Welcome to Kostroma region!

60 thousand km² 660 thousand people 320 km 955 km Total area ST.-PETERSBURG Total area 60 thousand km² Population 660 thousand people Distance to Moscow 320 km Distance to St.-Petersburg 955 km KOSTROMA MOSCOW

55% 22% 11% 30% 7% STRUCTURE OF REGIONAL ECONOMY JEWELLERY AUTOCRANES FIBERBOARDS LAMINATED FLOOR GLUED PLYWOOD CHIPBOARDS STRUCTURE OF REGIONAL ECONOMY

MACHINERY& EQUIPMENT 11

MACHINERY& EQUIPMENT 12

4,5 million ha of wood reserves 12 million cub. m of annual cutting area volume 7 million cub. m of unused cutting area volume RICH FOREST RESOURCES

MAIN TYPES OF PRODUCTS: GLUED PLYWOOD CHIPBOARDS FIBERBOARDS LUMBER TIMBER INDUSTRY

Major woodworking companies of the region

installed capacity – 3 600 kW, 3% of Russia’s total energy KOSTROMA POWER PLANT: installed capacity – 3 600 kW, 3% of Russia’s total energy LARGE ENERGY POWER RESERVES

Investment Infrastructure for Business Support MORE THAN 500 INVESTMENTS SITES 50 INVESTMENT PROPOSALS WITH FEASIBILITY STUDY 3 INDUSTRIAL PARKS BUSINESS CENTER FOR 5 SUPPORT DIRECTIONS

We are ready to provide: Tax benefits Project accompanying at every stage of its implementation Infrastructure construction using resources of regional Investment Fund Appropriate investment site for project implementation Assistance in skilled personnel recruitment MEASURES OF INVESTMENT ACTIVITY SUPPORT

3 higher educational institutions Personnel training by 250 professions 3 higher educational institutions 29 professional educational institutions Number of employed in the economy – 308,2 thousand people Children's industrial Park «Quantorium», more than 800 Kostroma children get an additional education HUMAN RESOURCES AND SKILLED PERSONNEL

Cheese production agricultural industry

40 % of all-russian jewellery production 30 % of precious metals processing in Russia more than 1 000 jewellery enterprises jewelry production

Kostroma is the part of the famous tourist route «Golden ring of Russia» Tourist flow of 1 000 000 tourists per year culture and tourism

More than 3000 objects of cultural heritage culture and tourism

Beautiful nature

Cultural traditions

Wonderful people

Thank you for attention! Administration of Kostroma Region Address: 15, Dzerzhinskogo Street, Kostroma City, 156006, Russia Tel.: +7 (4942) 31-20-01, fax: +7 (4942) 31-87-33 E-mail: info@adm44.ru