Structure of manufacturing industries:

The priority industrial sectors include the most important areas for the region – automobile industry and metallurgy, petrochemical and defense industries. These industries traditionally determine the situation in the region’s industry setting the vector for its future development.

Enterprises of the Nizhny Novgorod Region provide the Russian Federation with an extensive range of products:

The industrial production index in 2020:

Trading partners of the Nizhny Novgorod Region are 140 CIS and non-CIS countries.

Mineral, machine-building and chemical products predominate in the commodity structure of the region’s export.

 The leading places in the import of goods are occupied by engineering, chemical, food products and raw materials, as well as metals and metal products.

The automobile industry is one of the strategic sectors of the Nizhny Novgorod Region’s economy, which has a multiplier effect on related industries and determines the level of social and economic development of the region. Demand in this industry generates the need for high-tech products of metallurgical, chemical, electrical and other industries, while creating a large number of jobs.

Key enterprises:

GAZ Group (part of the holding company "Russian machines") is the largest manufacturer of commercial and special vehicles, cars and trucks in Russia.

Key manufacturing enterprises:

• Avtozavod GAZ, LLC

• GAZ, PJSC

• Pavlovo Bus Factory, LLC

• PJSC Pavlovo Bus

The following enterprises are engaged in the production of powerplants and vehicle components:

• Nizhny Novgorod Motors, LLC – production of auto parts for domestic cars, trucks and minibuses

• Autocomponent Group of Companies – production of plastic parts

• Radiator plant, LLC – production of radiators

• Acoustic Materials Plant “Avtotekhnika” – production of insulation materials

• Autodetal, LLC – production of auto components for GAZ conveyors

• Nizhny Novgorod Production Association “Autopromagregat” – production of pipelines for brake and fuel systems, lighting fixtures, gasoline vapor recovery systems and many others for Russian automobile plants GAZ, UAZ, VAZ

• Magna Automotiv Rus, JSC – a joint venture of the Canadian company Magna International for the production of plastic auto parts

• Daido Metal Russia, LLC – a subsidiary of Daido Metal Co., Ltd., Japan, a major suppliers of sliding bearings for assembly conveyors in Russia and CIS enterprises

The Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the largest industrial centers of the Russian Federation with a great potential in shipbuilding

Shipbuilders of the Nizhny Novgorod Region produce a wide range of civil and auxiliary vessels for the Navy’s needs, such as:

• Passenger cruise ships

• Tankers (for transportation of bulk crude oil and petroleum products)

• Dry bulk vessels

• Reinforced concrete structures (floating docks, landing stages)

• Trailing suction hopper dredger (for excavation and removal of soil in navigable waterways)

• Boats (sea-going speed hovercrafts and lading boats, diving support vessels, service and auxiliary boats, emergency rescue boats with special equipment)

• Icebreaking tugs and ice-class speedboats

• Port equipment and marine engineering products

• Docks

The shipbuilding industry of the Nizhny Novgorod Region includes:

Key enterprises:

• Plant “Krasnoye Sormovo”, PJSC – production of merchant marine vessels (dry cargo vessels, tankers), passenger vessels (cruise passenger vessels of river and mixed "river-sea" navigation), oil and gas equipment for onshore drilling rigs, offshore drilling platforms, etc.

• Shipbuilding Plant “Volga”, JSC – construction of high-speed ships for various purposes (passenger vessels, cargo vessels, rescue vessels, patrol boats, recreational boats)

• ZNT Yard – construction of technical and auxiliary fleet ships, port equipment and manufacture of marine engineering products

• Sokolskaya Shipyard, JSC – production and modernization of auxiliary fleet vessels, special vessels and boats (military shipbuilding); production of barges, landing stages for ferry crossings, docks, dry cargo ships, motor yachts (civil shipbuilding)

• Okskaya Sudoverf, JSC – construction of oil and dry cargo medium-tonnage vessels of mixed navigation, container ships, special and service vessels, barges; production of mobile pontoon parks, floating road bridges 

• Alekseyev Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau, JSC – design of hydrofoil ships, boats, ground-effect vehicles, air cavity landing boats, air-cushioned crafts, freight amphibious vehicles, etc.

