13 January 2012
A board of experts for the technology implementation-oriented Special Economic Zones (SEZ) under the auspices of the Russian Ministry for Economic Development has awarded to VIRIAL Ltd., a RUSNANO project company, a resident status in the Novoorlovskaya area of the Saint-Petersburg SEZ. VIRIAL Ltd, plans to establish a research and production facility for the nanostructured ceramic and cermet composite materials.
The centre inauguration is planned for the year 2014.
VIRIAL company plans to develop and produce at the industrial scale high-tech ceramic and cermet materials and structural parts for various industrial applications including oil and gas engineering, nuclear energy, aerospace engineering, vehicle and marine industries, with envisaged launch of these products at a global market.
More details about the Saint-Petersburg Special Economic Zone could be found at: http://eng.oao-oez.ru