Lipetsk Special Economic Zone Development
In 2005 the total length of the railway network in the region was 746 km. The length
of the road network was a little more than 8,000 km. The airport in Lipetsk can allow
the landing of aircrafts with a take-off weight of more than 60 tons. So far, it does not
have the requisites for international flights so it is necessary to land in Moscow first,
to be able to reach Lipetsk.
The telecommunication system in the region can count on cable, radio and satellite
systems. Four companies are active and offer services in the field of mobile
telephony. The number of people having a contract for a mobile telephone was about
90,000 in 2003 and increased to 400,000 in 2005. In the Lipetsk region in 2005 the
number of people who had an Internet subscription was 7,740 comprising about 500
schools.
In 2005 the percentage of illiterate people was 0,93% of the total population. Despite
this the number of people who were not illiterate but did not have any kind of
education was 1,63%. 13,62% of the population had access to universities and only
0.14% attended post-graduate courses.
In the region there are 3 public universities: the Technical University in Lipetsk, the
University of Pedagogy and the University of Elezky. The scientific activity at the
Technical University in Lipetsk focuses on the fields of iron metallurgy, creation of
new materials, energy saving, logistics of public transport systems. The research
activity is carried out in the three Universities and in some research centres with an
historical tradition.
Two regional banks are active in the field of credit, besides 17 branches of other
Russian banks.
In the region, the industrial activities contributed to 50% of the total Gross Regional
Product, that increased to 66% in 2004. In 2004 the industrial sector comprises nearly
2,000 companies, 197 of these were medium-big sized enterprises. The most
important sectors are the siderugical sector, the mechanical and metal sector, the
production of electricity, the food industry, chemical industry, the production of
medicines, the production of components for the building sector. Private companies
represent 90% of the companies working in the industrial sector. Private companies
produce 98% of the value on a yearly basis. In 2004 the siderurgical sector produced
71% of the value on a yearly basis.
Besides two siderurgical companies that have already been mentioned, in Lipetsk the
most important companies are Merloni Elettrodomestici with its Stinol factory, the
tractor factory in Lipetsk, the factory producing machines for agriculture, the
chemical company Silane, the energy producing company Lipetsk Energo.
In 2005 the Lipetsk region ranked third in the Central Federal District (Tsentralny
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