The development of Dobrograd-1 Industrial Production SEZ is being funded by private investments with a projected volume of 1 billion rubles. The SEZ is located in Vladimir Oblast, 240 km from Moscow, 5 km from the town of Dobrograd, and covers an area of 211 hectares. Locating enterprises on the industrial site will make it possible to increase competitiveness of products by reducing customs duties, taxes on property, land, transport and profits. Benefits and preferences offered to residents will reduce production set-up costs by up to 35% and shorten investment project launch time. For SEZ residents, income tax is 2% for the first 7 years from the date of profit receipt; after that it will not exceed 15.5% until the end of the SEZ operations (until 2069). There are no customs duties and VAT; for the first 10 years, residents are exempt from taxes on transport and property, and for the first 5 years of business plan implementation— from the land tax. Over the next few years, new high-tech enterprises of medical, furniture and food industries, along with manufacturing facilities for rehabilitation and electrical products, and others will start operating at the industrial site. INTEX, the manufacturer of medical compression products, became the first official resident of the Dobrograd-1 SEZ in May of this year. The INTEX brand has been on the Russian market for over 25 years. The launch of a new production facility is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2022. The investment volume will amount to 241 million rubles for the first five years. OOO MEDORT will launch the production of assistive technical equipment for the rehabilitation of people with disabilities. 139.5 million rubles will be invested in the creation of a new enterprise; the production launch is planned for the 1st quarter of 2023. The company manufactures and sells rehabilitation equipment. The company’s product range consists of five main modifications of the dynamic parapodium, an orthopedic device for verticalization and mobility of people with disabilities. OOO SVETOGOR Laboratory will launch the production of high-quality lighting products on the territory of the Dobrograd-1 SEZ. The investments will amount to 197 million rubles. The opening of the enterprise is scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2022. As the official partner of PHILIPS Horticultural Lighting in Russia, the company manufactures lighting products for various applications: road, architectural and artistic, greenhouse, sports, as well as lighting for retail, office and warehouse premises. OOO HOME ELECTRO SYSTEMS plans to start the production of heat pumps in the Special Economic Zone in the 1st quarter of 2023 and will invest 155 million rubles in this project. The company, which operates in the engineering market of Russia and Europe, has been developing energy-saving heating technologies since 2009 and now holds a leading position among manufacturers of heating equipment in the heat pump segment in Russia. OOO Alachino Rental will build a modern sustainable high-tech enterprise on the territory of the Special Economic Zone. The main criteria for the entire concept are environmental safety of production and the utilization of renewable energy. Over 3.8 billion rubles will be invested in the new venture; the projected launch date is in the 4th quarter of 2023. OOO Promyshlennaya Gruppa Bezopasnye Tekhnologii (Safe Technologies Industrial Group) will launch a machine-building enterprise for the production of equipment systems for gas, energy and nuclear industries. The investments will amount to 700 million rubles. The opening of the enterprise is scheduled for the 3rd quarter of 2023. OOO Dobrograd Agro will open a high-tech year-round agricultural complex for food and vegetable production. The main task of the greenhouse complex is to provide people with fresh, tasty, healthy, and safe products. The investments amount to 227 million rubles. The opening of the enterprise is scheduled for the 3rd quarter of 2023.