June 25, 2013. The start-up and commissioning of two new MaXXturn 65 SMY Emco Maier program-controlled turning and machining units is about to be completed at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant. The Austria-manufactured units were purchased within the framework of the National Special Purpose Defense Sector Development Program for 2013-2020 and cost more than 34m RUR to get, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s press service reports. Under the preliminary estimates, the two new units could replace at least ten old single-spindle machines. The advantages of the new

June 25, 2013. Head of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation Oleg Sienko said he was willing to support India in expanding and upgrading its railway network. This was said on the first day of Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum during the Russia-India Business Conference attended by Russia’s Industry & Trade Minister Denis Manturov and India’s Minister for Industry & Trade Anand Sharma, the corporation’s press service says. It was reported that the two countries’ cooperation was a partnership on preferential terms, based on close and multi-faceted trade and

June 25, 2013. Lyudinovsky Locomotive Plant (LTZ, a member of Sinara Transport Machines) got a compliance certificate from the Federal Railway Transport Certification Register. Its TEM14 loco’s design documentation was classed O1, which means the company can now produce a pilot batch of locos. After the first stage of TEM14 loco certification had been completed, LTZ got down to getting the certificate allowing it to make a pilot batch, Sinara Group’s PR Center says. The two-diesel TEM14 locomotive was designed by Sinara Transport Machines Innovational Development Center by the order of

June 25, 2013. On June 20, 2013, a solemn opening ceremony of the internal protective pipe coating department took place at TMK NefteGasService Nizhnevartovsk (TMK NGS-Nizhnevartovsk, a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK)), the company’s press service reports. The event was attended by representatives of oil-producing companies – LUKoil, Rosneft, and Tatneft, and those of oil-related services companies and local oil production market operators. The traditional red ribbon at the new department was cut by TMK Deputy Director-General for premium products and services and TMK

June 25, 2013. Ural Airlines reduced the price of a direct flight from Nizhniy Novgorod to Prague and back. Passengers can now buy a ticket for only 9,589 RUR less than two days before the flight on any day between June 21 and September 15, 2013, the airline’s press officer reports. Starting June 24, 2013, Ural Airlines passengers can also save money on their Prague-bound trips by booking early. A ticket for the flight from Nizhniy Novgorod to Prague and back will only cost 10,621 RUR (exchange rate good as of June 21) if booked more than two months in advance. If you book more than 30 but