Ulyanovsk Region Expands Cooperation with China
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#7 August 2016 JOKEY PLASTIK FIRST RESIDENT RESIDENT RUSH 2016 The only plant of the German AT ULYANOVSK SEPZ Investors compete to win, company in Russia, page 3 begins work on site, page 4 page 8 ULYANOVSK REGION EXPANDS COOPERATION WITH CHINA VOLGA-YANGTZE included guests from Szechuan, In July Ulyanovsk Region Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Zangxi hosted the first meeting of and the city of Chongqing. the Council for Cooperation The Chinese delegation of Privolzhsky Federal District chose Ulyanovsk Region as the of the Russian Federation and meeting place for this significant the Committee of Upper and event for a reason. It is the Mid-Stream Yangtze (PRC) birthplace of Lenin, who is very (“Volga-Yangtze” format) under much revered in China, and the the chairmanship of Mikhail region is also a part of the Red Babich, Russian President’s Tourist Route. Additionally, over Plenipotentiary Envoy in the past several years Russian- Privolzhsky Federal District Chinese economic cooperation and member of the PRC State has been experiencing rapid Council Yan Jiechi. The Chinese growth. “For Ulyanovsk Region, delegation visiting the region People’s Republic of China is one of the long-standing and NEW INVESTMENT significant partners, third in PROJECTS terms of commodity turnover and The first agreement has second in terms of import volume. been signed with Anhui External trade turnover with the Conch Cement Company PRC has grown by almost six times (China), one of top three world over the past six years,” Acting manufacturers of cement, to Governor of the Ulyanovsk build a cement plant in the Region Sergey Morozov said. Ulyanovsk Region. The company The July visit of the Chinese will invest 500 million US dollars delegation was no exception into the construction project. to the rule. The Volga-Yangtze The enterprise will produce Council meeting resulted 5,000 tons of cement a day, and 400 new jobs for residents in signing of two major of the region will be created. investment agreements with PRC enterprises. (continued on page 2) August 2016 2 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ULYANOVSK REGION EXPANDS COOPERATION WITH CHINA (starting on page 1) has been building a Chinese products distribution center in Ulyanovsk Special Economic Zone. TOURISM INDUSTRY As of today there are some 20 joint Russian-Chinese projects in manufacturing, agriculture, education and tourism being implemented in the region. One of the largest is “Red Route”, an international tourism project, a discovery learning cultural tour for groups from China. The idea of the project was supported by the PRC State Council. Over less than 2 years of this proj- ect, Ulyanovsk was visited by more than 1,000 tourists from China. Over many years Ulyanovsk Chinese investors say they the entire Privolzhsky Federal ture of lysine with the amount Region has been cooperating appreciate all the efforts put District,” said Wang Jianchao, of investments in excess of with the Chinese provinces of forth by the Government of representative of Conch RUB 1.5 bln. Shanxi (administrative cen- the Region in the area of im- Company. Yet another project is being ter – City of Taiyuan), Hunan proving the investment envi- The project also has a sig- implemented in Ulyanovsk by and Anhui. On July 19 at the ronment. “Sergey Morozov has nificant social effect for the re- Golden Mountain company Volga-Yangtze Council Meet- been providing considerable gion. “The company has its own from China. Having received the ing Sergey Morozov signed an support to us, paying much at- project institute and a research status of resident at the Expert agreement to establish trade tention to our investment proj- and development center, which Council of the Ministry of Eco- and economic relations with ect. We are hopeful that we will allows to introduce cutting- nomic Development of the Rus- another Chinese province – be able to complete all further edge production technologies sian Federation, the company Hubei. stages in its implementation and create high-quality prod- with their help, such as filing all ucts at low cost. Cutting costs the necessary documents and related to concrete is important completing all the necessary ad- for us because it helps lower ministrative procedures. Today construction costs for indus- our regions – Anhui Province trial enterprises and residential and Ulyanovsk Region – have houses in the Ulyanovsk Re- been actively cooperating at gion,” said Sergey Vasin, CEO the level of heads of regions. of Ulyanovsk Region Develop- This cooperation has been quite ment Corporation. productive. After we build the The second investment cutting-edge hi-tech enterprise agreement – with Wang Sheng here, we expect to make a con- Company – presupposes con- tribution to the development struction of a flour process- of the Ulyanovsk Region and ing enterprise and manufac- August 2016 3 