October 30, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

One of priority directions of the construction industry in Ugra is the development of wooden framework housing construction. It is expected to increase it up to 50 % in the total scope of individual   housing construction - 400-450 thousand sq.m per year.

There are seven enterprises of wooden housing construction in Ugra which produce framework houses based on different technologies and schemes including LVL panels.

Besides, highly-technologies plants and facilities work in the region and involved in deep processing of timber to provide plants of wooden housing construction with high-quality timber. One of the biggest companies - "Timber Holding MDF" which produces middle-fiber density panels.

Governor of the Autonomous Okrug Alexander Filipenko said that in spite of financial difficulties this company continues its stable work and has orders till the end of 2009. Participating in the TV program "From the first person" by TV and radio channel "Ugra" the head of the region said that in October the plant has produced and sold over 3 000 cubic m of wood-based panels and 5200 cubic meters are expected to be produced in November. The production is sold within the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and Russian Federation and also abroad - Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Iran.

October 30, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

The Ugra Cup "Point of Growth" has been started in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug for the second time. This educational project on business management in the competitive environment is held by the regional government jointly with the Academy of National Economy at the Russian Federation Government.

550 managers, students and graduates of manager’s specialties from 40 big companies, 39 middle and small enterprises, 16 higher educational institutions and 8 non-commercial institutions participated in the first competition in 2008.

The registration of this competition participants will be in November but the competition will be held from December of 2009 to March of 2010. The team-winner of the Regional Cup will participate in the All-Russia stage of the biggest  global competitions in strategic management Global Management Challenge (GMC - Global Management Challenge). The GMC Final will be held in May of 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk and the best teams of managers from 32 countries will compete there.