Exhibition 2017 - Exhibition 2016

Founded in 1905, today the Knorr-Bremse Group has become a global market leader in braking and on-board systems for rail transport and lorries.

Every day over a billion people depend on the Group’s products, which gives the company a special responsibility extending to all areas of its activities. This applies both to the provision of safe, reliable, and efficient products and technologies to consumers as well as to Knorr-Bremse’s manufacturing processes, which must also meet the highest safety, quality, and environmental compatibility standards.

Responsible business practices that are firmly grounded in the principles of sustainable development form an integral part of the Knorr-Bremse Group’s strategy.

The North Caucasus Development Corporation (Vnesheconombank Group) joint stock company was founded in 2010 as a tool for implementing government social and economic policy in the North Caucasus Federal District. The corporation works to develop the investment environment in the North Caucasus Federal Region by attracting investors and participating in industrial and infrastructure projects.

The NCDC has helped finance seven investment projects with a total budget from all financing sources of over RUB 30 billion.

The NCDC is acting as the customer for a concept being prepared to create an innovative medical cluster in the Caucasian Mineral Waters region. This is the first attempt in Russia to bring together in one territory balneotherapy and natural, climate-based resources with medical treatment, science, medical education, and pharmaceuticals.

The main goals of the cluster are to create a serious alternative to foreign resorts for Russians, and to establish a nationwide system of medical tourism.

Lakhta Center is a large-scale community and business complex in the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg, with the Gazprom company headquarters located at its core.

Construction is scheduled to be finished in 2018.

The concept for the project foresees the construction of the largest business centre in St. Petersburg, a science and education complex, sports and leisure facilities, and a whole array of publicly accessible services and service sector outlets. Expansive public spaces will be built here, including a unique open-air amphitheatre with a view of the water, to host large-scale citywide events.

The job of the project initiators is to build, outside the limits of the historical city centre, a new focal point for business, relieving historical St. Petersburg from fulfilling the business centre role it is not naturally suited to play and the traffic burden that comes with it.

This city planning approach complies with St. Petersburg’s strategy of transitioning to a polycentric model of development. It will address the pressing problems St. Petersburg must face as a large city: how to create the necessary conditions for business development, attract large companies to the city, and create high-paying jobs.

National Payment Card System (NPCS) is the operator of the Mir national payment system.

NPCS’s job is to ensure cards using international payment systems work flawlessly in the Russian Federation, and to build and develop a Russian system for payment cards. Domestic Russian transactions using cards from all payment systems, including international systems, are processed through NPCS’s operational payment and clearing centre.

In December 2015, the first Mir cards were issued.

As of today, there are over 90 participating banks in the Mir payment system, some of which issue Mir cards themselves and have set up their devices (automatic teller machines and cash terminals) to accept them.

NPCS was founded on July 23, 2014. The company is fully owned by the Central Bank of Russia.

The activities of NPCS are regulated by Federal Law No. 161 ‘On the National Payment System’, ‘Strategies for the Development of a National Payment System’, and ‘Concepts for the Creation of a National Payment Card System’.

The Russian Export Center is a state institution for supporting exports, created with the backing of the Government of the Russian Federation. It acts as a ‘single window’ for work with exporters, providing both financial and non-financial support, including cooperation with relevant government ministries and agencies. To complete the ‘single window’ concept, the Russian Export Center group has integrated the Export Insurance Agency of Russia (EXIAR) and Eximbank of Russia. For more information, please visit the Russian Export Center website: HTTP://EXPORTCENTER.RU.

The Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (AIRR) coordinates the work of innovators and organizes interregional cooperation, providing a platform to foster effective cooperation between both regions and individual participants in the innovation-led development of the Russian Federation.

Today the Association incorporates 14 regions, each of which has its own model for

innovative development. Regions that are part of the AIRR help to draft the agenda for the development of innovations at the national level.

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the AIRR is Sergey Naryshkin, and the Chairman of the Association’s Board is President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The Acting Executive Director of the AIRR is Vice Rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Ivan Fedotov.

Drew Guff, Managing Director and Founder of Siguler Guff, once said: “If you have a mission impossible project in software development, send it to Belarus.” He was not wrong.

