Russia’s TASS quoted Vitaly Haoqinke, Minister of Energy, Industry and Communications of the Stavropol Territory as saying that the direction of industrial development in the Stavropol Territory will be to expand and create new production clusters in the coming years. The district government has accumulated some experience in this area.
The productivity and land area of the Stavropol Territory have the capacity to create polymer production clusters. The main company in this production cluster is the company 'Stavrolen', which is one of the largest producers of polypropylene and polyethylene in Russia. : 'The creation of a production cluster creates the prerequisites for companies to build a production chain. These companies process raw materials into polymer products for various uses'.
In addition, Stavropol's large-scale pharmaceutical company 'Eskom' has developed a plan to localize the packaging production of the partner companies. Because of the existing supply chain in the region, glass containers and rubber caps can be provided for companies. , it also has the precondition for building a pharmaceutical cluster.
The construction of the production cluster also includes the part of agricultural machinery, which is composed of representatives of many tractor-type agricultural machinery manufacturers and the technologies owned by them. Hao Qinke said: 'At present, the plow produced by agricultural machinery manufacturers in the Stavropol Territory accounts for the total of Russia. The amount of 35%'.
Hao Qinke believes: 'On the basis of geographical and functional similarities, companies engaged in industrial production form a production cluster, created a new value-added production chain, strengthened the use of new technologies, reduced transaction costs, and increased job opportunities'.