May 27, 2013. A major Russian company and a supplier of lifting equipment manufactured by foreign producers will present its produce at the 9th International Russia Arms EXPO 2013 (RAE 2013), coordinated by Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation. LTECH offers customers a wide range of winch trucks and other kinds of lifting equipment: there are over 2,000 items in stock and available by order; these can be applied in different fields and under various conditions. The company’s stand at the exhibition will be just as varied and will feature everything from Ruthmann 370 aerial

May 27, 2013. The developers grew more active in this market segment, too, as the economy started to cope with the recession. In 2011-2012, the amount of new warehouse space launched on the market every year became comparable with the pre-recession figures. Over 210,000 sq m worth of warehouse space became available in Yekaterinburg over the last two years. This year will most likely prove less productive. In the first quarter of the year, the market only increased by 0.3%. However, as many as 80,000 sq m worth of up-to-date warehouse space might be commissioned before the end of the year,

May 27, 2013. Yekaterinburg will welcome the start of the Russia-EU summit on May 31-June 1 with a large-scale Europe’s Days Festival. The spokesperson for the city council reports that this event will give all the local residents an opportunity to feel the taste of Europe without leaving the city. The festival will be held on May 28-June 9 and will feature not only entertainment pieces like European film and animation cartoons showings in the Salut Movie Theater, but also an international research-to-practice conference on A Modern City: Modernizing the Area and the Area of Modernizing,

May 27, 2013. ChTPZ Group experts are taking part in the 3d All-Russian Steel Pipes Market and Local Sales Conference in Volzhsky. The agenda of the conference covers reports by representatives of the country’s leading pipe manufacturers, metallurgical enterprises, and metal goods traders, who will speak of their vision of how the pipe industry and adjacent businesses will develop and which market segments will grow the fasters, ChTPZ Group’s press service reports. ‘In 2012, the weldless pipes market went back to its pre-recession figures. In 2008, this market volume stood at 2,826,000 tons,

May 27, 2013. The Prime Minister of Sverdlovsk Region Government Denis Pasler paid a visit to Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s head plant for the first time recently. During his visit, he looked at the main sections of the carriage-assembly department and at Russia’s (for now) only tank assembly line that is used to make combat and engineering vehicles. Uralvagonzavod’s Executive Director Vladimir Roshchupkin acted as the tour guide for the region’s Prime Minister. Denis Pasler was shown the 120,000th axle the company produced in 2012 and a new automated line with the