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• Continental plant in Kaluga has manufactured 10,000,000 tires in less than 5 years since start of production
• In 2017, the Kaluga-based plant earned the award for best quality amongst Continental’s plants
• Over 250 million euro was invested in construction and development of the plant
• The Continental plant in Kaluga currently employs over 1,000 people

A delegation of Swedish companies visited Kaluga Region with a business mission on April 10-11, 2018. The companies are engaged in construction, wood-processing, industrial equipment design and manufacturing, and agriculture projects. The delegation is headed by Peter Ericson, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Russian Federation. The visit objective is to get an insight into Kaluga Region economic and investment potential, expand the existing areas of cooperation and develop new business ties.

Volkswagen Group Rus Kaluga plant proved to be the most efficient Volkswagen plant in the world, getting Transformer of the Year award for achievements attained in 2017. The success criterion was the plant’s performance under Volkswagen production strategy.

On April 18, 2018 Kaluga is to host PharmEvolution, the IVth international forum dedicated to pharmaceutical industry development in Russia. Major players of the Russian pharmaceutical market, heads of government agencies, R&D companies business incubators, distribution companies and pharmacy chains, trade associations, unions, foundations, management companies as well as leading analysts, investors and experts are to attend the event. 

Volkswagen Group Rus received Best Exporter Award at Russian Automotive Forum. The official ceremony was held on March 13, 2018 in Moscow.  

On March 7, 2018 The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation,  Kaluga Region Government and NovaMedika, a Russian pharmaceutical company, concluded a special investment contract.

Joint enlarged session of collegiums of three Kaluga Region ministries took place on the 2^nd of March: representatives of the Ministry for Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Competition Policy took part in the session.

Dmitry Razumovsky, Minister of Economic Development of Kaluga Region addressed the meeting with activity report regarding socio-economic results of 2017 and plans for 2018.

On February 15, within the framework of the Russian investment forum in Sochi an agreement was signed between the Kaluga Region and MPT-Plastic LLC. Signatures to the corresponding document were affixed by the Governor of the Kaluga Region Anatoly Artamonov and Lev Bray, CEO of the company “MPT-Plastic”.

On February 15, within the framework of the Russian investment forum in Sochi an agreement was signed between the Kaluga Region and the Russian company “Stankoflot”. Signatures to the corresponding document were affixed by the Governor of the Kaluga Region Anatoly Artamonov and Alexander Andreev, CEO of Stankoflot.

On February 15, within the framework of the Russian investment forum in Sochi an agreement was signed between the Kaluga Region and LLC “Agroimpex-Trade”. Signatures to the corresponding document were affixed by the Governor of the Kaluga Region Anatoly Artamonov and Marina Golovanova, CEO of the company “Agroimpex-Trade”.