Month: September 2021
Online seminar 29.09.21: “Mechanical engineering and industrial equipment production in Russia: current trends and market opportunities”.
On September 29th we discussed “Machine building and industrial equipment production in Russia: current trends and existing market opportunities” in our online seminar.
The seminar began with an overview of the machinery and equipment industry in Russia given by Monika Hollacher, foreign trade specialist (Russia, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, ASEAN, VDMA).
Hans-Jurgen Wittmann (GERMANY TRADE AND INVEST) shared analysis of the needs and current investment projects in mechanical engineering and plant engineering, summarizing the export opportunities in this area
Daria Pogodina (SWILAR OOO) described some specifics of machinery and equipment exports to Russia.
Denis Tropin, head of Russian representative office of machine tool manufacturer “SPINNER GmbH”, presented a report about the experience of machine building in Russia
Andreas Brunnbauer and Anastasia Nosova (Representation of the State Bavaria in Russian Federation) told about the options for supporting Bavarian companies that export machinery and plant production to Russia.
The event was held within the context of the German-Russian thematic year “Economics and Sustainable Development”.
Organized by: Representation of the State Bavaria in Russian Federation and swilar with the support of Germany Trade and Invest and VDMA.
CFO Conference in St. Petersburg
On September 24, St. Petersburg hosted for the eighth time the traditional annual CFO Conference, which was organized by the Tax and Financial Reporting Committee of Russian-German Chamber of Commerce and its Northwest Branch.
Among the speakers of the event was Evgeniya Chernova, head of Controlling and Reporting at swilar Moscow, who reminded in her speech that the crisis is a reason for any company to think about its internal control system (ICS).
During the pandemic, all companies in one way or another faced the reasons for paying special attention to the ICS:
- communication difficulties in a remote work environment,
- high level of uncertainty in the market,
- increase of the level of process automation,
- bureaucratic obstacles, etc.
Properly organized internal control allows the prompt identification of risks and reduction of the possible damage from these factors, and often prevents them.
Evgeniya covered the legislative base related to setting up internal control, spoke about the step-by-step scheme of ICS, outsourcing and co-sourcing.
The participants and experts also discussed transfer pricing, document flow and IT accreditation, operating leasing, and digital solutions for finance management.
More than 150 people participated in the conference on- and offline, including financial and general managers, heads of commercial departments and legal departments, tax experts and financial analysts.
Photos: Financial Reporting Committee of Russian-German Chamber of Commerce.
Online seminar 09.09.21: “Public procurement as a foreign company in Russia explained: knowing the law and participating successfully”
On September 9th, swilar together with its partners held an online seminar in English on “Public procurement as a foreign company in Russia explained: knowing the law and participating successfully”.
Participating in tenders in Russia is challenging for every company, especially foreign one. The purpose of the seminar was to introduce participants to the basics of the legal framework and provide practical advice on the successful participation of foreign companies in public procurement in Russia.
Seminar participants were greeted by Artur Chernievsky, head of Swiss Business Hub Russia and Dr. Anastasia Nosova, project manager of Bavaria Representative Office in Russia.
Vlad Rudnitsky, Deputy Director for the Russian Market and Anna Zaitseva, Tax Advisor at Peterka&Partners, introduced the audience to the general legal framework of public procurement in Russia.
Russia has a special national public procurement regime. Alexander Gavrilov, Principal Associate of Eversheds Sutherland, and Nikita Butenko, Counsel, spoke about preferences and restrictions for foreign goods and services.
The topic of special conditions for foreign SMEs and foreign companies was covered by Daria Pogodina, CEO of swilar.
Alexey Inozemtsev, Director of ENERGAZ/Samapi Group in Russia, shared his experience of participation in tenders for companies of Russian energy sector.
Markus Vollmer, Head of Sales, BIOWORKS Verfahrenstechnik GmbH presented the case of BIOWORKS on public procurement in the Russian market.
Organized by Swiss Business Hub Russia, Bavaria Representative Office in Russia and swilar.