Technopolis Moscow
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Technopolis Moscow is a specialized territory for innovative production development in Moscow, created under the control of SUE Stroyexprom.[1]
Development of Technopolis is supervised by the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow Government. The project is implemented under personal control of the Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin. Technopolis Moscow is located on the territory of the South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, close to Tekstilshchiki metro station.
Property complex of Technopolis Moscow[2] includes buildings located on industrial purpose land lots with a total area exceeding 32 hectares. At the beginning of 2014, industrial pavilion with a total area of 240,000 square meters operated on the territory of Technopolis Moscow. Reconstruction of the second pavilion will be completed in 2016, increasing industrial area up to 350,000 square meters.
Administrative and office premises with a total area exceeding 30,000 sq. meters are being reconstructed. They will be commissioned at the beginning of 2017.
History
[edit]Technopolis was created on the territory of the former automotive factory Lenin Komsomol (AZLK) “Moskvitch”. Following the enterprise's bankruptcy procedure initiation in 2006, three major property owners - Avtoframos, LLC IFC Metropol and the Moscow City Government, which transferred its control of the property to SUE "Construction and operation of industrial facilities" (SUE Stroyexprom) appeared on the territory of the factory.
In July 2010, the Moscow City Government created the Territory of Innovate Development Moskvitch (TID Moskvitch).
In December 2012, the TID Moskvitch was awarded the status of Technopolis and the name “Moscow” was adopted.
In 2013, the Council for Development of Innovations under the Moscow City Government[3] has created a special working team for development of Technopolis “Moscow”. Members of the working team included leading experts from Russia, USA, Canada, Germany, France in the field of promotion of innovations and creation of specialized territories. They consult the Moscow City Government regarding selected development strategy of Technopolis considering the best global practices of industrial redevelopment and creation of specialized innovative territories. Esko Aho, Senior Advisor of NOKIA corporation, the former Prime Minister of Finland was appointed the chairman of the working team.
In 2012 and 2013, Technopolis Moscow was visited by the Mayor of Moscow city Sergey Sobyanin.[4] In August 2013, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, the Head of Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko and the Minister for Open Government Mikhail Abyzov visited Technopolis.
In February 2014, Technopolis Moscow was visited[5] by the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
On July 3, 2014, Technopolis Moscow was visited by the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin [6] with a purpose of commissioning new production – electronic optics elements production line based on microelectromechanical systems of Mapper Lithography (the Netherlands). Mapper Lithography is a portfolio company of RUSNANO LTD Management Company.
On September 13, 2014, with the support of the Department of Culture of Moscow as a part of the Best city on Earth Festival the festival of graffiti [7] was conducted in Technopolis Moscow. The Festival coincided with the completion of the biggest picture in graffiti style in Russia with an area of 7,200 m2, and its subject was innovation. Established record was entered to the Record Book of Russia.[8]
In October 2014, the Annual International Forum and Exposition “Open Innovations” [9] was held on the territory of Technopolis; more than 15,000 participants from 70 countries took part in it. China was Official partner country. On the first day of the Forum, the Heads of Government of Russia and China Dmitry Medvedev and Li Keqiang took part in the work of the III Moscow International Forum for Innovative Development “Open Innovations” and got acquainted with exhibits of Open Innovations Expo.
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On November 24, 2014, a public opening of infrastructural projects created by the Moscow City Government for the support of high tech companies in the capital city [10] took place in Technopolis Moscow. A unit of clean premises was opened for companies engaged in microelectronics with a total area of 5,100 m2 and biopharmaceutics with total area of 2,100 m2. HackSpace Center for Engineering and Industrial Design for engineers working on technological solutions was presented to the public as well as the Center for Robotic Engineering and Automation. The Moscow City Government invested over RUB 1 billion [11] in these projects.
In February 2015, Technopolis Expo Center with a total area over 5,000 m2 was opened. The Center became the venue for innovative and specialized expositions in the field of art-engineering and art-science.[12]
On June 19, 2015, Prototyping Center of National Research University — Higher School of Economics launched a new project “Makers Club” in HackSPACE in Technopolis Moscow.
