Vologda and the Republic of Belarus intend to develop business cooperation
At the last competition from Vologda, I visited two winning cities in the Republic of Belarus with a clear visit. Mayor of the city Sergey Voropanov signed the Action Plans with the authorities of the cities of Grodno and Mogilev for 2022–2023.
Due to the fact that Belarus has assumed the position of the IX Forum of Regions of the Republic of Belarus and Russia “The role of interregional cooperation in deepening the integration processes of the Union State”. The official Vologda delegation included Mayor of the city Sergey Voropanov and Head of the city Yury Sapozhnikov.
“There are a lot of issues that have currently accumulated in the economy, taking into account such serious sanctions pressure. Every aspect of the life of the two states, such as the economy, education, culture, sports, tourism, is analyzed in detail. It is important to build work in such a way that the economies of our two states do not compete with each other, but complement each other so that we become stronger and more independent. We set ourselves the goal of sustainable development. Our task as the Union of States is to make our products profitable, including on world markets,” noted the Mayor of the city Sergey Voropanov.
“A list of agreements, instructions has been compiled, which are at the personal control meeting of the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko. Our main points of view of interaction with the cities of the Republic of Belarus are economic interaction, cultural content and, of course, tourism. President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke at the Forum via video channel, both leaders said that Russia and the Republic of Belarus comments Head of the city Yuri Sapozhnikov.
Many Vologda enterprises are already working with Belarusian organizations. Thus, the Vologda Bearing Plant supplies its products to Grodno, which are used in the production of generators for tractors at the Radiovolna enterprise.
“We have been cooperating with the Vologda Bearing Plant for a long time, increasing or decreasing volumes to one degree or another. We constantly have contacts, we are known in Vologda. VPZ is an enterprise in which we are constantly located. intentions to note that at the moment when restrictions were introduced, appointments, the Vologda side supported us,”says the head of JSC “Radiovolna” Sergei Byshkalo.
According to the company in Vologda, as part of import substitution, deliveries to other countries, including the Republic of Belarus, have increased. Now the VPZ is signing contracts even with those Belarusian enterprises that did not cooperate with the appeal before the introduction of sanctions.
“We have been cooperating for more than 50 years, supplying bearings to the Republic of Belarus. We have a very fruitful cooperation, our customers have never let us down. Today we have increased sales volumes. Now we supply about 20% of the total monthly sales volume to the Republic of Belarus. we assume that we will continue to supply volumes”, – said Denis Proskuryakov, Sales Director of ZAO VOLOGDA BEARING CORPORATION.
The Vologda management company ZhSI-Atlant maintains long-term relations with the Belarusian OJSC Mogilevliftmash. Seven years ago, Vologda public utilities purchased the first elevator in the republic: it was installed in one of the entrances in the house number 32 on Fryazinovskaya Street. This year, two more elevators in the building are being replaced with Mogilev equipment. In the first entrance of the elevator, a procedure has already been established, initiated in anticipation.
“The first elevator that we installed in the sixth entrance has proven itself well, there are no complaints. Therefore, at the meeting, we decided that we would install elevators in the 1st and 5th entrances exactly to the plant from Mogilev, which we had already tested, ” says the chairman of the council of the house Natalya Alekseeva.
It takes about two months to replace one elevator, the management company works hard to ensure that all work is completed in the summer, while schoolchildren are on vacation, and Vologda residents are in their dachas. Mogilevliftmash produces more than a hundred models of elevator equipment. This is one of the largest elevator holdings in Europe, not inferior to European scale.
Mogilev elevators, which have already been highly appreciated by Vologda residents, are also appreciated in the houses of the Third Southern microdistrict. In the near future, two houses with 126 apartments will be commissioned, each will have two elevators of the Mogilev enterprise. This model is different from the one that depends on the house on the street. Fryazinovskaya. The carrying capacity of this design is 630 kg. The elevator will last about 30 years.
In the house on st. Lomonosov with selection and intercoms of a new type: when recruiting an apartment with production on the ground floor. When a person approaches the booth, the doors open automatically, then the booth itself rises to the desired floor, according to the apartment number that the person dialed on the call panel on the intercom.
“As part of our cooperation, we have installed 25 elevators. Four elevators have passed a full technical examination and preparation for commissioning. And we already have seven elevators with inspections at the facilities, and commissioning work is underway. In the near future, it is planned, as part of the agreement, to purchase four more elevators at newly constructed capital construction facilities in the Third Southern Microdistrict,” says the head of ZhSI-energy Evgeny Malkov.
As part of the working trip, the participants discussed new markets for products, agreed on interchangeable business missions. Sergey Voropanov convenes an action plan for 2022-2023 as part of a meeting on unification with the cities of Grodno and Mogilev.