Business Partners


General Partner

“Russian Railways” JSC

“Russian Railways” JSC is one of the largest rail companies in the world with huge volumes of passenger and freight transportation. The company has high ratings, qualified specialists in all the spheres of the rail business, extensive scientific and technological basis, project and construction foacilities, experience in international cooperation. 100% of the stock of the company operating the railways network as long as 85,5 thousand kilometers belongs to the RF state. Russian Railways, OAO performs the transportation of 1,3 bln passengers and 1,3 bln tons of freight annually. 

Russian Railways, JSC belongs to the top 3 of the leaders of the rail industry of the world.
The major objectives of the company – to ensure the demand opf the state, legal units and the people in rail transportation, work and services rendered by the rail transport, as well as bringing profit.

Strategic objectives of the Company:

  • Increasing the scale of the transport business;
  • Increasing the production and economic efficiency;
  • Increasing the quality and safety of transportation;
  • Deep integration into the Euro-Asian transport system;
  • Increasing financial stability and efficiency.
www.rzd.ru
International Strategic Partner

Siemens AG

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. For over 160 years, the company has stood for technical achievements, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality. In addition, Siemens is the world’s biggest provider of ecofriendly technologies. Around €23 billion, or nearly one-third of the company’s revenue, is generated by green products and solutions. In fiscal 2009, ended on September 30, 2009, Siemens had revenue of €76.7 billion and net income of €2.5 billion.

The Mobility Division (Erlangen, Germany) is the internationally leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions. With its “Complete Mobility” approach, the Division is focused on networking the various modes of transportation in order to ensure the efficient transport of people and goods. Complete Mobility combines the company's competence in operations control systems for railways and traffic control systems for roadways together with solutions for airport logistics, postal automation, traction power supplies and rolling stock for mass transit, regional and mainline services, as well as forward-looking service concepts.

www.siemens.com


International Partner

«Deutsche Bahn AG»

Deutsche Bahn AG was founded in 1994. Today, it is one of the world’s leading mobility and logistics companies and operates in about 130 countries with 2,000 locations. Every day about 251,000 employees, of which approximately 190,000 work in Germany, are committed to providing mobility and logistical services for customers, as well as efficiently controlling and operating the related transport networks in the rail, land, ocean, and air freight transport sectors.
In the 2009 financial year DB AG posted revenues of about 29,34 billion euros, as well as operating profits (EBIT adjusted) of 1.7 billion euros. DB’s backbone consists of its business in Germany where about 68 percent of revenues were generated in 2009. The mobility, logistics and services activities are bundled in the Group’s subsidiary company, DB Mobility Logistics AG.
The company’s core business is its railway activities in Germany, with about 5.23 million passengers daily and 341 million tons of freight transported annually. Moreover, every day DB transports two million customers by bus.

And every day DB AG operates over 39,000 train trips on its modern, approx. 34,000 kilometer long track network, which is also open to the competition. The main focal points of DB strategy, in addition to increasing its international activities, are linking together all modes of transport by building overlapping travel and logistics chains. This is how the company is meeting the changing challenges posed by the market, which is increasingly demanding efficient and environmentally friendly services from a single source. Already today, Deutsche Bahn AG is providing answers to the determining trends of globalization, scarcity of resources, demographic change and deregulation.

www.deutschebahn.com


Official Transport Partner


Transoil

LLC “Transoil” is a leading operator of railway fleet in Russia. The company started from  “Kirishshi”.
 At the present day the company operates 10 regional offices in different parts of the Russian Federation. Transportation geography covers the whole “area 1520”. Company manages  over 35 thousands of tank-cars whereof 16 thousands are owned by the company. The volume of cargo for the last year comprised 49 million tons of oil and the whole range of refined products.
Within seven years of its successful activity on the market “Transoil” has developed great experience in logistic service of the oil and gas section and has proven its leading position in the cargo traffic industry. Industry  moguls -   OJSC “GazpromNEFT”, OJSC “NK Rosneft”, OJSC “Surgutneftegaz”, OJSC “AK Transneft”, OJSC “Vostokneftetrans” as well as a large number of leading companies of petrochemical complex build the core routes for the operations of LLC “Transoil”.

