The First Interregional Engineering Conference will be held in the Samara Region

The First Interregional Engineering Conference will be held in the Samara Region

In September 2019, the first inter-regional engineering conference is planned to be hold in the Samara Region. The initiators and organizers of the event are the Government of the Samara Region and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

The goal of the conference is to create a unique expert platform for searching advanced engineering solutions in a wide range of areas of activity, including automotive, aerospace engineering, engine manufacturing and even medicine. Also, the event should serve the development of cooperation and interaction between Russian universities, engineering and industrial companies.

On August 9, a workshop was held at the Ministry of Economic Development and Investment of the Samara Region on the issues of holding the First Interregional Engineering Conference. It was attended by the head of the department - Dmitry Bogdanov, representatives of the Ministry, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Samara State Technical University, Samara State Medical University, Togliatti State University, State Autonomous Institution of the Samara Region "Center for Innovative Development and Cluster Initiatives".

Following the meeting, a preliminary conference program was adopted. The topics and forms of work of the expert platform are also planned: plenary session, round tables, master classes aimed at developing practical skills in the field of engineering, visiting conference participants of scientific laboratories of leading universities in the region.

It is planned to invite representatives of production companies and state corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises, the scientific community, federal and regional authorities to participate in the event.

The venue of the conference was the Zhigulevskaya Dolina Technopark site in the field of high technology in Togliatti. The event is scheduled for September 16-17, 2019.

S&P Global Ratings International Agency Upgrades Samara Region Credit Rating

On Friday, August 9, one of the leading international rating agencies, Standard & Poors Global Ratings, published the results of the credit rating of Russian regions. According to its results, the Samara Region rose from the level of BB to BB + and received a rating of Stable.

The agency assigns the level of BB + to entities with optimal indicators of a balanced budget with a moderate level of debt burden. This indicator reflects the positive economic situation in the province and contributes to giving an additional impetus to increasing the investment attractiveness of the region.

According to representatives of the rating agency, the Samara Region managed to rise in the rating largely due to the balanced approach of the regions leadership and Governor Dmitry Azarov personally to the implementation of expenditures and an effective government debt management policy. The growth of tax revenues and the improvement of liquidity indicators also played a significant role. We note an improvement in the practice of managing the regions debt obligations in recent years: the repayment schedule has lengthened, management regularly conducts operations in the capital markets, including issues on the Russian bond market and has successful experience in attracting financing in adverse market conditions, analysts say agencies.

Currently, in terms of credit rating according to the scales of international rating agencies S&P and Moodys, the Samara Region is in the lead, second only to several regions: Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Moscow Region, the Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts, the Republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan.

Recall that in February of this year, the Moodys Investors Service Ltd. International Rating Agency also increased the credit rating of the Samara Region from Ba3 to Ba2 with a stable outlook. Experts noted that the increase in the rating level reflects the positive processes in the economic and financial sphere of the Samara region that have occurred recently.

Raising credit ratings is a long-awaited event for the Samara Region - for more than 10 years, international rating agencies S&P and Moodys have not raised the provinces credit rating. Over the past two years, rating agencies have revised only forecasts of changes in the rating of the Samara Region and were in no hurry to make a decision. It was very important for reputable rating agencies S&P and Moodys all over the world to see the steady dynamics of improving the indicators of financial and economic development of the region in recent years and to verify the effectiveness of the policy of the regional leadership. The rating upgrade is a visible confirmation of systematic work in this direction.

Source: Official website of the Government of the Samara Region

The 50th resident with a unique project worth 19.5 billion rubles entered TASED Togliatti

On August 9, 2019, the Government of the Samara Region signed an Agreement with VolgaFert on the implementation of activities in the territory of the advanced social and economic development (TASED) of Togliatti.

The document was signed by the Minister of Economic Development and Investment of the Samara Region Dmitry Bogdanov and Director of VolgaFert LLC Viktor Kudryavtsev.

The development of export-oriented business projects is one of the key activities of the regional ministry of economic development and investment. This task was set by the Governor of the Samara region Dmitry Igorevich Azarov. Comprehensive support for such companies is included in the national federal project International Cooperation and Export.

The Russian-Italian joint venture VolgaFert, with a project worth a record amount of 19.5 billion rubles, became the 50th resident of TASED. The company plans to build a granular urea plant with a capacity of 1,500 tons per day at the site of KuibyshevAzot PJSC in order to obtain a product with a higher added value. As director of VolgaFert LLC Viktor Kudryavtsev noted, granular carbide is one of the most popular fertilizers used as mineral fertilizers of the nitrogen group for all types of crops, as well as used in industry for the production of adhesives, resins, and plastics. The construction of the installation will be carried out according to advanced Dutch technologies. We plan to start production in 2021, the market for the urea produced will be Russia and abroad - mainly Latin American countries, Viktor Kudryavtsev explained.

As part of the project, more than 50 permanent jobs and about 1,000 temporary jobs will be created in Togliatti for the period of construction of the facility.

- We are pleased that such a large-scale project with the participation of foreign capital has replenished the treasury of residents of the territory of the advanced social and economic development of Togliatti. The benefits and investment climate that were created today in Togliatti turned out to be a decisive factor in choosing an investor site for a new project. These conditions will allow you to quickly implement and recoup the project. We expect VolgaFert to create significant added value in the region, new jobs and serious additional tax revenues. It is important for us to see that foreign partners are increasingly implementing investment projects in the Samara Region, said Dmitry Bogdanov.

