Kazakhstan - 20 years of peace and creation

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KAZAKHSTAN: 20 YEARS OF PEACE AND CREATION An ofямБcial publication of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan




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Respected player on the global stage Achieving results with partners Message from Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Bright future ahead for this young country Stability provides basis for growth Message from Karim Massimov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Harnessing technology and innovation is a vital aspect of improving productivity and boosting competitiveness

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Creating the conditions for permanent growth Careful financial management is leading to a robust economy By Grigori Marchenko, Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstanโ s 20 years of independent development Proactive engagement with international community is key to success By Yerzhan Kazykhanov, Minister of Foreign Affairs

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SPONSORED FEATURE

Keeping pace with Kazakhstan’s development

Dr Pavle Matijevic, PM Lucas’s Chief Executive Officer

Nursultan Nazarbayev, the first president of the newly independent Kazakhstan, set the tone for the country’s development in one of his first acts in office. He issued a decree to close the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site and to declare Kazakhstan a non-nuclear country. Both actions demonstrated the country’s commitment to a world free of violence, and set an example for other nuclear powers across the world. The country’s development in its first 20 years of independence has lived up to that initial promise: it is now the largest economy in central Asia and is enjoying rapid growth – gross domestic product in 2010 rose by a healthy seven percent and the International Monetary Fund forecast in October that growth this year will be 6.5 percent, higher than it had originally estimated. This growth underlines the fact that the country has managed to survive the current global economic turmoil relatively unscathed. Kazakhstan has also earned a reputation for being an open, democratic country, and as a good place to do business: the World Bank and International Finance Corporation placed it 47th out of 183 countries in their Doing Business 2012 report. The country’s oil reserves are a key part of its economic strength and PM Lucas, an integrated oil services company that started operations in Kazakhstan in 1999, has shared in much of its development. The company’s activities span the range of exploration and production engineering solutions, from geological and geophysical, reservoir management, production, drilling and well intervention, to process and surface facility engineering.

The company, in its 12 years in the country, has drilled and managed more than 1,200 wells – equivalent to 1,000,000 meters of drilling –with wells ranging from 500 to 5,000 meters, of which 250 wells or 300,000 meters were performed on a complete turnkey basis. The company has also managed more than 15,000 well interventions and engineered, designed, or built hundreds of kilometers of roads, flowlines, and pipelines. PM Lucas’s status as a provider of solutions to the upstream oil and gas industry, across the complete oilfield or gasfield development cycle, means it has no direct competitors. The company targets medium- to small-scale projects that require the integration of all our services and which are too small for the major service companies. The company has often been described as “an oil company’s engineering heart” or as an “oil company without an oilfield that provides this capability as a service”. The company is fully accredited by the German TUV NORD CERT with the following quality standards: t ISO 9001: 2008 Management System; t ISO 14001: 2008 Environmental Management System; t ISO 18001: 2007 Occupational Health and Safety Management System; and t ISO/TS 29001: 2007 Requirements for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries. Dr Pavle Matijevic, PM Lucas’s Chief Executive Officer, believes Kazakhstan is a much more progressive country than any others at a similar stage of development.

“Working conditions in Kazakhstan are excellent, the oil and gas industry is just starting to take off, and I would recommend anyone to come and invest in this country.” The company has operations in other oilproducing countries – including Algeria, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Syria – but Dr Matijevic believes that working conditions in Kazakhstan are far better. “Kazakhstan is stable politically, and the president and government are doing a great job. It is a democratic country and open to foreign investment. We truly believe it is years ahead of its neighbors. “This is a rich, ambitious country with ambitious people and strong leaders. The successes in the past 20 years in industry and agriculture, with its vision of increasing the business class, are second to none. Kazakhstan is a role model for many developing countries for having invested in its most valuable resource: the future of its young people.” Dr Matijevic points out that the country is now ranked first among Asian nations in Unesco’s Education For All Development Index and is fourth in the table overall, as well as being ranked 15th in the world for literacy.

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Road to riches Kazakhstanโ s drive to become a modern high-tech economy is propelled by a colorful history. Clare Nuttall charts some of the key events and figures behind the Central Asian republicโ s continuing drive for growth and excellence

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The days of herding livestock may be fading into history, but much of traditional Kazakh culture re๏ฌ ects its nomadic heritage. The country is a diverse one, though, with Russian and more international elements also making a signi๏ฌ cant contribution to the mix, writes Clare Nuttall

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Cultivating ties with other countries โ from the US to Asian neighbors โ has been of central importance to Kazakhstan since independence in 1991, and the country remains as keen to foster them as ever. Ben Aris reports

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Engineering Solutions for the Oil Industry

Integrated Turnkey Projects Provider of Choice PM Lucas is a fully integrated Service Provider for the Oil & Gas exploration and Production Industries and related Industries. PM Lucas provide complete E&P engineering solutions from Geological & Geophysical, Reservoir Management, Production, Drilling & Well Intervention to Process and Surface Facility Engineering for the Oil & Gas and related industry. PM Lucas project experience includes complete field development; well drilling and intervention; field production management; Facility Engineering and Construction; Full Field Turnkey Development; Complete Oilfield Management Services; PM Lucas provides from single consultant specialized support to complete turnkey and EPC, EPSCM, EPCC and BOOM solutions. PM Lucas is fully accredited by the international body TUV NORD CERT GmbH, from Germany: • ISO 9001: 2008 Management System • ISO 14001:2008 Environmental Management System • ISO 18001:2007 Occupational Health and Safety Management System • ISO/TS 29001:2007 Requirements for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries About the Company in Kazakhstan: PM Lucas has been present in Kazakhstan since 1999 as an integrated engineering service provider.


