September 3, 2013. A laser technologies center might be built in Sverdlovsk Region. The representatives of APG Gropp talked to the local Industry & Science Minister Vladislav Pinayev about the possibility of setting up such a center on the premises of Regional Metal Sheet-Working Center, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Department reports.

According to the Director-General of Ire-Poluys (a member of APG Gropp) Nikolai Yevtikiyev, the center’s primary function will consist in introducing laser technologies to the local enterprises’ production chain.

‘We are interested in introducing new technologies in the industry. Laser technologies will bring the prime cost of the produce down dramatically and will affect labor productivity as well,’ he said.