December 6, 2017, during a trip to Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir Putin visited the Gorky Automobile Plant and congratulated the veterans and workers of the enterprise on the 85th anniversary of the plant. The event was attended by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.

 Vyksa Steel Works (JSC VMZ, Nizhny Novgorod Region, part of the United Metallurgical Company, OMK, Moscow), following the audit of Toyota Engineering Corporation (TEC, Japan), received the world's highest metallurgical assessment of the development of the production system ( PS). According to the auditor's classification, the maturity level of the VSW VS corresponds to the silver medal of Toyota Engineering Corporation.

 Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov held a meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on reducing the dependence of the Russian fuel and energy complex on imports of equipment, components and spare parts, services (works) of foreign companies and the use of foreign software, as well as the development of the oil and gas complex of the Russian Federation , which took place on December 4 in the framework of the VII International Forum "Arctic: Present and Future".

 On December 1, in Moscow, the opening of the III National championship on professional skills among people with disabilities "Abilimpix". Honorary guests of the opening ceremony of the championship were Alexander Levitskaya , Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation , Olga Vasilyeva , Minister of Education of Science of the Russian Federation , Maxim Topilin , Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation and Gulnaz Kadyrova, Depu

 On November 22, a solemn ceremony of commissioning a new painting and assembly shop at the Kemerovo agricultural machine building enterprise AGRO, one of the five largest producers of trailed and mounted agricultural machinery, took place.

 On November 29, the VIII All-Russian Congress of Patients began its work. Its purpose is to develop and improve the mechanisms of interaction between the state and public organizations to improve the quality of life of citizens of the Russian Federation.

 November 28, 2107 in Kaluga, the Director of the Department for Strategic Development and Corporate Policy of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, Alexei Uchenov, took part in the plenary session of the Forum of Development Institutions within the framework of the annual Kaluga Industrial Innovation Forum.

 On November 27, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Alexander Morozov paid a working visit to the VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus plants in Kaluga. The event was also attended by the Governor of the Kaluga region Anatoly Artamonov and members of the Kaluga Government, as well as the general director of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation FSUE NAMI Sergei Gaisin. On behalf of VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus, the delegation was received by the members of the Management Board of the compa

 On November 24, the first meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Construction and the Industry of Building Materials (Products), established in November 2017 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Construction of Russia, was held.

 On November 24, the Export Center Forum "Made in Russia" was held at the WTC Congress Center, attended by exporters, representatives of state authorities, and mass media. The Forum was opened by Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation .

 The first batch of LADA Vesta and LADA Largus Cross in quantity of 344 cars goes to the Republic of Cuba. LADA models will arrive in the country in January 2018 and will be used by local government taxi services, rental and travel companies.