January 30, 2015. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil put two hydraulic presses (800,000-kg one and a 5,500,000-kg one) into operation. The presses are meant for bending and molding of parts. The corporation’s press service reports all the installation and start-up jobs were done by experts from Russian companies; this was, in a way, a rehearsal of mastering new products such as the innovative gondola cars 12-196-01. The presses were under upgrades for the entire year 2014, with no production stoppages. Most of the jobs were completed by Chelyabinsk-based Komponent, which

January 30, 2015. ChTPZ Group’s Training Center was given the status of WorldSkills Russia’s Specialized Center; it will now be used for training contestants for the professional skills championships. The decision, which is part of the strategy to develop Ural Engineering School, was made by Sverdlovsk Region Education Ministry. Contestants will train in four fields: Mechatronics, Mobile Robotic Science, Numerically Controlled Turn/Mill Operation, and Welding, the Group’s press service reports. The Center’s primary task is to ensure the teams are ready to compete in

January 30, 2015. RSG-Akademicheskoye’s technical council came up with the architectural solutions for Blocks 35 and 38 in Yekaterinburg’s Academic District; the prospective blocks will appear next to Shirokaya Rechka. OOO Master Plan is going to act as the project developer, RSG-Akademicheskoye’s press service reports. Designers have already provided explanations of buildings and other structures to accompany the architectural design. The total living floor space will come to 142,800 m2. According to the project, the apartment buildings will be linked by non-living premises and special

January 30, 2015. POS terminals are enjoying increasingly greater demand on the part of food and flower delivery services this winter, Bank Koltso Urala’s press service reports. The bank’s Cash & Settlement Services Director Kirill Sorokin points out that only big-city businesses used to be interested in providing cashless payment options for their customers; companies from much smaller and provincial locales are now asking for POS terminals as well. This winter, a number of delivery services (florists, pizza companies, Japanese food restaurants, and supermarkets) also applied for these.

January 30, 2015. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) launched more online sales channels over the last few months. Last October, an agreement was signed with Emarsys, an international business that offers professional email marketing solutions. This helps the UBRD find new customers over the Internet and reliably keep its customers notified of all the important news, the bank’s press service reports. According to Online Sales Development Director Anton Ogorodnikov, texts and emails serve as an efficient sales channel for the bank. These deliver information on new