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Launching ceremony of the German plant was attended by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Saria holding founder Norbert Rethmann, "Saria Bio-Industries Volga" CEO Manfred Gellner.

Plant of animal protein production "Saria Bio-Industries Volga" is the first factory of German concern in Russia. It was founded on the SEZ "Alabuga" in 2011.

The new plant will process animal raw materials for the purpose of disposal and receiving two key products - feed meal and technical and feed animal grease. Up to 1000 km radius of collecting materials is intended to cover almost the entire territory of the Volga Federal District. 115 thousand tons of raw materials will produce 11.5 million tons of animal grease and 28.7 thousand tons of meat-and-bone meal per year.

Today the International Investment Forum on real estate PROEstate - the biggest event in Central and Eastern Europe, which gathers in one place industry leaders from more than 30 countries and 70 cities of Russia, opened in Moscow.

The PROEstate 2013 business program, which will be held in Moscow from 9 to 11 September, was attended by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov and Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov - operator of large-scale investment project in the Republic of Tatarstan - Kazan Smart City. From the Government of the republic Tatarstan Investment Development Agency supervises this project.

TransLogix is going to cooperate in the republic with Tatarstan Export Corporation (TEC).

Issues of cooperation between Tatarstan Export Corporation and TransLogix discussed yesterday at a meeting in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency. It was attended by TIDA Deputy Chief Executive Insaf Galiev, Head of Investment Promotion Wyatt Ford and Tatarstan Export Corporation CEO Ayrat Nazmeev. Company CEO Arthur Yamalov and Deputy Project Director Dmitry Gimakson represented TransLogix’s interests.

During the meeting were presented the main directions of the Tatarstan Export Corporation functions. In particular, Tatarstan Export Corporation CEO Ayrat Nazmeev noted that the objective is to increase the range of products that is exported from the republic and expanding the geography of sales. Both of these factors will make a significant impact on the volume of exported goods.

Master Chemicals Nalco Champion, a leader in Russia's oilfield chemical industry, today celebrated the opening of its new research and development center and regional headquarters in Kazan, Tatarstan. In addition to office space for the company's 65 local employees, the 21,500-square-foot facility houses 4,000 square feet of laboratory space for oilfield chemical research and the development of solutions for the benefit of other industries in Russia. Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov participated in the opening ceremony.

In April 2013, Ecolab, the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services, and the parent company of Master Chemicals Nalco Champion, made the decision to combine its energy services operations from across Russia in the rapidly growing city of Kazan, which has long been a major hub for Russia's oil and gas industry.

The official launch of the BASF first production line took place in "Himgrad" technopolis with the presence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

The new BASF plant will produce about 20 kinds of additives in the last generation concrete. On the plant is also opened laboratory of quality control and production efficiency. In the process of recipes selection is taken into account the specificity of local production of binders and fillers.

At the first production line launching ceremony, BASF also presented innovative solutions for the industry of Tatarstan in the fields of construction, agriculture, automotive, housing, food production and water treatment. The use of their technology BASF demonstrated in a real-time.

The award ceremony was held in Tatarstan Investment Development Agency. Competition for the creation of Kazan Smart City eco-models, organized by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency and Tatarstan Development Corporation (TDC), launched on June 15, 2013. The initiators of the competition set goals to draw public attention to the problem of environmental pollution and to involve young people to respect nature. In competition participated 7 teams, members are students and graduates of Kazan Architectural University.

Models also had a number of requirements. For example, it must be made from recycled and reclaimed materials in line with the concept of Kazan Smart City master plan and be creative. The work was rated by architects, representatives of prototyping workshops, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency, Tatarstan Development Corporation, the foreign partners of the Agency and the TDC.

In "Mirage" hotel was a discussion about the five-year strategic plan of the development of Islamic finance in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan.

The meeting was organized by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency in conjunction with the international news agency Thomson Reuters. The project was presented by the manager of the Thomson Reuters on Islamic Finance Department of Research and Product Development, Mr. Mustafa Adil. The discussion was attended by the heads of financial and educational institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan.

On May 1, current year at the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) in Dubai in the presence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov was signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of informational exchange between Tatarstan Investment Development Agency and Thomson Reuters. One of the areas of joint work was the developing of a roadmap on Islamic finance.

Tatarstan Development Corporation and an international company Tatarstan Gulf Investment Company (TGIC) today signed an agreement on preparation of investment analysis of individual sites in Kazan Smart City.

Cooperation agreement with the presence of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov signed Tatarstan Development Corporation CEO Bulat Gayanov and TGIC director Rachid Karmastadzhi.

April 30, current year at the III Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) in Dubai in the presence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, was signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Kazan Smart City project. It was signed between Tatarstan Development Corporation and TGIC (Tatarstan Gulf Investment Company). Tatarstan Gulf Investment Company, which is founded by a group of investment companies of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, established in 2013 for bringing an another investment companies of the Middle East to the project.

The project, first phase of which values 3.7 billion rubles, was presented at the Tatarstan-Turkish business forum.

Today in "Korston" with the presence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Minister of Economy of the Republic of Turkey Zafer Çağlayan opened Tatarstan-Turkish business forum. The forum was attended by about 100 Turkish and 200 Tatarstan companies.

As Rustam Minnikhanov underscored, holding in Kazan meetings with the business community in Turkey has become a good tradition and demonstrates good relations between Tatarstan and Turkey. Tatarstan President also stressed that Turkey - one of the leading economic partners of the republic. The volume of trade between two republics in the past year amounted to 930 million dollars, the amount claimed by Turkey investment in Tatarstan - more than $ 1.5 billion. Turkey also leads in the number of joint ventures with Tatarstan – in the territory of Tatarstan registered 278 such companies. The largest Turkey companies are residents of the SEZ "Alabuga".

The company's interests in the developing its business in the territory of the republic were presented today at a meeting with the leadership of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency and the specialists of the Tatarstan Development Corporation.

As the director of the project business in Russia and the CIS, Oliver Rees noted, the decision to expand the company's presence in Tatarstan was made a few years ago, but financial crisis prevented its realization. Oliver Rees also said that today at the management level of the company once again begins the discussion on the implementation of strategic plans for the developing business in the Republic  of Tatarstan. In particular, Grohe AG is interested in taking an active part in the implementation of major projects in Tatarstan. For example, they supplied products of Grohe AG to a number of the Universiade objects and the International airport "Kazan".