Tatarstan’s cooperation with Saxony to be expanded

The Tatarstan Industry and Trade Ministry has hosted a round table meeting, chaired by the deputy minister Gulnara Akhmadeyeva, on the results of the Tatarstan delegation visit to the State of Saxony, said the ministry’s press service.

The representatives from Tatarstan’s companies and associations assessed the visit in practical terms and reported their plans of cooperation with partners in Saxony in the field of machine building.

On November 2-5, the Tatarstan delegation led by the minister Ravil Zaripov visited the Free State of Saxony. The delegation included representatives from larger companies and associations. The visit’s business programme included general events and direct meetings, as well as visits to companies and research organisations in the fields of aircraft, auto making, energy, science and light industry. A total of 60 meetings were held, the Tatarstan delegation toured about 30 companies and associations.

The today’s round table said the visit to Saxony had been effective and presented their cooperation plans. In particular, representatives from KINAT, Academy of Sciences, KAPO, YelAZ and KGTU made related reports.

“We visited ten companies in Saxony and we can cooperate with any of them, there are prospects and there is an interest. We are not only talking about importing equipment, spares and technologies, but about export from Tatarstan,” noted the KNIAT Ildus Zakirov.

The KAPO imeni Gorbunova deputy technical director Nahil Gainullin noted: “We searched for alternative spare part and aircraft equipment manufacturers for a long time. In Saxony, the proposals made by some companies were of interest to us. The company has an interest in foundry as well.”

The Dialog Consulting general director Dmitry Yevdokimov told the round table meeting about the course of development of a business plan on establishing a German-Russian Machine Building and Production Equipment Competence Centre in Tatarstan. The Tatarstan Industry and Trade Ministry jointly with the Saxony Economy and Labour Ministry and the Fraunhofer Institute of Tools and Pressure Treatment are implementing a project on setting up a German-Russian centre of advanced production technologies development in the field of aircraft and machine building. The Fraunhofer Institute of Tools and Pressure Treatment, Saxony, has been proposed as a model. The technologies and equipment designed by the institute meet the needs of Tatarstan’s machine building plants. Prospectively, the centre will provide services at a regional and federal level. The KGTU grounds are considered as possible premises of the future centre.