
About 54 large enterprises operate in Kapshagay, including «Kapshagay Knauf», «Mareven Food», «Penoplex», «Henkel», НЕS Kapshagay, and «Technobazalt», providing domestic products to markets and exporting them. These medium and large enterprises account for 74% of the industrial output produced in the city. Only last year, 39 billion tenge of investments were attracted to the economy of Kapshagaн, 90% of them - extra-budgetary private investments.
The number of employees at enterprises is also growing every year. So, today 260 people work at the «Kapshagay Knauf», 600 permanent jobs have been created at the «Mareven Food» plant. In total, 350 jobs were created in the city's industrial sector in 2020.
Also, within the framework of the project "Business Bastau" and "Zhas Kasipker", 135 people were trained in the basics of entrepreneurship. Under the program for the development of productive employment and mass entrepreneurship "Enbek", 13 entrepreneurs received micro-loans in the amount of 24.8 million tenge. For the implementation of new business ideas, 80 applicants were allocated grants for 44.5 million tenge. Of these, 15 large families, 6 persons with disabilities, 25 young people under the age of 29. Basically, these funds were used to open hairdressers, sewing and confectionery shops.
In addition, within the framework of the Employment Roadmap program, 252 people were employed at 23 facilities. Targeted social assistance was provided to 271 low-income families.