Chemistry and petrochemistry are the key elements of the Nizhny Novgorod Region’s economy.

• The manufacture of petroleum products is most significant in the structure of manufacturing industries. In 2020, sales of manufactured products amounted to RUB 250 billion

• In the chemical industry, sales of manufactured products amounted to RUB 105 billion

• In the sector of rubber and plastic products, sales of manufactured products amounted to RUB 37.4 billion

• The number of employees in the industry is 14,441 people

• 5 chemical research institutes:
  - Urea and Organic Synthesis Research Institute

- V.A. Kargin Polymer Chemistry and Technology Research Institute

- Chemistry Research Institute of N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

- G.A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry

- G.G. Devyatykh Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances

• Industry-tailored development of new advanced technologies

• Automotive and petrochemical industry innovation cluster – 89 participants

Key enterprises:

• Orgkhim Biochemical Holding – developer and manufacturer of large-capacity products of "green chemistry" (plasticizer oils, antioxidants, emulsifiers, turpentine products, rosin products, adhesive additives, other oil refining products)

• Nizhpharm, JSC – manufacture of pharmaceutical products

• Biaksplen, LLC – the production of biaxially-oriented polypropylene films (BOPF)

• Norchem Group of Companies – a manufacturer of surfactants and polyethylene glycols

• LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez, LLC – manufacture of over 70 types of marketable petroleum products: automobile, aviation and diesel fuels, oil bitumen, paraffins, etc. It is one of the leading Russian enterprises with an oil refining capacity of 17 million tons per year. It takes the fourth place in the country and the first place in LUKOIL, PJSC

• Rusvinyl, LLC – PVC and ethylene production

Dzerzhinsk is the center of the chemical industry (30 km from Nizhny Novgorod)

Access to talents:

• Human Resources Center (jointly with the Ya. M. Sverdlova State Owned Enterprise) 

• Basic departments at the city’s chemical enterprises (Kristall State Research Institute JSC, NIPOM JSC)

• Targeted training at Sibur-Neftekhim PJSC (training program tailored for the company’s needs)

• Project focused training for scientific and applied projects on instructions of the companies (Polymer Research Institute, JSC; Sibur-Neftekhim, PJSC; etc.)

Key enterprises of Dzerzhinsk:

• Sibur-Neftekhim, PJSC – production of oxides of ethylene and glycol and production of acrylic acid and esters

• Norchem Group of Companies – a manufacturer of surfactants

• Syntanol Plant, LLC  (subsidiary of Norkem LLC/Norkem Group of Companies) – a manufacturer of nonionic surfactants and polyethylene glycols

• Dzerzhinsk Production Association “Plastic”, JSC – manufacture of plastic and polymeric products

• Korund-Cyan, LLC – manufacture of inorganic chemistry products, paints and varnishes, polyurethane foams

• Sintez Oka Group of Companies – manufacture of cement grinding intensifiers and polycarboxylate esters

• Orgsyntez, OJSC – manufacture of paints and varnishes, pulp and paper, mechanical rubber products

• Breakdown of forested areas by species of wood:
  - 1,936 thousand ha – soft-wooded broadleaf (birch, aspen, lime, alder, willow)
  - 1,497 thousand ha – coniferous (pine, spruce, larch)

• The total stock of wood in the region’s forests with a predominance of conifers, birches and aspens is 595.4 million cubic metre

• 58.2% – commercial forests

• The region takes the 3^rd place in Russia in terms of newsprint production with a share of 16,7%

• The annual volume of undeveloped softwood is 2 million cubic metre, which is a significant resource for the further development of the industry and organization of the local production

• 3,000 small enterprises are engaged in wood production

Key enterprises:

