Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev visited Kostanay ivestment companies

During the visit a discussion held on problems of the implementation of the state program of forced industrial -innovative development.

The Minister said that by the end of the current year within the Industrialization Map 8 projects to be implemented which are worth KZT 31.8 billion. As a result there will be created 828 new jobs.

Asset Issekeshev acquainted with the construction of some plants and visited the production facilities of the existing enterprises including those funded by the Development Bank of Kazakhstan.

These are projects of serial production of cars at "Agromash Holding" JSC and "SaryarkaAvtoProm" LLC producing SsangYong, Chance and Peugeot car brands.

Deputy Prime Minister also reviewed the progress of the project for the production of Kazakhstan's model of SsangYong-Nomad. Production of the model will begin next year , the total cost of the project is KZT 13 billion 636.5 million.

Another important project is Kostanayskiy rolling plant with a capacity of 450 thousand tons of small rolled steel per year. The initiator of the project is "EvrazKaspianStal" JSC which representatives have reported that with the launch of production 350 jobs will be created. The cost of the project is KZT 18.5 billion.

The Minister visited the new plant for the production of precast concrete "BK stoy" LLP. The enterprise capacity of 30 thousand cubic meters per year was put into operation in the framework of the Industrialization Map. The project cost is KZT 982 million. Sales of products will be mainly carried out in the domestic market.