April 2, 2014. The People's Republic of China is interested in the delivery of processed meat and dairy products via a direct flight from Yekaterinburg to Harbin. The cooperation prospects were discussed at Sverdlovsk Region Minister for International and Foreign Economic Ties Andrei Sobolev and Harbin Trade Bureau Deputy DG, the Ministry's website states. 'A direct Harbin-Yekaterinburg flight loaded with goods ordered by local residents over the Internet is operated daily, while the return flight usually goes back nearly empty. We would like to take the advantage of this fact

April 2, 2014. KBTM (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Enterprise) coordinated a walking tour of the premises for the students of Omsk Lyceum 25 who specialize in sciences. According to the corporation's press service, the young students had a unique opportunity to visit the tank assembly shop where they could see the production process with their own eyes and even take part in it. The event was coordinated by the Labor & Economic Development Ministry and KBTM Personnel Training Department. The tour was part of Omsk Region Government's decision to

April 2, 2014. The would-be 'white metallurgists' underwent internships at Gazprom facilities. Within one week, students from ChTPZ Group's Training Center were delivered a series of lectures in Noviy Urengoi Vocational School for Gas Industry, paid visits to the natural gas and oil-producing facilities and looked into the technology of producing, transporting, and processing of natural gas as well as got acquainted with the modern requirements imposed on the O&G equipment in the Polar North, ChTPZ Group's press service says. 'It is essential for us as the future

April 2, 2014. A multi-purpose turning and milling processing unit Weingartner 850-10000 from Austria was installed at Plant 9 (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod). 'This is a unique piece of equipment no like of which has been used by the company before,' the corporation's press service reports. Employees from the plant's Tech Center took part in the assembly process, as did about ten Russian and foreign external experts, including assembly workers from Austria, who represented the producer country. 'The assembly took a few weeks to complete and required some

April 2, 2014. A project on multi-faceted development of Krasnoturyinsk in 2014-2017 was adopted at Sverdlovsk Region Government meeting recently. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region's Information Policies Department reports that the expected financing should come to some 11bn RUR. Creating industrial jobs (including those at Bogoslovsky Industrial Park) for 3,100 residents of Krasnoturyinsk is going to become one of the key success indicators for the program. In order to make the town's socioeconomic situation more stable, the local enterprises' investment activity must be targeted