Taking VolgaFert into account, the number of Togliatti TASED residents included in the federal register created in the territories of single-industry municipal entities of the Russian Federation increased to 50. In total, residents of the territory of priority social and economic development are ready to invest more than 38 in the city and regions economy billion rubles and create 7070 new jobs.

Investors will be offered a project for the construction of a river station in Samara for 700 million rubles

The Investment Promotion Agency of the Samara Region, together with the Ministry of Economic Development and Investment, is preparing an investment proposal for participation in the construction of a river station in Samara. The corresponding order was given by the Governor of the Samara Region Dmitry Azarov. The development of the project for this facility was completed in 2017. It provides for the construction of a three-story building with a total area of 6825 square meters. The maximum capacity of the river station is designed for 700 people per hour. The total project cost is 700 million rubles.

The projected building of the river station is located on a high slope of the banks of the Volga River and is clearly visible from a significant part of the river water area. The composition of the building is aimed at creating a light, dynamic and high-tech structure, characteristic of the world experience in construction in resort complexes and transport facilities, the description of the project documentation says.

The proposed layout of the river station building involves a clear functional zoning, taking into account the safety requirements of the facility. Thus, in the passenger compartment area of a primary importance, the project provides for the placement of a lobby, a cash room, a waiting room, a room for passengers with children, lockers and offices of the river cruise sales center. The area of the passenger waiting room can also be used for exhibitions, presentations and conferences.

The additional passenger service zone is designed to accommodate public catering enterprises, a medical center, and retail stalls. To accommodate the staff of the river station, a zone of office and auxiliary premises is provided. It is also planned to place a built-in underground car parking for 51 cars in the building.

According to the proposed planning decisions, the building of the new river station should become the visiting card of the city for passengers arriving by river transport, for tourists choosing river walks, as well as a landmark for local residents and guests of the city walking along the embankment of the Volga River.

The management company begins the implementation of the second phase of the Stavropolsky Industrial Park

In the Stavropolsky Industrial Park work is underway on infrastructure support for the second stage of the investment site. According to the general director of the management company LLC Perspektiva-Park Gennady Mitichkin, at present, all organizational issues regarding power supply and gas distribution networks of an area of 86 hectares have been practically resolved with generating companies and suppliers. This will fully provide the necessary resources for potential investors - future residents of the park.

A high level of energy equipment for the investment site was made possible due to the fact that there is a well-developed engineering infrastructure in the area of the Stavropolsky industrial Park, including power supply networks, gas pipelines, gas distribution networks of SVGK LLC, technical water supply networks and treatment facilities. The park is also provided with natural building materials, as there are mountain sand quarries, storage areas for river sand and granite rubble nearby, said Gennady Mitichkin.

Stavropolsky Industrial Park is one of the main sites of industrial development of the Stavropolsky municipal district. The territory of the park is located within the boundaries of Zelenovka on the lands directly adjacent to the urban district of Togliatti. The total area of the park is 118 hectares, of which 22 hectares are already occupied. At present, the first stage of the Volga Logopark has been located on its territory and adjacent lands, a site has been formed for the design and construction of a gas refueling complex of Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo LLC with an enterprise for the conversion of heavy vehicles for gasmotor fuel and maintenance of gas equipment, service centers for maintenance heavy vehicles DAF and Mercedes. Residents of the park created 530 jobs. The expected number of jobs created with the full filling of the industrial site is 4,000 people.

The investment site of the industrial park is an extremely attractive place to host enterprises and organizations operating in the following areas:

- Warehouse Logistics,

- Road transport and service,

- Production of automotive components,

- Production of building materials,

- Enterprises of the chemical, pharmacological industry,

- Energy-intensive industries and enterprises using natural gas as raw materials.

The main advantages for residents in the implementation of investment projects in Stavropolsky Industrial Park include its extremely favorable location. The city of Togliatti is located 2 km from the investment site, 5 km to Zhigulevsk and 70 km to Samara. At the same time, important transport infrastructure facilities are located very close - only 200 meters to the federal highway, 7 km to the Togliatti river port, the Khimichesky railway junction is 3 km from the industrial park, and 35 km to the Kurumoch International Airport.

In addition to addressing the challenges of developing an industrial park, the management company, Perspektiva-Park LLC, provides assistance to residents throughout the entire range of relations with energy supplying organizations and state authorities.

In order to increase investment attractiveness and attract new residents to FE Stavropolsky, the management company Perspektiva-Park LLC entered into a Cooperation Agreement with the Administration of the Stavropolsky municipal district and signed an agreement with the Investment Promotion Agency of the Samara Region.

Reference

In November 2013, a management company was established - Perspective Park LLC, and the Stavropolsky Industrial Park project was adopted for implementation. Formed land by the Government of the Samara Region in accordance with Art. 87 of the Land Code of the Russian Federation was given the status - "Land of industry, energy, transport, communications, broadcasting, television, computer science, land for space activities, land of defense, security and land of other special purposes." This allows you to use the site to accommodate industrial and administrative buildings, structures, structures and facilities serving them, utilities and storage facilities.

In 2014, the construction of the first stage of the regional logistics center of the Lenta distribution network, the Volga Logopark, began on the territory of the park. The second phase is planned for construction in 2020.

In 2015, Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo LLC purchased a plot for the placement of a gas refueling complex for the conversion of heavy vehicles for gasmotor fuel and maintenance of gas equipment.