Tools to promote innovation processes in mechanical engineering of the region

The transition of Russian economy to the innovation way of development is one of the national priorities of its further socio-economic development. Such direction implies the development of high-tech industries, which can be achieved only with large-scale upgrade of the industrial sector and promotion of innovation processes in all branches of national economy. Nowadays, modernization processes are carried out mainly by import of equipment and technology, which make domestic producers technologically dependent on foreign countries. In order to exclude the possibility of such risks, it is necessary to re-equip production facilities on their own technological base, which is impossible without modern mechanical engineering. The article, analyzing the development of innovation processes in mechanical engineering and considering domestic and international experience to promote the creation and introduction of innovations, concludes that the state authorities should actively support the industry. It sets key tasks in the field of innovation processes’ development in machine-building enterprises of the region and proposes a set of methods and tools for their solution.