Belarus receives the highest per capita income from IT services of any country in the region. The country’s IT sector is growing ten times faster than the global average. Belarusian developers are responsible for such projects as MSQRD, Viber, and World of Tanks. Minsk itself, according to a rating from fDi Magazine (which is owned by the Financial Times), is one of the top ten European cities of the future in the fDi Strategy category. It also took second place in the Cost Effectiveness category. All of this is thanks to the country’s continuously improving business environment.

At SPIEF 2016 Belarus is represented by the National Agency of Investment and Privatization, the National Centre for Marketing and Price Study, and the residents of the Hi-Tech Park, which have a lot of success stories to share as well as proposals, opportunities, and ideas for cooperation.

Virtual reality (VR) is a new phase in the expansion of the boundaries of conventional perception through unique content spanning widely different fields of human activity.

A person’s immersion in VR takes place with the use of a virtual reality headset, a set of sensors, and a tracking system, allowing for the exact positioning of the body and the user reaction to be registered.

A number of scenarios are offered on the stand, demonstrating the possibilities of the system:

• The Snow Queen: A Battle with Snow Monsters. A virtual reality game from Wizart studio, based on The Snow Queen cartoon series. The scenario demonstrates technology employed for precision tracking of human movement, and new marketing opportunities for animated content promotion.

• Contingency training simulator: VR technology employed to develop complex emergency response scenarios.

• Virtual engine mapping: assembly demonstration of multi-component, high-tech objects.

In terms of the scale of its industrial production, Vladimir Region occupies seventh place among the federal subjects of the central part of Russia. The region leads in Russian production for many types of product.

Key industries include metal processing, machine tool manufacture, electronics and machine building, glass and chemical production, pharmaceuticals, advanced insulation and construction materials, food production, and agriculture.

Vladimir Region is a developed industrial region that is open to business cooperation. More than 40 foreign companies with global brands from the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Austria, and other European countries have opened and are actively developing production in the region. These include: Mondelēz, Ferrero, Nestlé, Wienerberger, Marcegaglia, Hama for Food, Dow Chemical, Abbott, and many others.

Over the past three years, 43 new production facilities have been commissioned through investment totalling more than RUB 30 billion.

The following will be present at the stand representing Vladimir Region:

Bakulin Motors Group

Bakulin Motors Group is one of the leading Russian transport engineering companies.

The holding manufactures various classes of bus, including a full range of natural gas powered vehicles.

The company is invested in cutting-edge technology, and it has developed its own scientific innovations. It has attracted partners from among leading parts manufacturers.

Volgabus is implementing large-scale projects to upgrade public transport in Russia’s regions, and actively carries out scientific research. Its research centre is responsible for engineering and design work, producing and certifying new equipment models. Currently the holding is preparing to release a prototype self-driving bus with an electric motor.

In 2016 the company entered overseas markets. It has already signed preliminary agreements to supply chassis, vehicle assembly kits, and buses to a number of companies in Africa and the Middle East.

Cable Alliance Holding

This company unites the cable assets of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company.

Cable Alliance Holding is one of the leading enterprises in the electrical engineering

industry. The holding includes Sibkabel in Tomsk, the Electrocable Works

in Kolchugino, Ural-Cable in Yekaterinburg, and NIKI in Tomsk.

Its product catalogue includes more than 150,000 different label sizes (40 groups)

for cables and wires, and also includes custom products that are manufactured to

individual customer requirements. Its quality management system has been certified.

All products are manufactured in accordance with Russian and international

standards.

The holding supplies cables and wires that meet the needs of different industries:

• Oil and gas

• Mining and metallurgy

• Railway transport and rapid mass transit systems

• Energy production and the nuclear industry

• Road transport

• Military and defence production

• Construction and repair

• Telecommunications

One of the company’s priorities is the implementation of the import substitution programme.

Dobrograd – Russia’s first private city

Ascona Group, a cross-sector, vertically integrated holding company, is Russia’s largest producer of furniture and other products associated with sleep.

Dobrograd is a new city that seeks to create a new type of urban lifestyle, which combines the advantages of country living, modern urban infrastructure, the beauty of nature, environmental friendliness, and accessible jobs.

The city’s economy is based on the creation of 10,000 highly productive jobs in high-tech industries, including IT, medicine, agriculture, and tourism.

One of the project’s main objectives is the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. The city has seen the creation of the only sports resort in Central Russia, where more than 40 popular types of sport can be enjoyed.

