PCC students get tips for better business Apr 28, 2009
D. in Thermal Engineering from Kaluga State University, Russia, and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in IT Management. He became acquainted with PCC International Business instructor Parker Turpin when both worked as consultants for Deloitte LLP in Russia. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
GE Energy plans facility near Moscow Mar 19, 2009
The facility in Russia s Kaluga region will include an office building and industrial shop for the repair of heavy-duty gas turbine nozzles, transition pieces, combustion liners, power nozzles and rotors; and the repair and overhaul of Jenbacher gas engines. Once up and running in early 2011, the facility will employ between 50 to 100 Russian engineers and service staff. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Gazprom and Ukraine resolve natural gas dispute Mar 6, 2008
A Gazprom gas-pumping station near the town of Kaluga, south of Moscow. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters). (International Herald Tribune)
Moscow Nights/Golden Gates visit Opera House Jan 25, 2008
Led by Vitaliy Bezrodnov, the group initially formed under his direction in Kaluga, Russia, in the late 1980s. After completing their Conservatory studies, they regrouped in 1996 in the United States. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Peugeot plans car plant in Russia Dec 28, 2007
The new plant in the town of Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, will begin work assembling mid-sized vehicles in 2010. Peugeot Citroen hopes to sell 100,000 vehicles in 2010 and three times that number annually in subsequent years. (BBC News -- Europe)
Mitsubishi, Russia car assembly deal Dec 28, 2007
The French carmaker said on Thursday it had selected Kaluga, 180 km southwest of Moscow, as the site of its Russian factory. It made no mention of a partnership with Mitsubishi Motors. (India Times)
Mitsubishi and Russia to sign car assembly deal: source Dec 21, 2007
It said last week it was weighing two sites for a plant -- at Kaluga about 190 km (120 miles) southwest of Moscow, or Nizhny Novgorod some 400 km (250 miles) east of the capital. Peugeot and Mitsubishi have an operational tie-up under which the Japanese automaker builds 4X4 vehicles such as the C-Crosser and Peugeot 4007. (ABC News -- Wire)
Hyundai Motor to build its first Russian factory Dec 18, 2007
Volkswagen, the biggest carmaker in Europe, last month started production at its plant in Kaluga, 160 kilometers, or 99 miles, southwest of Moscow. Hyundai operates overseas factories in China, India, Turkey and the United States and is building one in the Czech Republic to meet local demand and counter the impact of currency fluctuations. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Three car makers vie for stake in Russia's AvtoVaz Dec 6, 2007
The latest to do so was Germany's Volkswagen, which last week opened an assembly plant near Kaluga, south of Moscow, and hopes to produce 150,000 Skoda and VW saloons from 2009, when it starts full production. AvtoVaz has failed to develop its product range and industry analysts say it is particularly at risk from competing budget models such as the Renault Logan. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
VW opens first Russian car plant Nov 29, 2007
The plant near the city of Kaluga, 200km (125 miles) south west of Moscow, will assemble 66,000 VW Passat and Skoda Octavia models next year. Built for 1bn euros ($1. (BBC News -- Europe)
Volkswagen, Seeking to Triple Carmaker's Market Share, Opens Russia Plant Nov 28, 2007
The Wolfsburg, Germany-based carmaker plans to increase its share of the Russian market to 10 percent in 2010 from 3 percent currently, spokesman Andreas Meurer said in a telephone interview on his way to the factory opening in Kaluga, 160 kilometers (99 miles) southwest of Moscow. The country is an important growth market for Volkswagen and rival automakers as Russians spent a record $16 billion on new foreign cars in the first half as rising incomes fuel demand for vehicles, according to... (Bloomberg -- Germany)
PRESS DIGEST - Russia - Nov 19 Nov 19, 2007
The company seems to have failed to win leading positions in local market sales ahead of launching of its assembly plant in Kaluga, the daily adds. VEDOMOSTI. (Reuters UK)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Manufacturer hopes new contract will open European market Jul 2, 2007
a Westmoreland County maker of industrial air compressors, is getting set this month to receive a $1 million order for three compressors for a new Volkswagen plant in the Kaluga region of Russia. This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
S.Korea's Samsung Electronics to build TV plant in Russia Jun 10, 2007
The plant will be built in the city of Kaluga, 85 km southwest of Moscow, and Samsung plans to finish the construction by October2008, the company said. The plant is expected to produce 2. (Xinhuanet, China)
