June 21, 2013. A round table discussion was held on the premises of Uralvagonzavod, the head plant of Uralvagonzavod Corporation. The discussion was dedicated to freight forwarding, traction equipment, and railway carriages. One out of nine round table discussions was coordinated in accordance with the ruling of Russian Railway Industry Workers’ National Council and was part of preparing for the 1st conference of the railway industry workers based in Ural Federal District, the corporation’s press service reports. All of the round table discussion participants pointed out that the railway

June 21, 2013. Yekaterinburg Council presented the concept of the city’s stand to be featured at Innoprom -2013. According to the Council’s press officer, the concept provides for a 24/7 site that can be used for holding discussions, making presentations, and signing contracts. For one, the concept designers believe the site will be used for signing an agreement with Gorset, regarding the creation of a cable duct system, for hosting the World Computer Programming Championship of 2014 and the World Cup 2014 Supporters Festival, for signing a project on the development of the street and road

June 21, 2013. Sinara Pipe Plant (SinTZ, a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company/TMK), coordinated a number of charity events for the children in the orphanages the company sponsors. Most of these events were organized and carried out by the plant’s A.I. Brizhan Youth Council, the company’s press service reports. For one, a kids and teens festival called Hope Cup was held in Kamensk-Uralsky–based Sinara Orphanage for students from orphanages, boarding schools, and secondary schools of Kamensk-Uralsky and Sverdlovsk Region. Children from 8 educational establishments competed in pioneerball,

June 21, 2013. Consumer rights protection experts from Central Yekaterinburg Branch of Sverdlovsk Region Hygiene & Epidemiology Center helped a customer of Trust National Bank to get back over 50,000 RUR that he had overpaid in terms of fees and commissions. The branch informed UrBC that the man took out a 170,000-ruble loan at the bank and paid back the total of 340,000 RUR by the end of the loan period. After this, he consulted the Center experts to arrange a court claim against the bank. After the claim had been considered, it was ruled that the bank’s actions did not comply with the

June 21, 2013. President of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin and Director-General of Yamal Railway Company Yakob Kraft signed a bilateral agreement that provides for redirecting up to 11m tons worth of freight a year to Northern Latitudinal Passageway that is currently under construction, Development Corporation’s press service reports. This document serves as an additional guarantee of the fact that a lot of the cargo that is bound for the ports located in Russia’s North-West and is now transported via the Trans-Siberian railway links will be redirected to the railways of Northern

June 20, 2013. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member of Uralvagonzavod Corporation), fulfilled its contract for the delivery of 10 B10M bulldozers to the oil and gas companies in Bashkiria, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. Bashneft is now using a vast fleet of road construction vehicles and upgrades it on a regular basis, so ChTZ local representative Vigma that promotes the plant’s produce in Bashkiria won the tender for the new vehicles. The bulldozers were directed to Bashneft Technological Transport Division in Oktyabrsky; from there, the vehicles will be transferred

June 20, 2013. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation and Railway Carriage Repair Company signed a contract for the delivery of TMV-2, a multi-purpose vehicle, to the latter. The Corporation’s press service reports that the document was signed by the holding’s Deputy DG for Railway Vehicles Andrei Shlensky and Head of Railway Carriage Repair Company’s Management Company Evgeny Podalinsky. Under the terms of the contract, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation is to deliver one TMV-2 to the customer’s subsidiary in Khilok, Zabaikalye Territory, before mid-July,

June 20, 2013. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works DG Boris Dubrovsky’s decree introduced an environmental protection investment program for 2013-2015, the company reports. The main idea behind the program is to facilitate the implementation of MMK’s environmental policy, improve the enterprise’s environmental management system, facilitate meeting the environmental legislation requirements, and ensure environmental safety. Some of MMK’s major environmental investment projects in the next two years have to do with the company’s sintering plant. For one, a number of sulfur-trapping units will

June 20, 2013. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) presented its estimate of the long-term metallurgical goods market’s development at the International Metallurgical Summit on Russian Steel and the Global Market: A Look into the Future that took place in Moscow this week. Up to 2020, the world’s metallurgical industry will mainly be affected by the volatility of the global economy and the booming growth of the developing countries. This is particularly true of Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, North Africa, and some Latin American countries, MMK Business Development &

June 20, 2013. On June 20, 2013, the new internal coating department will be launched at TMK NGS-Nizhnevartovsk (earlier known as UpoRT) in the course of a solemn opening ceremony, TMK press service reports. Governor of Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous Region, Nizhnevartovsk Council officials, and representatives of the region’s leading oil producers have been invited to attend the opening. TMK NGS-Nizhnevartovsk has therefore implemented its investment project on creating an internal coating department for pipes with the diameter of 73-168mm. The reconstruction of the casing tubing section

