Success stories

Pella produces technical vessels - marine tugboats, rescue vessels, service and auxiliary boats, supply and servicing vessels for servicing boats in both ports and waters. In total, around 120 tugboats were supplied to all regions of Russia and exported elsewhere. In 2016 a new shipyard was opened, which allowed for the construction of at least eight 50-100 m long fishing boats and marine vessels per year. Currently, this is the only compact shipyard in Russia. 6.2 billion rubles – volume of investments 1,200 jobs the new complex allows processing up to 10 thousand tonnes of metal per year and producing up to 8 vessels 2012: the shareholders' meetings decided to implement an investment project on “Creation of a modern shipyard in Leningrad region for mass production of modern resource-efficient fishing vessels” 14 November 2013: the project was approved by the Supervisory Board of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives chaired by Vladimir Putin December 2016: comissioning permit of the complex was received 2017: four PS-45 arctic class rescue tugboats were supplied to the commissioner 2017- 2018: three 22800 state-commissioned ships and two scientific vessels Ladoga and Ilmen were launched Address: 4 Tsentralnaya street, Otradnoe, Kirovsky district Phone: + 7 (812) 336-40-66 E-mail:   mail@pellaship.ru Official website: pellaship.ru  

Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant is the leading manufacturer of new-generation freight carriages in the CIS countries. The enterprise is one of the largest transport vehicle plants in Europe regarding the volume of investments, the production areas and technological equipment.  Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant is a production site of the railway holding United Carriage Company. Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant is a highly technological enterprise built under a greenfield project (from scratch) in the territory of one of Soviet industrial giants of the Northwest – production plants of the industrial union Kirov Factory in Tikhvin. 2008: construction of Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant was launched 2009: the enterprise became a part of the Union of Manufacturers of Railway Equipment and signed a Charter on cooperation with Russian Railways, the Union of Manufacturers of Railway Equipment and Russian transport industry enterprises, manufacturers of railway equipment and components 2011: first workers of Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant received keys from their flats in new residential quarters 30 January 2012: opening ceremony of Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant. This year the first smelting at the foundry of the Plant took place 2014: the 10,000th carriage was constructed 2016: the Plant began exporting carriages to countries in the Middle-East, and casting – to North America 2017: the 50,000th carriage and the 100,000th wagon trolley was produced. A workshop for the processing of cast iron, which has no equivalent in Russia, was launched. The produced freight cars were exported to New Guinea. 2018: Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant was audited by one of the main European railway operators, Deutsche Bahn and was recognized as a good supplier. At the InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin, a six-axle platform carriage produced by the Plant was presented. The way into the European market was opened Address: Industrial site, Tikhvin, Tikhvinsky district Phone: + 7 (81367) 31-680 E-mail:   info@tvsz.ru Official website: tvsz.ru  

Phosphorit Industrial Group, which is a part of EuroChem, is one of the leading manufacturers of phosphate fertilizers and fodder phosphates in Northwest Russia, as well as sulphuric and phosphoric acid for their own production needs. Phosphorit products are shipped to consumers in over 70 countries in the world and 35 regions of the Russian Federation. The first product was released in 1963. The company is the largest manufacturer of phosphate mineral fertilizers and defluorinated phosphate in Russia.       about 55,8 billion rubles – volume of investments  150 people – number of personnel 1 million tonnes per year – volume of commercial products the 60s: construction of Phosphorit factory began in Kingisepp. The key to the decision for the construction of the enterprise was the discovery of phosphate reserves in the Kingiseppsky district 25 December 1963: the government commission signed an act opening the first line of Kingiseppsky phosphate mines. This date is officially viewed as the ‘birthday’ of Phosphorit the 70s: construction of the chemical complex began 1972: the first site of the chemical complex – the sulphuric acid workshop – was opened. Over the next seven years, the site for the extraction of sulphuric acid, three sections of the ammophos workshop and the second sulphuric acid workshop were opened 1984: the fodder workshop released its first production. At this time Phosphorit became one of the leaders in the Russian chemical sector 2001: Phosphorit became a part of EuroChem Mineral and Chemical Company. Today, the enterprise is profitable, technologically advanced and socially significant Address: Phosphorit industrial zone, Kingisepp, Kingiseppsky district Phone: +7 (813) 759 51 86 E-mail:   EuroChem-NW@eurochem.ru Official website: www.eurochemgroup.com/ru/

