The region continues to implement large-scale investment projects. By the end of 2021, it is planned to complete the modernization of 16 large production sites and launch six new productions.
The volume of investments in investment projects this year is about 50 billion rubles, said the press service of the regional committee for industrial policy, trade and fuel and energy complex. Thus, the modernization of equipment at the main production sites of the Volgograd region is now continuing. The funds are also invested in the creation of new facilities, while using exclusively domestically produced equipment, including those from Volgograd enterprises. All this allows us to improve the technical characteristics of the products and increase their volume. In particular, a complex for the production of high-index oils has already been launched at a fuel and oil enterprise in Volgograd; more than 10 billion rubles have been invested in the creation of the facility.
In 2021, it is planned to build solar and wind power plants to meet the needs of enterprises in the Volgograd region, work is underway to create new production sites at Volgograd plants.
Recall that in 2014 the Governor of the Volgograd Region Andrey Bocharov designated the development of industry as a priority area of ​​work. During this time, 82 investment projects were implemented: 20 new production facilities, 62 production sites were created, the volume of investments amounted to about 210 billion rubles, the industry received 23 billion rubles as part of state support. About 7 thousand additional jobs were created; in general, the region continues to strengthen its position as an industrial center of federal significance.