www.transoil-spb.ru
Official Operator of Power Supply

Rusenergosbyt

RUSENERGOSBYT was established in 2002 by ESN Group and European energy concern - ENEL. At the present moment it is one of the largest energy supplying companies operating in the territory of the Russian Federation. The Company provides electricity to more than 200 thousand customers, including strategic corporations of the country, industry enterprises and householders. The major customer and partner is the Russian railways - an entirely state-owned company with a Russia-wide monopoly on passenger and cargo transportation.

The unique feature of RUSENERGOSBYT is its developed structure. Business geography covers 46 regions of the Russian Federation – from Saint Petersburg to the Far East. The Company acts as a Guarantee Supplier on the federal level.  RUSENERGOSBYT gained this status in the territory of 19 constituents of the Russian Federation.

www.ruses.ru
Оfficial Тechnological Рartner

Xerox

Xerox is the world's leading service provider in the field of information and documents processing and management. The company offers a wide range of solutions in the field of office infrastructure and communications as well as specialized services in paper-intensive business processes outsourcing and integrated information projects. Regardless of the size and scope of the enterprise XEROX solutions help to significantly reduce costs, promote the expansion and rapid development of business with the latest technical developments.

Russian unit of Xerox was opened in 1974 with headquarters located in Moscow. In Russia, Xerox sells the full range of its services and products for home, office and industrial use. Partners network of the equipment promotion and maintenance "Xerox Russia" has about 5000 sales partners and more than 300 authorized service partners that provide 100% of service coverage in 83 Russian regions.

www.xerox.ru


General IT Partner


TransTeleCom Company

Closed Joint-Stock Company TransTeleCom (TTK) was founded in 1997. Its main shareholder is “Russian railways“. TTK operates and services one of the largest fiber network in Russia, which is owned by “Russian railways“, is more than 53 000 km long and has the bandwidth capability up to 200 Gbits/s. The network is laid along the country’s railways, has more than 1000 access nodes in all regions of Russia and connects Europe and Asia. Seventeen regional enterprises established in the largest cities of Russia, provide TTK services all over the country.

Being one of the leading telecommunication operators, the company ensures 37% of the rent of National Private Lines, occupies 35% in the segment of trunk Internet access and 35% in IP VPN market. Consolidated revenue of TTK group companies in 2008 made 27.5 billion rubles, and the income amounted to 1.9 billion rubles.

TTK provides all railway-related telecommunication resources required by the “Russian railways“. In addition TTK has implemented large-scale telecommunication projects for other state companies and large commercial corporations. Ministry of Emergency Management, Ministry of Internal Affairs, regional customs authorities, Russian Academy of Sciences, Roskosmos, Experimental Design Bureau Sukhoi, KnAAPO, Sberbank, Alpha-Bank, Bank Russian Standard, Ingosstrakh, UralSib, Norilsky Nickel, SUAL, PG MAIR, EurazRuda, Eurokhim, Coca-Cola, Vympelcom, Megafon, MTS, and VGTRK are among the TTK’s customers.

TTK actively works on the international market. EurasiaHighway transcontinental route, organized by TTK, is the optimum telecommunication route between European and Asian countries.
In May 2008 TTK announced the start of new 2008-2015 corporate development strategy. The core of the strategy is entering the regional telecommunications retail market by introducing broadband access, local and international telephony for end-users. By the year 2015 the company plans to increase its’ yearly revenue 2.5 times.

www.ttk.ru


Partner

Tikhvin Railway Car Building Plant

Tikhvin Railway Car Building Plant is the largest industrial facility under construction in Europe in machine building industry. ICT Group is investing over US$1 bn in the knowledge-intensive, high-technology project.

