flight presentation of the Ansat helicopter, which participated in the demonstration tour of the Russian Helicopters Holding in the Southeast Asia countries.
The cooperation of the Kazan Helicopters with PRC began in the 1950s. Over the years, China acquired 186 medium-lift helicopters, including Mi-4, Mi-8, Mi-17, and Mi-17V-5. In addition, Mi-4 under the name of “Harbin Z-5” was produced under license from 1958 to 1979 at the Chinese plant No. 122, where a total of 545 helicopters were built. The full-scale production of these rotorcrafts was organised with the participation of experts from the Kazan Helicopters.
In autumn of 2018, the Russian Helicopters Holding signed a contract to supply 20 Ansat helicopters in the interests of the China Association of Disaster Medicine.
Based on information by Kazan Helicopters press service
Ford Sollers Yelabuga is one of the first Russian automakers to fully switchover to electronic vehicle registration certificates. The joint venture of Sollers and Ford Motor Company is starting to issue EVRCs for all Ford Transit vehicles ahead of schedule, from October 1, 2019.
A pilot batch of updated LCVs with electronic passports has already been sent to dealers for sale. Ford Transits were delivered to Rolf dealerships in Moscow and St. Petersburg, while in the future they will be available for sale in Transit centres in the Russian Federation.
Earlier, Ford Sollers Yelabuga was included in the number of participants in the pilot EVRC issue project, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation jointly with AO Electronic Passport. At the same time, the final transition of the EAEU countries to a unified EVRC system should be carried out starting from November 1, 2019.
The introduction of electronic vehicle registration certificates would allow digitising and automating most of the processes related to the life cycle and registration of vehicles, and would speed up receiving required data on vehicle condition. The EVRC system would also make transparent the history of the vehicle’s technical condition from the moment of its production to its disposal.
Based on information by Ford Sollers press service
The organisers of the 7th Annual Open Republic’s TV Festival of Working Youth Creativity “Our Time - Beznen Zaman” decided to extend the application deadlines: now one can apply for participation until October 1, 2019.
The Festival provides a unique opportunity for working youth aged 18 to 35 to express themselves in a creative way – in music, choreography, and art of declamation.
More information about the event, the conditions of participation, as well as how to apply, can be found at the websites of the Festival and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan (in Russian).
Today, the IT Park of Kazan hosted the official opening ceremony of the in-person phase of the Republic’s Engineer of the Year event.
Welcoming speeches were delivered by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov and Principal of the Kazan National Research Technological University Sergey Yushko.
As part of the opening ceremony, diplomas of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan and valuable gifts were also awarded to the winners of the 19th all-Russian Engineer of the Year 2018 contest.
The in-person phase of the Republic’s Engineer of the Year contest will take place from September 25 to 26, 2019 in the IT Park of Kazan. Its intense programme is composed of various official and educational events.
On the first day, the participants will be able to attend a plenary session entitled “Engineering of the Future. Key Trends. Role of Engineers in the Development Strategy of Tatarstan 2030” and a project session on the topic “Image and Skills of an Engineer of the Future”. Finalists will be able to communicate and share experiences with leading experts in the field of engineering.
The contestants will defend their personal achievements or specific engineering works on September 26, 2019, after which the award ceremony of the Republic’s Engineer of the Year 2019 contest will be held.
An introductory meeting with a delegation from Harbin City (China, Heilongjiang Province) was held today in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan. At the Ministry, the guests were welcomed by Deputy Minister German Lerner.
The Chinese delegation was headed by Vice-Mayor of the Harbin Municipal People’s Government Zhang Wanping.
“As an administrative centre, Harbin has much in common with your republic. We, like you, are famous as a centre of engineering, advanced information technology and eco-friendly products”, said the Vice-Mayor.
The main issue on the meeting’s agenda was the discussion of partnership between the two regions in various areas. “When defining the aspects of our mutual cooperation, we would first like to highlight areas such as science and technology, industry and trade, investment and tourism,” said Mr. Zhang Wanping.
In order to develop cooperation opportunities between Tatarstan and Harbin, representatives of the Chinese delegation proposed to establish business relations with the Harbin New District (a special economic zone in Harbin).
As part of their business visit, guests from China visited the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency. On September 25, 2019, a working meeting is scheduled at the Kazan City Administration.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan informs everyone interested about the new preferential loans programme being implemented by the Industrial Development Fund under the title of “Priority Projects”.
Loans are provided for the creation of equipment for the production of liquefied natural gas (both medium and large-scale ones) and offshore projects.
The IDF also funds the production of high-duty turbines, drilling rigs (load capacity from 320 tonnes), rotary controlled systems and hydraulic fracturing equipment.
Borrowed co-financing is provided for projects implemented in priority areas of the Russia’s manufacturing industry and aimed at import substitution, as well as at the localisation and creation of mass production of highly competitive, hi-tech critical industrial products competitive in foreign markets.
Applicant requirements: the total project budget should be at least RUB 625 million; project co-funding commitments from the applicant, private investors, or from banks in the amount of at least 20% of the total project budget.
Support terms: the federal fund provides loans in the amounts from RUB 500 million to 2,000 million; loan term is no more than 7 years; rate is 1% per annum with a bank guarantee and 5% per annum for other types of collaterals.