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15 March 200608:58

Reinforcement and insulator producer of Yuzhnouralsk holds a dealer meeting

Yuzhnouralsky armaturno-izolyatorny zavod JSC (Reinforcement and insulator works of Yuzhnouralsk) has held a dealer meeting. Among the organizations that took part in the meeting were Horda Ltd. (Moscow), TiT CJSC (St. Petersburg), Aizovets CJSC, Yuzhnouralskaya izolyatornaya kompaniya CJSC (Yuzhnouralsk), Investor-M Ltd. (Kazakhstan), Regionalnaya kompaniya Ltd., Locus-SIP (Yekaterinburg), Srednevolzhskaya elektrotekhnicheskaya kompaniya Ltd. (Samara), Vostokenergokomplekt CJSC (Irkutsk). The meeting was dedicated to the company’s achievements in 2005 and to objectives of the company and its
15 March 200608:54

State District Power Plant of Serov to merge with OGK-2 JSC

The general shareholder meeting of State District Power Plant of Serov resulted in the upcoming merger with OGK-2 JSC. The merger is to be carried out under the conditions of the merger agreements dealing with State District Power Plants of Pskov, Stavropol, Surgut, Serov, and Troitsk, the company’s spokesperson reports. The meeting was also adjourned with the decision to increase the authorized capital to 53.28 million RUR via raising the face value of the company’s shares (it’ll comprise .65 RUR) using the extra profits.
15 March 200608:50

Simphonia buys mobile phones chain stores of Tsifrograd in regional towns

Simphonia, the mobile phone dealer, has bought a number of Tsifrograd chain stores in Yekaterinburg, Novouralsk, and Kamensk-Uralskiy lately, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. According to the company’s Commercial Director Andrey Starodubtsev, the amount of money involved in the transaction will not be revealed for the time being. ‘This acquisition has to do with the redistribution of the market shares among the core players. We are going to make the best of the stores we’ve bought,’ Mr Starodubtsev said.
15 March 200608:48

Energy distributor of Chelyabinsk introduces new billing system

ChelyabEnergoSbyt JSC put a Xerox billing system into operation. This was done to ensure the multi-faceted data processing of the company’s extended client database. The company has gradually been introducing the software programs that allow full automation of sales and purchases of electricity. First, the meterage is filed into the database; then, the billing system provides for the calculation, charging, drawing of bills and invoices, the delivery of the papers and receipts to the consumers, the payment record and customer communication. This will allow the company to become independent of
14 March 200609:00

Tyumen subsidiary of energy dealer signs service agreement with passenger vehicle firm

The Tyumen subsidiary of EnergoGinny, the independent energy distributor, has signed a service agreement with Passenger Vehicles CJSC, the company’s spokesperson reports. The two enterprises are to cooperate within the framework of Energy Supermarket Program and to deal mainly in heating, electricity and water supply contracts analysis. Even though it enjoys the status of the publicly significant enterprise, the passenger vehicle company does not possess any guarantee of rights and privileges in terms of heating and electricity supplies. The contract analysis performed by EnergoGinny has
14 March 200608:58

Magnesite Group to invest 125 million RUR to renovate the rotary furnace

Magnesite Group is going to invest 125 million RUR to renovate the rotary furnace at one of its works (Magnesite Industrial Complex JSC) within the framework of Investments Project for 2006. The Project is targeted at the increase in the production of ferrous magnesia flux and caustic powder needed for vitrified ware clinker making. At the moment, the foundation is being laid for the stock delivery unit by VOSTIO of Yekaterinburg, the general contractor. The furnace is to be put into operation in September 2006, the spokesperson for Magnesite Group said to UrBC representative.
14 March 200608:56

Energy supplier of Tyumen spends 30 million RUR to prepare for the flood

TyumenEnergo JSC, the energy supplier, has been busy preparing for the spring flood that is predicted to begin in the end of March through giving the general examination to all its subsidiaries, lines and buildings, the company’s spokesperson said. TyumenEnergo JSC has already spent 30 million RUR to ensure there are enough emergency teams, materials and equipment needed for speed restoration projects; a special flood committee comprising the company’s technicians has been set up. The lines of Yuzhniy, Tyumen and Ishim are particularly accident-prone due to massive leakage of thawing snow
14 March 200608:54