City area: 1,000 ha

Private investments: over RUB 20 billion

Project timeline: 2012–2022

Estimated population: 30,000

More than 1 million m2 of comfortable housing

Kovrov Electromechanical Plant

The plant is a modern, high-tech enterprise that specializes in hydraulic equipment. Electro-hydraulic control systems, valves, distributor modules, pumps, and hydraulic motors are used in machine tool engineering and metallurgy.

The company is currently carrying out a project to produce mobile equipment under the Ant brand: mini-loaders, Ant-3000 front loaders, and Ant 14-7 hydraulic lifts. The company has begun to develop the first Russian backhoe loader, the Ant-2321.

Since 2013 the company has licensed the manufacture of the following next generation CNC machining centres at its facility: Takisawa TS-4000YS (Japan), Quaser MV-184/MV-154, and the Akira SeikiV4 (Taiwan). As part of its localization and import substitution programme, the company has started to produce a Russian machine tool: the KVS MV 184.

The Kovrov Electromechanical Plant is a unique company that produces a wide range of competitive, high-tech products.

Systems and Technologies Group

Founded in 1992, the Systems and Technologies Group is a recognized expert in the development, production, implementation, and maintenance of automated systems for energy, production, and housing and utilities.

Systems and Technologies Group has successfully completed projects to construct automated information and commercial metering systems for electricity and power, integrated energy metering, and process control, telecommunications, and remote monitoring systems.

Some of the well-known brands produced by the Systems and Technologies Group include KVANT meters, SIKON intelligent controllers, and Piramida software packages.

The Group’s highly qualified engineering staff, modern production facilities, inhouse testing, training and service centre, and its developed partner network in Russia and the CIS all allow the Systems and Technologies Group to efficiently implement projects of any complexity to a high level.

The fund was established pursuant to Russian Federal Law No. 185-FZ ‘On the Assistance Fund for Housing and Municipal Services Reform’, dated July 21, 2007.

The fund aims to create safe and comfortable living conditions for Russian citizens, to develop effective housing stock management mechanisms, and to introduce resource-saving technologies.

The fund provides financial support to Russian federal subjects and municipalities for renovating apartment buildings and moving people from failing housing stock.

Since 2013, the fund has also been allocating resources for the modernization of municipal infrastructure systems.

The fund’s activities contribute to improving the living conditions of Russian citizens, improving the quality of public services, and increasing the investment attractiveness of the housing and utilities sector.

The Astana EXPO 2017 international industry exhibition will be held in Kazakhstan’s capital from June 10, 2017 until September 10, 2017, under the theme ‘Energy of the Future’.

The exhibition is expected to draw over two million people, with participation from over 100 countries and 15 international organizations. Ninety countries and 15 international organizations have already confirmed their participation.

EXPO 2017 will provide a platform for the presentation of innovations in alternative energy.
Themed conferences and over 3,000 cultural and entertainment events are set to take place during the exhibition.

Official exhibition website: WWW.EXPO2017ASTANA.COM

Krasnodar Territory is one of the largest federal subjects in the Southern Federal District, and is home to more than 5.5 million people. The sustainable development of the territory’s agroindustrial complex has historically proven to be the key to ensuring Russia’s food security. The territory ranks first among the federal subjects of the Russian Federation in terms of its production of grain, sugar beets, fruits, and berries, and it ranks second in the production of sunflower seeds and honey.

The territory’s tourist and recreational sector has undergone significant development: in 2015 more than 14 million tourists visited the area.

Transport represents another key sector of the local economy. Major road and rail routes of federal significance run through the region, and it is also home to international sea ports.

Certain promising areas of Krasnodar Territory’s economy include the creation of industrial parks and processing enterprises, the rapidly growing construction industry, and the implementation of investment projects.

The Moscow Region Government is the supreme executive body in Moscow Region.

Moscow Region is one of the leading regions in the Russian Federation, enjoying a high level of economic development. Moscow Region is one of Russia’s top three regions in terms of the volume of investments in fixed capital for 2015.

There are three special economic zones outside Moscow: Dubna, Stupino Kvadrat, and Istok. Residents of these areas receive additional regional tax benefits. There is a programme underway in the region to build 64 industrial parks, of which 30 are currently operational. Every sector of industry in Russia except for the oil and gas sector is represented in Moscow Region. The Moscow suburbs have made notable progress in developing the agro-industrial sector thanks to the commissioning and development of previously unused agricultural land, as well as a new set of measures introduced to support investors.

