UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 28, 2015. ChTPZ Group is holding New Year parties for the workers of its Pervouralsk- and Chelyabinsk-based plants. More than 1,000 employees from Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant and Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant – the best workers – have been invited to see the 2015 Premiere Show. The company press service says the party in Pervouralsk took place at the local Palace of Culture last week. The Group’s shareholder Andrei Komarov, Director-General Alexander Grubman, and Mayor of Pervouralsk Alexei Dronov all wished the plant workers happy holidays. ‘ChTPZ Group met all

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 28, 2015. Ten metallurgical workers from Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant/PNTZ (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) received honorary certificates from Sverdlovsk Region Industry & Science Ministry. The awarding ceremony took place at the government house on December 22. The ministry’s honorary certificates are issued for noticeable contribution to the development of science and industry such as completing very important tasks, getting new industrial facilities launched, and so on. The awards were given to the plant’s key experts in pipe production: rolled stock

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 28, 2015. Director-General of Burevestnik Central Scientific Research Institute (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) Georgi Zakamennykh was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky by President’s special decree. The order was given for his ‘work achievements, many years of conscientious service, and proactive social efforts.’ According to the company press service, Zakamennykh was appointed Senior Designer for Artillery Weapons by a military-industrial committee in 2009. He was personally responsible for the development and serial production of the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 28, 2015. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant was declared Nizhniy Tagil’s No.1 charity-giver in the year 2015. This is the fourth year in a row the plant wins this title among the city’s industrial enterprises with over 1,000 employees; the title is an acknowledgement of the plant’s great contribution to Nizhniy Tagil’s development, the company press service says. The plant directed over 500m RUR to help various local residents this year. Despite the challenging economic situation, this year’s donations were greater than one year earlier; Ural Vagon Zavod

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 28, 2015. This year’s final meeting of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s heads (the company’s top managers and directors of member enterprises, design offices, and research institutes) took place in Moscow, the company press service reports. First Deputy DG Yuri Bodyayev stressed that the corporation’s reserves made it possible to cope with all the macroeconomic factors such as the stagnating rolling stock market, the devaluation of the ruble, the sanctions imposed on the company, and limited financial market supply. ‘We managed to reach one top-priority goal: