PROMISING TANDEM

In mid-September, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed in Astana between UMP and Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyov.

Our company and the university intend to develop cooperation in the scientific and production fields, promote commercialization of the results of scientific and technical activities, and also combine efforts in personnel training.

As a part of the signed memorandum, the efforts of the plant and the university will be aimed at conducting joint scientific and scientific-technical research and introducing their results into production, attracting investment in R&D, creating start-up companies and mini-productions.

Cooperation is also expected in matters of training and retraining of personnel, development of educational programs, scientific internships, and increasing scientific potential.

– Our goal is to conduct joint applied research to solve scientific and technical problems, improve and ensure our production, our technologies. We see that ENU has impressive scientific and personnel potential, modern laboratory facilities, and promising developments. We are also ready to enter into a consortium with the university and provide our laboratories and specialists for carrying out certain studies,” noted Mr. Vladimir Vakhnenko, UMP JSC Senior Deputy Executive Board Chairman – Chief Operating Officer.