LLC «Lobvinsky biochemical factory», who hasbeen in a frozen statefor several years, is now possibly becoming the subject of investing. Recollecting its history, LLC «Lobvinsky biochemical factory» has been possessed by the Ural businessman Mars Sharafulin who conservedthe enterprise due to his absence in the region. LLC «Lobvinsky biochemical factory» came under the management of Mars Sharafulin in 2009 by the decision of the Sverdlovsk region Security Council. This decision was made as a resolution to the disastrous state of the plant brought to the production collapse and bankruptcy by the

December 21, 2012. Burevestnik, the Nizhniy Novgorod-based scientific research institute and member of Uralvagonzavod Corporation, hosted a scientific and technological seminar on the use of super-computer technologies in the defense industry sector, Uralvagonzavod’s press service reports. The event was coordinated after a data-processing center for the design modeling of artillery weapons and military vehicles (based on the Minin super computer) had been launched at the institute. The seminar was attended by experts from 33 different companies and organizations from Moscow, Nizhniy Tagil,

December 21, 2012. Sinara Pipe Plant (a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company) conducted a professional skills contest among the young electricians in charge of repairs and maintenance of the company’s electric equipment. The contest was part of the plant’s youth program, Pipe Metallurgical Company’s press service reports. The contest program comprised three stages: proving one’s theoretical knowledge of the norms and regulations pertaining to labor protection, the knowledge of the Labor Code, and the knowledge of the collective agreement. The second, practical stage involved assembling and

December 21, 2012. Ural Airlines put the logo and colors of the World Fair EXPO 2020 onto another one of its A320 planes, the one with the side number BDJ. Last night, the air carrier’s technicians painted the logo and the slogan that reads, ‘Ekaterinburg World EXPO 2020. Candidate City’ on the aircraft, and as soon as tonight the plane is to operate a scheduled flight from Yekaterinburg to Novosibirsk featuring the emblem, the airline’s press service reports. Now Ural Airlines decided to support Yekaterinburg applying for the right to host the international exhibition EXPO 2020. The first

December 21, 2012. Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant (ChTPZ) announced the results of its annual company contest known as the Golden Fund. 28 workers from Chelyabinsk Tube Rollign Plant and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant were declared the best in their professions, the company’s press officer reports. The categories in which the contestants compete are meant to determine the best-skilled workers in the fields that are key to the plant’s activity: rollers, electric welders, rollers, boilmakers, molding machine operators, millers, and passers, as well as the best innovators, foremen, and shift

December 21, 2012. MTS announced it was about to launch a project on providing Wi Fi Internet access to users in Sverdlovsk Suburban Company’s (SPK) electric trains and at the commuter train stations, the company’s press service reports. The new service is now available on the high-speed electric trains that travel from Yekaterinburg to Kamensk-Uralsky and from Yekaterinburg to Nizhniy Tagil. In the first half of 2013, the service will also be introduced on the city train and inside Koltsovo Express Train. ‘Every day, over 46,000 passengers use Sverdlovsk Railways’ commuter trains, and this