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US company to promote innovations by Tomsk State University

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:27:00 +0400

The National Research Tomsk State University signed a cooperation agreement with PHLburg Technologies, USA, for overseas promotion of the University's innovations.

PHLburg Technologies will not only promote applied research projects developed by the University but also analyze demand in the world markets and place orders for high tech innovations for foreign industrial producers.

The University will interact with their US partner online.

Background

The Tomsk State University was founded in 1878 as the Emperor's Siberian University by an imperial decree of Tsar Alexander II. In 1998, the University was included in the national cultural heritage register of Russia. In April 2010, the University was granted the status of the National Research University.

PHLburg Technologies is an internationally recognized technology commercialization company. It represents multinational companies by searching for and identifying novel technology and centers of scientific excellence that satisfy their specific needs.

MOJE Keramik-Implantate produced first batch of medical instruments together with India’s Shagun Cares Inc

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:26:00 +0400

MOJE Keramik-Implantate, resident of the Tomsk Special Economic Zone announced today the release of the first batch of insertion tools for ceramic joint implants produced by the company. The production was launched by a joint venture in New Delhi.

The joint venture has all product quality certificates in place and has registered its products in Russia and Europe. The plant has an annual design capacity of up to 1,000 sets of tools. All tools are made in full compliance with German standards (which is confirmed by European quality certificates), but the production cost is lower, which enables the facility to supply its products to as many medical clinics as possible around the globe.

"The synergy of strict quality control and low production cost in India has led to a competitive satellite product for active promotion of the ceramic joint implants produced by MOJE Keramik-Implantate on the global market. MOJE Keramik-Implantate provided training for Indian production personnel, which ensured launching production and attaining the required quality specifications within the shortest possible time," says the Tomsk innovation company.

In February 2012, in the Tomsk Special Economic Zone OOO MOJE Keramik-Implantate, a joint Russian-German venture launched production of zircon-oxide nanoceramic joint implants, the first such facility in Russia and the second in the world. It makes small joint implants using the material described by many professionals as "the material of the future" which surpasses metal in many aspects and is much more comfortable for the patient. Its properties are confirmed by numerous clinical trials. The target annual capacity of the plant is 8,000 implants (third year of the project). In 2012, the company will have produced 1,000 joint implants.

Along with insertion tools, the Russian-Indian joint venture set up by MOJE Keramik-Implantate in India will also produce ceramic implants.

Tomsk in Top 35 of effective innovative development centers

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:24:00 +0400

Skolkovo Foundation and Expert RA Rating Agency published "Guidelines for the Creation and Development of Innovation Centers (Techniques and Regularities)" where the scientific research and technology park of Tomsk was ranked in Top 35 of most effective innovative development centers from all over the world along with the Silicone Valley (USA), Cambridge Science Park (UK), Ideon Science Park (Sweden), Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park (Taiwan), etc.

According to the developers of the rating, out of almost a thousand of currently existing innovation centers and science parks only a few are genuinely effective. Criteria included development dynamics, contribution to the economic growth, profile and citation ratio, size and prominence of companies working in the center, size of the center, access to venture capital, and availability of information about the center.

Oxford University’s commercialization office showed interest in nine innovative projects from Tomsk and Novosibirsk

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:11:00 +0400

Under the agreement for commercialization of Russian inventions in the foreign markets among the Tomsk Region Administration, Rusnano and Isis Innovation (a subsidiary of the University of Oxford), nine projects potentially interesting for foreign partners were selected.

According to Aleksey Stukanov, Head of the Region Department for International and Regional Relations, they were selected among 27 competitors. "The projects which are not on the list will win anyway," he says. "All applications were thoroughly analyzed by an international team of experts. The firms will be able to learn lessons from this assessment, correct their mistakes and modify their development path accordingly."

The projects selected by Isis include seven projects from Tomsk and two projects from Novosibirsk. Both Novosibirsk projects were submitted by Sigma. They are micro-arc coating for the associated gas reactor and new grades of bearing cast iron.

Tomsk innovative company NIOST is represented by two inventions. Isis experts are convinced that it is possible to franchise the methodology of one of the inventions (non-catalyzed HNBR elastomer treatment) to other companies in the global market. As for the other invention (new dicyclopentadiene polymerization processes), there is a plan to investigate the possibilities to make contacts with foreign partners.

Among other projects selected by Oxford experts are nano-powders for fingerprinting developed by the Tomsk Polytechnic University which have already been positively rated by Russian experts. Isis says there are several potential customers for this technology in Europe. Microwave circuit testing and optimization software developed by an innovative company from Tomsk ELLIKS can be attractive for telecommunications companies.

Isis will also continue to work with Tomsk projects such as Emission (oil exploration based on electromagnetic radiation from the surface), Bio Eco (formaldehyde-free glue in wood board production) and Elcom+ (software for Motorola radio sets).

Tomsk Region gasification program will cost 12bn rubles

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:10:00 +0400

The Tomsk Region Administration and OAO Gazprom are discussing a draft Tomsk Region gas supply and gasification program for 2012-2015 with the total amount of investment of 12 bn rubles.