PM Lucas Enterprises congratulates HE President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Kazakhstan’s 20-year anniversary of sovereign independence

PM Lucas has provided multiple: • Subsurface engineering services such as Geological and Geophysical assessment, Reservoir, Production and other Petroleum Engineering Services. • Surface engineering the services ranged from Conceptual Design, Basic Design, Detailed Design for the Oil handling, Gas handling and water handling system and Oil Receiving system. PM Lucas has drilled or managed over 1200 wells or over 1,000,000m of drilling with the wells ranging from 500 to 5000m of which 250 wells or 300,000m were performed on a complete turnkey basis. In addition to this Lucas managed over 15,000 well interventions. The Company has engineered designed or built hundreds of kilometers of roads, flowlines and pipelines. PM Lucas has recently the general Contractor of a complete Turnkey EPCC Oilfield development in Mangistau Oblast, Kazakhstan. The work started with the FEED (Basic Design) to complete turnkey EPCC development (Engineering Procurement Construction Commissioning) to Operations and Maintenance. Almaty, Kazakhstan • Ivanilov str. 63/A, Almaty, 050059 • Tel: +7 727 3410300 • Fax:+7 727 3410307 • www.pmlucas.com


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Conviction to share Imagine if a long-term energy future also depended on the discovery of new oil resources Although oil resources are still plentiful, to satisfy growing demand both now and in the future Total continues to make significant discoveries. Relentlessly seeking to increase the productivity of oil field reserves, we innovate to exploit new sources of fossil fuel. But because oil is precious, it will be vital to focus its usage in those areas where it is hardest to replace: in transportation and petrochemicals.

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Tenaris Congratulates the Republic of Kazakhstan on the 20th Anniversary of its Independence. Tough challenges call for innovative solutions: new products, continuous upgrades and advances in metallurgy. Our growing line-up of reliable, quality and high-performance casing, tubing, proprietary steel grades and TenarisHydril premium connection products provide a complete package of solutions to face operations in the most challenging environments. We have an established presence in the region, with a local staff on a permanent basis, to provide on-site support through our commercial ofďŹ ces in Atyrau and Almaty, our ďŹ eld services base in Aksai, as well as our repair shop and supply chain center located in Aktau. Tenaris celebrates the growth of Kazakhstan over the past twenty years. We are prepared to continue supporting the country in the exploration and production of oil and gas, in order to promote industrial diversiďŹ cation and sustainable development for the coming decades.

Tubular technologies. Innovative services.

www.tenaris.com



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Existing pipelines can handle 1.5 million barrels per day, but the Kazakhstan government hopes to raise oil exports to three million barrels per day by 2020

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Қазақстанды 20 жылдық мерейтоймен құттықтаймыз!

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Congratulations Kazakhstan on your 20th anniversary!

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The International Energy Agency expects resources from the Caspian region to play an increasing role in securing and diversifying Europe’s energy supplies

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Veritas Caspian: Committed to Kazakhstan Although oil and gas exploitation has been going on in Kazakhstan for over 100 years, the whole Caspian region is still considered underexplored, both onshore and offshore. Only in the early 1990s was this region opened up to international companies. Since then the world’s largest field for 30 years (Kashagan) has been discovered in the North Caspian Basin and its true potential is being realized.

High-Quality Acquisition Veritas Caspian offers an advanced suite of acquisition technologies and resources. Both in Land and Shallow Water we are able to meet all regional challenges with targeted and flexible solutions. In 2D, 3D and 4D we offer a range of innovative, high-end options to ensure Kazakhstan’s explorers can realize the region’s full potential.

It is already the sixth year of successful operations for Veritas Caspian LLP, the CGGVeritas joint venture, in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2005, via Veritas Caspian, CGGVeritas reached an exclusive agreement with the MEMR of RK for the acquisition of multi-client seismic data over the entire open acreage of the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea. It has become the largest multi-client data library program ever undertaken by a seismic contractor and Veritas Caspian is justly considered the leader in seismic acquisition in the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea.

Coverage map showing CGGVeritas Data Library surveys in the Caspian Sea

Local Processing Excellence

Example of seismic from the extensive CGGVeritas Caspian multi-client library

As of today our well-positioned data library comprises over 7,700 km of 2D Full-Fold Long-Offset data coverage over the unlicensed areas of both the Northeast and Middle Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan sector. The acquired data library offers a new level of illumination to the reservoirs under the Caspian Sea and provides invaluable geophysical and geological information to contribute to cost-effective hydrocarbon exploration within the area.

Veritas Caspian also offers unparalleled seismic processing solutions, providing in-house expertise and resources to fulfill all of our clients’ processing needs. The Veritas Caspian Data Processing Center in Almaty has the software and hardware resources to process Land, OBC, Transition Zone and Marine data, both 2D and 3D, to the highest possible standard using the latest technologies. Our highly trained staff, with worldwide and regional expertise, have the specialist knowledge and experience to provide unrivalled processing services. We are proud to have the opportunity to be involved in such a key region, sharing the stage with the world’s biggest hydrocarbon players. Energy will be the major priority of the next decade and Kazakhstan will be a prominent player as that story unfolds.

Contacts: CGGVeritas: Paul Tollefson at +44 1293 683905 Veritas Caspian: Chris Twigg at +7 727 258 11 01


Congratulations on 20 Years of Peace and Creation

CGGVeritas and Veritas Caspian LLP join the people of Kazakhstan and His Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev in celebrating 20 Years of Peace and Creation. CGGVeritas and Veritas Caspian are proud participants in Kazakhstan’s important and exciting journey toward becoming one of the world’s most significant hydrocarbon centers.

