What is good for the Chinese is good for the Russian Innoprom

Blogger Egor Lavrentiev says: “The main industrial exhibition of Russia, Innoprom, started yesterday in sunny Yekaterinburg. Already the sixth in a row. There are five specialized exhibitions on the territory of Ekaterinburg-EXPO. More than 150 events of the business program will be held here from 8 to 11 July. More than 600 companies from 70 countries of the world present their products at Innoprom”.

For the first time this year, Innoprom has a partner country. And this…

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1. This is China. The Chinese, by the way, are very pleased that their country has received such a status. Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Wang Yang said:

"Innoprom" is the leading Russian exhibition, which visually presents a package of the latest achievements in the field of industry and innovative ideas. I hope that enterprises will seize the opportunity to exchange information, feel the pulse of the new global scientific and technological revolution, and make efforts to develop technical exchange and trade and economic cooperation. All this is necessary for the joint promotion of innovative products to global industrial markets. Thus, Innoprom participants will contribute to the stabilization of the global economy.”

2. I foresee questions about sanctions. No, they did not have a significant impact on the composition of the participants. According to Georgy Kalamanov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the difficult international situation and sanctions did not affect the scale of the exhibition. On the contrary, the number of participants increased by 30-40 percent, as did the area of stands. The Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Germany, the USA and many other countries presented their products in Yekaterinburg.

Some European companies "have recently closely monitored the latest developments in Russian industry." “Therefore, companies from countries that have imposed economic sanctions against Russia are themselves interested in visiting exhibitions such as Innoprom,” Kalamanov said. “There were no refusals from foreign companies. All European companies that wanted to get to Innoprom got there,” said Evgeny Kuyvashev, Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region.

3. The most impressive delegation (more than 1000 participants) is represented by the People's Republic of China - a partner country, after all.

Scientists from China and the Urals, by the way, have already agreed on cooperation in various fields. In particular, our scientists offered their Chinese colleagues to work on a light and highly conductive copper-magnesium wire, diamond-like nanocoatings, to establish the production of tubular titanium implants for medicine and eddy-current flaw detectors being developed for CERN. The Chinese did not refuse and signed the agreement.

4. Several more important agreements were concluded by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade with Argentina. The head of the department, Denis Manturov, and the Minister of Industry of Argentina, Deborah Giorgi, signed two "road maps" - on the implementation of a memorandum of understanding between the ministries and on the implementation of promising projects of Russian-Argentine cooperation.

5. One of such projects will be the organization of KamAZ deliveries of its products to Argentina. In addition, according to the "road map", with the participation of the Russian company in Argentina, a joint production of KamAZ trucks will be created.

Another important project will be the supply by Power Machines of power equipment for the Chiuido HPP. In addition, a joint production of automobile gas filling compressor stations will be organized in Argentina, which will be supplied to Russia and Latin American countries. In the chemical industry, it is planned to coordinate the supply of products of the August company to Argentina, and in mechanical engineering - trolleybuses manufactured by the Trolza company.

6. In fact, the weakened ruble is doing the country a great service. As Manturov put it, "the current exchange rate of the ruble makes a (more) favorable price for foreign investors to enter the Russian market than it was a year and a half ago." According to the minister, it doesn't matter from which country comes “foreign capital involved in the creation of new capacities or the production of new products. Any foreign investor will be provided with equal access to support tools.” Colleagues from South America, apparently, realized this in time, unlike colleagues from North.

What made Russia happy at Innoprom? Our industrialists put up a lot of interesting things, but the holdings of the state corporation Rostec were the most pleased. As part of the exhibition program, Rostec made a bet on the civilian products of its enterprises.

7. Among the exhibits are a 3D printer created by RT-Chemcomposite for printing joint prostheses and implants made of biopolymers, a neural interface model from the United Instrumentation Corporation (OPC), which allows you to control exoskeletons and prostheses with the power of thought, a unique chassis for a promising helicopter Ka- 62 from Technodinamika, the Russian 8-core Elbrus-8S chip, made by defense industry enterprises using 28Nm technology, an interactive presentation of the unique heliogeophysical complex created by Shvabe for the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), etc. Let us dwell on some of them in more detail .

8. The star of the exhibition, perhaps, can be considered the new Russian spacesuit "Orlan-MKS" developed by NPP "Zvezda" (part of the "Technodinamika" holding of the state corporation "Rostec"). The Orlan-MKS was the first in the world to use a climate control system, in addition, the rubber shell was replaced with a polyurethane one to increase the life of the suit, and the control panel display was also updated. Three such suits are planned to be sent to the International Space Station this year.

9. United Instrument Corporation (OPC) (part of Rostec) presented a neurointerface at the exhibition that opens up new opportunities for medicine in the field of prosthetics and rehabilitation of people with disabilities with various motor disorders. The technology can be useful not only for medicine, but also for the development of Russian robotics in general. The brain-computer interface is currently being tested.

10. In addition, the OPK for the first time presented at the exhibition a special version of the domestic computer-monoblock "Meadowsweet Centurion". The machine is intended for civilian customers who require a complete solution that provides a high level of information security. The full production cycle of the Tavolga Centurion monoblock will be organized in Russia from 2016. In particular, it is planned to release a configuration based on the latest Russian Baikal-M processors.

The Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation presented the Ansat multi-purpose helicopter. In May 2015, Ansat was certified by the IAC AR for passenger transportation, after which the holding received orders for these helicopters from two airlines.

11. OJSC KamAZ (part of the structure of Rostec) also took part in the exhibition. This year, KamAZ exhibits vehicles from the company's new model range: KamAZ-5490, KamAZ-65206 and KamAZ-65207. OJSC KamAZ produces a wide range of trucks: trucks - more than 40 models and more than 1,500 configurations.

AvtoVAZ, another holding of Rostec, brought its new Lada Vesta. This year it should be put into production.

12. Shvabe Holding (also part of Rostec) presented its latest developments in the field of neonatal, diagnostic and anesthetic equipment. In particular, an intensive care complex that provides optimal conditions for caring for newborns; neonatal heater used in intensive care, resuscitation and nursing of newborns, etc.

13. In general, we in Yekaterinburg can not only look at others, but also show ourselves. It's good to show something.

14. Well, I want to end this post with a positive code. The import of manufactured goods to the Russian Federation for five months of 2015 decreased by 40% compared to the same period last year. Due to the transfer of technologies and the growth of the level of localization, Russia will be able to change the traditional positioning of our country as a country with a resource-based economy. In order for the whole world to know about it, Innoprom and other related exhibitions are needed, at which the domestic manufacturer will be able to show himself in all his glory.