"Gazprom is considering investing over 5bn rubles in this program. The program also implies co-financing by the region in an amount of over 7bn rubles to build gas networks in rural areas, convert boiler houses to gas, and provide gas to businesses," said the Governor of Tomsk Region Sergey Zhvachkin.

The Governor says that this co-financing commitment is a significant burden for the budget of the Region. However, he expressed his certainty that it would be possible to build the interaction with Gazprom so that the gasification work is continuous and consistent.

Sergey Zhvachkin deems the gasification of the region a priority task for the government. There is opinion poll data where Tomsk Region citizens place gasification on a top position. He also assured he would personally follow up on the gasification progress.

The joint project of Gazprom and Tomsk Region includes construction of 216 km of gas networks in rural areas which will provide gas to 20,000 consumers in 40 settlements of Tomsk Region.

Another four regions joined the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:10:00 +0400

A meeting of the AIRR members and AIRR Council took place in Moscow. Four new regions – the Republic of Bashkortostan, Lipetsk Region, Samara Region and Ulyanovsk Region – were admitted as members of the Association.

Before, the Association included 8 member regions: Tomsk Region, Novosibirsk Region, Irkutsk Region, Kaluga Region, the Republic of Tatarstan, Mordovia, Krasnoyarsk Krai and Perm Krai. Also, it includes such members as Rusnano, Russian Venture Company and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

At the session a new Chairman of the AIRR Council was elected. Viktor Kress, ex-Chairman of the Council, was replaced by Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan. Sergey Naryshkin was re-elected as the Chairman of the AIRR Supervisory Council.

Memorandum on the creation of the interregional Association of Innovative Regions of Russia was signed on May 21, 2010 in Tomsk at the XIII Innovation Forum INNOVUS.

The goal of the Association is to support the effective innovative development of its member regions based on the recognition of the existing R&D growth models.

The AIRR members seek governmental support for their joint innovative, economic, R&D, and educational projects and jointly look for investors. The AIRR member regions provide knowledge-based content for the national innovative development agenda.

Ruselectronics to implement a 9bn rubles project in the Tomsk SEZ

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:08:00 +0400

Vnesheconombank Supervisory Council considered and approved the bank's participation in financing the construction of mass production of light emitting diodes and LED lights in the Tomsk Special Economic Zone.

This project was initiated by OAO Ruselectronics as part of the energy efficiency improvement and import substitution initiative. The project involves construction of integrated manufacturing and testing facilities with a total area of 22,500 sq. m in the Southern Site of the Tomsk SEZ to design and manufacture LED lights. The total value of the project is 9.1bn rubles (including a 7bn rubles loan provided by Vnesheconombank). The project also involves creation of around 600 working places in the mid-term.

"The fact that a state corporation is taking part in a SEZ project has a tremendous strategic value. In Tomsk Region this is the largest investment project in the non-oil and gas sector for the last decade," emphasized Aleksey Baryshev, CEO of the Tomsk SEZ. "This project by Ruselectronics co-funded by Vnesheconombank is practically laying foundation of a brand new world class industry in Russia."

Background

The R&D Department of ZAO New Technologies of Light – Base LED Technology Center – Tomsk (OOO BCST – Tomsk) was established in October 2010 to develop, design, manufacture and test new materials, technologies and designs of light emitting diodes and LED-based lighting products. Since December 24, 2010 OOO BCST – Tomsk has been a resident of the Tomsk Special Economic Zone. It has been implementing the project "Creation, Production, and Sale of High-Capacity LEDs and Energy Saving Lighting Systems".

Ireland’s PetroNeft starting up a pipeline in Tomsk Region

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:07:00 +0400

This week Ireland's PetroNeft Resources is starting up a 10 km pipeline from Lineynoye Oil Field to Arbuzovskoye Oil Field (Tomsk Region).

"Construction of the 10 km pipeline is completed. This week hydraulic tests and start-up are scheduled. The new pipeline will be commissioned in the second quarter of 2012", the company's press service reports.

Arbuzovskoye field development program is progressing on schedule. Last winter the exploratory drilling rig was moved from Lineynoye to Arbuzovskoye oil field and the power line was commissioned.

Tomsk to prepare beforehand a site for a glass factory of Japan’s AGC Glass

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:04:00 +0400

Tomsk government will allocate 4.3m rubles to prepare land for construction of an industrial park to attract Japan's AGC Glass Europe (part of Asahi Glass Company) which is currently selecting a site for its new glass factory.

According to the minutes of the 7th session of the Legislative Duma of Tomsk Region, the deputies adopted a bill under which the Region will provide 4.3m rubles to Tomsk District for geotechnical investigation and land surveying work on a 80 ha land plot.

The Governor of Tomsk Region Sergey Zhvachkin informed the deputies that a Japanese delegation will visit Tomsk next week to discuss the project in details. The governor reminded that Tomsk Region is among the three regions competing to host the factory and stressed the need to strengthen the positions of the Region.