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 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.