From the Regional Council to the production site: how projects are implemented in the Industrial Zone of Almaty
The Akim of the city Bakhytzhan Sagintayev held an offsite meeting with members of the Regional Coordination Council, during which he got acquainted with the pace of implementation of projects in the Industrial Zone of Almaty.
By the end of 2021, 9 projects are planned to be launched ("SK Rakhat", "GSG Vysotnik", "Kaz-Dia-Test", CityStone, "Alem Tynysy", Asiasteelpipecorporation, "Electrobar", Valtherm, Technokont) for a total amount of 40.5 billion tenge, with the creation of 823 jobs.
Also in 2021, five industrial parks, with the commissioning of 22 thousand sq. m of production space for SMEs, in the amount of 2.3 billion tenge, with the creation of 860 jobs are planned to be launched. Until 2025, 28 projects in the Industrial Zone, for a total investment of 93 billion tenge with the creation of more than 3 thousand jobs are planned to be implemented.
In October 2019, the work of the Regional Coordinating Council was reformatted. It includes experts, heads of operating enterprises and industry unions. Thanks to this approach and support measures, high-tech industries are being opened.
Over the past two years, 12 meetings of the RCC were held, at which 51 new projects were supported for a total investment of 172.3 billion tenge, with the creation of over 6.5 thousand jobs. Investors were provided with 185 hectares of land plots. Ineffectively used plots were also optimized on 15 hectares. In addition, 38 projects were excluded from the Industrial Zone of Almaty portfolio due to the lack of implementation dynamics, 156 hectares of territory were freed.
In the Industrial zone, two enterprises for the production of autoclaved aerated concrete are already being launched - LLP "GSG Vysotnik ”and LLP “SK Rakhat ”. Both companies are completing finishing and commissioning works. More than 2 billion tenge has been invested in projects, more than 165 jobs are planned to be created. The implementation of these projects will meet the demand of construction companies in Almaty and the region in high-quality aerated concrete blocks.
More than 10 hectares in the Industrial Zone have been allocated to LLP "Valtherm" , which is building the first plant in Kazakhstan for the production of aluminum and bimetallic radiators by high pressure casting. The project worth 11.6 billion tenge is unique, the products are in demand not only in Kazakhstan, but also in neighboring countries. The construction and installation work of the first stage of the production facility has been completed; currently, external networks are being laid and the territory is being landscaped. The launch of production with the creation of 430 jobs is scheduled for September this year. The enterprise will be in demand for foundry specialists and chemists-technologists.
In order to provide the necessary staff with the city akimat, a technical college will be built at the Industrial Zone of Almaty, where specialists for all ongoing projects will be trained.
In the first quarter of this year, a plant for the production of copper and aluminum wire rod LLP "KMK Investment", with a capacity of more than 25 thousand tons of products per year was put into operation, with the creation of 80 jobs. The project cost is 11.3 billion tenge. In 2018, the company launched a cable production plant at the Industrial Zone of Almaty, with a capacity of 20 thousand km of cable and wire products per year. Investments amounted to 12.7 billion tenge, 100 jobs were created.
The future plans of the investor include the creation in the industrial zone of the Eurasian Energy Complex, which includes the production of innovative couplings for cables, polyethylene and propylene for the needs of cable production, ultralight cable trays made of alloys, as well as a research institute in the field of energy efficiency and innovative developments.
In July, the production of medical diagnostic test systems of LLP "Kaz-Dia-Test", worth 512 million tenge will start with the creation of 65 jobs. The company plans to produce rapid tests for infectious and oncological diseases, as well as develop the first domestic, serial industrial production of culture media. Due to the global situation with the pandemic, it is also planned to launch a new automated line for the production of PCR tests, rapid tests for coronavirus and early stages of oncology at the plant. To date, the construction and installation work on the construction of the production building has been completed, the premises are being finished.
Akim of Almaty B. Sagintayev, emphasized the special importance of this production, which will allow to establish local production of test systems, on which public health and national security in general depend.
Also, the Industrial Zone of Almaty launched a plant for the production of medical products LLP "Almerek". The enterprise has launched the production of disposable sterile therapeutic spatulas, probes, sets, scarifiers, systems for vacuum intake of liquids. 443.4 million tenge of private investment was invested in the project, 50 jobs were created.
In addition, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev got acquainted with the progress of construction of new facilities in the field of chemical, construction and machine-building industries LLP "BSF", LLP "ZhBI Garant", LLP "Alem Tynysy", LLP "City Stone" , LLP "Electrobar", LLP "Teplostil". The total amount of investment projects is 3.8 billion tenge, 340 jobs will be created at the enterprises.
The participants of the Industrial Zone of Almaty are 54 companies, with projects for 211.7 billion tenge, with the creation of 6.2 thousand jobs. To date, 14 projects have been implemented (BRB APK, Almapack, DOC Co.LTD, TOKYO ROPE ALMATY, KMK Investment - the first and second stages, KazTigerTape, "ENKO", ASSET, Technovid, "MPZ Bijan", "DorKhan-Almaty" , "Almerek", Hyundai Trans Kazakhstan) for a total amount of 75 billion tenge with the creation of 2,248 jobs.