The official ceremony involved heads of state authorities and industrial enterprises of the region.
The official opening of VyatSU Engineering Center has been impatiently expected for a long time in the region. And it has finally become one of the key events of Kirov region Industry Week.
The guests of the celebration - the leaders of state authorities and industrial enterprises of the region - were warmly welcomed by VyatSU Rector Valentin Pugach. He recalled that the Engineering Center was created by order of the Governor in close cooperation with the Council of Chief Designers of Kirov region.
Over 50 similar centers have been already launched in the country, yet, it is not possible to speak about any manufacturing activity in most of them.
VyatSU engineering center is unique, as we have already been working there, -
Valentin Pugach said. -
Today we have specific developments and a team of creative, highly qualified specialists.
Valentin Pugach thanked the Governor, representatives of the Government and machine-building enterprises of Kirov region for comprehensive assistance in establishment of the Engineering Center.
The importance of close cooperation in the strategically important activity for the region was emphasized by the Governor of Kirov region Igor Vasiliev. Thanks to well-coordinated efforts VyatSU application for the competition has been qualitatively prepared and it has become the winner of the contest organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
Deputy Chairman of the Government of Kirov region Maxim Kochetkov said:
The Engineering Center began its activity over a year ago as a “brain center”. Since that time large-scale work has been carried out – thus, there is no doubt that the activities of the Center will make a significant contribution to the development of the region's industry.
Great interest of the audience was caused by the speech of Ivan Gubin, director of VyatSU Polytechnic Institute. He presented the projects of the Engineering Center. Some of them have already been implemented: for example, a unique spiral coiling machine and an unmanned flying vehicle for monitoring forests. In the future they will continue working with a complex for microwave gasification of municipal solid waste or a machine for monitoring errors of measuring heads. The current activities of the Center include work on such projects as a four-sided machine for wooden housing construction, a cross-screw rolling mill, and an automated line for the production of cottage cheese.
All the developments of the Center are carried out with the modern equipment - the visitors were invited for the excursion by Ilya Lyangasov, head of VyatSU Competence Center "Industrial and Business Engineering". The most interesting things, of course, occurred in the production sites: it became possible not only to hear, but also to see the products of the Engineering Center. And even to taste some of them: the representatives of "Velikoretskoye" farm purchased equipment for the dairy industry half a year ago, so every visitor had a possibility to taste the delicious variety of cheese produced in the native region.
VyatSU Engineering Center contributes much to the solution of import substitution problem with their unique developments. Ahead there is a new stage of fruitful cooperation, aimed at solving strategically important problems for the region!