The plant will produce 4 types of freight railcars designed by Starfire Engineering&Technologies (USA) jointly with Russia’s Engineering Centre of Railcar Builders equipped by bogie 23,5 and 25t axle loads designed by Standard Car Truck (USA).

Annual capacity is 13,000 railcars, 65,000 wheel sets, and 80,000t of steel castings. Commercial production will be launched early 2011.

www.tvsz.ru


Partner

TransCreditBank

TransCreditBank JSC (General license #2142 issued by The Bank оf Russia) is the leading bank in Russia’s transport industry and a strategic partner of JSC Russian Railways. The Bank’s customer base includes companies from all segments of the transport industry, other sector of real economy and nearly 3 million individuals. TransCreditBank has a network of over 300 offices and 2,500 ATMs operating in 180 cities and towns of the country. TransCreditBank has high ratings from domestic and international rating agencies and its financial performance secures it a slot in Russia’s Top20 banks league table. The Bank offers a full array of services for corporate and retail clients.

www.tcb.ru


Partner

Audit and consulting group FinExpertiza

Audit and consulting group FinExpertiza (CPA Associates International) is a group of companies providing a wide range of services on audit, legal, tax,  financial and investment consulting, accounting, taxation, strategic planning and marketing research, IFRS application.
Over the period of several years, FinExpertiza has been rated among the 10 largest audit and consulting companies in Russia. Following the results of the year of 2009, according to the magazine Expert, FinExpertiza ranks № 6 among the largest audit and consulting groups in Russia.
Federal integrated rating of audit, consulting and valuating companies represented by UNIPRAVEX has assigned A+++1+++1+++ rating index to company FinExpertiza.
FinExpertiza was awarded a golden prize of the annual contest The Best Brand/EFFIE 2005 and also was awarded with title «Superbrand 2006» and «Superbrand 2007» in the Russian corporate market.
In 2009 FinExpertiza became among three leaders in the transparency and publicity rating of audit firms in accordance with the study of information transparency of audit firms that operate in Russia.

www.finexpertiza.ru


Partner


Freight One

JSC Freight One  is Russia’s largest rail transport operator. The main founder and owner of Freight One ordinary shares (100 %-1 share) is JSC Russian Railways (RZD).

Freight One was created in July 2007 and independently began to manage the carriage stock in November of the same year. Currently Freight One owns more than 200,000 units of rolling stock of various types. The company’s share of all rolling stock in the Russian Federation is 22%

Freight One provides services required for up-to-date dynamic freight transportation process: 24-hour dispatching services, forwarding freights in rail and multimodal communication, rate-setting, marketing and legal support.

In near-term outlook Freight One focuses on upgrading rolling stock, strengthening of market position and increasing the capitalization of the company.

www.pgkweb.ru


Partner


Joint Stock Company «RZD Trading Company»
authorized trade representative of enterprises
of «Russian Railways» JSC complex

Joint Stock Company «RZD Trading Company»  (previous name – «Industrial-Financial Group «Russian Company of Assisting the Carbuilding Industry» (JSCo «IFG Roswagonmash») is a commercial enterprise which specializes in foreign trade activities and represents «Russian Railways» JSC (JSC «RZD») on foreign markets. The company supplies rolling stock for needs of JSC «RZD», provides associated companies of JSC «RZD» with material and technical resources, and also fulfils functions of centralized procurement and sale of scrap iron and nonferrous metal.

