President of Tatarstan has laid a capsule to the foundation of the plant of industrial electronics «ICL-КПО ВС» in the Usady village of the Laishevo region. The enterprise will be developing and producing computer equipment – personal computers, notebooks, servers and other items including industrial electronics. Total production capacity will make 1 mln produce per year.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that «ICL-КПО ВС» is no longer a local Tatarstan enterprise, it has reached considerable production capacities and economic indexes.

“We are present at a historical event in IT sphere today. The company’s team faces rather ambitious tasks such as training of IT specialists, promotion of software solutions, expansion of production capacities. Construction of the new plant demonstrates the example for the whole country. Vladimir Putin has set the task to create jobs for highly skilled personnel, and by laying new production we will fulfill his assignment,” he said.

President of Tatarstan noted that first stage of IT village has been constructed near the plant, and first residents – employees of «ICL-КПО ВС» already live there. Rustam Minnikhanov assured that the republican leadership would support the project and wished quick realization of plans.

The plant is being created as a multi-brand production. The produce will be turned out under «ICL», «RAY» and «Fujitsu» brands. Construction will be implemented in three stages. Finally, three manufacturing units and 2 engineering centers will be constructed on the area of 8 hectares.

Total amount of funding of the first construction stage makes 600 mln roubles. Construction of the first stage is to be finished in first quarter of 2013. The whole plant will be launched in 2017.

Director general of «ICL-КПО ВС» Viktor Dyachkov read out the message to descendants which says that a historical event took place on May 24, starting new age of IT industry in Tatarstan.

To the point, «ICL-КПО ВС» is a high-tech company, one of the leading IT enterprises in the country. Main activities are software development, consulting services, systemic integration and production of computer equipment. The company is integrated with Japanese corporation «Fujitsu».