UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 27, 2016. A solemn end-of-year ceremony took place at Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant’s Culture Palace, the plant’s press service reports. Plenipotentiary Representative of Russian Federation President in Ural Federal District Igor Kholmanskikh, Sverdlovsk Region Industry & Science Minister Sergei Perestoronin, and Mayor of Nizhniy Tagil Sergei Nosov all wished the plant workers happy holidays. Kholmanskikh said in his address that ‘a company with a potential like this, with a strong engineering school and a great team will always be needed, even

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 27, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) introduced an automated ferrous alloy treatment system at the plant, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s press office reports. ‘We now operate two ferroalloy smelting chambers with an automated tracking system, feed-control sensors, and scales. Each of the two chambers is meant for a particular type of ferrous alloys, so new treatment systems make it easier to get additives ready for smelting,’ the press office says. A steel-smelter’s assistant enters the necessary amount of ferrous alloys needed for

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 27, 2016. SKB-Bank made a special New Year’s offer available for corporate customers and sole traders between December 22, 2016 and February 24, 2017, the bank’s press service reports. Customers applying for a settlement account online within the given period will receive a bonus (interest on the amount of money in the account at 5% annual rate) within the following three months. The offer holds for Partner+, StartUp+, and TestDrive+ packages.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 27, 2016. Ural Airlines added yet another A320 plane to their fleet of vehicles, the air carrier’s press service reports. The company currently operates thirty-eight planes all in all, including twenty A320 ones, eleven A321 ones, and seven A319 ones. The new plane arrived in Yekaterinburg last weekend. Mechanics are now busy getting the aircraft ready. The airplane is expected to debut in company colors as soon as December 27. Ural Airlines have been renovating its fleet of vehicles since 2006, adding new aircraft every year. The plan is to purchase three more

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, December 27, 2016. TÜV Rheinland auditors looked into ChTPZ Group’s Pervouralsk New Plant (PNTZ) quality management system and stated it meets the ISO 9001-2008 and GOST ISO 9001-2011 standards, the Group’s press service reports. The company is now officially a dependable and qualified supplier. Auditors inspected the plant’s production departments, including the OCTG finishing center and pipe-rolling, pipe-drawing, and electric smelting shops. They also studied the technical documentation and the state and effectiveness of the produce quality management system. In the