July 22, 2013. Seversky Pipe Plant, a member enterprise of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), won in the annual Sverdlovsk Region-based contest Taxpayer of the Year 2012, the company's press service reports. The laureates were determined by a committee comprising the representatives of industrial ministries, Sverdlovsk Region division of Russia's Retirement Fund, the Union of Industrialists and Employers, and Sverdlovsk Region union of SMEs. Under the terms of the contest, the title of the best taxpayer is awarded only to those companies that manage to increase the amount of their

July 22, 2013. The public prosecution authorities representatives and the police officers of Nizhniy Tagil revealed some instances of illegal use of Bonduelle trademark by a number of sole traders operating at Strelets wholesale warehouse. The press service of Sverdlovsk Region public prosecution authorities reports that the traders sold some produce branded as Bonduelle CAC without any permission from the trademark owner. The produce in question appear to be counterfeited, as there are certain discrepancies as to the bar code information and expiry date when compared with the original

July 22, 2013. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev paid a visit to the stand of Russian Copper Company at the Innoprom 2013 exhibition that was held in Yekaterinburg on July 11-14. The Governor was shown the exhibition technologies and the augmented reality solutions and was told about the social projects that Russian Copper Company is now implementing in the areas where it operates, the company's press officer says. The innovative technologies the company is using in its large-scale projects (Mikheyevsky Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise and Tominsky Ore Mining &

July 22, 2013. ChTPZ Group and New Culture Palace are going to coordinate their NCP Picnic in the local park and in Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant's Palace of Culture, the company's press service reports. 'Events are already taking place in New Culture Palace, even before the building is completely finished, our NCP will be working on its own projects and will gradually build a team. During this year, am ambitious program focused on the exploration of the urban environment, a synthesis of science and arts, and getting acquainted with the interdisciplinary aspects of culture will be

July 22, 2013. Yekaterinburg Business Activity Development Fund is now accepting applications for market research and business promotion advice. The spokesperson for Yekaterinburg Administration reports that the fund is offering market research and audit of the existing marketing plans and research findings free of charge. 'Experience has shown that market research and promotion worry the businesspeople much more than the financial support instruments. A business person might often come up with a wonderful project and find out upon entering the market that there are quite a few similar