May 22, 2013. Zashchita Corporation, a company that specializes in design and production of high-protection, armored wheeled special-purpose vehicles, is going to present Scorpion 2M, its special all-wheel drive vehicle, at the 9th International Russia Arms EXPO 2013 (RAE 2013); an event coordinated by Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation, the corporation’s press service reports. An all-time companion of pioneers and explorers, this off-road vehicle with an independent springing is meant for use on all kinds of roads and in any climatic conditions. The car is fit for up to

May 22, 2013. The best young family was selected at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant: Lyudmila, Alexander, Danil, Zakhar, and Matvei Sharov won in the Young Family 2013 Festival, the corporation’s press service reports. Seven young families of Uralvagonzavod employees competed for the first prize. The 12th festival was actually the one with the greatest number of participating children in the history of this contest. 18 children took part in the competition with their parents. The 6-month-old Diana Karsakova was the youngest contestant, and the 16-year-old Ildar Kharkov was the oldest

May 22, 2013. Employees of Sinara Pipe Plant (SinTZ, a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company/TMK) took part in the first experimental-industrial landing of insulated casing and oil well tubing made from super-chrome steel at Bovanenkovskoye natural gas deposit. The SinTZ workers were on a testing team that had to provide the technological support for the enterprise’s new produce, TMK press service reports. The production of casing and oil well tubing made from martensitic steel 13CrS, strength grade L80 and fitted with gas-proof premium joint threads TMK CS and TMK FMT was launched at SinTZ on

May 22, 2013. The Industrial Urals-The Polar Urals Energy Company got a license allowing it to operate Harp-12, a heat and power station with fire explosive capacity; the company can now operate the equipment that works under the pressure of over 0.07 MegaPascals or with water heated to more than 115 degrees centigrade and operate the natural gas consumption grid Harp 12 that uses and transports natural gas, the company’s press service reports. The station went through an equipment upgrade last year, which enhanced the station’s performance reliability considerably and improved its

May 22, 2013. The production of A600C heat-treated fittings that meet the STO ASChM 7-93 requirements was launched at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) recently. The new kind of produce was mastered in accordance with MMK’s program on the design and mastering of new fittings production technologies. ‘Thanks to the up-to-date heat treatment line that is installed on our very new section mill Danieli, we can now produce goods with the entire range of the necessary mechanical properties that meet А600С standards, as the rolled stock made from the (very popular in Russia) А500С grades of

May 22, 2013. Four engineers employed with the Omsk-based KBTM, a transport machine-building design office that is part of Uralvagonzavod Corporation, won in the first round of the prestigious All-Russian Engineer of the Year 2012 Contest. The solemn awarding ceremony took place in Omsk Region Ministry for Industrial Policy, Communications, and Innovational Technologies, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. Vladimir Mishin, a department head with 43 years’ work record at KBTM, was given the title of the laureate of the Engineer of the Year 2012 Contest. Sergey Bondarenko, a