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Economic growth through farming From building greenhouses and irrigation systems to importing breeding cattle, Kazakhstan is making sure its resurgent agriculture sector goes from strength to strength. Clare Nuttall takes a closer look

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As a major grain exporter and a country with the potential to increase food production, Kazakhstan has a role to play in regional food security

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Discovering Kazakhstan’s tourist potential

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With much to offer tourists, Kazakhstan is making moves to claim its rightful place on the mainstream tourism map after years of being sidelined by the Soviets, writes Clare Nuttall

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SPONSORED FEATURE

An interview with Taissiya Kogutyuk, CEO of Kazakhstan Kagazy JSC Kazakhstan’s position between Asia and Europe enables it to play a larger role in the transportation and logistics business. In the warehousing and container terminal market, currently there are no international players and we would like to be the first to develop the integrated transportation link between Europe and China. However, Kazakhstan is part of a customs union of 214 million people and we will be looking to expand our business in the long term. Q: How important is innovation for your company?

profitability through real growth, not growth by debt. With the country’s economy growing, this company has great prospects. We have been in existence for 10 years and consider our company as proof that there is business beyond oil. We look forward to growing our operations and making Kazakhstan Kagazy a true success story for the benefit of both our country and our shareholders.

Company information Year of foundation: 2001

Q: Founded in 2001, Kazakhstan Kagazy has become Central Asia’s largest producer of paper, corrugated board and packaging. What is the significance of Kazakhstan Kagazy for the country’s industry? Our company grew out of the program for import substitution and is one of the success stories of this program in creating a diversified industrial base in Kazakhstan. We are the biggest paper manufacturer in the region and we are making a significant contribution to the nation’s economy. Our success may pave the way for other companies. Q: Is the company export-oriented or looking more to satisfy domestic demand? At present, we are focused mainly on the Kazakh market because we produce cardboard, and it does not travel well long-distance. We now have two warehouses in our logistics network, and in Almaty we have a container terminal.

Innovation is at the core of this company. We were the first to produce paper in Kazakhstan, and everything had to be built from scratch. We went into the logistics business in 2006 and were the first Kazakh industrial group to list on the London Stock Exchange. We are also the first company that is going through industrial restructuring. We have always been at the cutting edge of what has been happening in the sector, utilizing the latest state-of-the-art machinery and management methods.

Business segments: t paper and packaging t logistics and warehousing t development of industrial plots Employees: 1,400 The first Kazakhstani industrial company listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Ecological and innovative

Q: State program 2010-2014 envisages economic diversification via accelerated industrialization. In which areas do you see potential? Kazakhstan’s privileged position between large markets such as Russia, India, Europe, and China means that the country has a chance to develop a number of sectors. Energy and agriculture will continue to be the drivers, with the country’s abundant natural resources and huge land mass. It is a stable country and has achieved a lot since gaining independence, including creating an impressive framework for domestic and international investors. Q: What is your outlook for your company and the economy in general in 2012? We see a bright future for Kazakhstan Kagazy. The company currently has outstanding

Contact information Kazakhstan Kagazy Group 86, Khadzhy Mukan St, Almaty, 050059 Republic of Kazakhstan Tel: +7 (727) 244 87 87 Fax: +7 (727) 244 87 82 Web: www.kazakhstankagazy.com Email: ir@kagazy.kz; press@kagazy.kz


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Government support is helping the country to create a homegrown technology industry, writes Clare Nuttall

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SPONSORED FEATURE

Committed to the development of Kazakhstan

Dias Suleymenov, General Director of Kamkor Management LLP

Dear friends, On behalf of the group of companies of Kamkor Management LLP, please allow me to congratulate Kazakhstan on the 20th anniversary of the Republic’s independence. Kazakhstan may be a very young country, but, owing to President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s policy of reforms, in just a short span of time since independence Kazakhstan has accomplished a great deal and managed to become a stable, powerful and prosperous nation. Following the course of head of state, the group of companies of Kamkor Management LLP has implemented a number of key reforms in the transport infrastructure industry, significant for both the company and the country. Kamkor Management LLP’s group of companies is among the leading and reliable providers of services that span the maintenance, repair and modernization of railway transport. Recognizing the importance of ultimate route availability of railway stock and railway infrastructure, we are working to render extended services throughout the territory of Kazakhstan. Kamkor Management LLP is a holding company with a portfolio consisting of eight single business units, with Kamkor Management LLP acting as the corporate center. We are a high-impact company having over 16,000 passionate and committed employees engaged in the industry of machine-building

and service and repair, compliant to the Business Best Practices and corresponding to shareholders’ expectations. Kamkor Management LLP is committed to the currently conducted policy in Kazakhstan, which is aimed at accelerated industrialization and innovative development of Kazakhstan in order to build a more diversified and stable economy by developing non-oil sectors and promoting the transfer of emerging technologies and attractiing of foreign investors. Thus, in the machine-building industry our company has created manufacturing capacity relative to production of domestic freight wagons in the city of Ekibastuz. The factory is fully automatic, equipped with machinery that excludes the usage of manual labor and uses modern engineering solutions and leading developments of both domestic and foreign producers. Production capacity of the factory is planned to increase to 3,000 wagons per year. For the first time, one of our companies, Temirzhol Zhondeu JSC, has built new railway track at Uzen, on the state border with Turkmenistan, with a length of 146 kilometers. This railway line is designated as part of the construction of the Uzen–Kyzylkaya–Bereket– Etrek–Gorgan international transport corridor, which is being implemented on the basis of intergovernmental agreement and presidential decrees, signed by Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran back in 2007. This railway route allows Kazakhstan to connect with Turkmenistan, Iran and Persian Gulf countries. As a result of this project, successfully implemented by our company, the Republic’s trade turnover, transit and export potential are set to increase. In order to increase traffic capacity of railway stations, KTZh National Company JSC is allocating large investments to automation of the sorting processes. Kamkor Management LLP is implementing one such project – the modernization of the sorting rail hump at Astana station. The results of this project will be automation of sorting works of the railway station, an increase in labor productivity and improvement of station’s railway infrastructure. Another large project of our company is the creation of a steel carriage foundry on the base of one of the largest machine-building

factories, with a wide profile of production – VostokMashZavod JSC. At the moment there are no large and medium foundry of carriages in the Republic, which makes the service, maintenance and capital repair and the production of wagons economically unattractive, due to the escalating prices of carriage assembling details compared to the price of the carriage itself. In 2012, our company is planning to solve this problem by creating the foundry powers and localization of spare and assembly parts production, to various types of railway transport in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Implementation of this project will allow to reduce the over-