In July 2015, unmanned aircraft assembly and training center was opened in Technopolis Moscow.
On September 25, 2015, the Russian stage of the International Engineering-Technical Challenge Formula Student was held in Technopolis Moscow. The Challenge was visited by the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin.[13]
At the beginning of December 2015, Technopolis was visited by the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Dmitry Livanov; he opened the National Exposition-Forum VuzPromExpo 2015.[14]
In December 2015, All-Russian Summit “Open Data” with the participation of the Russian Minister for Open Government Mikhail Abyzov was conducted at Technopolis Moscow.[15]
In the middle of December 2015, Technopolis Moscow was visited by the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin.[16]
On December 11, 2015, a new production facility of a global developer and producer of photonic integrated circuits for telecommunication equipment NeoPhotonics was opened in Technopolis. The company was started by the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Arkady Dvorkovich and the chairman of the Board of RUSNANO LTD Management Company Anatoly Chubais.[17]
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On May 25, 2016, Igor Ishchenko, Director General of Technopolis Moscow and Jean Louis Stasi, the President of Schneider Electric signed the agreement “On cooperation and organization of interaction of the parties for innovative development of the infrastructure of Technopolis Moscow”. Sergey Sobyanin attended the signing ceremony.[18]
In May 2016, Engineering Center of Global Concern ABB was opened in Technopolis Moscow. The grand opening was visited by Natalya Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the Moscow City Government for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations.[19]
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Characteristics of Technopolis Moscow
[edit]After the bankruptcy of AZLK, three premises of the factory were transferred to Technopolis Moscow: the main automotive assembly workshop, press shop and power unit. Five more buildings and structures of AZLK have been purchased by the Moscow Government and joined Technopolis Moscow later. The goal of development of Technopolis “Moscow” is an establishment an innovative ecosystem in Moscow and creation of new jobs on advanced high tech production facilities and in innovative companies.
The tasks of Technopolis are creation of user-friendly infrastructure for development of innovative companies on the territory of Moscow, including the provision of industrial and administrative-office areas for a long-term lease and integration of Technopolis residents in the programs of innovative industrial production support provided for by the Moscow Government.
The territory of Technopolis includes:
- Production facilities
- Engineering infrastructure
- Scientific-innovative customs post and a temporary storage warehouse
- “Clean rooms” for biopharmaceutics and microelectronics
- Logistics center
- Congress Center
- Administrative-office service rooms and premises, as well as the HackSpace.
At the beginning of 2016, commercial investments in the property complex of Technopolis Moscow made up RUB 12 billion, where 9.8 billion are investments of residents and lessees of Technopolis Moscow in the commissioning of personal production and RUB 2.2 billion are investments of Sberbank of Russia. In 2016 it is planned to receive a credit for RUB 743 million. By the end of 2016, budgetary allocations in Technopolis will reach RUB 5.1 billion, investments of commercial companies in their production facilities on the territory of Technopolis will increase up to RUB 14.8 billion by the end of 2017.
Technopolis residents
[edit]The status of resident may be granted to companies with either Russian or foreign participation. When granting the resident status the priority is given to the companies producing high tech goods. The list of priority clusters includes:
- New materials and nanotechnologies
- Medical technologies, equipment and biopharmaceutics
- Microelectronics, optics, robotic engineering and industrial automation
- Information-communication technologies
- High tech production.
