OREANDA-NEWS. April 5, 2011. Soyuzinform, part of JSC  ARMADA (MICEX, RTS: ARMD), hereby announces the signing of a contract with the Kaluga region government on performing work to create the concept for a smart building to be used as a business incubator in the Obninsk technology park. The amount of the contract (signed for 1.5 years) for 2011 will be about RUB 250m.

The Obninsk technological park was created at the initiative of the Kaluga region government in line with the state program “Creation of technological parks in the high-technology sphere in Russia.” The project aims to expand the innovative economy in the Kaluga region, improve the region’s investment climate, promote and phase in state-of-the-art scientific developments.

Under the contract, Soyuzinform will provide engineering and technical support for the smart building of the business incubator, which includes setting up a datacenter, equipping workplaces, creating access security systems, air conditioning and other engineering systems.

“Economic growth in Russia has generated sustainable demand for professional services on the creation of modern infrastructure facilities, in which intellectual systems are playing an increasingly important role. ARMADA believes this business area to be highly promising and will continue rolling out this area of business,” Maxim Selivanov, General Director of Soyuzinform and member of ARMADA’s Board of Directors, commented on the event.