Kamkor Management LLP’s group of companies is among the leading and reliable providers of services that span the maintenance, repair and modernization of railway transport dependence of Kazakhstan on imports of the most costly assembly parts of railway carriages, previously not produced in our country. I would also like to point out Temirzholenergo LLP, which supplies 80 percent of the electric energy needed by National Company KTZh JSC, on the whole territory of the country, for both the operational needs and locomotive traction. Temirzholenergo LLP possesses unique experience in operating throughout the territory of Kazakhstan. The basis of its competence on the electricity supply market is well-established business relations with electricity producers and main customers. The investment policy of the Kamkor Management LLP group is aimed at technical re-equipment and the modernization of the production of all enterprises of the holding


Main Customers

Employees

Significance

Description

The Main Businesses of Kamkor Management LLP Kamkor Locomotive

Kamkor Wagon

Temyrzhol energo

t Comprehensive range of locomotive maintenance and refurbishment services, repair works for locomotive equipment and other special railway vehicles, including Austrian railway equipment

t Major repair and remedial maintenance of freight carriages, of mounted wheels and spare parts for freight and passenger wagons. Repair of special rolling stock.

t Electric energy distribution to KTZh and general public, including hauling operations.

t Maintenance and repair works of KTZh-owned locomotives, including support manning

t Maintenance of carriages owned by KTZh and third parties

t Covers approx. 80 percent of the KTZh electric energy needs

t Provides approx seven precent of the KTZh locomotive traction services

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t Locomotive JSC

t Kaztemyrtrans JSC

t Branches of KTZh

t Prigorodnye perevozky JCS

t Branches of KTZh

t Affiliated companies of KTZh

t Locomotive Service Center JSC t Other rolling-stock owners

t Private operators of freight wagons

company, to optimize production and increase labor productivity. As of today, part of the program aimed at the modernizing of locomotive-repair depots (Almaty and Ayakoz) has successfully implemented by us. In developing its core business – the repair of railway transport and infrastructure – the company is already experiencing the transition to a new quality of service. Kamkor Management LLP is carrying out a policy, directed at effective partnership with National Company KTZh JSC. Mastering of new types of repair of railway transport, including tanks and special railway transport; and a transition to long-term locomotive service contracts and other services provided by the company is being implemented. In addition, Kamkor Management LLP is the holder of IP rights of informational system

Kazakhstan freight wagon production company

Temyrzhol zhondeu

Central Asia Protrans

t Railways construction and major repair works

t Repair works and general maintenance of the railway systems telemechanics and communication devices

t Freight carriages production

t Steel foundry production, drill steels, mineral processing, mining and metallurgical equipment manufacture

t Secure approx 45-50 percent from the whole volume of major repair of KTZh rail tracks

t Facilitate full 100 percent from the KTZh order volume

t Rated output is 2,500 carriages annually. With further increase to 3,000 wagons a year

t Procurement services for mining and oil companies in RK and CIS countries

> 700

> 1,400

> 200

> 100

> 1,000

t Locomotive JSC

t Branches of KTZh

t Branches of KTZh

t Kaztemyrtrans JSC

t Kazchrom JSC

t Private wagon-park operators

t Metallurg Ltd

t Provision of locomotive traction services

t Rails welding and reprofiling

Vostokmash zavod

t Ballast aggregate production

t wagon wheels repair

t Affiliated companies of KTZh

Locomotive 2030

t Other companies

t Affiliated companies of KTZh t Kirov named plant

t General public and private companies located close to railways stations

“SERVICE”. Provisions of a long-term service contract stipulate a 15-year term of responsibility for subcontractors, as well as reliable usage indicators of readiness and reliability. In turn, the customer receives locomotives that have undergone high-quality and reliable service and repair, and which are free of issues regarding the service maintenance and repair of locomotives in the post-warranty period. Also, operational costs are significantly reduced, due to the lowered costs of locomotive maintenance, previously caused by faults and down time. On the industry forum of the best innovative projects and propositions, organized by National Company “KTZh” JSC, this was recognized as one of the best scientific-technical developments.We believe that the implementation of our goals will enable us to maintain the railway

t Locomotive kurystau zavody JSC

t USBP Ltd t Transcom Ltd t Other companies

infrastructure and transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan to a high level, providing reliable technical conditions for the safe transportation of cargo and passengers, and having a marked effect on the country’s investment attractiveness and helping it to gain a competitive edge. Respectfully yours, Dias Suleymenov General Director of Kamkor Management LLP



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On the road to renewal

An overhaul of Kazakhstanโ s transport infrastructure is under way โ a move that is intended to boost growth in the country and facilitate trade, as Tim Gosling discovers

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GE Transportation

Congratulations on 20 years of peace and independence in Kazakhstan “We set ourselves ambitious goals and we achieved them.” – President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev State of the Nation Address, January 29, 2011

GE Transportation is honored to be part of Kazakhstan’s incredible growth and success as an independent state. In a partnership that began in 1995, GE and JSC “NC “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” (KTZ) have collaborated to build and strengthen Kazakhstan’s critical rail infrastructure. At the heart of this partnership is the Kazakhstan Evolution Locomotive, GHVLJQHG VSHFL¿FDOO\ for Kazakhstan and surrounding region. Today the locomotives are assembled at KTZ’s Astana Assembly Plant, strengthening Kazakhstan’s manufacturing industry. You set ambitious goals and achieved them in a short 20 years. We wish you a future of continued prosperity and success.

