The Single-industry Towns Development Fund (VEB.RF Group) will issue two interest-free loans of 250 million rubles each to companies from Zelenodolsk: Saelra semi-finished products production and Logist-Invest warehouse complex. As a result of the implementation of two investment projects, more than 840 million rubles of investments will be attracted to the economy of the single-industry town, more than 180 new jobs will appear.
“VEB.RF Group continues to support investment projects in single-industry towns. Even in such difficult conditions as today, we help create new jobs and issue loans at 0% per annum. Now this is especially true in connection with the increase in the key rate. New opportunities are opening up for entrepreneurs today, the main thing is not to slow down,” said Irina Makieva, Chief Managing Partner for Urban Development of VEB.RF, General Director of MONOGORODA.RF.
At the expense of the MONOTOWN.RF Fund, the Saelra enterprise will purchase the necessary production equipment, as well as build a building for the production of food products (frozen semi-finished flour products and highly prepared frozen flour products) with a total area of more than 5 thousand square meters. m.
The estimated volume of production of finished products (cheesecakes, puff pastry, frozen pies with filling, puff pastry, pizza bases and frozen bakery products) by the company after the launch will be over 540 tons per month, with a subsequent systematic increase in volume by more than 3 times.
The total cost of the investment project is more than 520 million rubles; over 100 jobs will be created at the enterprise.
“Supporting business through the programs of the Monotowns Development Fund is a course of strategic development of the state. We are grateful to the Fund for the timely support, which will allow us to continue the investment program and accelerate the launch of the plant for the production of frozen flour semi-finished products,” said Elvira Kharlamova, director of Saelra LLC.
Also, with the participation of the Fund for the Development of Monotowns, a warehouse complex of 4 buildings with a total area of 6,000 sq.m. will be built on the territory of the Zelenodolsk industrial park. to ensure the activities of the enterprise "Logist-Invest". The complex under construction will allow unloading and receiving goods, repacking, warehousing and storage of goods.
The cost of the project is more than 310 million rubles, over 70 additional jobs will appear in the single-industry town.
“The favorable geographical location of the site makes it possible to use the warehouse complex as a distribution center for goods arriving in the Republic of Tatarstan and adjacent regions. In addition, the close proximity of the facility to the warehouses of the largest Russian marketplaces will allow it to be used to provide fulfillment services for sellers of goods,” commented Linar Kurbanov, Director of Logins-Invest LLC, commented on the signing of the agreement.
As a reminder, the Government of the Russian Federation, as part of the reform of development institutions, decided to liquidate the Fund for the Development of Single-industry Towns. The Fund will accept applications until the actual transfer of obligations to VEB.RF. Those projects that MONOGORODA.RF does not have time to finance will be submitted for consideration to VEB.RF.
The Monotown Development Fund is part of the VEB.RF Group, whose activities are aimed at achieving national development goals. The priority of VEB.RF Group is the consolidation of public and private investment resources to create comfortable conditions for people's lives and breakthrough development of the country in the field of industry, infrastructure, non-commodity exports, small and medium-sized businesses, urban economy, innovation and information technology.