New enterprise to be located at Chistopol industrial park
14 August 2013, Wednesday
On August 14 at their meeting in Kazan Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and President of METTEM group Viktor Saprykin discussed investment project on launching production of wall panels.
METTEM group has been working for 24 years and combines one and half dozen innovative companies (www.mettem.org).
The investment project on launching production of wall panels will be implemented at Chistopol industrial park that provides all conditions for small and medium-size business. The project investment will make 273 mln rubles, the overall production - 150 thousand m² of panels per year.
The produced items may be used in housing construction, reconstruction of buildings. The company is expected to enter Tatarstan market next spring.
During the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov was informed about work of METTEM group at Russian building market and implemented projects.
Director General of OOO “METTEM-Light steel constructions” Dionis Smirnov told about technologies used in production of wall panels.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that such project is interesting for the republic, and wall panels may be used in construction of sports venues, village clubs, medical and obstetric centres. He asked core companies to study products of OOO “METTEM-Light steel constructions”.
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.