Rustam Minnikhanov: We should find new areas of mutually beneficial cooperation with Ecolab company
12 July 2013, Friday
On July 12 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Executive Vice President and President, Regions of Ecolab Inc. Christophe Beck, Vice President and Director General in Russia and CIS Vaclav Harant in Kazan.
Rustam Minnikhanov briefly told about competitions being held within the framework of 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan, and thanked Ecolab for contribution to the Universiade.
Ecolab is the partner of World Summer Student Games. It provides cleansers, cleaning equipment for all sports venues, International Information Centre and Universiade Village.
Among main areas of potential cooperation Rustam Minnikhanov pointed out oil production, use of company’s software products in energy industry, industrial safety and agriculture.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Khamza Bagmanov informed that Ecolab currently cooperates with Kazaznorgsintez and Nizhnekamskneftekhim.
Rustam Minnikhanov offered Ecolab officials to make presentation at one of Tatneftekhiminvest-holding sessions.
Executive Vice President and President, Regions of Ecolab Inc. Christophe Beck said that company’s management considers Kazan as the main Russian region to develop certain projects.
On 4 July at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and the Director General of the FSUE Federal Environmental Operator (FEO) Maxim Pogodin discussed interaction in the issues of implementation of joint projects in waste management and elimination of objects of accumulated environmental damage with the aim of decreasing impact of industry on the environment.
On 3 July at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and trade representatives of Russia to foreign countries discussed current trade and economic interaction of the republic with foreign partners, issues of export activities of enterprises of the republic, promotion of Tatarstan produce to foreign markets and development of new niches, issues of logistics and the development in inter-regional ties.
On 1 July in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a meeting of organizational committee for preparing an international forum ROSTKI: Russia-China mutually beneficial cooperation, where he said that the forum will be held for the third time in the republic. “It is the largest business platform uniting representatives of business, state power and community of two countries. Since its establishment the forum has proved itself to be an efficient tool for the development of economic cooperation between Russian regions and Chinese provinces, facilitating the implementation of joint investments projects and creating promising productions,” he said.
On 28 June, speaking at a regular meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said there will be a number of public events in the coming week and their organizers together with law-enforcement bodies should ramp up security measures.