Production of corrugated paper and cardboard, paper and cardboard packaging. The volume of output exceeds 4.5 mln m² of corrugated cardboard and 10 mln units of corrugated packaging per month and is constantly growing. Date of establishment: 2000 Project: factory for production of corrugated cardboard packaging Volume of investments:  980 million rubles Number of planned jobs:  90 In 2018, it was decided to expand production volume and build a new factory for production of corrugated cardboard packaging. The project is implemented by Nurek, which got an approved loan from Industry Development Fund under the programme "Development Projects" in the amount of 250.6 mln rubles. The project is included in the Register of the regional investment projects for receiving tax benefits in accordance with the regional law No. 89-oz of 25.11.2019. Economic Development Agency of Leningrad Region provides consulting support concerning obtaining tax benefits, as well as the possibility of obtaining concessional loans. Address: M10 Yam-Izhora Industrial Park, Telmanovskoye rural settlement, Tosnensky district Phone: +7 (812) 702-69-71 E-mail:   gofra@bk.ru Website: gofra-upak.ru  

Thermex Corporation is an international commercial and industrial group of companies, the largest specialized manufacturer of water heaters in Russia and one of the largest in the world since 1949. The full-cycle production plant Heating Equipment is the main production facility of Thermex Corporation in Russia. The leading experts from Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Russia, who have years of expertise and numerous leading water heater production plants across the world, were involved in designing and constructing the factory. During the construction of the plant the latest innovations were applied, resulting in the largest full-circle factory – from a sheet of steel to the end product – that manufactures water heaters in Russia and one of the most technologically advanced in the world. 5 billion rubles – the total volume of investments in the three phases of factory construction 313 workplaces up to 2 million water heaters per year 1949: Thermex – the legendary water heater brand – was founded 1995: first Thermex products entered the Russian market 2007: the innovative Heating Equipment factory in Tosno, Leningrad region was opened The factory became one of the most technologically advanced in Europe. Production capacity –750,000 water heaters per year. 2008: won the award for “The best investment project” Thermex received the status of one of the most important investors for development of the region which had a key impact on economic growth of Leningrad region. 2010: the second production line was commissioned, enhancing the factory’s production capacity to 1.5 million units per year. 2011: Thermex received personal recognition from the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev who thanked the company for its active contribution into economic development of Leningrad region, its integration in the economic system of the Russian Federation and creation of favourable conditions for development of all types of entrepreneurial activity in the region. 2015: the third production line was opened: - the latest technological line for production of innovative energy-efficient types of water heaters with advanced energy conservation characteristics was commissioned - the area of production facilities was increased to 60,000 sq. m., the level of automation reached 90%, enhancing the speed of production to 4 units per minute - production capacity of the factory was increased to 2 million units per year 2017: products of Heating Equipment factory received the mark of quality “Made in Leningrad region” 2018: a tripartite agreement between the Government of Leningrad region, Thermex Corporation and ITMO University was signed, outlining the future collaboration in training highly qualified personnel for the most technologically advanced factories in the region. Address: 44 Moskovskoe highway, Tosno, Tosnensky district Phone: + 7 (812) 363-38-10 E-mail:   thermex@thermex.ru Official website: thermex.ru  

The largest manufacturer of flour confectionery goods in the North-West of Russia. Every year, the company produces more than 24,000 tons of cookies and gingerbread under the trademarks Posidelkino, Pryanichnoye nastroeniye, Mir na bludechke, Shtuchki, Khvatai-ka!, Vprok! and others. Date of establishment: 1999 Project: implementation of the national project "Labour Productivity and Employment Support" In July 2020, the Confectionery Association, together with experts from the Federal Competence Centre, launched the implementation of the national project "Labour Productivity and Employment Support". A line for the production of oatmeal cookies with raisins was selected as a pilot project where lean manufacturing technologies will be developed. According to the results of the project, Lubimy Kray plans to automate and modernize equipment with the attraction of investments. Economic Development Agency of Leningrad Region provides information and consulting assistance concerning available measures of support for the implementation of the project. Address: The first site – 1 Zheleznodorozhnaya street, Otradnoye, Kirovsky district. The second site – 3 Volkhonskoye highway, block IV, Northern part of Gorelovo industrial area, Villozskoye rural settlement, Lomonosovsky district Phone: +7 (812) 385-48-52 E-mail:   info@lkray.ru Website: lkray.ru  