Joint Stock Company «RZD Trading Company» is able to fully provide its partners with relevant goods and services, offer total problem solutions basing on capacity of Russian railway plants and enterprises.

www.tdrzd.ru


Sponsor
Leasing Company Inpromleasing

LLC Leasing Company Inpromleasing has a ten-year experience of financial leasing activity, taking a leading place at the Russian largest leasing companies’ rating. Being an independent commercial organization, Inpromleasing collaborates with Russian and foreign financial companies, plants, best insurance companies, all this allows us to propose advantageous leasing terms (conditions) for our clients.
The higher-priority activity directions are the railway equipment and rolling stock leasing, water and air transport facilities.
Leasing Company Inpromleasing actively participates in the government program of modernization of rolling stock, operated by “ Russian Railways « and follow up relationships with private operators, too.
Key suppliers are “Russian Railways”, “New Forwarding Company”, “Novotrans”, “First Cargo Company”, “Independent Transport Company”, “Sovfraht”.
Development and improvement of Inpomleasing’s partnerships with financial and loan organizations provide good opportunities for financing leasing contracts. Our main financing organizations are: “Sberbank of Russia”, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, Commerzbank (Eurasia), VTB Bank (Austria) and other.

www.inpromleasing.com


Sponsor

BaltTransServis

Company-operator "BaltTransServis" works in the market of rail transportation since 1999.

Thanks to effective strategy the company has received rapid development and during the years of it’s activity has got the status of the leading private railway transportation services operator of bulk cargoes. The monthly volume of cargoes transported by own and rented cars of "BaltTransServis" LLC is 1,8 – 2,0 million tons of crude oil and oil-products.

 More than 9 000 tank-cars of own fleet of cars and 49 main-line locomotives are involved in the delivery process  that allows to organize transportation services mostly by the own train formations.
"BaltTransServis" carries out international and in-Russian transportations of crude and mineral oil products using the maximum advantages of logistics. The company works in close interaction with proprietors of railway and port infrastructure of Russia and neighboring states that allows to provide fast and high-quality cargoes-transportation services.

The company acquired a railcar repair and maintenance depot in Ivanovo in 2008.


Sponsor

TransContainer

«JSC TransContainer» is a leader of Russian container business

On the 4th March 2006 Center for cargo container traffic of OJSC TransContainer was established as an open joint-stock company on the basis of a branch of JSC Russian Railways and started economical activity on the 1st of July 2006. «JSC TransContainer» was created and developed like a vertically-integrated business aiming to provide complex transport-forwarding service and “door-to-door” deliveries.

OJSC TransContainer is a biggest container operator in Russia is operating its own fleets of 58 000 large-capacity (large-tonnage) containers and 24 000 platforms. OJSC TransContainer is also the largest railway container terminal operator, after  JSC Russian Railways, having terminals, at 47 railway stations in Russia.

The sales network of  OJSC TransContainer has in total 145 offices throughout the country and is a the largest in the field. The Company also offers transport-forwarding and logistics services in a contiguous countries via its network of representative offices and agent-companies. The client base of the  Company numbers more than 20 000 constant clients and has wide diversification of activity for different industry sectors and regions.

OJSC TransContainer develops both geographical – by creating abroad joint ventures, widen network of agent companies and abroad representatives offices, and by widening the range of provided services.

www.trcont.ru


Sponsor

ZHASO

On May 6, 1991, the U.S.S.R. Railways Ministry founded the Railway Joint-Stock Insurance Company (ZHASO).

Today, ZHASO has over 51 branches and more than 190 sales offices in 67 Russian regions. Company branches are located at all large railway junctions, which makes it possible for the company to render the whole package of insurance services throughout Russia, from Sakhalin to Kaliningrad.

JSC «ZHASO» offers a full range of insurance services:
- insurance against accidents and diseases;
- voluntary health insurance;
- property insurance of companies and individuals;
- cargo insurance;
- insurance of rolling stock;
- liability of insurance carrier;
- comprehensive insurance of construction works;
- comprehensive travel insurance.

JSC «ZHASO» - reliable and transparent insurance company, prepares its financial statements in accordance with Russian Accounting Rules, rules of Federal Insurance Supervisory Service, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

www.zhaso.ru


Sponsor

ОТEKO

“ОТEKO” was incorporated in 2002.