June 19, 2013. A new, modern outdoor asphalt concrete plant Bernardi MIC 100/125 that was recently launched on the premises of Uralvagonzavod has reached its projected capacity by now. The maximum productivity comes to 175 tons an hour; the plant belongs to Uralvagonzavod’s daughter enterprise UBT-Service. The new plant was assembled during the difficult spring-time conditions, but, even so, all the jobs were completed very fast – within one month. During the start-up and commissioning, the plant operated at 130 tons an hour and produced 600 tons of asphalt within five hours. The first 400

June 19, 2013. After EXPO 2020 exhibition comes to an end in Yekaterinburg, the city will be left will a full-fledged district suitable for living in, head of Yekaterinburg Administration Alexander Yakob said when looking at the preliminary results of implementing the city’s Strategic Development Plan. He says a land allotment of 550 hectares has been reserves on the right bank of Verkh-Isetsky Pond to house both EXPO Park and EXPO Village. ‘Pavilions will be built for the participant countries to host their shows, as well as a residential area for the support personnel during the

June 19, 2013. Representatives of forty-five African countries are going to visit Yekaterinburg as part of the Ural-Africa Economic Forum during Innoprom-2013. According to Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Department, the event is planned within the framework of Russian-African relations development: this was stated as one of the country’s foreign affairs priorities in the President’s decree issued in May. The forum is coordinated by Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, EXPO 2020 Application Committee, the Industry & Trade Ministry, and Russia’s Chamber of

June 19, 2013. Sinara Pipe Plant (SinTZ, a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company/TMK), came up with the results of the first stage of launching Directum-based e-document management system. While the system was being launched, a number of processes were automated, including processing memos and decrees, incoming and outcoming documents, and internal memos. As a result, the document flow has become significantly speedier, thanks to no more manual registration and accounting for most of the documents that come into all of the plant’s divisions. At the moment, the e-document management involves

June 19, 2013. Only Russia’s EXPO 2020 application features video addresses by the Russian President and by an astronaut filmed on board an international space station, head of Yekaterinburg Administration Alexander Yakob said after the trip the Russian delegation made to the BIE General Assembly meeting in Paris. ‘The Administration head pointed out that each of Russian application presentations went through in a very impressive way, which makes us optimistic about the future. The Russian delegates were headed by Russian Vice Premier Arkady Dvorkovitch, who was also one of the primary

June 18, 2013. Zashchita Corporation is planning to present its mobile office at the 9th International Arms, Military Vehicles, and Ammunitions Exhibition Russia Arms EXPO 2013 (RAE 2013) coordinated by Uralvagonzavod Corporation, Uralvagonzavod’s press service reports. The new Volkswagen Transporter has everything necessary for making oneself comfortable inside and for nice driving: the cozy, ergonomically shaped seats, a fridge, a coffee maker, a music player, a TV and a DVD player, as well as advanced navigation and driver support systems. As always, the quality of materials and assembly

June 18, 2013. Preparations are still in full swing for the 4th Ural International Industry & Innovations Exhibition & Forum Innoprom 2013. The business agenda proposals and the concept of Sverdlovsk Region’s stand were discussed at a meeting chaired by the region’s Prime Minister Alexei Orlov, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Department reports. Sverdlovsk Region’s stand will be located in the second exhibition pavilion and will become the exhibition’s largest interactive site, with presentations of innovational projects by the region’s SMEs and a

June 18, 2013. Yekaterinburg keeps competing for the right to host World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2020. The convenient location of the infrastructure facilities is seen as one of the Russian city’s primary advantages, Yekaterinburg Council’s press service reports. Special attention is now paid to creating parking lots on EXPO Park premises; the total area of the parking zone is expected to come to 60 hectares; this will be enough for 500 buses and 18,745 cars; besides, there will be room for 16,800 automobiles in an underground parking lot for those who will be staying in EXPO City. It’s

June 18, 2013. Sverdlovenergosbyt is now selling its corporates’ unpaid electricity bills by auction; these debts amount to more than 1.3bn RUR, the electricity provider’s press service reports. According to Sverdlovenergosbyt, there are 237 contracts with debts running to anything between several hundred thousand rubles and 143m RUR for sale. For one, the supplier is willing to sign agreements to cession of claim involving Ural Independent Heat & Electric Grid Company (142.9m RUR), Tavda Communal Housing Systems (39.8m RUR), Rezh Heat Supply Company (35.3m RUR), Kushva Mill Roll Plant

June 18, 2013. A meeting on Yekaterinburg transportation infrastructure development in preparation for the World Football Championship 2018 was held by Sverdlovsk Region Prime Minister Denis Pasler. The event was attended by Transport & Communications and Physical Education, Sports, & Youth Policy Ministers, Head of Yekaterinburg Administration Alexander Yakob, and heads of the city’s construction and architecture departments, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Administration reports. ‘We are still on the issues relating to preparing for hosting the World