Ust-Luga Company is a developer of ports and close-lying territories and the contractor-developer of Ust-Luga commercial seaport. The construction of the new Russian port was carried out under the special federal programme “Development of the Russian transport system” and the cooperation scheme used in construction became one of the first great examples of public-private partnership in Russia.   Currently, the construction of the largest modern multifunctional port in the Baltic Sea is complete. The government objective - to eliminate the deficit of port facilities in the Baltic Sea and redirect freight transport flows from the ports in Baltic states and Finland to Russia - has been fulfilled. 300 billion rubles of investments attracted to the area within port boundaries 35 workplaces in the managing company 1992: the company was founded 1999: project on construction of Ust-Luga seaport was launched 2000: a contract with the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation was signed, giving the company the status of the “Contractor-Developer of the commercial seaport of Ust-Luga”. The layout scheme of the general plan of the port was made 2002: the first terminal was launched 2002: scheme of public-private cooperation was created, forming a four-way agreement based on public-private partnership 2006: the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin visited the port, the second line of the coal terminal was launched 2006: the road-rail ferry complex was launched, with the first voyage on the line Ust-Luga - Baltiysk, which was attended by Vladimir Putin 2011: the project for “Comprehensive development of the commercial seaport of Ust-Luga and the close-lying territory” was included in the list of priority investment projects in Northwestern federal district 2011-2018: work under the contracts on creation of artificial land plots with the regional and the federal authorities within creation of new terminals was carried out 2015: beginning of the regular cooperation with Economic Development Agency of Leningrad Region on the project for “Comprehensive development of the commercial seaport of Ust-Luga and the close-lying territory” aimed at attraction of investors and residents 2017: investment agreement was signed with a new investor of Ust-Luga – Novotrans Group of Companies – as a step towards further development of the Ust-Luga port Address: 25/2 Karl Marx avenue, Kingisepp Phone: + 7 (812) 449-47-17 E-mail:   info@ust-luga.ru Official website: novotrans.com  

Galactika Group of Companies is one of the largest manufacturers of dairy products in Northwestern district. The Group is comprised of a dairy factory GALACTIKA, a baby food factory, Galaktika Vyatka, several agricultural enterprises of Leningrad region and Galaktika trading company. Galactika Group of Companies releases dairy products under the trademarks Svezhee Zavtra, Bolshaya Kruzhka, Sudarynya, Be. All industrial plants of the company group are equipped with modern, automated equipment, which allows the company to guarantee a high quality of dairy products to the consumers. Volume of investments: 70 million rubles in 2018, 400 million rubles in 2019 1,000 workplaces 150,000 tonnes of dairy products per year 1947: construction of Gatchina Dairy Factory 1948: the factory was opened 1960-1961: the factory was renovated and opened on 22 July 1961. Gatchina Dairy Factory became one of the largest dairy enterprises in Leningrad region, its production capacity reached around 50 tonnes per day. 1995: the company began using Tetra Pak (Sweden) cardboard packaging for its dairy products 2000: Galactika Group of Companies was founded, it included Gatchina Dairy Factory and Lenoblmoloko Trading Company (currently – Galaktika Trading House) 22 August 2008: official opening of the GALACTIKA dairy plant in Gatchina 2011: manufacture of dairy products under the brand SVEZHEE was launched. The product line consisted of dairy goods with short shelf life in modern TetraTop packaging which protects the product from sunlight. 2014: freeze-dried dairy products, made by Galactika, were included in the diet of International Space Station astronauts August 2018: a cooperation agreement concerning investment project “Production of fresh cheese in Leningrad region” was concluded with the Government of Leningrad region Address: 1, 120th Gatchinskoy Divizii street, Gatchina, Gatchinsky district Phone: + 7 (813) 716-48-64 E-mail:   vopros@mnogomoloka.ru Official website: mnogomoloka.ru  

JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS is an international company which has produced tea and coffee for over 265 years. Today, the coffee and tea company is represented in over 140 countries in the world. The company makes products sold under such wide-known trademarks as Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, L’OR, Douwe Egberts, Super, Kenco, Pilao и Gevalia.  In Russia, JDE is represented by JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS RUS, which controls such brands as Jacobs, Carte Noire, L'OR, Tassimo, Maxim and Maxwell House. The company produces instant, ground, grain and portioned coffee, as well as capsules for coffee machines. The factory of the company located in Lomonosovsky district is one of the largest and most modern factories for the production of freeze-dried coffee. About 25 billion rub - volume of investments More than 600 employees Address: 7/1 Volkhonskoe highway, northern part of Gorelovo industrial zone, Villozskoe urban settlement, Lomonosovsky district Phone: + 7 (812) 346-76-20 Official website: jacobsdouweegberts.com  

Holding Company Pigment has been working in the field of development and production of paints for different purposes for more than 175 years. The Holding includes a research institute, which conducts development of new paints, and a production complex with capacity of 14 tons of powder paints and 20 tons of epoxy resins per year Date of establishment: 1839 Project: transfer of paints production from Saint Petersburg to Leningrad region Volume of investments:  2 billion rubles Number of planned jobs:  >200 In order to increase the operation efficiency and produce special paints and varnishes, a strategic development programme of the Holding was developed, which provides for construction of a new high-tech plant. The project is implemented by Yanino Terminal, which is a part of the Holding. The project was included in the Register of the regional investment projects for receiving tax benefits in accordance with the regional law No. 89-oz of 25.11.2019. Economic Development Agency of Leningrad Region provides information support concerning tax benefits. Addressс: land plot 108, Shosseynaya street, Yanino-1 urban settlement, Vsevolozhsky district Phone: +7 (812) 645-35-43 E-mail:   pigment_sales@mail.ru Website: pigment.ru