March 25, 2014. Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) is going to expand its tramway production to 250 to 300 units a year, the company DG Alexei Noskov said at a recent meeting of Sverdlovsk Region Designers Union. According to the corporation's press service, he said in his presentation that over the years the company's tram production department had developed seven different tram makes and a range of their modifications. The trams produced by Uraltransmash are used in Yekaterinburg, Moscow, Samara, Nizhniy Novgorod,

March 25, 2014. A unique technological process that allows for much greater wear-resistance of pumping and compression string couplings was recently patented by Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ, a member of ChTPZ Group). PNTZ thus became Russia's first pipe manufacturer to introduce the thermodiffusion zinc coating technology for pumping and compression string couplings with the use of zinc powder that has nano-grain surface structure, the company's press service reports. The idea is to use totally new zinc powder for thermodiffusion coating whose particles are covered with some

March 25, 2014. Starting from January 1, 2014, MegaFon subscribers located in the Mid-Urals have downloaded over 1.5 petabytes if data, which is 90% more than a year earlier. This data traffic equals a million films, which is comparable with the collection that Russia's State Film Fund, the world's largest cinema archive, has, MegaFon's press service reports. Yekaterinburg residents set a record in terms of mobile Internet connection use among Sverdlovsk Region-based customers. MegaFon subscribers in Yekaterinburg download an equivalent of 135,000 movies (some 200, terabytes)

March 25, 2014. One of Logopark Pyshma's creditors, Linartico, appealed to Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court, asking to declare the general creditor meeting and its results illegitimate, the court's papers state. The company representatives also ask that Logopark Pyshma's trustee in bankruptcy postpone the first creditor meeting till after the court makes a ruling on all the creditors' claims submitted within the time limit provided. Now Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court declared Logopark Pyshma insolvent on November 25, 2013; the insolvency claim was submitted by

March 25, 2014. The Russian light commercial vehicle market might sag considerably enough in 2014, LCV sales might drop by 15% to 20%, GAZ Group LCV Development Director Pavel Sereda told reporters. 'We definitely expect a certain decline given the current economic situation. Our forecast is a decrease of 15% to 20%,' Sereda said. He explained the decrease would have to do with the weakening of the ruble that will affect foreign car sales first and foremost, Prime reports. The European Business Association announced at the beginning of January that new LCV sales were expected to

March 25, 2014. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) increased its output of goods with polymeric coating by nearly a third last year, MMK Senior Manager for Local Sales of Coated Metal Goods & Tin Products Sergey Pikalov announced at the 9th International Conference on Zinc-Coated and Painted Rolled Stock Production & Consumption Trends. MMK produced 1,170,000,000 kg of coated metal goods in 2013, which was 29% more than in 2012. The company made 825,000,000 kg of galvanized products (+40.5% on 2012) and 345,000,000 kg of products with polymeric coating (+7.8% on 2012) last

March 25, 2014. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) increased its coated products output by nearly one-third in 2013, Senior Manager of the company's Local Coated Metal Goods Sales Department Sergey Pikalov announced at the 9th International Conference on Zinc- and Paint-Coated Rolled Products. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works produced 1,170,000,000 kg of coated metal goods in 2013, which was 29% more than in 2012. 825,000,000 kg of galvanized rolled stock were made (+40.5% on 2012) and 345,000,000 kg of rolled stock with polymeric coating (+7.8% on 2012). Such a considerable