The XIV International Industrial Exhibition “INNOPROM” was held in Yekaterinburg from 8 to 10 July this year. The event was attended by official delegations from the EAEU countries, UAE, Serbia, Cuba, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Oman, India, Thailand, Pakistan, Turkey, Hungary and other states, primeminister.kz reports.
The delegation from Kazakhstan was headed by First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar. It included representatives of central authorities, regions, business and national companies.
Large domestic companies of metallurgy and mechanical engineering were represented: Kazakhmys Corporation, Karaganda Foundry and Machine Building Plant (KLMZ), Railways Systems KZ, Alageum Electric and VodEcoFilter.
A number of documents on mutually beneficial co-operation were signed during the event. Thus, with the participation of the akimat of Karaganda region and representatives of business signed agreements on the creation of joint projects, including the design and production of batteries of autonomous power supply, technical upgrading of enterprises.
In addition, meetings were held between the Minister of Industry and Construction of Kazakhstan and the Ministers of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Foreign Trade of the UAE, the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation, the Prime Minister of Bashkortostan and the first heads of large industrial enterprises (UralKran LLC, Eurasian Mechanical Plant LLP, SGMK-Metal LLC).
The Kazakhstan delegation also took part in the regular meetings of the EAEU and CIS Industrial Policy Councils, which reviewed the medium-term strategic document, which laid down the main vectors of industrial development within the EAEU until 2030.