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These will be the first tires to carry the Ikon Tires brand. Tires under the new brand will appear in retail sales in the spring of 2024. The company received a new name after the completion of the transaction for the sale of Russian assets of the Finnish concern Nokian Tires at the end of March 2023. The processes involved in applying the new Ikon Tires brand to the tire sidewalls took several months. During the transition period, the company produced winter tires without the mother brand on the sidewall. This solution allowed the company to localize processes without stopping the operation of the plant in Vsevolozhsk for a single day. All technological processes, equipment, and automated production systems have been preserved at the plant. Congratulations to the company on this new important milestone!

Deputy Director of AERLO Anna Milaya and Head of the Territory Marketing Department Sofya Chekhovich completed an on-site internship at NAIR together with colleagues from Investment and Development Agencies from all over Russia. The internship began with a business breakfast with the Governor of the Kaliningrad Region, member of the Supervisory Board of NAAIR Anton Alikhanov. At the meeting, Anton Andreevich spoke about plans for the development of the Kaliningrad region in the coming years, as well as the formation of lighthouse projects for the region. Representatives of the regions asked their questions. It turned out to be an open, detailed conversation. As part of the training, colleagues from various development institutions, administrations, educational institutions, and businesses shared their work experience. During the industrial tour, NAAIR members visited the Khrabrovo industrial park and the production facilities of the Ampertex and Pomatti companies. Colleagues will share their ideas and knowledge with the AERLO team in order to analyze and implement the best in their work.

Where do ideas, insights, and emotions bubble? Where professionals gather! Today, among experts, specialists from the Leningrad Region Export Support Center discussed their development plans. “Reboot of the Center for Activities 2.0” was the name of the brainstorming session, which, according to the General Director of the Center for Educational Activities Vera Shtokailo, helped to see new opportunities for the Center’s work. The head of the economic bloc, Dmitry Yalov, welcomed those gathered. He emphasized how important it is in the new conditions to respond to changes in a timely manner and provide export support to local competitive industries. Also, the director of the Economic Development Agency of the Leningrad Region, Anastasia Mikhalchenko, set the tone of the discussion, talking about the strategic approach to territory marketing, which is already used in AERLO. The Export Support Center has a set of effective tools and the vision of professionals. There is a lot of work ahead to fine-tune processes and implement ideas into work. Thanks to every participant of the event for their productive work! You have enriched both the CPE and each other with your expertise!

What do European companies remember about 2023 and what are their expectations for the next year? This was discussed today at the conference of the Association of European Businesses. As noted by AEB CEO Tadzio Schilling, despite a serious decline last year, the business expectations index in 2023 has recovered to the 2020 level. Foreign companies see that the Russian economy is developing positively and are adapting to new realities. As a result, the growth of positive business expectations for turnover and profit in the long term is growing. The first economic results of the year in the Leningrad region, which were reported by the first deputy chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and Investment Activities, Egor Mishcheryakov, confirm this trend. Industrial production recovered from last year's decline and is showing positive dynamics. And the volume of investments in fixed capital for 9 months of this year is estimated at 421.5 billion rubles, 12.9% higher than last year. Many foreign companies have changed owners and have now returned to implementing their investment plans. Companies see niches becoming vacant and strive to occupy them. They are actively announcing new projects in the chemical, food and building materials industries. To speed up the implementation of projects in the Leningrad region, there is a “Green Corridor for Investor” support system, which simplifies and digitalizes procedures and reduces response times. You can register on the investment portal of the Leningrad region.

About how to love well and build character in the Leningrad Region: Governor Alexander Drozdenko had a truly open conversation with the guests of the “Russia” exhibition at the Leningrad Region’s stand at VDNKh. We talked about everything that helped shape character: childhood and student years, volunteer work and pioneer camps, and of course, about family values. The Governor also appreciated the Gulf of Finland at the stand of the Leningrad Region, the drawbridges of St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad amber and the beauty of the Far East.