The company was formed to increase the quality of transport services offered to its clients by combining the intellectual capital of Russkiy Mir and SFAT and by using advance management techniques:

  • leasing of rolling stock;
  • forwarding services;
  • railcar maintenance;
  • information tracking of rail transportation.

The operation of the company is based on the principles of quality, reliability, dynamic internal development and a transparent approach to conducting its business affairs. Quality Management System in JSC “OTEKO” is certified to conform to the Quality Management System ISO 9001:2000 international standard requirements.

Today OTEKO is a company with a diversified range of business lines, including:

  • transportation of oil freight;
  • forwarding services;
  • rail car maintenance;
  • organization of transshipment within sea ports;
  • investments in various  business lines.

The basis of rolling stock is the railway oil and gasoline tank cars, the total number of which is 14700 units with annual transportation of 19 million tons. The transportation routes include the territories of the Former Soviet Union, Finland, Poland, Romania, China, Mongolia. Unloading is performed from almost all oil refineries in Russia.
The main partners of OTEKO are such operator companies as “Transoil”, “NefteTransService”, “BaltTransService”, “GazpromTrans”, as well as major oil companies “Lukoil”, “TNK-BP”, “Rosneft”.

www.oteko.ru


Sponsor

URALVAGONZAVOD

“URALVAGONZAVOD” heads the integrated structure incorporating 19 industrial enterprises, research institutes and design offices in 5 federal districts of Russia. For many years the Corporation has been the leader in domestic freight railway car building and possesses a powerful technical and intellectual potential.

The Corporation innovative developments are the new-generation gondola cars of model 12-196-01 with axle load of 25 t/f, and railway car traction modules which are widely used by the Russian railways. The Corporation production facilities enable to annually     produce about 25 thousand railway cars for transportation of wide range of cargoes.

From April 16, 2009 the OJSC “Research and Production Corporation “URALVAGONZAVOD” has been leaded by Oleg V. Siyenko, the Director General.

www.uvz.ru


Sponsor of Business-Dialogue

Transmashholding

CJSC “Transmashholding” (TMH) – is the major vehicle manufacturing company of Russia. It manufactures diesel & electric locomotives and rail buses, passenger cars and freight wagons, metro cars, diesel engines for different purposes, car casting. TMH performs   repair of electric multiple units, passenger cars and metro cars. The company is a key supplier of rolling stock for the JSC Russian Railways.

www.tmholding.ru


Sponsor of Business-Dialogue

RZDstroy

RZDstroy is a subsidiary of RZD. It is created on the basis of its parent company’s building capacities, in order to be a contractor within the holding company, where it is responsible for such a strategically important sector as construction and development of railway infrastructure.
The company has a positive experience working both independently and as a general contractor to manage major projects in transport construction sector.
 
The following projects have been realised by RZDstroy as a general contractor:

  • Organisation of high-speed railway traffic between Moscow and St Petersburg;
  • Reconstruction of the Metallostroy rolling stock depot to provide technical service for “Sapsan” trains;
  • Reconstruction of the international airport in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk;
  • Double-track inserts on the railroad sections Matsesta - Hosta, Sochi – Matsesta and Yakornaya Shchel – Loo, in order to prepare them for the Olympics 2014.

In 2009, the company fully complied with the obligations taken in its Production Program. It steadily coped with the 20% to 25% of the total construction orders from The Russian Railways JSC, in spite of the overall decline in investors' demand and investment programs. In 2010, RZDstroy's staff has to fulfill a large RZD's corporate order amounted to over RUR 30 billion.

Earlier this year, OAO RZDstroy and the Austrian company Alpine Bau GmbH have created a joint venture Alpine-RZDstroy GmbH, which is to draw up proposals and implement special infrastructure projects, including two tunnels in Sochi for the Winter Olympics 2014. Also, a contract has been signed with the company RasonKonTrans, a Russian - Korean joint venture, for carrying out an international project to reconstruct the “Hasan - Tumangan – Rajin - Port of Rajin (North Korea)” railway section.

www.rzdstroy.ru


Sponsor of Business-Dialogue

Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax and legal, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 144,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential.
For more information, please visit ey.com.

