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Russian – Japanese industrial forum named Prospects of Russia-Japan Cooperation in Digital Technology Age was held on July 9, 2018 at INNOPROM International Industrial Exhibition. Tsutomu Nakagawa, Deputy Director General, International Trade Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Hirouki Harada, Executive Vice President,    FANUC Europe, Ilia Dimitrov, Executive Director, Association of Online Trading Platforms, took part in the discussions. Dmitry Denisov, First Deputy Governor of Kaluga Region, also attended the event.    

A groundbreaking ceremony at the site of Gabriel-Chemie-Rus-2 new plant was held on June 28, 2018. The production facility is to manufacture plastic colors’ and additives’ masterbatches. The ceremony was attended by Ilya Veselov, Minister for Economic Development of Kaluga Region, Rudolf Lukawski, Trade Counselor of the Embassy of Austria, Andreas Berger, Member of the Board and CFO, Gabriel-Chemie Group, Helmut Koenig, Member of the Board and Technical Director,  Gabriel-Chemie Group, Olga Purikova, Director, Gabriel-Chemie-Rus-2 LLC.

On June 26, 2018 an expert council headed by Vladimir Popov, Deputy Governor of Kaluga Region, held a meeting to assess applications of new companies intended to become residents of Kaluga industrial special economic zone, established I the region. The council have assessed and approved applications submitted by two companies, namely  National Collagen Company and MPT-Plastik. These companies are to invest over RUR 3,200,000,000 in their projects in total.    

A German parliament delegation visited Kaluga on June 19-21, 2018. It is headed by Waldemar Gerdt, a member of Alternative fur Deutschland  fraction in Bundestag and a member of Bundestag Committee for Foreign Affairs.

A conference dedicated to cooperation between Russia and Italy in the field of trade and economy field is to be held in Comune di Marcon (Venice province, Italy), was held on June 19. The main focus of the event was on specific features of industrial localization in Russia in general, and in industrial parks and special economic zones in particular. Kaluga Region Government organization was headed by Vladimir Popov, Deputy Governor.

Greif commissioned a steel drum plant at a brownfield site in Vorsino industrial park, Kaluga Region. This is the seventh Greif drum plant in Russia.

An agreement between Kaluga Region Government and Staromikhailovsky Fish Processing Factory OOO was concluded at XXII Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 24, 2018. The agreement was signed by Anatoly Artamonov, Kaluga Region Governor, and Alexander Evdokimov, Director General, Staromikhailovsky Fish Processing Factory OOO.

An agreement between Kaluga Region Government and Tsentr-Trade OOO was concluded at Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 24, 2018. The agreement was signed by Anatoly Artamonov, Kaluga Region Governor, and Alexander Kornakov, Director General, Tsentr-Trade OOO.

On May 24, within the frame of XXII Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), a cooperation agreement was signed between Kaluga Region and Russian Railways OAO aiming to implement investment project. The project intends to build railway ensuring operations of Kaluga Industrial Special Economic Zone.  Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of Kaluga Region and Oleg Belozerov, Chief Executive Officer – Chairman of the Executive Board of Russian Railways OAO signed the appropriate document.

On May 24, within the frame of XXII Saint-Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Government of Kaluga Region, State Corporation ‘Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs’ (Vnesheconombank) and ‘Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects’ ANCO.