Kazakhstan Evolution Locomotive

KTZ Astana Assembly Plant

To learn more, visit www.getransportation.com.

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SPONSORED FEATURE

Tackling networking needs with local partners On the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence, Cisco is proud to be part of the Kazakh economy and society, and a corporate citizen with a strong commitment to the country. In line with Kazakhstan’s objectives, our aim is to support national competitiveness. We would like to contribute to the building of a knowledge economy through a digitization and broadband agenda. For this process, we are offering Cisco expertise and worldwide best practices. Founded in 1984, Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocolbased (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that internetbased solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn. Cisco has been present in Kazakhstan for more than 10 years, working with customers and partners even before we established our first dedicated office in Almaty in 2002, followed by a second office in Astana in 2008. Our most important focus is on our local partners. We are developing a partner ecosystem with a state-of-the-art knowledge of the latest technologies, which are capable of addressing our customers’ business and technology needs. We are proud of the fact that we have more than 170 local partners serving the Kazakh market with Cisco technology, and are continuously offering training programs to these partners so that they can expand their knowledge and specializations in different technology areas – be it nextgeneration networks, video, collaboration, data centers, cloud, or business architectures. In close cooperation with our partners, we are making the latest technologies available for the Kazakhstani market. One of our first local customers was Kazakhtelecom, whose national backbone infrastructure was built using Cisco technology by the end of the 1990s. In 1999, this project was recognized by Cisco as a highly innovative network deployment. Ever since, Kazakhtelecom has been a highly innovative customer, and one of the first companies worldwide to introduce Cisco TelePresence technology to hold virtual meetings via video.

To underline Cisco’s commitment to Kazakhstan, John Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer of Cisco, visited Astana in January 2009, and met several of the country’s leaders to discuss how the use of technology could help the country in its transformation to an innovation-based economy. The leaders also discussed the role network technologies could play in health care, education and economic development for the greater social inclusion of citizens. We also created a tradition by organizing Cisco Expo, an annual conference for Kazakhstan’s IT professionals, which over the past years has become one of the largest high-tech conferences in Central Asia. For the first time this year, the eighth Cisco Expo took place in two cities – Almaty and Astana as well. In 1997, we established the first Cisco Networking Academy in Kazakhstan. Cisco Networking Academy is our largest corporate social responsibility initiatives in the country. In the second semester of the academic year 2010/11, we had more than 100 academies

and over 3,000 students participating in the program. As networks become more important than ever before, Cisco Networking Academy helps to close the skills gap in IT and networking technologies, and trains students for the jobs that will be most in demand in the next five to 10 years.

About Cisco Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to newsroom.cisco.com


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Tele2 is one of Europe’s leading telecom operators, always providing the best deal

City festivals featuring popular music stars, organised by Tele2 to mark the day of its launch in Kazakhstan, attracted thousands of people

With 34 million customers in 11 countries. Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data network services, cable TV and content services. Since Jan Stenbeck founded the company in 1993, it has been a tough challenger to the former government monopolies and other established providers. The story of Tele2 started in 1970s in Sweden when Jan Stenbeck, a son of the Kinnevik Group’s founder, began developing a telecommunication and media businesses. He wanted to create a Europe-wide operator that could challenge major companies in the industry. To date, the company stands by the main principle stated by Jan Stenbeck: “To offer communication services of good quality at affordable prices.” In many countries, Tele2 has created a competitive environment in the market of communication services, thereby making these services much more affordable for its many customers. Today, Tele2 focuses on mobile services utilsing its own infrastructure, and in November 2010 the company launched an LTE (Long-Term Evolution) network in Sweden, one of the first in the world to do so.

Across all countries, Tele2 is known as a price leader. Leveraging effective business processes, Tele2 succeeds in maintaining cost leadership and offering low prices to its subscribers and value to its shareholders.

The prime goal of the company is to launch the Tele2 brand across all regions of Kazakhstan by means of building a network with good quality and wide coverage.

Tele2 in Kazakhstan Tele2 came to the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2010, having purchased 51 percent of local operator MobileTelecom-Service LLP. Following the integration of that company into Tele2’s business groups, the full replacement of equipment with new technology supporting 3G networks and an upgrade of the product portfolio and marketing platform, MobileTelecom-Service has started operating under the Tele2 brand. Good quality and low prices became key benefits of the Tele2 brand. Until now, Kazakhstan has had the highest communication prices in the CIS and low consumption of mobile services. It is, therefore, Tele2 with is unique low prices and a transparent and frank tariff policy that has boomed in the local market, starting a rush for telecommunications services among citizens of the Republic.

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GMMOS KAZAKHSTAN LLP

Promzone Zone Aktau, 130000 Mangistau Oblast Tel: +7 7292 425501 Fax: +7 7292 425502 Email: Brahim@gmmosaktau.kz www.gmmosgroup.com

GMMOS Group took the opportunity during the recent economic downturn to fast-track and complete the development of its new fabrication yard, which is situated on a prime location of 50,000 sq m of freehold land in the City-Port of Aktau, Mangistau Oblast. The state-of-the-art yard features a workshop with large doors of 20 meters wide by 10 meters high, which enable its two gantry cranes of 20 tonnes each to travel the full length of the 160 meters of rails. With equipment such as a vertical roll machine (capable of rolling plate up to 150mm thick), a guillotine, a 300-tonne press, a CNC plasma cutting machine, a profile-bending machine (capable of bending IPE 180 and many different shapes of profile), GMMOS Kazakhstan LLP is capable of servicing the oil and gas, water and mining industries of the CIS countries. GMMOS Kazakhstan LLP is a mid-sized company specializing in the custom fabrication of pressure vessels, skid packages, general fabrication and maintenance operations. GMMOS Kazakhstan LLP is ISO 9001-2008 registered and holds the ASME U, U2, S, PP and R stamps for the fabrication and repairs of pressure vessels, pressure piping and steam boilers, and is also GOST approved. Among other contracts, GMMOS Kazakhstan LLP is assembling, in a consortium with SIDEM (part of the Veolia group), two MEP Evaporators of 12,000cm each for MAEK – KazAtomProm. With the support and the help of its mother company and its two yards located in the UAE, employing more than 700 specialists, GMMOS Kazakhstan LLP is able to respond rapidly to the requirements of clients in the Republic of Kazakhstan and neighboring countries.

