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Community leaderS The Governor, Mayor and other community leaders 5 explain some of the reasons why this once closed region is now attracting some serious foreign investment. ChelyabinSk in foCuS There are numerous strategic plays for aggressive inves- 9 tors. The most positive are commercial real estate, logis- tics and FMCG and agriculture. modern teChnologieS Kendrick D. White, Publisher 19 Technoparks and business incubators are just emerging With this issue, Marchmont’s Regional here; an intriguing new trend is to incubate sector specif- Investment Guide becomes Russia’s first ic start-ups with successful commercial partners. monthly business magazine published in separate Russian and English versions. SCienCe and eduCation We’ve introduced a new look, starting with our cover, as well as new content. 27 Moving from making nuclear bombs to medical devices has At the beginning of each sector report been slow going. The “brain drain” of the 90’s is still being you’ll be hearing directly from our staff felt, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. of economists and expert business advi- sors as to what we believe are the emerg- natural reSourCeS ing trends you need to be aware as an in- Despite global demand and record high prices for metals, vestor, a partner or a principal. 33 the industry needs to keep focused. There is very intense As we continue to focus on providing competition and trans-national M&A activity. more insight and analysis of each region we cover, you’ll also see more Company induStry Profiles and Case Studies. With our own staff of economists, writers and report- It’s boom times for the region’s industrial majors. Do- ers in the field, Marchmont is unique- 45 mestic sales and exports are at record highs. Russian ly equipped to find and report on these trucks are even being built in India. companies as well as on the newest inno- vations coming out of technoparks. MARCHMONT INVESTMENT GUIDE TO RUSSIA. January, 2008 Chelyabinsk and the region Whether it’s new products or new ser- vices, Marchmont’s Investment Guide is Published by MARCHMONT Capital Partners, LLC your monthly resource to what’s going 5/6, Teatralnaya Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005 Russia on in Russia’s regions. Registered by Federal Service for Monitoring Law Observance In Mass Media and Safeguarding Cultural Heri- tage, Russian Federation This month we also begin a new series of Certificate ПИ # ФС77-26183 issued November 16, 2006 Marchmont Conferences–two day work- Authorized for printing Dec. 26, 2007 Order #059 Circulation 8,500 shops designed for SME’s and large cap Printed by RIDO printing house, 2a, Shalyapin Street, Nizhny Novgorod, 603074 Russia companies focusing on growth strate- Publisher Kendrick White, Managing Principal, Marchmont Capital Partners, LLC gies and investment. Our first confer- Managing Editor Robert Aronson Chelyabinsk Editor Artyom Smirnov Senior Journalist Alexander Blagov ence is later this month, Jan. 30 and Economic Analyses Marina Ushenkina, Alexandra Starikova, Tatyana Shilova & Anna Balashova Design & Color 31 in Chelyabinsk. The second is the fol- Correction Grigory Nikonov Distribution Natalya Aronson, Kseniya Puchnina & Alexey Larin Database Manager lowing month in Kazan on February 27 Olga Yanina Advertising Elena Dovgal, Stanislav Zanozin, Sergey Paramonov & Olga Shayakova Conference and 28. We hope to see you and your col- Manager Lubov Ivanova Advertising Designer Alexey Udalov Financial and Administrative Director Ekaterina leagues there! Makhalina Assistant to the Publisher Elena Voitenko Secretary Svetlana Varnosova HR Manager Natalya Lebedeva Specialist Olga Samygina Chief Accountant Svetlana Shuvalova Assistant Accountant Elena Vyalova Kendrick D. White IT Manager Mikhail Kulikov Engineer Alexander Belyavsky Translation Manager Dmitry Babushkin, Transla- tion Editors Alexander Galkin, Olga Laricheva & Valentina Molotovschikova Photography Vadim Shimanov и Yana Akhmetshina Proofreading Jeremy Burrier Web Design Andrew Croxall, Andrey Smirnov Ural office staff Director Alexey Mosyagin Investment Manager Julia Akhmetshina Designer Yana Akhmetshina Office Manager Dinara Gimaltdinova Address: office 613, 83, Belinskiy Street, Ekaterinburg, 620026, Russia, phone +7 (343) 264-1733, fax +7 (343) 264-1734 2 Contents ТranSport and logiStiCS The region’s status as a through-center rather than a hub editorial staff 53 is changing as new world-class integrated, multi-modal logistics centers are finally starting to appear. fmCg and retail diStribution Ten years ago the region’s agricultural sector was in 57 shambles. Today agribusiness is a dominant force not only in the region and Russia, its impact is global. robert aronson, Managing Editor bankS and