Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in solemn foundation stone laying ceremony at “3M Volga” production complex
13 November 2013, Wednesday
On November 13 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in solemn foundation stone laying ceremony at “3M Volga” production complex at Special Economic Zone “Alabuga”.
Russian Deputy Minister of economic development Oleg Saveliev, Director General of ZAO “3M Russia” Timothy Allen Koenig took part in the event.
Anticorrosive materials, scotch tapes, abrasive materials, glass hollow microspheres that are used in oil and gas production that have been used by Russian oil and gas operators for 20 years will be manufactured at “3M Volga” plant. The plant’s produce will be sold in Russia and exported to CIS countries.
Director General of ZAO “3M Russia” Timothy Allen Koenig said that an American diversified company 3M has been invested 30 mln dollars in the plant at SEZ “Alabuga” for three years.
The plant at SEZ “Alabuga” will become the second 3M enterprise in Russia.
As part of the program, the Minister visited the Arsky Industrial Park, where he got acquainted with the current activities and long-term plans of the residents. During the inspection of the production facilities, Midkhat Shagiakhmetov held a substantive discussion with the heads of enterprises on capacity expansion and improving the efficiency of using the existing infrastructure.
Applications for the Start-Digital Technologies-1 competition (turn 2) are being accepted on the website of the Innovation Promotion Foundation until February 24. Individuals and legal entities, small business entities, can participate in it.
Rustem Mukhamedshin, Director of the Guarantee Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan, took part in a large–scale event - the strategic session of the Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of the Republic of Tatarstan, which took place on January 30, 2026 in Kazan at the Entrepreneur's House.