Ernst & Young expands its services and resources in accordance with clients’ needs throughout the CIS. Over 3,400 professionals work at 16 offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Togliatti, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Baku, Kyiv, Donetsk, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Yerevan and Minsk. 

Ernst & Young practice in the CIS is one of the most dynamic in our global corporate network.

www.ey.com


Sponsor of Business-Dialogue

Aeroexpress

Aeroexpress was founded in 2005 and is, at the moment, an integrated operator offering intermodal rail passenger service between Moscow’s main airports – Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo – and central railway stations, and suburban passenger service between Moscow and Lobnya, Moscow Region. The company is operating under the license issued by the RF Ministry of Transport.
By developing an up-to-date transport infrastructure in the metropolis, easing the traffic arteries and improving the environmental situation in Moscow, Aeroexpress is solving the urgent social issue, efficiently combining the three key components: speed, reliability and comfort. 
In 2009 the company carried 8.3 million passengers, of which 6.8 million people traveled to/from Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports.
LLC Aeroexpress’ quality management system was certified as complying with the international standard ISO 9001:2008 (Railway Passenger Service).  

www.aeroexpress.ru

 


Welcome Cocktail Sponsor

STROY-TREST

The "STROY-TREST", JSC is a part of  the “SK MOST” group of companies.  The “SK MOST” group encompasses 15 bridge construction branches and 7 tunnel divisions. The company performs work in construction and reconstruction of rail and motorway roads, large and small bridges, tunnels, ports and berths, hydraulic structures, runways, residential and office buildings.
The trademark of the company are large off-grade railway bridges spanning the rivers of Volga, Kama, Oka, Moskva, Vyatka, Buzan, Don, Zeya, Ob, Ufa, Chuna, Unzha, Sheksna, and Onon.
The company owns the network of manufacturing complexes аnd one of the most powerful fleets in Russia.
The ongoing projects of the “SK MOST” group are:

  • сonstruction of the new Kuznetsovsky tunnel on the Komsomolsk-on-Amur – Sovetskaya Gavan section of the Far Eastern railway;
  • construction of a bridge crossing to the Russkiy Island over the Eastern Bosporus Strait for the forthcoming summit of the Asian-Pacific Economic Council 2012 in Vladivostok;
  • construction of a joint (motor and rail) road from Adler to Krasnaya Polyana for the forthcoming Olympics-2014 in Sochi.

www.skmost.ru


Sponsor of Coffee Break

ASSOСIATION OF OUTSOURCING AGENTS

Non-commercial partnership "ASSOСIATION OF OUTSOURCING AGENTS" is a representative coordinator of leading Russian companies specializing on developing flexible strategic approaches to organization and transformation of a business for its clients and customers, estimation of business effectiveness and risk factors of these approaches, provides specified selections of the companies-providers of outsourcing services in main and auxiliary business processes, for administration field, trade service and human resources which allows to increase efficiency of customers` business and to release resources for solutions the key problems.

"Association of Outsourcing Agents" is a partner for professionals.

www.upcoo.ru

The letters of support

Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia

Dear friends! I am delighted to welcome you to the business forum in Sochi and to wish you interesting discussions and fruitful work.

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Vladimir Putin, The Russian Government

I send my greetings to the participants and guests of the Fifth International Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”.

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Vladimir Yakunin, “Russian Railways” JSC

I am pleased to continue a fine tradition by sincerely welcoming the participants, guests and organizers of the International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”.

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Igor Levitin, Ministry of Transport of RF

On behalf of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and myself I would like to welcome the participants, guests and organizers of the Fifth International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”.

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Alexandr Shokhin, President of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

On behalf of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and myself personally I would like to greet the participants and guests of the fifth International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”.

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