LAUNCHING A PLANT PLASTIC PACKAGING FOR RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN JOKEY GROUP: » Founded in 1968. » 14 plants in 11 countries. » Deliveries to 80 countries of the world. » 1,800 employees. » Annual turnover of the company is around EUR 425 mln. he new enterprise, Investments into construc- “We are confident that we Earlier deliveries to the Jokey Plastic Uly- tion and technical re-equip- will be successful and that this Russian market came from a anovsk, LLC, a plastic ment of the new plant amount- enterprise has a good future. plant in Mogilev, Belarus. The packagingT plant, opened in ed to more than RUB 700 mln. There are many reasons why new plant in Ulyanovsk, lo- the Ulyanovsk Region in 2016. Today the enterprise employs we chose Ulyanovsk Region cated some 900 km east of This is the first plant of the in- 50 people. A total of 13 hi-tech for localizing our production,” Moscow allows the company ternational packaging manu- injection moulding machines Herbert Kemmerich, Manag- to be closer to their Russian facture in Russia, and 14th plant produce plastic containers ing Founder of Jokey Group customers and expands the of Jokey Group (Germany) in from 1.1 to 20 liters in volume said at the opening ceremony. sales territory to the Urals and the world. for transporting and selling “The first was the human fac- Siberia. The enterprise manufac- all kinds of products. After the tor. We really appreciated the The area of the enterprise tures packaging for all types enterprise reaches its rated ca- attitude of Governor Sergey in Ulyanovsk is 9 hectares, of packaged products in food, pacity, the investor expects the Morozov to our project. Sec- manufacturing facilities and medicine, construction and number of consumers to grow ondly, Central Russia is a very warehouses take up 5,000 m2. chemical industries and deliv- to 100, and output – to more important region for us, and Full-scale production was ers its products across Russia than 4,000 tons of products this is why we started building started just 20 months after and Kazakhstan. a year. a manufacturing facility here.” the construction began. August 2016 4 SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE FIRST RESIDENT BECOMES OPERATIONAL AT ULYANOVSK SEPZ he opening cer- floor heating system has cludes 333 m2 of office emony of the been assembled. The space and represents A Class Ware- area of the warehouse just the first stage of houseT of T1 Company section is 1,928 m2. According to CEO of T1 Hangar Complex will Technic One common (Russia) took place in In addition to the project. The second T1, LLC Mukharbek Au- allow to service up to April. loading and unloading stage will include con- shev, implementation of three broad-hall aircraft The facility has been zones, the building has struction of hangars and the next stage of hangar like Boeing-747 and built with use of cutting- a special ramp and 4x4 construction will begin in a customization center 777, or up to 10-12 nar- edge technologies and m gates to unload avia- January 2017. The total for aircraft on the terri- row hull Boeing-737. It equipped with tall levels tion containers, which tory of the SEPZ. amount of investments will also house produc- of shelving manufac- will allow to reload car- “T1 Company has by Technic One Company tion facilities for repairs tured by Jungheinrich goes directly from the many plans for develop- will be around RUB 6 bln. of parts and engines, Company (Germany). planes on the apron of ing this project and cre- The new T1 Hanger Their setup allows to Ulyanovsk-Vostochny ating the largest aircraft Complex will also house metal processing and place products on Airport, which is lo- hangar complex in the the conceptual Service, avionic equipment. The shelves 17 m from the cated side by side with country for aircraft re- Maintenance and Repair company has already ground level. The warm the SEPZ. The facility in- pairs at the Ulyanovsk supermarket. In addition started work on creat- SEPZ. The new terminal to providers of techni- ing aircraft engine repair cal maintenance and and logistics center will and customization for create new ways for in- repair service for aircraft, new Russian aircraft – teraction with Russian the new enterprise will BC, SSJ, and MC-21. An- and foreign enterprises also offer auxiliary ser- from China and Europe,” vices, such as aircraft other possible new proj- said Sergey Morozov, painting, customiza- ect involves converting Acting Governor of the tion, cabin upgrading passenger aircraft into Ulyanovsk Region. services. The separate trucks. PROMTECH-ULYANOVSK he second resident of area. The new enterprise will be the zone, PROMTECH- launched in the fourth quarter Ulyanovsk, JSC, is of this year. completingT the construction “In June, at the meeting of the stage. The enterprise will man- Expert Council in Moscow we ap- ufacture sets of onboard cable plied to change the parameters networks and piping systems of the business plan, and it was for aircraft.