Alexander Kogogin met with Kastamonu Entegre Director for Development

January 14, Tatarstan’s Industry and Trade Minister Alexander Kogogin met with the Turkish firm Kastamonu Entegre’s Director for Development Mr. Onur Guven.

The main purpose of the working visit is to hold negotiations on setting up a timber-processing facility in Tatarstan.

Kastamonu Entegre Agac Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. plans to invest to new production factories in the Russian Federation. Availability of raw materials, energy and logistics are factors of future investments. The company had displayed an interest in the Tatarstan-based Alabuga special economic zone at the Economic Forum in Sochi in September 2008.

Mr Onur Guven considers Tatarstan as the best location in Russia for investment, as well as the Alabuga zone is the most suitable territory to place the production facilities.