R. Minnikhanov and I. Metshin inspected new production facilities at the technopolis “Himgrad”

(KZN.RU, December 5). Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, visited two new production facilities on the territory of the technopolis “Himgrad”. The head of the republic got acquainted with the work of the production of the OOO “Scientific andProduction Enterprise “Irvis” and the OOO “Cotton Way”. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, accompanied the President of the RT.

The total investment in these projects amounted to more than 1 billion rubles. The OOO “SPE “Irvis” is engaged in the production of flow measurement instruments, the volume of non-aggressive combustible, and inert gases, as well as scientific research in the field of fluid dynamics, gases, and heat exchange intensification. The enterprise was founded in 1990 based on the aircraft engines department of KSTU named after A. Tupolev (KAI). Over the years, the company has produced more than 10 thousand flow meters of technically important gases, including in commercial metering units for natural and associated petroleum gases, water vapor. The products are delivered to the facilities of the national economy of Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The consumers of the products are the PAO “Gazprom”, the PAO “NK Rosneft”, the PAO “Lukoil”, the PAO “Tatneft”, the OAO “Surgutneftegaz”, the PAO “Gazprom Neft”.

The accumulated experience and effective management of the enterprise allowed the OOO “SP"” Irvis” to implement a new project to expand production capabilities in the territory of the technopolis “Himgrad”. The investment agreement on the implementation of the project “Organization of the Production of flow measurement instruments, the volume of non-aggressive combustible and inert gases in the territory of the “Himgrad” was signed between the enterprises on February 16, 2015.

Rustam Minnikhanov was told about the company's history, development plans and about new developments. The President of the RT noted the innovative component of production, the use of scientific achievements.

The OOO “Cotton Way” is the founder and the leader of the Russian market of services for leasing and professional processing of textiles (laundry, dry cleaning, disinfection). The company's subdivisions are located in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, and Omsk. The staff consists of more than 2000 people.

The project was launched in the republic in April 2012 and is aimed to support the program of the region to introduce modern world standards of rendering social services to the population. The project is implemented with the active assistance of the Ministry of Economy of the RT and the Ministry of Health of the RT. The company cooperates with the leading medical institutions of the region to provide clothes for renting, overalls, and surgical textiles and also provides sanitary safety of textiles through the use of modern industrial technologies for its processing.

The investment agreement was signed on September 1, 2015. It was about the conduct of industrial and production activities on the territory of the technopolis “Himgrad”, aimed at the implementation of the investment project “Creation of an industrial and logistics complex in Kazan to provide services for leasing soft equipment for the needs of the Ministry of Health of the RT”.

The launch of such production qualitatively changes the way of life and the appearance of medical institutions, said Rustam Minnikhanov. Provision of hospitals with quality bed linen and other accessories are solved through outsourcing now, he said.

The President of the RT also marked that the company provides the necessary linen for 53 medical institutions. “We see the most modern technologies that provide sterility and purity. Thanks to outsourcing, we facilitate the life of our medical institutions and we achieve high quality at the same time. These elements are very important and necessary”, said the head of the republic.

Rustam Minnikhanov noted that the company has plans to introduce services at large industrial enterprises (overalls). He expressed confidence that the company will continue to develop and expand production, according to the Tatarstan Government Portal.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, spoke about the development of light industry in Russia as one of the strategic tasks. “It is important to support the growth of business activity in our light industry, to stimulate the emergence of new and successful productions. And, of course, it is necessary to solve systemic issues that impede the effective development of the industry”, noted Vladimir Putin.