AKTAU, THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE TRN 430 100 227 008 BIN 040 540 003 623 IIK KZ 379 261 401 130 278 000 BIC KZKOKZKX AB JS KAZKOMMERCBANK GENERAL MANAGER BRAHIM EL IDE


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Kazakhstan has high levels of literacy (97 percent) and has achieved near-universal primary education

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Yumgiskor Holding: one of the five leading providers of medical equipment in Kazakhstan in medical services. Currently, Yumgiskor cooperates with 40 major suppliers and continues to expand its list of partners. The reliability of the company is based on the quality assurance of the equipment supplied from leading international manufacturers: t Olympus Corporation (Japan) t Terumo (Japan) t Randox (Great Britain) t RadiometerMedicalApS (Denmark) t PFM Medical (Germany) t BeckmanCoulter (USA) t Becton Dickinson (USA) t Masimo (USA) t Philips Respironics (USA)

Gulnara Kurpenova, CEO, Yumgiskor

Yumgiskor has developed rapidly since its foundation in April 2006. Currently, the company is not only one of the leading medical equipment suppliers in the Republic of Kazakhstan, but is also a major contributor to the development of the national healthcare industry. The core business of the company is the supply of equipment for instant diagnosis and intensive care, cardiac surgery, laboratory diagnosis, endoscopy and endosurgery, and blood sampling. Yumgiskor also provides healthcare facilities with products used in various areas of medicine, such as urology, gynecology, surgery, neonatology and microscopy. The priority tasks of the state policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan are to improve citizens’ health, increase access to health services, and ensure health services’ quality compliance with the highest international standards. Solving these problems depends primarily on the provision of health facilities with modern, high-tech and innovative equipment. Being an active participant in the process of reforming the healthcare system in the country, Yumgiskor, in partnership with international manufacturers, introduces the latest technology

High-quality equipment and a professional level of service have enabled the company to establish itself among the leaders in the medical equipment market segment. During its first five years of operation, Yumgiskor has supplied 620 pieces of equipment throughout all regions of Kazakhstan (235 to the Southern region, 130 to the Central region, 111 to the Eastern region, 73 to the West and 71 to the North). Today, the company’s customers encompass over 350 companies and institutions working in different fields of medicine in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The clients of Yumgiskor are major scientific research institutions, public and private medical centers, clinics, military hospitals, outpatient hospitals, maternity centers and other healthcare facilities, as well as a number of public agencies, including the Department of Defense and the Centers of Forensic Medicine. Besides healthcare, Yumgiskor also contributes to the development of science, education and agriculture in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Among the company’s clients is Nazarbayev University, where the research laboratory is developing with the support of Yumgiskor. Also, the company has started negotiations with the Republic’s veterinary laboratory (within the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan) for the supply of equipment from Randox for use in veterinary medicine and the quality control of agricultural products. Headquartered in Astana, Yumgiskor has developed a wide network of branches, located

in 14 cities across Kazakhstan (Almaty, Taraz, Shymkent, Taldykorgan, Semey, Atyrau, Uralsk, Aktobe, Kostanay, Petropavlovsk, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Karaganda and Oskemen). “The slogan of our company is ‘healthy solutions’, which reflects our standpoint to deliver only the best, and therefore high-quality, medical equipment, reliable and modern, from the world’s leading manufacturers,” says Gulnara Kurpenova, CEO of Yumgiskor. “We’re guided by the principles of openness, constructiveness, professionalism and continuous improvement. We are one of the top five suppliers of medical equipment in Kazakhstan.” Laboratory studies are an important part of patient diagnosis, and therefore Yumgiskor does not only provide laboratory equipment, but also performs expert evaluation of laboratories at different levels and offers

“The slogan of our company is ‘healthy solutions’, which reflects our standpoint to deliver only the best medical equipment from the world’s leading manufacturers” solutions for the development of laboratory services in medical institutions. In support of the state program for healthcare development, the Salamatty Kazakhstan, for 2011-15, the company has developed a project for the optimization of laboratory services and centralization of laboratory studies. Experts at Yumgiskor have developed a project for organization of a molecular genetic analysis laboratory, used in typing of donorrecipient material for transplantation. Forming the basis of this project is Yumgiskor’s global experience of the creation of such laboratories.



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Another promising line of business for the company is neonatal care. “The neonatal care sector is a recent focus of our company, and we are confident it will evolve rapidly,” says Gulnara Kurpenova. “One of the key objectives of the state program for healthcare development is to decrease infant mortality by actively introducing advanced treatment technologies

for newborn pathology. As a responsible company, we believe that the future of the nation depends on the health of the children being born in this country.” Another business line of Yumgiskor is cardiology and cardiac surgery. The most advanced treatment method of cardiovascular diseases is interventional radiological surgery,

Миссии и ценности компании

Missions and values

Миссия для сотрудников: Мы призваны быть первыми, внедряя инновации в единстве с медицинским миром.

Mission for employees: We are destined to be first, introducing innovations, together with the medical world.

Миссия для клиентов, партнеров: В сотрудничестве с мировыми производителями, мы внедряем новейшие технологии в сфере медицинских услуг, с заботой о здоровье народа Республики Казахстан.

