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Today, the site of the KNITU-KAI German-Russian Institute of New Technologies saw a meeting under the chairmanship of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov on the topic “Innovative Development of Enterprises as a Basis for Improving the Competitiveness of the Economy in the Republic of Tatarstan”.
The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, representatives of the Institute of Advanced Production Technologies, the Engineering Centre of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, heads of industrial enterprises in the Republic of Tatarstan, republic’s agencies and organisations, and educational institutions.
Prior to the meeting, the Made in Tatarstan portal was presented to the participants in the lobby of the KNITU-KAI. The website (Madeintatarstan.com) created by the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade is an informational Internet portal about the industrial potential and key enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan. The project’s central element is a sector-wise guide to enterprises. At the moment, the website presents 26 branches of 8 industries. The mission of the project is the presentation of industrial potential in Tatarstan and promotion of products manufactured by Tatarstan’s companies in foreign markets.
One of the forms in territorial development of the manufacturing industry and creation of new growth points are clusters. Clusters are the most successful approach that best align the interests of the government and the business sector. The government would enjoy the most efficient use of resources, both raw and human, and an opportunity of establishing innovation centres in certain spots. In turn, large-capacity chemical businesses that form the basis for these clusters and smaller companies engaged in polymer processing would make use of the synergy effect, improved infrastructure, and more advanced logistics chain.
To this end, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade signed an agreement on 16 June 2017 concerning the participation in the industrial activities of a polymer cluster for automotive components composed of the following enterprises: Betar, Tehnotron, Tatneft-Presscomposite, Saturn, DiEv, R-plastic ROSTAR, KhitonPlast2, KNITU-KHTI, and the Regional Centre for Chemical Technology Engineering.
Within the Polymer Day on 19 June 2017, an agreement is expected to be signed between the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Specialised Organisation of Polymer Cluster for Automotive Components on establishing an industrial cluster for polymer automotive components in the Republic of Tatarstan.