Example 1: automobile industry
Intermediate goods producers for automobile industry
Foreign producers of
glass and of tires: from import to location in Russia
Source: Expert, September – December 2013
Avtovaz (Public joint stock company): automobile brands Lada and Nissan. Partner of Renault-Nissan Alliance (31.12.12: Renault s.a.s.: 25% of authorized capita; 26.03.13: Alliance Rostec Auto B.V. 74.51%). Production in Tolyatti and Izhevsk. About 20% of passenger cars market in Russia. Total number of employees is about 66,000. Avtovaz works in 46 countries.
Avtovaz group works in more than 17 countries and contains 270 affiliates. It is involved in telecommunications, power engineering, construction, financial services and insurances.
Source: http://group.avtovaz.ru/; 2012 report.
Example 2: Sverdlovsk region
Over 400 joint ventures with foreign investment from 64 countries, over 300 representative offices of foreign firms: Cyprus, Germany, USA, Great Britain etc
Companies: Philips, ABB, National Oilwell, Duferco, Lufthansa, Coca-cola, Pepsi, Henkei, Wrengley's, Ford, Audi, Volvo and others
Companies with100% of foreign capital: ‘Pepsi International Bottlers ltd.’, ‘VIZ-Steel ltd’, and others
Source: Information agency http://polpred.com/?cnt=195&fo=5&obl=58&dsc=1
(3.5) Example: FDI location choice in Russia