Dmitry Medvedev visits Tatarstan exposition at “Sochi-2013” forum

On September 27 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov presented projects of engineering centers to Chairman of the Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev at Tatarstan exposition within the international investment forum “Sochi-2013”.

The engineering center “KAI-Laser” is being established at Tupolev Kazan State Technical University in cooperation with IPG Photonics, the world leader in production of fiber lasers. Speaking about the project, Rustam Minnikhanov demonstrated samples of laser machined metal products and laser metalworking machine to Dmitry Medvedev.

The medical center “Eidos” is engaged in development and production of medical simulators. According to Tatarstan President, the center’s products are much cheaper than their foreign analogues and delivered to Russia and abroad, even to the USA. Rustam Minnikhanov also noted importance of the simulators for training surgeons to perform operations and Dmitry Medvedev agreed with Tatarstan President.

The oil and petrochemical center is one more engineering center, being established in Tatarstan. Telling about the project, Rustam Minnikhanov said that all technologies in this sphere are to be purchased abroad. In the meanwhile, Tatarstan has scientific and production facilities for developing and implementing own technologies.
“We are going to further develop these projects and hope for federal support,” Tatarstan President addressed Head of the Russian Government.

Russian Vice-Premier Arkady Dvorkovich, Russian Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov, Russian Presidential Envoy in Volga Federal Region President Mikhail Babich also visited the Tatarstan exposition.