Tatarstan company produces import-substituting heating equipment
Tatarstan company TD Teplotekhnika LLC initiated a project for the manufacture and implementation of serial production of Federica Bugatti water heaters. The company is supported by the national project "Small and Medium-sized entrepreneurship".
Under the conditions of sanctions, the company switched to Russian components. The new equipment was bought after receiving support from the regional center "My Business" in the form of a microloan in the amount of 2.9 million rubles. The company claims that the withdrawal of competing Western equipment manufacturers from the Russian market has opened up new opportunities for the development of heating equipment production. Such technologies do not exist in Russia. This is a free direction for import substitution. Thanks to the development of the new production, 25 new jobs have been created, and at the end of the five-year implementation of the project, another 50 new working units will appear in the company.
"The idea of producing water heaters arose in connection with the departure of the main manufacturers of similar equipment from Eastern Europe. The demand for equipment was high, there was a shortage in the market. There were no difficulties in finding components and raw materials on the territory of the Russian Federation, everything was found in a short time. The growth rate of sales of manufactured equipment for 2021 and 2022 amounted to 2.8 times. In the future, we also plan to increase the production of water heaters, as the product has proven itself in operation as high-quality and reliable, the demand for it is also high," noted the founder of the company Damir Almaev.
The company TD Teplotekhnika LLC is part of the Gigaz Group of Companies, which is the largest supplier and manufacturer of heating equipment in Russia.
In 2023, the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan continues to accept applications from entrepreneurs and self-employed in the region for preferential financial support implemented within the framework of the national project "Small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and support for individual entrepreneurial initiative". Currently, there are 8 financial products for business in the republic with a preferential rate from 0.1% to 5.5%. At the same time, two of them are brand new.
The first is a microfinance product "Express 2023" in the amount of up to 1 million rubles is issued for up to 24 months at a rate of up to 5.5% per annum. It is important to note that the product assumes express consideration of an application for attracting financing for a period of no more than 1 working day following the day of its receipt.
The second is the Startup product designed to support new entrepreneurial projects that have been registered and are valid for no more than 11 months. A loan in the amount of up to 500 thousand rubles is issued for up to 36 months at a reduced rate of only 2% per annum. The product will support a "young" business at the stage of formation.
You can learn more about support measures online on the official website of the My Business Center of Tatarstan, as well as by calling the hotline: 8 (843) 524-90-90.
"By implementing financial and non-financial support measures, all the necessary comfortable conditions for development are created for business. All effective support measures will continue to be implemented throughout the year. These are preferential financing, certification, exhibitions, patent research, etc.," said Linara Burkhanova, First Deputy General Director of the Entrepreneurship Support Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan, head of the My Business Center.
The purpose of the national project "Small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and support for individual entrepreneurial initiative" is to support business at all stages of its development: from the initial idea to expansion and export. National projects initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin started in 2019.