July 16, 2014. The team of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation took part in a sports event Ready for Work and Defense in Magnitogorsk on July 12, 2014. According to the corporation's press service, 40 representatives of the corporation's member enterprises who won in-company sports contests were on the team. 'In addition to the corporation's workers, teams from Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works, Chelyabinsk Electrical & Metallurgical Works, and Dynamo Sports Club took part in the competition. Ural Military & Sports Fund acted as the coordinator

July 16, 2014. Omsk-based Transport Machine-Building Design Bureau (KBTM, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) changed its name to Omsk Transport Machine-Building Plant (Omsktransmash). According to the corporation's press service, the decision was made at the BOD meeting. The changes were registered with the fiscal authorities on July 8, 2014. 'Omsktransmash, the tank plant, the October Revolution plant – all of these are the different names given to one of the Russian economy's most important enterprises. It was there where the first

July 16, 2014. 96.4% of Sverdlovsk Region's economically active population – 2,141,800 people – are (self-) employed, while 5.4%, or 121,900 people, do not have a job but are actively looking for one (this population segment is classed as the unemployed by the International Labor Organization, Sverdlovskstat's press service reports. As for state-run organizations, these classed 27,100 people, or 1.2% of the economically active local population, as the unemployed as of late May 2014.

July 16, 2014. The industrial production index in Sverdlovsk Region in the first half of 2014 was 4.5% lower than a year earlier. In June, the figure was 1.3% lower than in June 2013, Sverdlovskstat reports. As for specific industries, the production index in the oil and gas extraction segment rose by 2.1% in January-June 2014 compared with January-June 2013; that in the processing industries segment dropped by 5.7%; that in the production and distribution of electric power, natural gas, and water declined by 4.5%. The industrial production index went up by 13.9% in the leather, leather

July 16, 2014. ChTZ-Uraltrac (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) became one of the stopping points en route of an expedition that began in Vladivostok on June 12. The primary aim of this motor rally is to increase awareness of the achievements and problems of this immense country from the Far East to the Crimea, the corporation's press service reports. 'Rally participants, including young United People's Front activists from Moscow, Pskov, and Vladivostok, were accompanied by the corporation's Chelyabinsk partners – heads of the

July 16, 2014. In order to establish and fortify its cooperation with the companies based in China, one of the world's largest economies, the management of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) decided to set up a company representation in Shanghai, MMK reports. The representation will be in charge of liaising with the company's partners and contractors in China, of finding new suppliers (including through MMK e-trading floor), and of monitoring the Chinese market in order to purchase machines, raw stuffs, and materials for the enterprise's needs. Former Commercial Director

July 16, 2014. AK35-9SV steel sheets made at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works underwent all the commissioning tests and was recommended by the interdepartmental committee as the steel of choice for the Russian Navy ships, MMK reports. MMK experts and Prometey Central Scientific Research Construction Materials Institute developed a technology for making AK35-9SV steel sheets within a closed cycle. To make these sheets, the company uses slabs made at MMK oxygen converter shop; these slabs are then rolled with the helof of Mill 5000. The sheets are then treated in the furnaces at the