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The official inauguration of the new steel cord production line in Bekaert Lipetsk took place today in the presence of H.E. Mr Jean-Arthur Régibeau, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Russia, Mr Korolev Oleg Petrovic, Governor of the Lipetsk region, a delegation of our customers and suppliers, and Mr Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of Bekaert.

On 23 May 2018, the Supervisory Board and the Expert Council of the Lipetsk Special Economic Zone held a meeting chaired by Oleg Korolyov, Governor of the Lipetsk Region. The parties discussed and approved business plans of five potential investors and amended the agreements made earlier with two operating tenants.

Environmental safety was again discussed at Yokohama’s car tire factory located in the Lipetsk SEZ. This time, however, words were backed up with actions. Yokohama organized a traditional environmental event held as part of the Green Wave global campaign on 22 May 2018, the date proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Day for Biological Diversity.

KEMIN, a global manufacturer of feed additives, is celebrating a birthday of its factory opened in the Lipetsk SEZ on 26 April 2017 and congratulates it on achieving target output of additives, feed safety and animal solutions and performance.

On 26 April 2018, a meeting of the Committee for the Localization of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce chaired by Gerfried Laurin was held in the special economic zone Lipetsk (hereinafter referred to as the Lipetsk SEZ). The representatives of Astron Buildings, Lamilux, Fuchs Oil Russia, Drees and Sommer Project Management and Building Technologies, Kaiser + Craft and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Russian Federation were present.

Local production in the Lipetsk Special Economic Zone is expected to cover almost 100% of Russian demand for French fries. Ivan Lebedev, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and Oleg Korolyov, Governor of the Lipetsk Region, inaugurated a new potato processing plant earlier today. This first Russian large-scale French fries production facility was built through a joint venture of the Russian Belaya Dacha Group and Lamb Weston/Meijer, a global leader in potato processing. The construction of the plant was subsidized by the Russian State Program for Agriculture Development. With the local production of French fries in the Lipetsk Region, the joint venture will give its key customers steadfast support on the rapidly growing Russian market.

On 18 April 2018, representatives of US businesses and Russia’s Chamber of Commerce visited the Lipetsk SEZ during their stay in the region. The purpose of the visit was to inspect sites for setting up production locally. Among the SEZ guests were AIR PRODUCTS, CARGILL, DESERET INTERNATIONAL CHARITIES, BAYER and many others.

On 30 March 2018, the Lipetsk SEZ held the award ceremony for the winners of contests devoted to the Russian presidential election. The SEZ administration sent to the Management Company and the tenants advance notices of children drawing and photography contests dedicated to the election process.

Sergey Glazyev, a regional economy integration advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrived in the Lipetsk Region for a working visit. He aimed to discuss citizen appeals to the Russian President and take relevant measures at the regional and federal levels. The advisor attended Dankov and Lebedyan to learn more about their social and economic development and held a meeting with Oleg Korolyov, Governor of the Lipetsk Region, to discuss prospects of the regional development.

A delegation from Honeywell International headed by its President of Global High Growth Regions Shane Tedjarati visited the Lipetsk Region. The guests met Oleg Korolyov, Governor of the Lipetsk Region, and discussed the construction of the Company’s plant in the Lipetsk Special Economic Zone.

December 21st 2017 Lipetsk Region governor Oleg Korolev chaired the regular meetings of Lipetsk Special Economic Zone Supervisory Board and Expert Council. The primary item on the agenda was the assessment of 5 new investment projects in Lipetsk SEZ. The newcomers are set to invest 5.7 billion RUB into SEZ productions and add 530 new high-skilled jobs to the market.