UrBC, Magnitogorsk, July 15, 2019. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) coordinated a conference on digital transformation in metallurgy during Innoprom 2019 Forum in Yekaterinburg, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. The company representatives gave a talk on their experience with introducing IT solutions into production and spoke about the prospects of further digitizing their business processes. Magnitogorsk-based Ausferr Tech & Research Center and the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Ural branch acted as MMK’s partners and conference co-organizers. With Ausferr’s support,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 15, 2019. OOO FORES’s quality management system got re-certified for compliance with the international standard ISO 9001:2015, the company’s press service reports. ‘The second round of the audit took place in early June 2019 and involved FORES’s Administration, Asbest branch, Kuryi branch, and Shadrinsk-based OOO Tekhnokeramika,’ the press service says. TUV NORD CERT GmbH auditors confirmed at the end of the checks that all of the inspected divisions and branches fully complied with the ISO 9001:2015 requirements; the company’s certificate got renewed for one more

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 15, 2019. MegaFon and Nizhnyaya Tura Council started working on digitizing the town’s urban transit infrastructure together: there are now sixteen ‘smart bus/tram stops’ in Nizhnyaya Tura, the telecom company’s press service reports. ‘The old bus stops have been replaced with modern ones, complete with security appliances and telecom services. While waiting for your bus to arrive, you can now use the free wireless connection or charge your mobile device using one of the USB chargers provided. MegaFon’s SmartStops can be found in Govorov St, Novaya St, Malyshev St,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 15, 2019. Three workers of EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works (EVRAZ NTMK) won the Cherepanov Award this year, EVRAZ Holding Ural’s Corporate Communications Center’s PR Department reports. EVRAZ NTMK’s Blast Furnace Upgrade Project Manager Pavel Kolpakov, Head of EVRAZ NTMK’s Blast Furnace Department Konstantin Mironov, and Director at EVRAZ NTMK Inventors’ & Patent Work Office Vladimir Balyan were among the sixteen awardees. The awards were given out by First Vice Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexei Orlov during the Innoprom Exhibition. Pavel

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, July 15, 2019. Mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexander Vysokinsky took part in a meeting of the work group for the World Summer Universiade that Yekaterinburg will be hosting in 2023, the town council’s website indicates. The preparation team talked about the effects of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Yekaterinburg, when the President got acquainted with the project for the Universiade-hosting site. Vladimir Putin also looked into the proposals for the preparations necessary to host the games, and approved of the initiatives. The work group believes the next