Nizhny Novgorod Region is attractive to investors thanks to several competitive advantages. Industry is developing quickly here, represented in the following sectors: chemicals and petrochemicals, metallurgy, automobile assembly, and machine building. The region is fortunate in its location, at the intersection of two international transport corridors: the Pan-European Corridor II and the North–South Transport Corridor. The region is one of the largest transport and logistics hubs in Russia. Investors are able to find support here at every stage of project implementation. Investment infrastructure is in place and operational, and local government works alongside investors according to the ‘single window’ principle.

In Nizhny Novgorod Region, any project can be assigned priority status, meaning both financial and non-financial support will be provided. An industrial innovation cluster has already been created here for automobile assembly and petrochemicals, helping to strengthen industrial cooperation in the region.

The Nizhny Novgorod Region stand will be represented by the Citadel project.

During SPIEF, the Government of Nizhny Novgorod Region, together with Nikita Mikhalkov, President of the Russian Culture Fund, will present an investment project to create Citadel, a centre for recreation, health, and culture. The project is slated for implementation in the Pavlovsk District of Nizhny Novgorod Region. The project’s name comes from Mikhalkov’s Burnt by the Sun 2, filmed mostly in Pavlovsk District.

Implementation of the Citadel project will include construction of the following facilities: a student village, the N.S. Mikhalkov Academy for Cinematography and Theatre Arts, a hotel, a ski resort, a theme park, restaurants, an equestrian complex, an athletic centre, and a spa centre. Investors will be brought in to help build these facilities.

The Citadel project is certainly important for the region, as it will facilitate the development of tourist and investment potential in promote infrastructure development Nizhny Novgorod Region and boost the its image. It will also promote infrastructure development in Pavlovsk District.

The cluster is located in two of Russia’s federal subjects, St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region, and is a historically established and locally confined group of more than 200 organizations, of which 40 are involved in research and development and 120 in manufacturing. The total number of staff employed in the cluster is more than 59,000.

Competitive advantages of the cluster:

• A strong, innovative scientific and technological research capacity

• Modern infrastructure

• Highly skilled personnel

• An advantageous economic and geographical location

• More than 4,500 ha of land ready for production, separated into parcels and connected to utilities

The cluster comprises the following research and development and educational institutions: The Kurchatov Institute national research and development centre, the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology, and the St. Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine.

Today the Republic of Crimea is a region with unique potential for conducting business and making efficient use of investor capital.

Crimea is open for cooperation, actively promoting transparent relationships between the government and the business community, and creating a comfortable working environment for investors.

On January 1, 2015, a special economic zone (SEZ) was established in various regions of the Republic of Crimea and in Sevastopol, a city of federal significance, set to last for 25 years. The SEZ provides tax breaks for entrepreneurial and other activities, and acts as a duty-free zone in terms of customs procedures.

The Crimea Development Corporation has been created, with its chief goal to provide comprehensive support for investment-led development in the region, and to assist investors in line with the ‘single window’ principle.

The Republic of Crimea also has a new investment portal, WWW.INVESTIN-CRIMEA.RU, which accepts electronic applications and documents for the implementation of investment projects and the receipt of SEZ participant status.

The investment map shows investment sites and proposals for investment projects.

The republic is ranked first among Russian regions in terms of its investment climate.

Tatarstan has the best indicators among Russian regions in the following areas:*

• Regulatory environment

• Institutes for business

• Infrastructure and resources (the Alabuga SEZ, the Innopolis SEZ, the Naberezhnye

Chelny Advanced Special Socioeconomic Zone, and the planned Sviyazhsk

SEZ)

* According to the Russian Regional Investment Climate Index in 2014.

Total area: 68,000 km2

Population: 3.8 million

Official languages: Tatar and Russian

Major religions: Islam and Orthodox Christianity

Urban residents in the total population: 76%

Capital: Kazan

Gross Regional Product (GRP): RUB 1.8 trillion in 2015

The republic’s share of total Russian production and mining volumes:

• 50% of national truck tyre production

• 50% of national manufacturing of trucks (with carrying capacities

of 14 to 40 tonnes)

• 45% of national synthetic rubber production

• 50% of national polyethylene production

• 17% of national polypropylene production

Tatarstan is a leading Russian region in economics, industry, sports, and culture.