Mission for clients and partners: In collaboration with international producers, we introduce cutting–edge technologies in the medical services field, taking care of the health of the people of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Ценности компании

Company values

Лидерство Умение работать в команде Ответственность Рост Профессионализм Лояльность

Leadership Teamwork Responsibility Growth Professionalism Loyalty

for which the company supplies the implantable devices and disposable tools that are required for the diagnosis and treatment of heart and blood-vessel diseases. In 2010, Yumgiskor signed a contract for distributorship with one of the world’s leaders in the medical industry, the Olympus Corporation, which is a top developer and manufacturer of endoscopic and endosurgical equipment. “Modern endoscopic equipment allows detection of chronic and oncological disease at an early stage, performance of low-invasive, low-impact palliative and radical surgery with lower expenses and complications, which leads to improved quality of life for patients, reduced length of stay in hospital, and therefore decreased cost of patient’s stay in a clinic,” says Gulnara Kurpenova. A current business line for the company concerns vacuum blood collection systems from Becton Dickinson, which help to make the bloodsampling procedure painless for the patient and offer laboratories the possibility of obtaining high-quality samples, while ensuring safety. The company’s main emphasis is on providing an individual approach to each client, ensuring the provision of a full range of services, from initial consultations, development of proposals


for the introduction of medical technology, and technical support, to servicing of the equipment and staff training. The combination of an authentically high quality of products offered, high standards of service and cost-effective prices make Yumgiskor one of the most lucrative suppliers in the medical equipment market. In order to improve the quality of the service offered, raise the competitiveness of the company, reduce risks and increase the confidence of lenders and investors, since 2011 Yumgiskor has been working to implement the ISO 9001 quality management system. The company is constantly putting efforts into optimizing its organizational efficacy, including the performance of the company’s employees. Currently, the company employs 160 staff. In 2011, more than 72 million tenge was invested in staff training. The company is actively developing its corporate culture, with a strong focus on business ethics. The “Code of Honor” has been developed, which helps to maintain a creative and friendly atmosphere in the team. One of the phrases of the “Code of Honor” reads: “To provide the same high-quality service to all customers”. Not only does the company supply the best equipment for the healthcare system in

Kazakhstan, it also trains Kazakhstani doctors in modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and engages in awareness-raising activities. Investments in the training of doctors abroad and the sponsorship of special medical conferences have amounted to more than 53 million tenge. Yumgiskor is also a sponsor of events important to the healthcare system of Kazakhstan. One recent project involved sponsoring the contest “From Heart to Heart”, to select the best journalistic work covering the issues of decreasing circulatory system disease mortality. This project is jointly implemented with the National Scientific Research Centre of Surgery named after Syzganov. This year, the sponsorship of medical institutions has amounted to more than 36 million tenge. Yumgiskor is an active participant and partner in the key scientific and practical forums and exhibitions in the national health industry. In 2011, Yumgiskor has supported a number of events significant for the medical world and specialists in Kazakhstan and abroad in various cities in Kazakhstan, such as the 19th Kazakhstan International Healthcare Exhibition KIHE 2011 in Almaty, and the international workshop conference “Hands saving lives of the mother

and child – effective treatments and systemic approach to care” in Shymkent. The company aims to achieve the goal of becoming a world-class Kazakhstani company, and market leader of medical equipment supply. “Over the past five years of work we have built a business model, the efficiency of which has been proven by the achievements of the company,” says Gulnara Kurpenova. “If we’re talking of the quality it has to be the highest; of the technology – the most advanced; of market share – the maximum possible. In the next five years, we are targeted to become a major player not only in the supply of medical equipment, but also of pharmaceuticals. “The company plans to increase its value through the introduction of advanced methodologies in all four strategic dimensions, ie the customers, employees, business processes and finance.”


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Medical equipment from AlmasX contributes to the healthy future of Kazakhstan

AlmasX was founded in February 2005 and is the only official representative of Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd (head office in Shenzhen, China) in Kazakhstan. The main business of the company is the supply of professional equipment to medical institutions, offering high quality and affordable medical devices in three areas: patient-monitoring and life-support, laboratory diagnostics and medical imaging systems. Headquartered in Astana, AlmasX has offices in Almaty, Shymkent, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Pavlodar and Aktobe. The company guarantees its customers the supply of medical equipment in a timely manner, and also undertakes the training of doctors and service technicians to work with the equipment, providing warranty and post-warranty service. Also, AlmasX takes responsibility for Mindray equipment previously installed by other vendors. Over the years, AlmasX has gained recognition and won the trust of its customers with a well-organized team of creative people, meeting its clients’ needs. AlmasX is staffed with professionals in medicine, electronics, finance, management, marketing and international law.

During its six years’ work in the Kazakhstan market, AlmasX has supplied equipment to provincial and city hospitals, perinatal centers, regional diagnostic centers, railway hospitals, emergency centers, ambulances, hospitals under the Departmental of Internal Affairs, the Committee of State Security, hospitals for the disabled and prison medical units. The main principle of the company is to maintain long-term partner relationships with its clients. To this end, every two months AlmasX organizes a special roadshow. Clients are invited to visit Mindray plants in China, to see all stages of manufacturing equipment. The head office of Mindray in Shenchzhen will readily provide all necessary information about the quality of the equipment. As part of the visit, training and workshops for physicians are organized. Yerzhan Chagatayev, CEO of AlmasX, sees its main mission in caring for the health of Kazakhstan’s population: “This isn’t just a noble mission, but a contribution to the health of future generations of the country. By supplying medical equipment of the world’s leading manufacturer to Kazakhstan, we are committed to provide quality services to healthcare facilities, matching the high level of the manufacturer.” The company holds regular training for its employees on the servicing and installation of the devices, as well as sales and marketing. The equipment supplied by AlmasX has a high assurance of reliability, backed by the impeccable reputation of the manufacturer. AlmasX participates in charitable programs, supplying equipment for free, and provides sponsorship to healthcare facilities. Future plans of AlmasX include an IPO in order to attract investors; participation in governmental programs to modernize healthcare facilities; investment in social projects and the start-up of its own plant. Confidence in AlmasX is based on a number of factors: t AlmasX’s partner is Shenzhen Mindray BioMedical Electronics Co Ltd, one of the first Chinese producers of medical equipment to

