Tatarstan President meets with Director General of Yokogawa Electric Corporation
1 October 2013, Tuesday
On October 1, at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan President and Yokogawa Electric Corporation Board Chairman and Director General Mr Shuzo Kaihori discussed the issues of current and prospects of further cooperation between Tatarstan enterprises and Yokogawa Electric Corporation.
To the point, Yokogawa Electric provides solutions in the sphere automation of electrical equipment for oil-refining and petrochemical enterprises.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that a number of the largest Tatarstan companies are successfully cooperating with the Japanese corporation. Yokogawa Electric laboratory is working at Tupolev Kazan State Technical University.
Vice-Premier – Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to Tatarstan President Rinat Sabirov, Director General of OAO “Tatneftekhiminvest Holding” Rafinat Yarullin, Rector of Tupolev Kazan State Technical University German Dyakonov took part in the meeting.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.