Supervisory council of SEZ “Alabuga” approves projects for the sum of 36 billion roubles
9 February 2015, Monday
New projects of the Special Economic Zone “Alabuga” with the total funding of 36 billion roubles were approved at a session of Supervisory council of SEZ “Alabuga” held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
Opening the first session in 2015, Rustam Minnikhanov said that 42 residents with the claimed amount of investments of 118 billion roubles are working at Alabuga.
The considered projects are estimated at 36.6 billion roubles.
It was noted that 5 enterprises opened at SEZ “Alabuga” last year, and 8 new plants will open this year.
Also, leadership of the republic is making efforts on developing social infrastructure.
The projects discussed at the session were production of galvanized steel (“AVS-Stal” company), production of starch products (UG group, Russia), assembly production of industrial machines using fiber lasers (IRE-Polus, Russia), production of body parts (Faurecia, France), production of wall panels (Wallsaving, Russia), and production of automotive components (Russian-Kazakhstan company “Bars-Technology).
All projects were approved by members of the Supervisory Council.
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