The trade union committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan organized a trip to the Kukmorsky District and the city of Vyatskiye Polyany of the Kirov Region for employees of the Ministry
On August 24, as part of the activities on the theme “Discover your native land”, specialists from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan visited the Kukmorsky District and the city of Vyatskiye Polyany.
The tour of Kukmor began with a visit to the Kukmors felting and felt mill. In 2017, the plant turned 150 years old. Today in Russia there are only 8 such industries. The plant employs 530 people and annually produces 1.5 million pairs of felted shoes. The head of the personnel department of the enterprise, Irina Kisil, told about the history of the creation of the plant, showed rare copies of felt boots, which are 150 years old. While watching the video, the ministry employees also got acquainted with the production process.
After that, the staff of the Ministry headed to the Kukmorsky metalware plant. A tour of the enterprise was conducted by Azat Zagidullin, who has been the director of the plant since 1995. The company employs 970 people, the product range is very diverse - more than 600 items. The plant's products are delivered to the regions of the Russian Federation, the CIS countries and 16 countries of the world.
During the tour, the guests visited the foundry workshop, the stump section, the tableware processing section, the packaging and picking section, the mold manufacturing section, and got acquainted with the operation of the hydraulic press. Engineer Evgeny Soloviev introduced the latest laser cutting machine, which is designed for small-scale and universal production. At present, this equipment is being installed; the other day, it is planned to launch it and train personnel.
“The tour turned out to be very informative, we saw the process of manufacturing metalware from the very beginning to an end, how much effort and labor has been invested before the finished product hits the shelves of the store. People and technology work smoothly, and there is high productivity. This is impressive! ”- shared the trip organizer Elena Tolochko.
At the end of the trip to Kukmor, specialists from the ministry stopped by the Kukmorsky felt boots brand store and a metalware store. A variety of goods did not leave anyone indifferent, everyone left with purchases.
In Vyatskiye Polyany, the Trade Union Committee conducted a city tour for employees, guests visited the house-museum of the designer of automatic weapons G.S. Shpagin, including a laser shooting range, as well as the only hat museum in Russia that exhibits 400 headdresses of the peoples of the world.
The trip turned out to be very eventful, informative and memorable, during which the ministry specialists learned a lot of new and interesting things!