Over 50 companies became the residents and lessees of Technopolis, including:
- CJSC Holding Company Composite, which includes Prepreg SKM and LLC Nanotechnological Center of Composites
- JSC Schneider Electric
- LLC Mapper
- LLC Crocus NanoElectronics
- ArtLine Engineering
- LLC Neophotonics Corporation
- Radius Group
- CJSC Demos-Internet
- CJSC Mastertel
- Т8 Publishing Technologies
- NovaMedica
- CJSC RDC Drive Technique
- CJSC Mediann-Resheniya
- LLC Scientific Research Institute of Communication and Management Systems
- CJSC Business System Telehouse
- FSBCE Polytechnic Museum
- CJSC Goodwin Concern (Goodwin Europe)
- LLC Medplant
Incentives and preferences of Technopolis residents
[edit]Starting from 2013, the residents of Technopolis Moscow have been getting incentives and preferences,[20] established by the Moscow City Government, including:
- Incentive rate of property tax – 0% for 10 years (for anchor residents)
- Incentive rate of profit tax – 15.5% (instead of 20%) for 10 years (for anchor residents)
- A specialized customs post operates on the territory of Technopolis
- Participation in different municipal programs of incentives and subsidies
- Simplified system of interaction with state authorities.
References
[edit]- Official site
- http://www.tvc.ru/news/show/id/93419
- http://tv.rbc.ru/archive/tokarev_delo/56d96d7f9a79471f39acc688
- http://www.vesti.ru/videos/show/vid/672867/cid/1901/#
- http://www.vedomosti.ru/realty/news/2016/03/24/634946-tehnopolis-moskva-21-mln-rublei-chistoi-pribili
- http://english.cntv.cn/2015/12/15/ARTI1450163739983385.shtml
- http://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2015/12/14/620783-neophotonics-vlozhila-15-mln-otkritie-zavoda-moskve
- http://english.cntv.cn/2015/12/14/ARTI1450079629373356.shtml
- http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2697268#
- http://www.m24.ru/videos/99864
- http://tass.ru/moskva/2520705
- http://www.tvc.ru/news/show/id/82594
- http://www.vesti.ru/videos/show/vid/661800/cid/1901/#
- http://360tv.ru/news/kakie-sekretnye-novinki-proizvodjat-v-tehnopolise-moskva-37161/
- http://www.vedomosti.ru/realty/news/2015/10/20/613522-rezidenti-tehnopolisa-35-mlrd-rublei
- Information on Technopolis on the site of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow city
- http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article/613501/gorod-sad-v-yuzhnom-portu
- http://www.the-village.ru/village/weekend/weekend/137681-politeh
- http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=560959&cid=2981
- http://www.rg.ru/2013/08/06/predpriatia.html
- http://www.1tv.ru/news/techno/262296
- http://www.m24.ru/videos/55277
- http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2479953
- http://itar-tass.com/kultura/1439189
- http://www.city-fm.ru/mainthemes/show/100463521.html
- http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2050385&cid=7
- http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2148899
- http://izvestia.ru/news/578238#ixzz3KqDYFzWc
- http://www.gazeta.ru/business/news/2014/12/18/n_6756989.shtml
- http://www.ppp-russia.ru/news/item-402.html
Notes
[edit]- ^ Three Moscow commercial companies were granted the status of managing companies of Technopolis and technological parks
- ^ Property complex of Technopolis Moscow
- ^ Set of measures on development of innovative potential of the capital city
- ^ Speech on the meeting on development of TID Moskvitch
- ^ Draft law “On Industrial Policy of the RF” was discussed in Technopolis Moscow
- ^ Visit to Technopolis Moscow
- ^ The biggest wall of Moscow was covered with graffiti
- ^ The biggest graffiti picture
- ^ Technopolis Moscow will become the venue of Moscow International Forum for Innovative Development “Open Innovations” in 2014
- ^ "Clean rooms" of Technopolis: a new development era of industrial zones of Moscow
- ^ O. Bocharov: Budgetary investments in “clean rooms” of Technopolis Moscow will be recovered in eight years
- ^ Technopolis Moscow opens its own Exposition Center
- ^ Sobyanin presented awards to the winners of Formula Student Challenge
- ^ VuzPromExpo-2015 was opened
- ^ Public summit Open Data will be held with the information support of TASS
- ^ Sobyanin: companies wishing to place their production facilities in Technopark Moscow are waiting in line
- ^ NeoPhotonics have found a place in Moscow
- ^ Technopolis Moscow and Schneider Electric signed the agreement
- ^ ABB opened innovative training center in Moscow
- ^ Technopolis residents: preferences and prospects