January 16, 2014. The head plant of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Enterprise summed up the conclusions following an inspection of fire safety condition of the plant’s departments, the holding’s press service reports. The fire safety system meets the requirements set out in the normative fire safety documentation. In 2013, not a single fire occurred at the enterprise premises. ‘Throughout the year, the corporation’s head plant kept working on meeting the sate fire surveillance agency’s requirements and fitting its departments with emergency fire-fighting equipment and installing

January 16, 2014. A slitting line was recently commissioned at TMK-INOX, a JV run by ROSNANO and Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) on their premises in Kamensk-Uralsky. This launch is part of the strategic program for the reconstruction of stainless pipes production, TMK’s press service reports. The machinery was supplied by the Swiss company SYTCO. The new slitting line is meant for length-cutting of metal rolls weighing up to 30,000 kg that are up to 1,600 mm wide and 0.4 to 6.0 mm thick. The unit was produced in accordance with the EU standards and ensures a great speed of cutting: up to

January 16, 2014. Ural Airlines start operating a daily flight from Ufa to Moscow and back on February 1, 2014. The price of a one-way ticket comes to 2,962 RUR (all the fees and charges included), the airline’s press service says. Passengers will be able to travel from the capital of Bashkortostan to Moscow in the evening: the departure time is 6:40 PM, the arrival time is 7:10 PM. The return flight will be operated at day time: the departure time is 1:15 PM, the arrival time is 5:20 PM. ‘This means that businesspeople will have an opportunity of planning their trips more flexibly and of

January 16, 2014. Lyudinovsky Diesel Locomotive Plant (LTZ, a member enterprise of Sinara Transport Machines), was certified for meeting the International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) requirements, the company’s press service says. The certification procedure was carried out by the auditors from the international holding DQS GmbH, one of the global leaders on the market of examination of business processes and certification of management systems. The IRIS standards was developed at the initiative of the Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE). IRIS lays out the basic

January 16, 2014. OOO Avia Center issued 767 new plane tickets to customers who booked their tickets online via Eviterra.com and later had those tickets canceled, the agency’s press service reports. Customers whose departure dates were set before January 23, 2014 had their tickets restored. The tickets with departures set for later dates are being restored at the moment. Avia Center actually pointed out that there was no communication whatsoever between the customers of Eviterra.com and the employees of OOO Eviterra Travel. Now Eviterra Travel announced that complaints could be submitted