Ildar Khalikov meets Director General of Rimera Group of Companies Vitaly Sadykov

On June 5, at their meeting in Kazan, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Director General Rimera Group of Companies Vitaly Sadykov discussed prospects of development of the Alnas plant, the Almetyevsk-based asset of Rimera Group, and also touched on the issue related to cooperation between Tatarstan and Riemer Group in the sphere of foreign economic activity.

In 2014 the Alnas’s export volume amounted to 136 million roubles. In 2015, the Rimera Group and the Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant are in active negotiations regarding delivery of the Alnas products to foreign markets, including Iran. This project is being implemented with the support the Tatarstan leadership. At present the Alnas is being involved in the Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant project on complex delivery of equipment for the White Well project, which is implemented in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Deliveries are carried out to India, Lithuania, Venezuela, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. This year the company has signed foreign trade contracts for more than 430 million roubles. The work to enter new markets in Latin America is underway.

During the meeting Khalikov was also introduced the new Executive Director of Alnas Sergei Shunin. Tatarstan Prime Minister wished the new CEO success and expressed his confidence that the Almetyevsk plant, which plays an important role in the economic potential of the republic, will enter a new stage of its development.

"It is very important for us to maintain and develop the industrial potential of the republic. Both economic and social stability in the republic depends on the well-being of the Alnas plant, as well as the well-being of other major enterprises of Tatarstan. We will provide overall support to the company in the implementation of its new projects, including export ones," Khalikov summed up.