UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 21, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s representatives are taking part in the 3d National WorldSkills Championship in Yekaterinburg EXPO on October 30-November 3, the company press service reports. Workers from the holding’s member enterprises are to compete in two categories: Welding and NC Milling; they will also be involved as experts. ‘Our team comprises prize-winners and contestants from WorldSkills championships of all levels, from company contests to All-Russian ones; these are our best production experts,’ the press service says. Ural Vagon Zavod will

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 21, 2016. Starting today, Ural Airlines mobile app users can also enjoy the benefits of Apple Pay, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Apple Pay is an easy, safe, and personalized way of payment that completely changes mobile payment standards with its speed and convenience,’ the press service says. Apple Watch and iPhone 6 (or later versions) owners who have Ural Airlines app installed on their devices can now pay for their shopping in just one tap. The airline plans to introduce this technology at other online resources in the future. ‘Apple Pay makes app

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 21, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) shipped a large batch of small-diameter locomotive wheel bands to Bangladesh, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s press office reports. The bands will be fitted onto bands of narrow-gauge railroad locos. 1,875 wheel bands got delivered to customer altogether. ‘Their internal diameter comes to 603mm; the plant had to master making B3, a new steel variety, at its converter shop specially for this order. Besides, our technicians developed a new calibration method and a new normalization technology for

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 21, 2016. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems is going to get 8,800 up-to-date insulators installed at high-voltage mains to ensure an emergency- and accident-free fall and winter in Perm Territory, the company press service reports. Additionally, an overhaul is now being given to 220-kilowatt Kachkanar-Cement electric main which connects Sverdlovsk Region’s and Perm Territory’s power supply networks. This is expected to produce a more reliable power supply to Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise and the cement-making plant

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, October 21, 2016. The number of Sverdlovsk Region-based people who have an official second place of employment came to 67,800 in the third quarter of the year, Sverdlovskstat reports. In the previous quarter, this number was 49,900 (36% less than in the following quarter). Also, 222,800 Sverdlovsk Region residents are currently on the lookout for a side job.