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receive the TUV ISO9001/13485 certification, a sign of conformity to European CE standards and approval by the FDA. The quality of Mindray equipment was recognized by leading clinics and laboratories in Europe and the US. Mindray is fourth largest in the world in terms of capitalization. In 2006, the company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is currently the world’s leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices. Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co Ltd has established a global network of research centers in Shenzhen, Beijing, Nanjing, Seattle, New Jersey and Stockholm. These centers employ more than 1,400 engineers, and about 10 percent of the gross income each year is invested in research and development activities. Over the past seven years, Mindray has released an average of seven to nine new products a year. Mindray products are used in hospitals in more than 190 countries. A stable network of distributors and service centers has been firmly established. Mindray has 31 branches across China, as well as 15 international offices in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, UK, US, Spain, Egypt and Colombia.


Медицинское оборудование от “AlmasX” вклад в здоровое будущее казахстанцев. Компания “AlmasX”, образованная в феврале 2005 г., является единственным официальным представителем компании Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Сo.,Ltd (головной офис в г. Шеньчжень, КНР) на территории Казахстана. Основное направление деятельности компании - профессиональное оснащение медицинских учреждений высококачественным и недорогим медицинским оборудованием в трёх сегментах: оборудование для мониторирования пациентов и жизнеобеспечения, оборудование для лабораторной диагностики и медицинские системы визуализации. Центральный офис компании находится в г. Астана, филиал в Алматы, имеются представительства компании в Шымкенте, Усть-Каменогорске, Павлодаре и Актобе. Компания гарантирует своим клиентам поставку медицинского оборудования в установленные сроки, а также берёт на себя обязательства по обучению врачей и сервисных инженеров работе на оборудовании, осуществляет гарантийное и постгарантийное обслуживание. Дополнительно компания берёт на себя ответственность за оборудование компании Mindray установленное ранее другими поставщиками. За годы своей работы компания “AlmasX” получила признание и завоевала доверие своих клиентов, как слаженная команда творческих людей, учитывающая пожелания клиентов. Сотрудники компании это профессионалы в сфере медицины, электроники, финансов, менеджмента, маркетинга и международного права. За 6 лет работы на казахстанском рынке компанией было поставлено оборудование в областные и городские больницы, перинатальные центры, областные диагностические центры, железнодорожные больницы, больницы скорой медицинской помощи, в ведомственные больницы МВД, КНБ, госпитали инвалидов, в тюремные медсанчасти.

Главный принцип работы компании поддерживание длительных партнёрских отношений с клиентами. С этой целью, раз в два месяца, компания организует специальное Road Show. Клиенты компании имеют возможность приехать в Китай, на завод компании Mindray, чтобы увидеть все этапы производства оборудования. В головном офисе компании Mindray в г.Шеньчжень можно получить всю необходимую информацию о качестве оборудования. В рамках визита на завод проводятся специальные тренинги и мастер-классы для врачей. Генеральный директор компании “AlmasX” Ержан Чагатаев видит главную миссию компании в заботе о здоровье казахстанцев - “ это не просто благородная миссия, это вклад в здоровье будущего поколения страны. Представляя в Казахстане медицинское оборудование ведущего мирового производителя, мы стремимся к качественному обслуживанию медицинских учреждений, соответствующее уровню компании производителя”. Компанией проводятся регулярные тренинги для своих сотрудников по направлениям: сервис, инсталляция, маркетинг и продажи. Оборудование, поставляемое компанией, это высокая гарантия надёжности, подкреплённая безупречной репутацией компании производителя. Компания “AlmasX” участвует в благотворительных программах, поставляя оборудование для безвозмездного пользования, и оказывает спонсорскую помощь медицинским учреждениям В планах компании “AlmasX” выпуск акций с целью привлечения инвесторов, обязательное участие в государственных программах по модернизации медицинских услуг, инвестиции в социальные проекты и запуск собственного производства. Доверие к компании “AlmasX” базируется на следующих показателях: t Партнёр “AlmasX” – компания Shenzhen

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Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Сo Ltd одна из первых среди китайских производителей медицинского оборудования получила сертификат TUV ISO9001/13485, знак соответствия европейским стандартам CE и одобрение FDA. Качество оборудования Mindray признано ведущими клиниками и лабораториями Европы и США. Компания Mindray находится на 4-м месте по уровню капитализации в мире. В 2006 г. компания была включена в список Нью-Йоркской фондовой биржи и в настоящее время является ведущим в мире разработчиком, производителем и продавцом медицинского оборудования. Компанией «Shenzhen Mindray BioMedical Electronics Co., Ltd» создана глобальная сеть центров исследований в городах Шэньчжэнь, Пекин, Наньцзин, Сиэтл, Нью-Джерси и Стокгольм. В них трудится свыше 1400 инженеров, и около 10% совокупного дохода ежегодно инвестируется в научно-исследовательские и опытно-конструкторские работы. На протяжении последних семи лет компания выпускала на рынок, в среднем от семи до девяти новинок в год. Продукция Mindray используется в медицинских учреждениях более чем 190 стран. Сформирована устойчивая сеть дистрибьюторов и сервисных центров. Компания имеет 31 филиал по всему Китаю, а так же 15 международных офисов в Бразилии, Канаде, Франции, Германии, Индии, Италии, Мексике, Нидерландах, России, Турции, Великобритании, США, Испании, Египте и Колумбии.


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Since agriculture is the main source of income for the rural population, the upturn in productivity and the governmentโ s attention to the sector is good news

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Kazakhstan is addressing the need for a well-educated workforce to power its progress, and has invested in its highereducation programs

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