December 27, 2012. Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ), a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), contributed to the reconstruction of Cheburashka Kindergarten No. 60 in Polevskoy. The kindergarten received some 6m RUR to devise the project and design documentation and buy new furniture.

The solemn ceremony for the opening of Cheburashka, fit for 110 children, took place on December 25. All the 110 children are expected to join the daycare throughout February.

Thanks to STZ and Polevskoy Council’s long-term cooperation, the town now has the kindergarten buildings, which had earlier been used for other purposes, converted back into daycare facilities, and some new kindergartens have also been built into the bargain. In 2011, two new kindergartens (No 33 and No 57) were launched. STZ design department actually developed a reconstruction project for the former and provided some financial support for the latter.

‘We are taking care of the future generations of our plant’s workers. This is why, in addition to the large-scale reconstruction of its pipe-manufacturing facilities, the plant also worked on this project, which is no less important for the town,’ says STZ Managing Director Mikhail Zuyev.