President of Tatarstan meets with Director General of Elabuga plant Kastamonu Entegre
21 November 2012, Wednesday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with Director General of OOO “Kastamonu Integrated Wood Industry” Onur Guven.
Aide to the Tatarstan President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov, Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Vasil Shaikhraziev, Director General of SEZ Alabuga Timur Shagivaleev and Director General of ZAO “Gasprom mezhregiongas Kazan” Rinat Khanbikov participated in the meeting at the RT Government House.
OOO “Kastamonu Integrated Wood Industry” is a subsidiary of the Turkish company Kastamonu Entegre. The company is building a plant for producing MDF panels with a capacity of 380 thousand tons per year on the territory of SEZ Alabuga. The production is to be launched in the second half of 2013.
At today’s meeting Rustam Minnikhanov and Onur Guven discussed the process of plant construction.
On 15 December, speaking at a meeting of the competition committee of the regional public competition “The Manager of the Year” about its results in 2025, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the list of 155 participants (nominees), who are heads of enterprises and organizations from various industries and sectors of the economy, for the competition was formed based on recommendations from regional ministries and departments, city and district municipalities, employers' associations and the Federation of Trade Unions of the republic.
On 6 December speaking at a regional meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatullin reported about progress in implementation of the of multi-apartment houses capital overhaul programme.
On 5 December, congratulating volunteers with the International Volunteers Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva wrote in her address: “
Your boundless kindness, sincere desire to help others and active civic position deserve special recognition and deep gratitude. There are over 5,000 volunteer associations operating successfully in Tatarstan, with a total membership of over 220,000 caring people of all ages and professions. Every year the contribution of volunteers into public life of the republic becomes more noticeable.
On 4 December Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Shamil Gafarov, who is the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic, took part in a strategic session on the establishment of an inter-university campus in the republic being held at the Kazan Aircraft University on 4-6 December with participation of more than 100 people and more than 40 experts in politics, economy, science, education and industry from all over Russia.