Investment activities

Tomsk region is the 4th Russian region with the most favorable innovation development conditions (to rating of “Expert Rating Agency”/RA).

Tomsk region has a well-established innovation infrastructure for the commercialization of research results: from idea to innovative enterprise.

Nowadays, the innovation sector includes over 400 companies. Annual high technology product output is 40%.

The largest and dynamically developing innovation companies are: EleSy (www.elesy.ru), Siam (www.siamoil.ru), Elecard (www.elecard.com), Micran (www.micran.ru), ElcomPlus (www.elcomplus.ru), SibMASH (www.nposibmach.ru), Tomanalyt (www.tomanalyt.ru), and others.

The highly-developed R&D areas in Tomsk region are electronics, biotechnology, ICT, new materials and nanotechnology.

Examples:

• Micran produces 50% of Russian radio relay equipment
• Siam is a service company for JSC Gazprom and 12 petroleum companies from Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.