I.Metshin: “The withdrawal of foreign companies is a niche to grow and occupy this market in the economy of the city and the republic”

From January to September, the industrial production index increased by 8.8% in Kazan. During this period, the city's enterprises shipped goods of their own production, manufactured and rendered services in the amount of 441 billion rubles, which is 8% more compared to 2021, Ildar Shakirov, Deputy head of the Executive Committee, reported at the Business Monday meeting.

“In general, the urban economy is coping with new challenges today, - Ilsur Metshin noted. – Timely modernization helped many enterprises in these difficult times to survive. And, of course, the withdrawal of foreign companies is a niche to grow and occupy this market in the economy of the city, the republic and the country. No one says that it will be easy. We have a great science, we are leading today in many ways, it all speaks about human potential, our capital and capabilities. Therefore, at this stage, this synergy should serve to ensure that we grow in all directions and occupy the niches that have been vacated today.”

For example, the Kazan Aircraft Factory launched the production of the first TU-214 aircraft. Commercial aircraft deliveries for airlines are planned for 2023. The first airplanes are already in production. The company is also increasing the volume of production of TU-214 passenger aircraft. It is planned that by 2025 production will reach 10 aircrafts. “Starting from 2023, the aircraft produced at the Kazan Aircraft Factory will be delivered to Russian airlines. For example, the demand for medium–range aircrafts with a capacity of up to 210 people began to grow actively in the market due to the sanctions implied by Western countries, the withdrawal of imported components from the production sector and maintenance problems,”- the speaker explained.

Russian Helicopters plans to complete the import substitution program for Ansat helicopters in 2024. Now the company is reassembling machines without components from the USA and Europe. In total, there are 14 positions of key components, 10 of them have completed the import substitution process or are at the final stage.

Nefis Cosmetics is in process of modernization and reconstruction of production facilities. Based on market demands, the company develops new types of products.

According to the results of the six months of 2022, the manufacturer occupies a leading position in the market of dishwashing detergents. Nefis Cosmetics managed to get ahead of foreign competitors. “There are more than 150 items of dishwashing detergents in all price segments and consumer niches. The company's share in this category has reached 35%,”- said I.Shakirov.

The company also implemented an investment project to expand and re-equip the production of household chemicals and technical products of the enterprise for a total of 3.3 billion rubles. Thus, the production capacity of synthetic detergents has reached 26 thousand tons per month, and this indicator for liquid detergents has increased by 102 thousand tons per year. It is expected that by 2024 the production capacity of gel laundry detergents will increase by 2.5 times.