Credit inStitutionS Growing demand for commercial credit from the region’s 65 global giants have lured the federal banks. Local institu- tions are being acquired or bulking up by issuing shares. buSineSS Support ServiCeS The traditional smokestack industries work with Moscow artyom Smirnov 71 and St. Petersburg firms, creating a wide open market Editor for local firms to focus on entrepreneurs and SME’s. ConStruCtion and real eState Double-digit growth driven by the demand for Class A com- 77 mercial space has kept the sector humming. Lack of Class A building sites however is becoming a problem. anna balashova, economist touriSm Tourists from other regions as well as from around the 83 world are discovering the natural wonders of the souther Urals. International hotel chains are on their way. alexandra We extend our thanks to the following persons for their contributions: Petr Sumin, Governor of the Chelyabinsk region, Mikhail Yurevich, Mayor of Chelyabinsk, John Stepanchuk, Jenny Lock, Vladimir Volkov, Ludmila Podzhivo- Starikova, tova, Sergey Ganja, Pavel Zaitsev, Fedor Vostretzov, Boris Kurchatov, Anton Akimov, Boris Yurchenko, Maksim economist Udodov, Larissa Zakharova, Dmitry Morosov, Svetlana Kasyanova, Dmitry Feldman, Dmitry Agapkin, Konstantin Ryazantzev Our special thanks go to Yuriy Klyopov, Minister for Economic Development of the Chelyabinsk region, Oleg Prokhorenko, Olga Soldatenkova, Alexander Varvorkin, Alexander Emelyanov Editorial Headquarters 5/6, Teatralnaya Square, Nizhny Novgorod, 603005 Russia Phone: +7 (831) 419-4565, Fax: +7 (831) 419-5011, E-mail: [email protected], web site: www.marchmont.ru Subscriptions please fill out the request form on our web site www.marchmontcapital.com or contact Olga tatiana Shilova, Yanina at +7 (831) 419-4565 economist Publication and Website Advertising contact Elena Dovgal, Stanislav Zanozin or Sergey Paramonov at +7 (831) 419-4565 The primary sources of information used for this publication were: Expert, Kommersant, Delovoy Kvartal, official web-site of the Government for Chelyabinsk region, www.advis.ru, www.uralpress.ru, www.rusmet.ru, www. metalinfo.ru, www.businessural.ru, www.chelbis.ru, www.sci-innov.ru, http://dl.chelsi.ru The view and opinions expressed in this publication by invited authors and experts do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the publisher. While every effort has been made to avoid any errors, the publisher is not responsible and cannot accept liability for any errors, however caused, in this publication © MARCHMONT Capital Partners, LLC grigory nikonov, All copyright reserved. Reproduction of this journal or any part of it, in whatever medium, is only granted provided a clear at- designer tribution to Marchmont Capital Partners LLC is featured visibly with it. Marchmont Capital Partners LLC is not responsible for the content of advertisements inside this journal. All advertised goods and services are certified Total circulation 18,500 copies (8,500 English copies & 10,000 Russian copies) Marchmont Investment Guide / January, 2008 3 4 Community leaders Dear readers! The Chelyabinsk region is one of the leading industrial regions in the Urals and in the whole of Russia. During the course of three centuries, since Peter the Great set up its first industrial factories, the Chelyabinsk region has developed its vast resources to fully jus- tify its name as Russia’s Stronghold. We have formed a unique industrial, working and scientific region here. A region with a fine geographic location, good transport, a devel- oped infrastructure and excellent resources. It is the only region in the country where such minerals as talc, magnesite and graphite are extracted. More than 500,000 people work in different industries. 92 ,000 businesses are registered in the region. Metallurgic, machine-building, power engineering and building sectors involve the biggest investment projects. Today there are also projects in such spheres as innovation, instrument-making and economics. Due to our unique nature and rich archeological history, tourism is rap- idly developing here today. There are nature reserves and national parks and health cen- ters. Our ski complexes meet international standards. The rich resource, industrial, investment, cultural and educational potential of the South Urals is recognized both in Russia and abroad. Investment is the basis of our indus- trial politics of the region and of our long-term development strategy. Today the region Petr Sumin is in the top 20 of leading federal subjects of Russia. In December 2006 the rating agen- Governor of the Chelyabinsk region cy “Expert RA” awarded the region a long-term Aa1.ru credit rating, a high professional evaluation of the region’s investment climate. MARCHMONT’s Investment Guide to Russia: Chelyabinsk and the Chelyabinsk