News SEZ "Kulibin"

Construction of a carbide tool production facility started on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod SEZ “Kulibin”

The investor started construction of a carbide tool and technological equipment production facility on the territory of special economic zone (SEZ) “Kulibin” in Dzerzhinsk. The project is being implemented by “Aksis” LLC.

The plant will produce carbide rods, milling cutters, drills, reamers and inserts. The volume of investments in the project exceeds 3 billion rubles, it is planned to create 442 jobs. The company plans to build an industrial complex of three buildings with a total area of ​​more than 60 thousand m2. Currently, work is underway at the construction site to install the structural part of the first building.

The first stage of construction is planned to be completed this year. The production volume after completion of all stages will be about 1,500 tons of products per year.

The management company of the “Kulibin” SEZ is the Nizhny Novgorod Region Development Corporation.

“The territory of the special economic zone is actively developing. The construction of the production of micronized silica gels and stable silica sols of “RusSilika” LLC is nearing completion, other plants are also in the construction cycle, and we are simultaneously working on creating the engineering infrastructure. We make every effort to ensure that investors are comfortable implementing their projects on the SEZ site, and we provide them with the necessary support,” said Igor Ishchenko, Director General of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Development Corporation.

Let us recall that the special economic zone “Kulibin” was created in May 2020. In the spring of 2023, its area was increased by 10 times – to 724.7 hectares. In November 2024, an application was submitted for the expansion to a site within the boundaries of the Bor urban district with an area of ​​126 hectares. Currently, SEZ includes the state site (more than 400 hectares), as well as private sites of DPO “Plastik”, “Oka-Polymer” and “Sintez OKA”. To date, 38 companies have passed the expert council of SEZ.

Preferential conditions of the SEZ reduce tax rates on profit for its residents from 25% to 2% in the first 5 years from the moment of receiving profit, to 5% in the next 5 years and to 14.5% thereafter, and also establish zero rates for property, land and transport taxes.