• Volga, JSC – a manufacturer of the premium class newsprint

• Slavic Furniture Company, LLC – furniture production

• Unilin, LLC – flooring production

• Stora Enso Packaging, LLC – production of containers and packaging materials

• Hygiene Technologies, LLC – production of hygiene products

• Bumsnab, JSC – paper and cardboard production

• Nizhkarton, LLC – manufacture of corrugated paper and cardboard, paper and cardboard containers

• Nordplit Plywood Factory, LLC – birch plywood production

Education system of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

The leaders in modern science and economics training are:

• Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

• National Research University “Higher School of Economics”

• Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R. E. Alekseev

• Volga State University of Water Transport

• Minin State Pedagogical University of Nizhny Novgorod

The region has successfully developed scientific schools recognized around the world in the following spheres:

• radiophysics and electronics

• nuclear and laser physics

• organometallic chemistry

• microbiology

• high technology in medicine

3 institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences:

• Federal Research Center Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

• G.G. Devyatykh Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences

• G.A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences

The Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the most attractive technological regions of Russia that has extensive experience in the development and implementation of innovations.

The Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the leaders in the development of the IT industry in Russia. The availability of qualified specialists, infrastructure (IT parks), the successful experience of international companies in transferring some functions to the region and the competitive cost of software development compared to IT technology centers – Moscow and St. Petersburg – makes the region attractive in terms of IT solutions.

The Nizhny Novgorod region has successful experience in creating technology parks.

Ankudinovka IT Park

• The industry specialization is information and communication technologies, instrument engineering, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, chemical and biomedical technologies, and development of new materials

• 40 operating residents

• 7100 – the number of jobs created

• RUB 76.2 billion – the volume of products manufactured by resident companies since 2007

• RUB 9.1 billion – investments attracted by 2020

Sarov IT Park

• The industry specialization is information technology, laser technology, energy-efficient technology, sensors and automation, materials and coatings

• 34 residents

• > 600 – the number of jobs created

• RUB 1.89 billion – the volume of products manufactured by resident companies in 2020   

iCLUSTER

In the Nizhny Novgorod Region, there is an actively developing international IT-cluster created in 2017 (iCluster).

iCluster is a non-profit association established to ensure interaction between corporations, technology companies and the medium-sized

IT business, IT startups and development teams to solve common problems and participate in initiatives of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Government.

It is a symbiosis of research centers and industrial enterprises, which allows the region to attract new investments and increase the competitive advantage of companies participating in the cluster.

• It unites 9 corporations, 7 universities, 70 IT companies from the Nizhny Novgorod Region, more than 4,500 thousand IT specialists and 250 start-ups.

• It has developed and introduced a digital platform for additional IT education (HiBrain) and training of specialists for the digital economy.

• In 2020, iCluster focused on 3 other breakthrough projects: Corporate innovation sites, Smart City and the construction of an IT Сampus.

The largest software companies:

The region has an investor support infrastructure that provides maximum assistance to businesses. Its structure includes:

• The Corporation for the Development of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, a special organization for attracting investments and managing investors

• The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• ICANN, an international community-based organization that represents the interests of foreign investors

• The Nizhny Novgorod Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

• The Institute of the Ombudsmen for the Protection of Rights of Entrepreneurs

• The Institute of Investment Commissioners at the local government bodies, executive authorities and territorial administrations of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

Nizhny Novgorod is one of the largest business and financial centers in Russia, where large Russian and foreign companies place their representative offices and headquarters.

• Large-scale Russian and international forums, conferences and exhibitions are held annually in the region

• Business centers are the heart of the city’s modern business life. Office premises in business centers have all the conditions for productive work of the enterprise: Internet, telephony, power network. Business centers have banks, insurance companies, canteens or cafes, conference rooms, the availability of which greatly simplifies the conduct of business

• Office centers in Nizhny Novgorod are located in all areas of the city, mainly in the Nizhegorodsky district

• Business centers in Nizhny Novgorod are divided into A, B and C classes

The key business centers are:

• The World Trade Center (it is a multifunctional Class A Business Center)
• Bohemia Palace (Class A)
• Mont Blanc (Class А) 
• Lobachevsky Plaza (class A)
• Bugrov Business Park (B+ class)
• Oka Hotel Complex (B class)
• Chayka (B class)
• Orbit (B class)
• A-Real (B class)

Well-known international consulting companies and R&D centers have offices in Nizhny Novgorod.

