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The new customs post subdivision was opened at the initiative and with the support of the Lipetsk region administration. Its opening was timed to coincide with the five-year anniversary of the Elets site, celebrated this year. "Creating a comfortable administrative environment for the residents of the special economic zone "Lipetsk" is an important goal in our work with investors", – said the head of the region Igor Artamonov.

The key issue discussed at the online meeting was the current trend of storage real estate market in Russia in the regional context. The participants also discussed growing demand and promising areas of transport and logistics infrastructure for different types of commercial real estate.

A cooperation agreement was signed between the management company of the SEZ and the consulting agency "Quality Partners".

In connection with the upcoming selection of the canteen premises lessee in the SEZ "Lipetsk" business center, we invite to cooperation companies providing corporate catering services.

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Lipetsk Institute of Educational Development was held in the regional administration. The “Strategy School” center (created by the Institute) is engaged in the development and organization of educational programs in such areas as "Science", "Art", "Sport"; it conducts Olympiads, intellectual, creative and sports competitions; develops a partner network to support gifted children and youth. The meeting participants reviewed the key areas of the "Strategy School", the criteria for selecting students and teachers and also approved the work plan of the Board of Trustees for the current academic year. During the meeting, the leaders of the center discussed the possibilities of organizing practical lessons at regional enterprises for the “Strategy School” students and enlisted the support of Roman Petrukhin, the SEZ Lipetsk General Director, in developing and carrying out such events. "I am honored to become a member of the Board of Trustees for the development of education. Children are our investment in the future. I am sure that my colleagues and I are ready to offer various forms of interaction using the accumulated positive experience of work of educational institutions with the special economic zone residents," - said Roman Petrukhin.

Leaders of the investment rating among the regions were named at CFD investment Council: besides Moscow and Moscow region, there are Tula, Kaluga and Lipetsk regions. The news was reported by TASS on Friday in the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian President in the Central Federal District.

Together with the Expocenter, the Institute of Technical and Economic Research in the Chemical Complex (NIITEKHIM) organized the round table "Chemical industry in the regions of Russia: situation and prospects". The event was moderated by Leonid Freiman, the Deputy Executive Director of the Russian Chemists Union, who pointed out that the chemical industry is one of the drivers for the development of the entire Russian industry, taking in consideration that there are chemical enterprises in all federal districts. According to him, over the past year the growth of the chemical industry amounted to almost 7%, while all the other manufacturing industries slightly went down. The share of chemical production in the manufacturing industry is also increasing, reaching now about 10%.

"ROSSETI" electricity company completed the main stage of the integrated reconstruction of a double-circuit 220 kV overhead line "Lipetsk - Kazinka" with a length of over 19 km. During the reconstruction all structures and equipment (supports, foundations) were completely replaced and tension of the wire and installation of a lightning protection cable – carried out. The cost of works amounted to more than 710 million rubles. The project will provide an additional 239 MW of power to residents of the Lipetsk SEZ. Thus, the volume of power generated by the Lipetsk SEZ will increase from 28 to 267 MW.

Alexander Bazaev was appointed Deputy General Director of SEZ "Lipetsk", Director of the Center for the Development of Investment Potential of the Lipetsk region.

The international portal Investment Monitor compiled a rating of special economic zones around the world, which evaluated the strategies of sustainable development of SEZs and the effectiveness of support measures in the context of the global crisis.