Embassy Row (James Morrison) May 1, 2007
A delegation from Russia with: Marina Chashchina of the United Russia Party and an aide to the governor of Sverdlovskaya; Sergey Fadeyev of the Yabloko party and a member of the regional legislature of Kaluga; Oleg Kruglov, secretary of the United Russia Party of Ekat; Mayor Mikhail Malahovskiy of Ahtubinsk and a member of the United Russia Party; Larisa Shkondina of the Union of Rightist Forces and a member of the Samara city council; and Dmitry Vishnyakov, chairman of the Muskie Club of... (Washington Times, DC)
VW targets India, Russia Apr 20, 2007
Volkswagen expects to start assembling Volkswagen and Skoda models at its new plant in Kaluga near Moscow by the second half of this year, but is aiming to eventually have a complete manufacturing presence. As in India, our objective in Russia is a full manufacturing process. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
VW targets India, Russia; 2008 pretax profit to hit 5.1 billion ($6.92 billion) Apr 19, 2007
Volkswagen expects to start assembling Volkswagen and Skoda models at its new plant in Kaluga near Moscow by the second half of this year, but is aiming to eventually have a complete manufacturing presence. "As in India, our objective in Russia is a full manufacturing process. Once the body shop, paint shop and assembly line are ready, we will be able to start manufacturing Volkswagen and Skoda models in Russia in 2009," he said. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
ISS Astronauts, Russian Officials Celebrate Cosmonautics Day Apr 13, 2007
State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov went to Kaluga, the home town of Russian rocket science father Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, while First Deputy Ivanov went to the Mission Control Center and then to Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in the Star City, Moscow region. SPACE.com Staff Writer Tariq Malik contributed to this report from New York City. (Space.com)
Energy always tops agenda when Moscow pays a visit Mar 20, 2007
Anglo American, De Beers, JCI, Barloworld, Bateman Engineering and Standard Bank are among those with substantial interests, and SABMiller has established a $100 million brewery in the Kaluga region. Sappi, Protea Hotels and Sun International also have a presence in Russia, and the MIH Group, which includes DStv and M-Net, has investments there. (Business Report, South Africa)
The Future Of Russian Missile Forces Mar 14, 2007
Col. Gen. Solovtsov said that this year, two regiments of Topol RS-12M ground-based missile systems in the Kannskaya missile division, which has 16 launchers for SS-25 Sickle missiles, will be trimmed down, along with a missile regiment in the Kozelskaya division, stationed in the Kaluga Region. There are six regiments of UR-100 NUTTKh silo-based missile systems on combat duty, with 60 SS-19 Stiletto missile launchers capable of carrying six independently targetable nuclear warheads, each with a... (Ocnus.net)
Russia confirms bird flu in 3 farms near Moscow Feb 23, 2007
This month, bird deaths were registered at small private farms in eight districts in the region of Moscow, in the neighbouring Kaluga region and in the republic of Adygeya, a region in the North Caucasus ... It has yet to be confirmed in the Dmitrov district and in the region of Kaluga. (Reuters AlertNet)
Russia finds bird flu in new region, suspects more Feb 22, 2007
Bird deaths also have been registered at farms in Dmitrov district, part of Moscow region, and Borovsk district in the Kaluga region, which borders the Moscow region to the south. Alexeyenko said he expected confirmation of the presence of the virus in these regions within the next two days. (Reuters AlertNet)
UN lifts beluga caviar sales ban Feb 6, 2007
2 tonnes of Kaluga sturgeon roe. SEE ALSO 26 Apr 06 | Business 03 Jan 06 | Business 23 Dec 05 | Europe 14 Nov 05 | Middle East 24 Dec 04 | Business 08 Oct 04 | Business. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
U.N. panel lifts export ban on beluga caviar Feb 6, 2007
6 tons of Kaluga sturgeon roe caught in the Heilongjiang-Amur river basin shared by both countries. U.S. still restrictsCITES' decision, however, may not have an immediate impact on beluga in the United States, where authorities have set their own restrictions on imports from wild stocks. (MSNBC -- Environment)
UN Lifts Ban on Exports of Beluga Caviar Feb 6, 2007
Besides the Caspian Sea limit, CITES said China and Russia had also agreed to an export limit of 3,237 kg (7,136 lb) of amur sturgeon and 4,232 kg (9,330 lb) of kaluga sturgeon in the Heilongjiang/Amur river. No quotas for that river, which forms part of the Sino-Russian border, were given for several years because the states did not provide the required information, said David Morgan, head of scientific support at CITES, who called their new disclosure "a positive step.". (Planet Ark, United States)
