Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov opens a unique enterprise Nefis-Bioproduct
12 October 2011, Wednesday
A unique enterprise Nefis-Bioproduct opened today in Tatarstan. The idea of establishing a company with complete production cycle has long been cherished but its implementation was possible only with participation of investor represented by Nefis group of companies. Such a statement was made today by the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at the official opening ceremony.
He highlighted that this day is marked by many important events in the Republic, such as the launch of a new fertilizer manufacturing plant, the visit of Sberbank officials to Tatarstan, and the opening of new plant of the Nefis group of companies.
“It is our holiday. I remember the time it was on the stage of construction and the tasks which had to be realized. We faced many problems. But with the help of investor, the Nefis group, all problems were solved. Plants started opening one after another, and new projects were launched. Still for the moment not all ambitious tasks have been implemented yet”, - the President said.
The JSC Nefis-Bioproduct was founded for the purpose of realizing the investment project “Construction of production complex for advanced processing of oilseeds” meant for construction of a complex for processing oilseeds in a single production chain.
The total cost of the project is 16 bln roubles. The new plant is mainly aimed at the production of packages with high usability and aesthetic characteristics. It is expected that it will favor Tatarstan products at the Russian market with a competitive advantage.
Moreover, the new complex will ensure higher tax returns to budgets of various levels, provide import substitution by high-tech competitive products and enlarge the outlet for agricultural producers. Launching the enterprise will also help solving some social problems providing 1100 new jobs.
On March 10, the third meeting of the organizing committee on preparation and holding of the 20th anniversary Russian Venture Forum 2026 to be held in Kazan from April 8 to 10, chaired by Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and with participation of Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and co-chair of the forum’s organizing committee Aleksey Pesoshin, President of the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of Tatarstan Damir Galiev as well as representatives of federal and regional authorities, development institutions and partner organizations via videoconference, took place.
On 10 March, speaking at a briefing dedicated to the development of the national Max messenger in Tatarstan and held in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communication of the republic Ilya Nachvin informed that according to the data of March 2026 about 1.5m residents of Tatarstan use domestic Max messenger.
On 5 February Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in ceremony of awarding winners of the regional competition “The Woman of the Year. The Man of the Year: A Woman’s View” held at the Korston Leisure and Recreation Center in Kazan.
On 4 March at a briefing in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Minister of Land and Property Relation Fanil Agliullin told about changes in land legislation enforced from 1 March of the current year. He said that they simplify a number of procedures for land plot owners including expanding the possibilities for land use and changing the rules for changing the category of a plot.