On November 22, Deputy Prime Minister for Economics Dmitry Yalov told visitors to the Leningrad region’s stand at VDNKh about his secrets: How to keep up with everything at work and more How to cope with stress and respond quickly to changes How to find time for sports and education "Keep your balance!" - the name of the open dialogue and at the same time a wish to the participants! You can watch the broadcast via this link “We are very fast and mobile,” Dmitry Yalov answered the question about the main argument for investors when localizing in the region. The investment team of the Leningrad region provided the following for business: Comfortable and prompt communication with regional authorities to resolve issues Systems approach Advanced digital systems for the selection of land plots Investor's personal account and support system "Green corridor for investors" If you have questions about the implementation of an investment project in the Leningrad region, you can consult with specialists from the Economic Development Agency of the Leningrad region through your personal account on the website lenoblinvest.ru

The lecture by specialists from the Volkhov branch of Apatit JSC at the Leningrad Region stand caused considerable excitement. Visitors were interested in learning about charitable initiatives, social and environmental responsibility of the company, new technologies and programs that reduce the burden on the environment. The Volkhov branch of JSC Apatit is a new million-plus plant of PhosAgro, a large producer of eco-efficient phosphorus-containing mineral fertilizers. In 2019 - 2023, a large investment project was implemented in Volkhov, the volume of investments amounted to more than 34 billion rubles. As a result, today more than 1 million tons of products are produced per year. The company uses the best available technologies in accordance with the highest requirements in the field of environmental protection. Much work is aimed at restoring biological resources: The Volkhov industrial complex PhosAgro annually releases juvenile fish into the waters of Lake Ladoga and plants spruce seedlings (already more than 7,800 pieces). Other environmental initiatives are also being implemented. There were many questions, wishes and suggestions! We are glad that the lecture aroused such interest and will definitely repeat it again. See you at the Leningrad region stand!

The Leningrad Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry annually holds a competition aimed at popularizing and supporting entrepreneurship, identifying its leading role in the development of the region and the country. The competition helps systematize the experience of the best enterprises, draw attention to the idea of social responsibility of business and encourage the most successful business representatives of the Leningrad region at the regional and federal levels. The competition is held in the following categories: "Import substitution" “Development and/or implementation of innovations” "Ecology and caring for nature" "Social responsibility of business" "Investment activities" "Dynamic development" "Digital transformation of business" "Successful Startup" The winners of the competition are awarded diplomas and exclusive prizes from the governor of the Leningrad region and the president of the Leningrad regional chamber of commerce and industry. The award ceremony for the winners of the competition will take place in December 2023. Participation in the competition is free. Details and applications follow the link: https://lo.tpprf.ru/ru/news/515676/

The bridge crossing will be opened 2 years earlier. The tests are the final stage before the further launch of the labor movement. The total length of the bridge with approaches is just over a kilometer, there are 2 lanes. The structure itself consists of 6 supports and 5 spans; the total weight of metal structures here is over 2 thousand tons. Construction of the bridge began in 2020 and was due to be completed, according to the state contract, in 2025. The high pace of work allowed construction to be completed ahead of schedule. It should be noted that today the Economic Development Agency of the Leningrad Region is supporting 8 investment projects in the Kirishi municipal district with a total investment volume of 20.6 billion rubles.

“Angola is interested in supplying green coffee to our country. In turn, in the Leningrad region there are processing enterprises that are interested in expanding the pool of suppliers. So far, the possible volumes are not very large, but there are prospects for expanding the partnership,” commented Dmitry Yalov, Deputy Chairman of the Leningrad Region Government for Economics. As part of the visit of the delegation led by the Ambassador of the Republic of Angola to the Russian Federation, Augusto da Silva Cunha, there was a presentation and tasting of Angolan coffee, acquaintance with the production capabilities of the Orimi plant, a Russian importer of tea and coffee raw materials, whose import geography is 43 countries, and whose production volume ― 85 thousand tons of tea and coffee products per year.