The Nizhny Novgorod Region has a developed comprehensive system of resource centers, which is the most famous in Russia.

Training in professional educational organizations is carried out as part of the implementation of significant projects for the region, such as:

• The priority project “Human Resources for Advanced Technologies”

• The State Program “Development of Education of the Nizhny Novgorod Regions” until 2020

• The regional staffing standard for industrial growth in the Nizhny Novgorod Region determined by state priorities

   

  The main goal of resource centers is to train highly qualified personnel with the implementation of international standards and the best international practices.

   

  The training is carried out in close cooperation between industrial enterprises, the region’s Ministry of Education, Science and Youth Policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region and vocational education institutions.

Development of the system of professional qualification:

• Training of 13,000 workers per year

• Training of specialists in sectors of the economy that are priority for the region:
  - Engineering and metallurgy
  - Chemical and petrochemical industry
  - Information technologies
  - Water transport
  - Agriculture
  - Construction industry, housing and utilities
  - Hospitality services

   

  • 32 resource centers for vocational education (increase in the number of resource centers to 35 by 2020)
     
    • Resource centers are created in cooperation with large enterprises – Lukoil, Liebherr, Danieli, Yazaki, Knauf etc.

Workshops

Since 2019, the region has been implementing the "Young Professionals" project (Increasing the competitiveness of vocational education) within the framework of the "Education" national project. Within the framework of the project, work is underway to create a network of modern workshops equipped with a modern material and technical base. In accordance with the priorities of the development of the Russian economy, the workshops create conditions for the practical training of students of secondary vocational education in accordance with modern standards and advanced technologies, including the standards of the WorldSkills Association. The equipment of the workshops makes it possible to train specialists with scarce competencies, possessing advanced industry and the latest digital technologies. Currently, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, on the bases of 9 professional educational organizations, there are 50 modern workshops in such areas as:

• Information and communication technologies

• Social sphere

• Transport service and logistics

• Agriculture

• Construction Art, design and services

The Nizhny Novgorod Region provides all conditions for comfortable living and doing business.

Developed infrastructure, numerous attractions and a rich history of the capital of the Volga Federal District – Nizhny Novgorod, as well as major business and cultural events contribute to increasing the investment appeal of the region.

The urban planning system uses Smart City technologies aimed at creating an effective urban management system, safe and comfortable living conditions for citizens.  

There are 272 certified accommodation facilities, with a total number of about 10 thousand rooms for more than 20 thousand guests, in the region. Also, there are hotels of various class in the region, including 5*, 4*, 3*, 2*.

New hotels of the world's leading chains were built in Nizhny Novgorod for the 2018 FIFA World Cup:

Numerous festivals and celebrations are held in the region throughout the year.

• Sakharov International Art Festival with performances of world-class classical music stars

• Festivals of folk crafts "Golden Khokhloma" and "Folk Craftsmen Brotherhood", which are held in the cities of Semenov and Gorodets, are among the "Top 200 Best Events in Russia"

• The Gorky fest is a contest of contemporary Russian cinema, the program of which includes films of various formats from short films and sketch films to experimental video and documentary films. The festival is attended by Russian film stars and special foreign guests

• Festival of Contemporary Culture "VYKSA | Art Ovrag" is a festival of modern culture, traditionally held annually in the city of Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod region, contains of events in the areas of theater, music, architecture, visual art, sports, dance and food International Festival of Classical and Contemporary Art

• The STRELKA has been held since 2019. Opera artists and symphony orchestras take part in the festival. The main venue of the festival is an open-air concert hall, it was built on the basis of historical metal warehouses

• The Intervals International Festival of Audiovisual Art  is a new format of the festival, held at the iconic venues of Nizhny Novgorod, in which iconic foreign and Russian artists and musicians unite in order to introduce the widest audience to the world of media art

