December 27, 2013. Burevestnik, a scientific research institute and a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation, fulfilled the government defense order 2013 for the production of naval guns. The company did not stop there and is now working on the range of А190-01 goods pertaining to the order for 2014, Uralvagonzavod's press service reports. Under the Russian Government's decree, Burevestnik has been producing 100mm automatic naval guns А190-01 since 2011. А190-01 was designed by Burevestnik engineers for different kinds of vessels with tonnage of

December 27, 2013. RBC.Rating carried a rating of non-Moscow-based Russian banks recently. The banks' net asset volume as of October 1, 2013 was the primary assessment criterion. The list featured 402 banks with headquarters outside Moscow, SKB-Bank reports. Saint Petersburg proved the non-capital federal constituency with the densest banking network, followed by Dagestan, Tatarstan, Sverdlovsk Region, Samara Region, Rostov Region, Tyumen Region, and Krasnodar Territory. Each of the above-mentioned federal constituencies has over 15 different banks registered in them, yet only a few of

December 27, 2013. In 2013, Bank Koltso Urala's customers opened twice as many settlement accounts at the bank as in 2012, with the weekly number of opened accounts rising by 50% compared with the average figures for last year, and by 200% compared with the year 2011, the bank's press service reports. 'The growing speed of new settlement accounts opening at our bank has to do with the clever tariff policy for our cash and settlement services. For two years, Bank Koltso Urala has been very sensitive to its customers' demands and offering a variety of options ranging from

December 27, 2013. Ural Airlines celebrated its 20th anniversary recently. The solemn reception took place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Exactly two decades ago, Sverdlovsk Aviation Company was divided into the airline and the airport, thus producing the Ural Airlines' brand. Over these twenty years, the airline has lived through quite a number of successes, and it is today one of Russia's largest air carriers with an extensive network of foreign partners, which cooperation allows the airline to offer its passengers a full range of services, the airline's press service reports.

December 27, 2013. Uralvagonzavod – Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation's head plant – came up with an end-of-year performance report in the HR sector in the course of a weekly meeting of the company's trade union leaders. This time, the meeting was also attended by Deputy Director-General for HR Svetlana Ivanilova, the corporation's press service says. Ms Ivanilova said in her report that even though 2013 was not a 100% successful year for Uralvagonzavod, the living standards still remained good for the plant's employees. For example, the median monthly

December 26, 2013. A fee-paying parking zone will be introduced in the central streets of Yekaterinburg on February1, 2014, Yekaterinburg Council’s press service reports. On Tuesday, December 24, the first 17 parking machines were installed in the city; the machines that are meant to be used for paying for the parking slot will appear in Vosmoye Marta St (from Lenin St to Malyshev St), Sacco I Vanzetti St (from Lenin St to Malyshev St), and Popov St before the end of the year. Starting on January 1, 2014, the machines will be operating in the test mode. A month later, drivers will have to pay

December 26, 2013. A solemn opening ceremony of a new exhibition pavilion of Electrokhimpribor took place in Lesnoy on December 23, the company’s information center reports. The exhibition was officially opened by the company Director-General Andrei Novikov, Mayor of Lesnoy Victor Grishin, and Sverdlovsk Region Vice Premier Alexander Petrov. The ceremony was also attended by representatives of the enterprise management, town council, and education department as well members of the enterprise trade union and expert board, and local residents. ‘The new exhibition pavilion houses weaponry

December 26, 2013. The passenger turnover of Koltsovo Airport is going to rise by 20% by the end of 2013, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeniy Kuivashev said at a press conference when commenting on the fact that Lufthansa is no longer offering flights to Yekaterinburg. ‘This is the company’s internal policy that keeps cutting back on the number of flights to all destinations by 15% to 20%. This will by no means affect the image of the city and the area, but this will affect the image of the airline itself,’ Kuivashev said. According to the Governor, while Lufthansa is leaving Koltsovo

December 26, 2013. Uralvagonzavod signed a protocol of intentions with Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), a major producer of diesel electric locomotives, in order to look into the promising directions of developing and making main haulage locomotives in Russia, the plant’s press service reports. According to this protocol, the two companies expect to have demonstration models in Russia in 2014 so that some operation and certification tests could be carried out next year. Besides, the protocol offers to consider the possibility of setting up a joint engineering center to design a main haulage

December 26, 2013. Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ, a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK)), celebrated one of the most important dates in the history of the company. Fifty years ago, the first pipe was produced at Seversky Metallurgical Plant, and the company soon changed its specialization and its name to Seversky Pipe Plant, the enterprise’s press service reports. Most of the festivities took place at the electric pipe welding department 2 on December 20, where a solemn ceremony of welding the 22,000,000th ton of pipes took place. Deputy DG and TMK Chief Engineer Alexander Klachkov, STZ

