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An official ceremony dedicated to signing of a memorandum of intent on establishment of a food industry cluster between Kaluga Region Government, Nestle Russia OOO and the Agency for Innovative Development – Center for Cluster Development of Kaluga Region, and signing of a special investment contract between Kaluga Region Government and Nestle Russia OOO was held in the Representation of Kaluga Region Government under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, on December 18, 2018.

On the 12^th of December Anatoly Artamonov, Governor, visited new cattle-breeding farm in Uteshevo Village, Babyninsky District and Shlippovo Production Base, Sukhinichi District, operated by Miratorg Agro-Industrial Holding. Victor Linnik, President of Miratorg AIH and Alexander Pavlov, Director General of Bryanskaya Myasnaya Companya OOO, Miratorg AIH, accompanied Head of the Region in his visit.

On November 27, 2018 Gary Koren, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Israel to Russia, accompanied by a delegation visited Kaluga Region. The purpose of the visit was to familiarize with industrial and investment potential of the region, to discuss promising lines of cooperation. 

Anatoly Artamonov, Kaluga Region Governor, held a meeting with Johannes Aigner, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to the Russian Federation, paying a business visit to Kaluga, on November 20, 2018.  

NLMK Kaluga (a member of Rolled Steel Division, Russia, NLMK Group), a next generation electrometallurgical plant,  has introduced an online system for rolling stock management. The system monitors cars and locomotives’ movements at the plant railways.  

Kaluga Region Delegation headed by Governor Anatoly Artamonov  will take part in the First China International Import Expo to be held on November 4 – 7, 2018 in Shanghai (China). Business program is to include addition to discussions, plenary and theme sessions, working meetings with state authorities’ representatives from Chinese provinces.

On October 31, opening ceremony of unique production facility took place at the site of NEARMEDIC PHARMA plant in Obninsk industrial park, Kaluga Region. The full-cycle facility is to manufacture reactants for genetic person’s identification and establishment of filiation through DNA tests. The project is implemented with support of state Fund of Industrial Development, which provided a loan of RUR 202.4 mln. Total value of the project is RUR 289.2 mln.

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.