• The Boldinskaya Autumn festival is the All-Russian Pushkin Festival of Opera and Ballet Art

• The City of Potters is a festival of pottery, which is annually held in Bogorodsk, the Nizhny Novgorod Region

In Nizhny Novgorod, there are several theaters:

• The Opera and Ballet Theater named after A. Pushkin

• The Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky

• The Nizhny Novgorod Comedy Theater

• The Young Spectator Theater

• The Puppet Theater

The city passenger transport system includes

Buses:

• In 2020, 227.7 million people were transported by public buses

Subway:

The Nizhny Novgorod subway is among the 7 largest subways in the country - it includes two lines and 15 stations. The subway network covers five of the eight districts of Nizhny Novgorod.

• The Nizhny Novgorod subway passenger flow is about 30 million people per year

• 3^rd place by number of stations and network length in Russia after Moscow and St. Petersburg

Trams:

The Nizhny Novgorod tram connects the lines of the upper and lower parts of the city, opening wonderful views of the largest water arteries in the region – the Oka and the Volga rivers.

• The Nizhny Novgorod tram system is one of the oldest and one of the first tram systems in Russia.

Cableway:

The cableway connects Nizhny Novgorod with its satellite town Bor located on the left bank of the Volga.

• The Nizhny Novgorod cableway is in the European and Russian Book of Records for the largest cableway span over the water surface – 861.21 m

Reducing the crime level in the region is contributed by measures taken to combat organized crime.

In 2020:

• The crime rate in the region is below the national average

   

• The absolute number of encroachments has decreased by 19.8%

• The overall disclosure rate has increased and amounted to 66%
  
  

According to a survey of foreign respondents who arrived for the 2018 World Cup, the Nizhny Novgorod Region has a high level of public safety.

Foreign students from Nizhny Novgorod Universities also assess the level of security in the city as high.

The Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the centers of environmental measures aimed at the conservation and restoration of the wealth of natural river resources.

The main measures to improve the environmental situation in Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod Region are aimed at maintaining favorable and comfortable living conditions for people, preventing negative impacts on the environment and eliminating their consequences, developing cities under the condition of minimal negative effects on the environment.

• Creation of an integrated municipal solid waste management system

• Preservation of unique water bodies in the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• Mitigation of the negative environmental impact

• Conservation of forests and green areas 

The ongoing environmental policy and the implementation of environmental measures ensure a stable environmental situation in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

The accessibility and quality of medical care for the population is one of the most important areas of healthcare.

The region has an extensive clinical base:

Over the past 6 years, the number of medical organizations providing assistance under the compulsory medical insurance increased by 6 times in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. By this indicator, the region is the leader in the Volga Federal District.

Mobile diagnostic laboratories serve about 213 remote settlements in the Nizhny Novgorod Region:

• 35 thousand patients examined

• 58 thousand consultations conducted

• more than 38 thousand examinations performed

Specialized medical care in the Nizhny Novgorod region is
provided by 45 state medical organizations, including:

• Nizhny Novgorod Regional Hospital named after N.A. Semashko

•  Nizhny Novgorod Regional Children's Clinical Hospital

   

  • Specialized Cardiac Surgery Clinical Hospital named after academician B.A.Korolev;

   

  • Clinical Diagnostic Center

High-tech medical care is provided in 16 medical organizations of the region, including:

• Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Privolzhsky Research Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

• The Volga District Medical Center of the FMBA of Russia

Human resources potential:

• Privolzhsky Research Medical University for over a century has been preparing specialists for medical institutions throughout Russia and occupies the highest positions among the higher medical institutions of the Russian Federation ("TOP-50 universities of the Russian Federation" and "TOP-5 universities of the Ministry of Health of Russia")

• The Rural Doctor (Rural Paramedic) program, under which a one-time compensation payment is provided  

All conditions have been created for comfortable living of foreign specialists in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

• Educational institutions with an option to study in a foreign language

• Multilingual kindergartens

• World level polyclinics and hospitals

• Premium hotels, including major international hotel chains

• Modern shopping and leisure centers

• Multifunctional fitness centers and fitness clubs

• Haute cuisine restaurants

Today, top managers of many foreign companies who have moved to the region with their families live in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

To improve the quality of life in Nizhny Novgorod, a whole range of tasks is being solved for the planning and construction of urban infrastructure, the accounting and distribution of housing and utility resources, the development of a personalized city services ecosystem with a single and user-friendly interface.

