With the participation of Northwest Bank of Sberbank in Saint-Petersburg the International Forum «Industrialization-2013» was held

With the participation of Northwest Bank of Sberbank in Saint-Petersburg the International Forum «Industrialization-2013» was held.

5^th December, 2013, Saint-Petersburg – In Strelna, Konstantinovskiy Palace with the support and direct participation of Northwest Bank OJSC "Sberbank of Russia" was held the International Forum on development of Cooperation and Organization of Industrial Suppliers Business in Russia «Industrialization-2013».

Participants of the Forum were not only the leading automotive and machine building enterprises: «General Motoros Auto», «Skania Peter», «MAN Truck & Bus Production RUS», «Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus», «Toyota Motor Corporation», «Caterpillar Tosno», «Gestamp-Severstal Vsevolozhsk », «Johnson Controls International», «Mir Upakovki», «Group Antolin, Saint-Petersburg», «Ford Sollers Holding», «Nissan Manufacturing Rus», but also the representatives of Administration of Saint-Petersburg, Leningrad, Kaluga, Novgorod and Pskov regions.

Forum of the automotive industry, already working and again established on the territory of the North-West, is a very important event not only for our region, but also for Russia generally. Automotive industry has been and remains today the industry, quickly adapting all the latest technological developments for a wide mass use that is most important for recovery of the economics. The success of the one or another car market company depends on the speed of introduction of technology and the level of comfort for the final user.

Leading Russian assembly plants confirmed confident development course of its business in Russia. The National Association of Automotive Component Manufacturers (NAPAK) also noted the increased interest of foreign manufacturers of components for industrial development of the Russian market.

Localization, integration, cooperation - these are the key factors that will help existing projects to reach a new level, and will give a powerful innovative impulse to the development of regional industrial clusters.

Successful final result in any case, and particularly in the field of machine building - is a consequence not only meticulously organized work of all parts of the enterprise from the developers to the logistics, but also the willingness to constant changes, new forms of interaction with the market. Therefore, despite the considerable experience in the automotive industry many participants of the Forum Sberbank of Russia is ready to support them in building the new most effective business models, ranging from the start-up level.

Comprehensive approach to the problems of operational projects’ launching for industrial investors is determinant not only in making an investment decision. Prepared package of ready solutions significantly reduces the time and cost loss in launching the project and contributes to the development of business and process optimization of existing production.

«The Bank is introducing a new concept of working with industry – «Industrialization 3.0.» This is a complex of financial and consulting instruments for businesses of all levels - from the smallest to the largest. Interaction with the bank at any stage of the project will allow the company to obtain additional financial resources for the long term, to expand their business by attracting new contractors among of bank customers, not only in Russia but also in the international markets of its presence. Also the interaction will help to receive consulting services on any type of banking service - from investment to the private", - said deputy chairman of Northwest Savings Bank of Russia Alexey Melnikov.

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Contacts:

Northwest Bank OJSC "Sberbank of Russia"

Pressroom

Tel.: (812) 335 83 41, 610 23 88

E-mail: pressa@sberbank.spb.ru

191124, St. Petersburg, Krsanogo Tekstil’shika st., 2

Head of the press center

Elena Belyakova

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Sberbank of Russia - the largest bank in Russia , which accounts for about a third of total assets of the Russian banking sector. Founder and major shareholder of «Sberbank of Russia» is the Central Bank of the Russian Federation , which owns 50% of the share capital plus one voting share. Other shareholders of the Bank are international and native investors. Sberbank services are used by more than 100 million individual customers and nearly 1 million companies. The Bank has the most extensive branch network in Russia: over 18 thousand branches and internal divisions. Foreign Bank's network consists of bank subsidiaries, branches and representative offices in 20 countries, including the CIS, Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey.

General license of the Bank of Russia for banking operations 1481. The official website of the Bank - www.sberbank.ru.

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Northwest Bank OJSC "Sberbank of Russia" operates in 7 subjects of the Russian Federation - Saint Petersburg, Leningrad, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Pskov and Novgorod regions, as well as the Republic of Karelia. Currently Northwest Bank of Sberbank of Russia has the most extensive branch network in the region, consisting of more than one thousand customer service offices.

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NAPAK - National Association of Automotive Component contributes to the localization of innovative industrial projects in Russia and coordinates the operational launching of industrial projects of the suppliers of components on the territory of Russian industrial clusters.

The main objectives are promotion of investment and innovation component manufacturers, analysis, standardization, harmonization and management of production processes and management systems, assistance in creating an enabling the legal environment for business.

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Contacts:

Maya Sviridova

Head of the Committee on small and medium enterprises, trade fair activities development, Plenipotentiary Representative in North-West Federal District of Russian Federation.

Tel.: (812) 449 75 56

E-mail: m.sviridova@rusautoconnect.com

196084 Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Moskovsky Prospekt, 97A.

Event Partners:

Sberbank of Russia