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On June 15-19 Kaluga Region will take part in IV Russia-China EXPO 2017 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. Large-scale infrastructural projects of the region promoting modern high-tech production will be presented as part of Russian national group stand. In particular, industrial parks, special economic zone of industrial production type Kaluga, transport and logistic system of the region are at the center stage. Vladimir Popov, Deputy Governor will head Kaluga delegation.

On June 8, a plant producing packages for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries of Palladio Zannini, a Serbian-Italian company, was officially opened in Obninsk Industrial Park of the Kaluga Region. The ceremony was attended by: Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of the Kaluga Region, Milan Zivkovic, Consul of Serbia in the Russian Federation, Nikola Jovanovic, First Secretary of the Ambassador of Italy in the Russian Federation, founders of Palladio Obninsk – Miodrag Babic, President of BNM International (Serbia), and Mauro Marchii, President of Palladio Group S.p.A. (Italy), as well as Milomir Mijatovic, General Director of Palladio BNM’s Obninsk Plant.

Anatoly Artamonov, Kaluga Region Governor, Alexey Kozlov, SIBUR CEO, Horst Schmidt, Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH & Co CEO, and Nikolay Kruchinin, Freight Viillage Kaluga CEO, concluded an agreement on development of a polymer processing cluster in kaluga Region. The agreement was signed at Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 2, 2017.     

An agreement on intentions was concluded between Kaluga Region Government and Nestle Purina PetCare at Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 2, 2017. The agreement provides for increasing production capacities of the company’s plant located in Vorsino industrial park.  

A presentation of the fourth National Investment Climate Rating of the Russian regions was held at the XXI Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 2, 2017. Kaluga Region holds the 5^th position among 85 Russian regions.

A solemn groundbreaking ceremony to build modern bio-pharmaceutical factory operated by NovaMedica OOO (Rusnano investment project) took place on May 30 in Vorsino Industrial Park, Kaluga Region. The factory will produce sterile injectable drugs within long-term expansion strategy for local production of innovative drugs and for technologies of their development and manufacturing in Russia. Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of Kaluga Region, Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rusnano, Sergey Tsyb, Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade, Petra Danielsohn-Weil, Regional President of Europe, Pfizer Essential Health Business, NovaMedica Board Member, Alexandr Kuzin, CEO, NovaMedica took part in the solemn ceremony.

Anatoly Artamonov, Kaluga Region Governor, held a meeting at Kaluga Volvo Truck plant with Volvo Group Russia management on May 16, 2017. The parties discussed Volvo business activities in the region   

The meeting was attended by top managers from key Volvo divisions. Prior to the meeting the attendees visited Volvo Truck plant premises.

Session of Expert Council took place on April 28 in Kaluga chaired by Vladimir Popov, Deputy Governor of Kaluga Region. The session reviewed applications for becoming residents of Kaluga Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of Industrial and Production Type, which was created at the territory of the region. Two applications from Russian companies were reviewed and approved: one of them from Refcool OOO, manufacturer of climate control and refrigerating equipment, intending to conclude an agreement on production activities, another one was submitted by Innovatsionnye Kompositnye Technologiy OOO, manufacturer of composite materials. Total sum of investments announced within these projects amounts to RUR 627.6 mln.  

PharmEvolution, the 3^rd International Forum for Pharmaceutical Industry Development in Russia, was held on April 4, 2017 in Kaluga. The event was attended by lead players of the Russian pharmaceutical market, top officials from government agencies, regional authorities, top managers of pharmaceutical companies, R&D centers, business incubators, trade associations, as well as key analysts, investors, and experts. Olga Kolotilova, Director of the Department for Pharmaceutical and Medical Industries Development of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, took part in a discussion at the forum.

Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of next generation TV sets production at its Kaluga plant. The new TV sets use  QLED technology. It reproduces the entire color palette within the entire brightness range  through the improved quantum dot technology. This information was provided during a press tour organized at Samsung Kaluga plant for federal and regional mass media.