The main tool for solving these tasks is widespread introduction of advanced digital and engineering Smart City solutions in the urban and municipal infrastructure.

• user orientation

• technological effectiveness of the urban infrastructure

• improving the quality of the urban resource management

• comfortable and safe environment

• focus on economic efficiency, including the service component of the urban environment

The introduction of the Smart City concept in the region occurs in several directions:

• The operation of the 112 service, traffic video recording systems and video surveillance, road traffic monitoring, weight control and forest fire monitoring are carried out using the Safe City hardware and software system

• The development of the regional navigation and information system includes the management of passenger transportation, school buses and utility vehicles

• Creation of "smart" public transport stops - installation of 334 innovative pavilions, equipped with a video surveillance system, displays showing the time of transport arrival, sensors for round-the-clock monitoring of atmospheric air quality and vending machines.

• Development of an electronic public services system: currently, the portal of public services of the Nizhny Novgorod Region provides information on the procedure for obtaining 2,765 services

• Implementation of projects aimed at involving citizens in the process of governing the region and developing e-democracy: the “Nizhny Novgorod Region Government Team”. and a website for public discussion of the  Development Strategy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region

• Implementation of the project "Guest Card - Nizhny Card" aimed at a comfortable stay for guests of the region. The guest card provides the possibility:

- to visit 16 museums, galleries and exhibition halls

- special offers and discounts in the best institutions of the city (restaurants, cafes, hotels, etc.)

- convenient mobile application, a travel guide; the card also has a banking application

Today, the Nizhny Novgorod Region is a developing agricultural area that occupies a leading position in the production and processing of agricultural products.

The area of agricultural land is 2,700 thousand ha, including:

• Arable land – 1,890 thousand ha (1,359 thousand ha – in use, 195 thousand ha – suitable for cultivation, 336 thousand ha – unsuitable for cultivation)

• Hayfields, pastures & other – 816 thousand ha

• 1^st place in the Volga Federal district in terms of fiber flax production – 4.5 thousand tons
  
  
• 2^nd place in the Volga Federal District by potato planting area – 748.8 thousand tons

• 4^th place in the Volga Federal District by egg production – 1 286.2 million eggs

• 5^th place in the Volga Federal District by vegetable production – 188.3 thousand tons

• 6^th place in the Volga Federal District by sugar beet production – 330.0 thousand tons

• 6^th place in the Volga Federal District by milk production – 641.8 thousand tons

• 9^th place in the Volga Federal District by grain and leguminous crops production – 1,614.6 thousand tons
  
  
• 9^th place in the Volga Federal District by livestock and poultry production for slaughter – 162.2 thousand tons

The main producers of agricultural products are agricultural organizations and farms.

About 300 agricultural producers of raw milk and about 50 milk processing enterprises are registered in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

Key enterprises:

• Gorkovsky Agricultural Greenhouse Complex, OJSC – agricultural greenhouse enterprise for the production of closed-ground vegetable products

• AFG National Group of Companies is a leading producer of packaged cereals in Russia

• Rassvet Agricultural Enterprise, LLC – cultivation of annual crops

• Nizhniy Novgorod Hemp Fiber, LLC – large scale manufacture of industrial hemp products

• NNPP, LLC – reproduction, growing, fattening and sale of pigs

• Knyagininskiy milk, JSC – the largest center for milk processing

• Poultry Farm "Pavlovskaya", LLC – production of poultry meat and eggs

According to the Federal State Statistics Service, the growth rate of tourist flow to the Nizhny Novgorod Region is one of the highest in Russia: the number of tourists in the region is increasing every year.

There are more than 600 monuments of historical and cultural heritage of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod Region

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