Kalina JSC makes 6.8% less in net profit in 2005 compared to a year earlier

Kalina JSC, one of Russia’s most successful health and beauty product maker, has recently been reported to experience a 6.8% decrease in profits in 2005 against the year before and comprised 512.3 million RUR. According to the company’s report, the concern still managed to make 22% more in sales (6.3 billion against 5.2 billion RUR in 2004). Despite the decrease in net profits, Standard & Poor’s announced the increase in the national scale long-term credit rating for Kalina Concern JSC (from ruBBB+ to ruА-) owing to the company’s stable business dynamics and the fairly low financial
14 March 200608:52

Metallurgical works of Asha moves on to new consumer goods

Metallurgical works of Asha held the traditional distributor meeting on Marc h13, 2006. Among the participants were executives of Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Pyatigorsk, Samara, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk and Asha dealing in consumer goods and gardening tools. The meeting resulted in summing up the achievements for 2005 and discussing cooperation projects. The other points on the agenda included the launch of new types of consumer goods by the works of Asha, namely, steel doors; the first set of doors is to be shipped in March. The new equipment could also be used for making gun- and other safes,
14 March 200608:50

Mundybash subsidiary of Evraz ore maker gives overhaul to its № 1 ball crusher

Mundybash subsidiary of Evraz ore maker is currently giving overhaul to its № 1 ball crusher, replacing the setting, the feeder, the driving gear, the classifier, and the load-unload gutters. The subsidiary has a total of five crushers, each one repaired once every 15 months to prolong its operation period and prevent breakdowns. The ball crushers grind the primary concentrates in order to extract as much iron from them as possible and minimize losses.
14 March 200608:48

Acting GD of metal products plant of Minyarsk Sergey Narudinov arrested

The court of Asha granted the petition of the municipal public prosecution authorities and chose preventive punishment for acting GD of metal products plant of Minyarsk Sergey Narudinov, the spokesperson for municipal public prosecution authorities said to UrBC representative. The criminal lawsuit concerning the arrears of wages for over two months was brought to action in December 2005 as the arrears had come to over 3 million RUR, there were delays in the payments of taxes and duties, and, to make matters worse, the management tried to hide the fact of receiving money from profits and
14 March 200608:44

Carriage maker of Nizhniy Tagil to make 30 billion RUR in sales in 2006

‘We are hoping to make 30 billion RUR in sales in 2006 due to more road-building equipment, tractors and special machines being sold this year,’ GD of Uralvagonzavod Federal State Unitary Enterprise Nikolay Malykh announced at the press conference. Mr Malykh believes this increase will allow the plant to keep up with its converting and reconstruction projects and launch new types of competitive products as well as invest in social welfare (for example, by finishing the construction of Malachite health resort on the coast of the Black Sea and scheming houses for the company employees). ‘More
13 March 200609:28

State district power plant of Troitsk repairs power unit № 9

Specialists of TroitskEnergoRemont CJSC, the power plant’s general contractor, started the overhaul of power-generating unit № 9 last week. The repairs are to include elimination of breeching leakage, replacement of armoring and beaters of hammer mills, and fixing the feed turbine pump 9A. Also, the defects of the electric filter and examination of № 5 low-pressure heater are to be paid attention to. All this is being done within the framework of the regular-basis overhauls, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative.
13 March 200609:26

Scientific production association of Yekaterinburg to host circuit board production facility

N.A. Semikhatov Scientific Production Association of Yekaterinburg (aka Automatica) is to host an instrument-making technological park meant for producing particularly sophisticated circuit boards. This has been made possible owing to the decision of Deputy Head of Sverdlovsk Region Government Vladimir Molchanov, directors of regional instrument-making enterprises, and representatives of the defense industry. According to the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Governor, a special committee of executives from the Ministry of Industry, Power Engineering and Science, defense enterprises, and
13 March 200609:24

We offer nearly 30,000 square meters of production area for rent, says Stankomash JSC of Chelyabinsk

‘We are currently having nearly 30,000 square meters of production area and 500 square meters of offices rented, with the total area available for rent coming to 100,000 square meters (30,000 meters of warehouses and 10,000 meters of administrative buildings among them), Deputy GD of Stankomash JSC Vyacheslav Golub said to UrBC representative. ‘The plant now hosts furniture- and instrument- making enterprises, lumber dealers, food facilities, and companies dealing in blank metallurgical production and sales and purchases,’ Mr Golub said. According to Mr Golub, the issue of offering 35,000