Welcome to Tatarstan.

WWW.INVEST.TATARSTAN.RU

Andrey Vavilov founded SuperOx in 2006 with the goal of establishing production of second generation high temperature superconducting tapes. Equipment built with these materials changes the image of today’s energy and transport industry. 2G HTS tapes also allow far more efficient magnetic equipment for research and medicine to be produced. Owing to the unique electric and physical properties of high temperature superconductors, use of 2G HTS tapes results in unique and superior qualities of power cables, fault current limiters, transformers, motors, generators, energy storage systems and magnets.

Innovative equipment for the energy industry made using the key SuperOx material provides protection against overloading of the power system and:

• reduces electrical short circuit damage
• reduces the need for network equipment, thus cutting the cost of the power system
• increases the service life of equipment
• ensures a low level of losses in the power network
• improves the quality of the power supply

Tula Region is a Russian region characterized by complex socioeconomic, industrial, investment, cultural, and tourist development.

The region’s competitive advantages include the presence of a well developed infrastructure and favourable business climate, the absence of administrative barriers, and the existence of an innovative investment support system.

Innovative methods to attract investment are being implemented in the region, proved in the long-standing confidence shown by both international and Russian investor companies.

The Uzlovaya SEZ is located in the region, as well as a number of industrial parks, the largest of which is the Uzlovsky Industrial Park with an area of 2,500 ha.

Today, Tula Region offers good conditions for investing in manufacturing, agriculture and food processing, and tourism and recreation.

Tula Region is a real gem for tourists within Russia: Yasnaya Polyana, the Tula Kremlin, the V.D. Polenov Reserve Museum, Kulikovo Field, and many other tourist attractions hold endless opportunities for visitors’ enrichment and personal development.

With the establishment of new industrial parks and high-tech, high-added-value industries, the payment of high wages, and the development of culture and tourism, Tula Region is steadily improving its population’s wellbeing and creating comfortable living conditions.

The Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF) Foundation was established in 2015 in the Republic of Crimea.

The main goals of the YIEF Foundation are to promote the integration business and government interaction model, to promote the integration of the Republic of Crimea into the economy of the Russian Federation in the most relevant areas, to encourage sustainable growth development implementation of best practices and high-tech solutions within the Republic of Crimea. The Foundation also aims to provide strong support for the implementation of government-aided programmes in Crimea. Consequently, the Foundation’s fundamental mission is to consolidate and develop the Republic of Crimea’s investment potential and innovative capacity.

The YIEF Foundation works in close cooperation with the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea and the Government of Sevastopol, with support from the Presidential Executive Office.

The Heliports of Russia national helicopter network is a unique and unparalleled nationwide project to create a major network of mixed-use helicopter facilities. The project is being implemented with active support from national authorities and sector-specific institutions. The main objective is to develop a fundamentally new business model for the creation of a transport network designed to connect Russian cities and offer ample opportunities for the small aircraft sector and a variety of other sectors of the economy.

The network already comprises more than ten modern helicopter facilities. Located throughout the country, including the Ulyanovsk Heliport, the Krasnodar Heliport, the Tyumen Heliport, the Kaluga Heliport, and the Novosibirsk Heliport. In future, such facilities will be established in Russia’s key regions.

The flagship center is the Moscow Heliport, located on Novorizhskoye Shosse, a prestigious thoroughfare just 500 meters away from the Moscow Ring Road, designed to accommodate more than 200 helicopter units. The heliport has a large private fleet of aircraft, including the latest and most popular helicopter models from European and American manufacturers such as: Robinson, Airbus Helicopters, Bell, and AgustaWestland. It has an aerotechnical base, a spare parts warehouse, and hangars for storing aircraft.

A further helicopter facility, Istra Heliport, is located outside Moscow. The heliport is the largest authorized dealer for the Robinson brand in Russia, an authorized Airbus Helicopters service centre, and an authorized Rolls-Royce service centre. Participation in social projects is one of the most important areas of activity for the

Heliports of Russia network. In early 2014, a private search-and-rescue helicopter detachment was established at Moscow Heliport with support from AOPA Russia and the Red Cross. In 2015, the volunteer search-and-rescue detachment ANGEL won a region-wide competition initiated by the Governor of Moscow Region and received an award ‘For invaluable help and assistance in rescue operations in Moscow Region’.