December 25, 2013. Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob feels that the city gained some useful experience from competing for the right to host the World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2020, he said at a press conference on December 24. 'First, Yekaterinburg outstripped all the other candidates among other Russian cities. The application campaign was a very high quality one. Not only the BIE members but also many countries of the world on all the continents got to know about Yekaterinburg,' Yakob said. The head of the city council believes that taking part in the EXPO 2020

December 25, 2013. Ural Airlines was awarded with a thank-you letter from the Governor and Sverdlovsk Region Government for its significant contribution to the charity work in the area. For one, the local authorities commented on the airline's great corporate social responsibility and offering tangible help to those in need throughout the year 2013, the air carrier's press service reports. Ural Airlines have received numerous government awards for its charity efforts before. In the ten months of 2013, the airlines spent over 5m RUR on sponsorship and charity projects. Ural Airlines

December 25, 2013. 85,685 new passenger vehicles were sold in Yekaterinburg in January-November 2013, which was 8%, or 5,956 cars less than a year earlier, Auto-Dealer-Yekaterinburg reports. In November, 8,187 automobiles were sold on Yekaterinburg market, which was 2%, or 156 automobiles more than in November 2012. The last time the local car market increased within the course of one month was in February 2013. After this, sales kept gradually going down for eight months in a row. 'More than 93,000 cars will have been sold in Yekaterinburg by the end of the year, and the dip in sales

December 25, 2013. The retail goods turnover in Yekaterinburg could reach some 670-680bn RUR by the end of 2013, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob said at a press conference. 'The figure came to 611bn RUR in the eleven months of 2013, but December, especially its second half, is always the high shopping season, so we expect the turnover to reach the said level,' the official explained. He also said that the turnover in the processing industry sector rose by 12% in the ten months of 2013, as about 40% of Yekaterinburg's industrial enterprises are machine-building

December 25, 2013. Capital investments in Yekaterinburg businesses totaled in 72bn RUR in nine months of 2013, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob said at a press conference. 'The figure was 131bn RUR at the end of 2012, and this was actually number one among all the Russian cities. I hope that we will exceed this figure by the end of this year,' Yakob said.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 24, 2013. A new site of Kamensk-Uralsky Foundry Plant (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) was launched recently, the company’s press service reports. The website, located at www.kulz.ru, complies with the corporation’s company style and presents the plant as an enterprise producing goods that are currently unique to the Russian machine-building industry. Primarily, these are goods for the military and civil aviation sector. The web resource can boast a stylish, modern design, a thought-through structure, and convenient

December 24, 2013. The top members of Sverdlovsk Region Defense Enterprises Union and of Sverdlovsk Region division of the All-Russian Union of Russian Machine-Builders met at UEKhK (a member enterprise of Rosatom’s Fuel Company TVEL) in Novouralsk on Deceber 19, the company’s press service reports. The meeting attendees spoke about the opportunities for cooperating with Novouralsk Industrial Cluster member enterprises and looked at the produce of member companies of the Association of Nuclear Industry Enterprises - UEKhK, AMK UEKhK, Uralpribor, NNKTs, Ural Plant of Gas Centrifuges, and

December 24, 2013. A demonstration run of a new generation of trams designed by Uraltransmash took place within the framework of a cooperation agreement signed by Uraltransmash and Yekaterinburg Council; the agreement provides for a number of measures to improve the servicing and maintenance of the Mid-Urals’ capital’s public transport system, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The representatives of Sverdlovsk Region Government, Yekaterinburg Council, Renova StroyGroup, Academic District, and the media were shown the samples of Russia’s first three-section, fully low-floor

December 24, 2013. Yekaterinburg Electrical Network Company got a certificate that proves the company’s quality management system complies with the international ISO 9001:2008 standard on December 20, 2013, the company’ press service reports. The certificate was issued after the electrical network company had been inspected by a board of external auditors from an independent certification authority. For one, the auditors looked into all the procedures relating to the technological hookup and came to the conclusion that these procedures meet the legal requirements and the company’s internal

December 24, 2013. In the nine months of 2013, Mechel’s net loss amounted to #2.2bn RUR, which was 4.1 times more than a year earlier ($550.094m), the company’s report states. This figure was actually quite less than what the analysts had predicted – they thought the net loss would come to $597.167m. ‘The company has lived through this year under the unchanging unfavorable sales market situation, which affected its basic financial performance indicators considerably. Successful negotiations were held with the creditor banks for a break until the end of 2014. A lot of non-core assets have also