Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov holds Board session of Tatneftekhiminvest Holding

On December 23, at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov chaired a board session Tatneftekhiminvest Holding.

Chief Designer of KAMAZ Scientific and Technical Center Andrey Savinkov made a report on the development of electrical vehicles, in particular about the Electrobus project. The project aims to create an eco-friendly bus on electricity, which will be charged at the existing stations for trolley buses. It also implies to assemble small electrobuses.

Rustam Minnikhanov noted that the main problem is a battery that is heavy and costly and recommended to draw attention to fuel elements. He also raised an issue about making bodies from composite material to reduce a vehicle weight by 25 per cent.

CEO of ICL-KPO VS Company Viktor Diachkov told about possible import-substitution of information technologies. The company provides IT-services and produces a line of computer equipment. Recently, ICL-KPO VS built a plant near Kazan (Usady town). Rustam Minnikhanov advised IT departments of large regional enterprises to develop a joint program of import-substitution, emphasizing information safety.

A list of raw hydrocarbons and petrochemical commodities supplied to Tatarstan small and medium enterprises for further processing was approved at the meeting.

Director of the Catalyse Institute Valentin Parmon reported on holding the European Congress of Catalysis, EuropaCat-XII in Kazan in 2015. According to him, it is a primary and demonstrative event for chemists and chemical companies from Europe concerned. Kazan was able to win the right to host the workshop in highly competitive environment, he said.