Tomsk SEZ switched to a mode of quality development

The 2013 for development of SEZ “Tomsk” passed under the sign of quality development of residents’ projects, filling in the existing objects of the infrastructure and building by residents their own scientific and production facilities.

As Konstantin Kaminsky, the provisional of the CEO of JSC “Special Economic Zone of Technical and Innovative Type “Tomsk” reported, the quantity of acting residents was increased up to 60 companies, which for today show a sustainable growth on the territory of SEZ ”Tomsk”. In 2013 SEZ was completed with ten objects with total volume of declared investments about 900 million rubles.

The attraction of new residents and dynamic development of the existing residents allowed increasing the volume of the de facto executed investments in comparison with 2012 by 25% (plus 1.2 billion rubles in 2013). Also the volume of the products manufactured in SEZ in 2012 significantly increased – by 41% up to 4.3 billion rubles (plus 1.7 billion rubles in 2013).

Actually up to date the residents invested 4.98 billion rubles in SEZ. The volume of tax concessions given to residents was about 237.6 million rubles (plus 33% in 2013).

The total volume of tax liabilities payable by residents increases steadily (plus 21% in 2013), forming the revenue side of the regional and federal budgets. At the moment the residents of SEZ have paid 889 million rubles of taxes.

According to the results in 2013 the federal and regional budget financed construction of the infrastructure objects at a cost of 693 million rubles. At the same time the volume of the private investments on the SEZ territory constituted 1210 million rubles in 2013, i.e for each budget ruble we managed to attract 1.75 ruble of private investments.

The great part of resident projects changes over from the stage of investments in research and development work to the stage of production and launching of innovation products manufactured in the SEZ “Tomsk” territory. According to this development model it becomes essential to support engineering activity of the companies. In this respect, the decision as to construction of the Engineering Center in SEZ was accepted. This Center will become the main element of manufacturing infrastructure in the Special Economic Zone.

The active construction of the own resident objects is carrying out. The facilities of LLC “RPE Stels”, LLC ”Crystal T” companies are in the high level of readiness. The LLC ”STI TDSK” started their construction.

The attraction of new residents in 2013 provided the filling of the North ground of the site and the Supervisory Committee of SEZ made a decision to initiate joining of reserved territories (+62ha).

In 2013 the Scientific Innovation Center was taken into operation. It allowed new companies to get registration in SEZ. Thus, as long ago as 2013 on the site of SIC the complete cycle of implant manufacturing of the Russian – German Company LLC ”MOJE Keramik-Implantate” was started.

In 2013 in SEZ “Tomsk” were carried out about one hundred activities of Russian and international level which confirm the status of Special Economic Zone as a site for dialog with innovation business. Because of the increasing quantity of the events on the SEZ territory it was decided to start construction of the Expocenter (6 thousand m²) which will be able to host INNOVUS Forum in 2015.

At the end of 2013 a new edition of the prospective plan of SEZ designing was elaborated (the previous variant was approved by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade in 2011). This document represents a system of the long-term goals of SEZ functioning (through to 2023) and methods of their achievement. The main idea is to attract private investors for creation of a high quality business sphere and objects of the social infrastructure for existing and potential residents of SEZ.

There is considerable desifning taking place on the South ground right now. These are buildings of the Expocenter and Engineering Center. The Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering makes project of the Expocenter. The Engineering Center is the Seversk All-Russian Planning and Research Institute for Integrated Power Engineering Technology, the author of projects of all built facilities in SEZ. Today the designers provided the schematic designs of the future buildings and their planning conception. It is planned to finish construction of the Expocenter in 2015 and construction of the Engineering Center in 2016.

In general there are 26 pieces of land within the area of 1 to 4 ha on the South ground, 14 of which were given to the residents for construction of their own facilities and 12 are still unoccupied. There are lots for business infrastructure, hotel complex and commercial apartment buildings placement.

In 2014 “Stels” Company will take into operation their facility. “Crystal T” and LLC “STI TDSK” companies entered the final straight of construction. The residents projects are designing, the companies enter the level of complete manufacturing circle and in these conditions the construction of own facility is economically feasible. This year the construction of 5 resident objects on SEZ is expected.

“Our priority is to make SEZ a new district of business activity. The infrastructure was built, zone is in stage of filling with projects. Pushing the envelope is needed because SEZ has a great potential as territory on which making business is profitable. Today SEZ is becoming a ground which is extremely attractive for investment. Together with the Tomsk region Administration we work at attraction of developers both to the infrastructure objects (restaurants, playgrounds, temporary apartments for residents) and to the construction of office and manufacturing building”,  said Konstantin Kaminsky, the Head of SEZ “Tomsk”.

Up to 2020 on the SEZ “Tomsk” it has to be created 7.15 thousand working places; the investments of residents in SEZ will reach 25 billion rubles till that time: the volume of sales of innovation products will be more than 32 billion rubles. In addition up to 2020 the SEZ “Tomsk” residents will pay more than 11.5 billion rubles to the budgets of all levels.

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