RUSSIA – UPPER VOLGA: CONTACT
LIST ON MAJOR PROJECTS WITH U.S. CAPITAL INVOLVEMENT IN REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
January 29, 2007
Author: Roman Vvedensky, BISNIS representative in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Formally, there are two operational joint ventures between U.S. companies and local firms in the Republic of Tatarstan: Cummins Kama and Tatex. They concentrate on the automotive and petrochemical sectors respectively.
In reality, the U.S. business penetration in the local economy is higher. It aims at petrochemical sector, electrical engineering, telecommunications, IT and finance, where U.S./multinational companies either work thru local distributors and dealers, or actively trade with local end-users. The major items of U.S. exports include industrial machinery, components and modern technologies.
There is also a local business entity – TAIF (Tatar-American Investment Fund), set as a U.S. – Russian joint venture in mid-1990s, but later positioned as a local organization, completely integrated in the economy of Tatarstan in a legal form of an open joint stock company: TAIF, OAO, incorporated under the Russian laws. At present, TAIF is a holding company with over 30 subsidiaries in various sectors of the local economy, including but not limited to petrochemical industry, construction, telecommunication, finance, and mass media. TAIF is one of five principal tax-payers in Tatarstan, and some of its major stakeholders maintain good personal relations with the family of Tatarstan’s President, which is an important venue for doing business in the region.
Below are provided the contact details of the U.S.-Russian joint ventures in Tatarstan, of local offices of the U.S./multinational companies, which actively work in the region, and of some major local companies, which have acquired and/or plan to buy products and services from U.S. companies. The contact info is amended with web-references on related data in English, when available.
1/ Cummins Kama, ZAO (a joint venture of Cummins Inc. & KAMAZ)
Tel: + 7 8552 37 20 78
Fax: +7 8552 37 21 73
e-mail: cumminskama@mail.ru
CEO – Nikolay Alexeevich Shinkarenko
Manager – Alexander Remizov
4 Rubanenko blvd., Naberezhnye Chelny, Republic of Tatarstan 423800 Russia
Brief info on the project:
(http://www.cummins.com/cmi/content.jsp?siteId=1&langId=1033&dataId=850&newsInfo=true&menuId=4)
2/ Tatex, ZAO (a joint venture of Ocean Energy, Inc. & Tatneft)
Tel: +7 8553 25 9202
Tel: +7 495 174 2604
Tel/Fax: +7 8553 25 0303
E-mail: tatex@tatex.ru
CEO – Irek Akramovich Khairullin
116 Mayakovskogo st., Almetyevsk, Republic of Tatarstan 423458 Russia
Ocean Energy, Inc., TX: http://www.business.com/directory/energy_and_environment/oil_and_gas/exploration_and_production/ocean_energy,_inc/profile/
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3/ Intel Competence Center in Tatarstan
(no contact info on the Competence Center, set in Kazan in February 2006, is available; the inquires should be addressed to Intel’s Russian head office in Moscow)
Moscow
Intel Technologies, Inc.
Sokol-10 Business Center
14 Chapaevsky per.,
Moscow 125252
Russia
Tel. +7 495 721 49 00
Fax +7 495 721 49 05
4/ HP (Hewlett-Packard) Competence Center in Tatarstan
Bulak-2 Business Center
35/2 Pravo-Bulachnaya st. Kazan 420029 Russia
Tel/fax: +7 843 533 19 03
Tel/fax: +7 843 533 19 16
http://www.hp.com/country/ru/ru/contact_us.html
5/ Microsoft competence center in Tatarstan (Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Learning Solutions, OEM Hardware Solutions)
ОАО ICL-КME CS
34 Sibirsky trakt, Kazan 420029 Russia
Tel: +7 843 272 0392
Fax: +7 843 273 5535
E-mail: voskresensky@icl.kazan.ru
сайт: www.icl.kazan.ru
Microsoft
Moscow Branch
Sokol-10 Business-Center
14 Chapaevskiy per., Moscow
Tel: +7 (495) 916-71-71
http://www.microsoft.com/rus/
6/ GE Money Bank (Kazan office)
Tel: +7 843 235-14-51
http://global.gemoney.com/whereweoperate/russia.html
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7/
Innovation Production Techno-park IDEA
50
Peterburgskaya st., Kazan 420107 Russia
Tel:
+7 843 570 68 40
Fax:
+7 843 570 39 17
E-mail:
info@tpidea.ru
CEO – Sergey Vladimirovich Yushko
The techno-park idea closely cooperates with Cushman & Wakefield on the issues of real estate development. More info on Cushman & Wakefield Inc. is available at: http://www.cushwake.com/cwglobal/jsp/globalHomeSSO.jsp
8/ KazanorgSyntez (KOS)
101 Belomorskaya st., Kazan 420051 Russia
CEO - Leonid Stepanovich Alekhin
Foreign trade manager - Vladimir Borisovich Slepov
Tel: +7 843 533 99 75
Tel: +7 843 533 99 76
Fax: +7 843 512 33 98
http://www.kazanorgsintez.ru/index.php?page=content&id=56&lang_id=2
The company has concluded contracts with United Technologies (http://www.utc.com) to acquire technologies for polyethylene production.
9/ NizhnekamskNeftekhim (NKNK)
Nizhnekamskneftekhim
Nizhnekamsk 423574, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Tel: +7 8555 37 53 81
Fax: +7 8555 37 93 09
E-mail: nknh@nknh.ru
http://www.nknk.ru/about_company_en.asp
CEO – Vladimir Mikhailovich Busygin
The company has good experience of work with U.S. suppliers if technology and machinery via the U.S. Ex-Im Bank. The list of the U.S. suppliers includes, but is not limited to: Belleview Engineering & Construction Co., La., Fina Technologies, Inc., TX, FABSCO Shell & Tube, Okla., Addison Fabricators, Ala, SEPCO Industries Inc., TX, Polymer Equipment Co., Inc., TX, General Ventures of Baton Rouge, La., Petrochemical Services Inc., TX, Liberty Welding & Iron Works Co., La., Mixing & Process Equipment, La., Viking Pumps Inc., Ia., Dresser Inc., TX, Conair Groupo Inc., Pa.
10/ TAIF (Tatar-American Investment Fund)
27, Shchapova Str., 420012 Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Tel.: +7 843 277 94 02
Fax.: +7 843 277 94 03
E-mail: bars@taif.ru
CEO – Albert Kashafovich Shigabutdinov
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