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A cooperation agreement was concluded between the Government of Kaluga Region and MiraxBioPharma AO on October 18, 2018.  The agreement provides for implementation of an investment project at the territory of Maloyaroslavetsky District envisaging the construction of a plant to manufacture non-sterile medicines and substances intended for treatment of pre-cancerous pathologies and prevention of cancer disease of reproductive system.

Delegation of Tochigi Prefecture (Japan) headed by Tomikazu Fukuda, Governor, was in Kaluga Region on October 16, 2018 on a working visit. The purpose of the visit consists in familiarizing with economic and investment potential of the region, establishing cooperation links with local business community and developing academic and tourism exchange programs.  

Official opening ceremony of Total Vostok OOO plant took place on October 15 in Vorsino Industrial Park, Kaluga Region. The plant will manufacture, store and ship motor oils as well as lubricant oils and associated materials. Pavel Sorokin, Deputy Minister of Energy, Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of Kaluga Region, Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of Total, Arnaud le Foll, Director General, Total Exploration and Production Russia, Fabien Voisin, Director General, Total Vostok OOO attended the opening ceremony.

IX International Forum on Development of Automobile Manufacturing and Innovation Infrastructure in Russia AutoEvolution 2018 opened on October 10, 2018 in Kaluga. AutoEvolution Forum gathers representatives of federal and regional authorities, state corporations, development institutes, manufacturers of cars, trucks and automotive components, managers of infrastructural and innovative projects in order to discuss prospects of automotive industry development in Russia. Alexander Morozov, Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Kurochkin, Vice-President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of Kaluga Region, Marcus Osegowitsch, Director General of Volkswagen Group Rus, Georgy Rotov, Director General of Continental Kaluga took part in the discussions.

On October 2, within the frame of the International Transport and Logistics Forum PRO //Motion.1520, Alexei Shilo, Commercial Director of Russian Railways – Head of Center of Branded Transport Service and Yuri Yuriev, Executive Director of Freight Village RU signed cooperation and interaction agreement.

HYUNDAI Supplier Day is to be held in Kaluga on September 24, 2018. The event is organized by the Ministry for Economic Development of Kaluga Region in cooperation with the Agency for Regional Development of Kaluga Region, Samara Region automotive cluster and  HYUNDAI.

An official opening ceremony of the first stage of ORAC Decor Plant took place on September 20 in Vorsino Industrial Park, Kaluga Region. The plant will manufacture Orac decorative synthetic moldings and decorations. The ceremony was attended by: Vladimir Potemkin, Vice Governor of Kaluga Region, Jean-Arthur Régibeau, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Russian Federation, Guy Taillieu, founder of ORAC NV, Yves Taillieu, owner of Orac NV, Maxim Lomonosov, Director General, OOO Orac.  

An official ceremony dedicated to the launch of Novo Nordisk insulin full cycle production (finished insulin injection forms with original Novo Nordisk substance) was held on September 19, 2018 in Grabtsevo Industrial Park, Kaluga Region. Carsten Sondergaard, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark, Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of Kaluga Region, Mike Doustdar, Executive Vice President, Novo Nordisk, representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Public Healthcare of the Russian Federation and representatives from non-governmental and patient organizations attended the event.

An official groundbreaking ceremony was held at “Manufaktury Bosco” Garment Factory  site in Kaluga-Yug industrial park on September 14, 2018. It was attended by Mikhail Kusnirovich,  CEO, Bosco di Ciliegi Group, Andrey Churaev, Director General, “Manufaktury Bosco” OOO, Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of Kaluga Region, Igor Schegolev, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District.

An official groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 7, 2018 in Kaluga special economic zone (Borovsk District, Kaluga Region) where a milk processing plant of TH Group, Vietnam, is to be built. The event was attended by Alexey Gordeev, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Anatoly Artamonov, Kaluga Region Governor, Nguen Fu Chong, General secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Thai Hyung, President, TH Group, high officials of Russia and Vietnam.