UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Omsktransmash adopted a new collective agreement that will control the defense enterprise’s social and labor relations in the next three years, the corporation’s press service reports. The collective agreement is a local normative act aimed at improving the workers’ social welfare and legal guarantees as stated in the existing labor laws. The paper was signed by Omsktransmash management and Transmash OBORONPROF Trade Union on behalf of the plant’s staff and came into effect this month. Given the recent legislative changes

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. EVRAZ Holding’s West-Siberian Integrated Metallurgical Works (EVRAZ ZSMK) supplied over 3,000,000 kg of fittings for the construction of Yuzhny Airport in Rostov Region, EVRAZ Holding Siberia’s press office reports. The plant intends to deliver another 1,000,000 kg of metal goods to the construction site before the end of the year. A500S and A500SP fittings, an improved modification on the thermally strengthened A500S steel, are used for the purpose. The fittings are meant for the construction of the main terminal, airport runway, control tower, and a

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. The fast-fission reactor BN-800-based Power-Generating Unit 4 ran at 100% of its capacity for the first time at Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Plant, Sverdlovsk Region. The reactor is expected to serve as a prototype for the more powerful commercial reactors in the future, Rosenergoatom’s website states. ‘This means the power-generating unit is now being thoroughly tested at its entire projected capacity. This is the main and the final proviso the unit has to meet before it can actually be launched in the operation and maintenance phase. During the next

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. Rosset’s Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems is about to complete the upgrades of its 500-kilowatt Kurgan Substation, which is expected to make the Russia-Kazakhstan power supply considerably more reliable; the supply system involves a 500-kilowatt international OHTL Kurgan-Aurora. The upgrades will also benefit the power supply in Tyumen Region, with its 500-kilowatt OHTL Kurgan-Berkut, the company press service reports. The substation gets all of its older switches gradually replaced with the modern sulfur-hexafluoride circuit breakers. The new

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 19, 2016. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development proved one of the best banks for small and medium enterprises in terms of the payments and cash management options it offers, the bank’s press service reports. Markswebb Rank & Report did a price comparison of twenty-three Russian banks in June and July. According to their Business Banking Fees Rank 2016 report, UBRD offers some of the most advantageous terms and conditions for B2C and B2B companies, retail businesses, and freelance workers. The bank offers its customers operating account options that

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob and VTB Bank’s Deputy President Mikhail Oseyevsky signed a cooperation agreement on August 17, the city council’s website states. ‘The document is an important stage in the development of this partnership between the city of Yekaterinburg and one of Russia’s largest banks. Given the upcoming world football championship of 2018 and the games that will be hosted by Yekaterinburg, infrastructure development and finding investment are the two priorities the bank is willing to help us with,’ Yakob said. The

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev asked the constituency’s Health Ministry to work on the documentation needed to set up an emergency room in Yekaterinburg’s Akademichesky District, UrBC reporter says. ‘This is something that needs to be done immediately,’ the Governor said at Sverdlovsk Region Government meeting on August 17. Kuivashev also pointed to the need to purchase the buildings needed for children’s and adults’ clinics in the area. Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob said the emergency room would require 50 to 60m RUR to

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. Pervouralsk Metallurgical School enrolled new students on ChTPZ Group’s Future of White Metallurgy corporate training program for the sixth time this year. According to the Group’s press service, two hundred fifteen year-olds got full scholarships to study on the program this year. The vocational training program provides students with qualifications in six different blue-collar jobs that the Group’s member enterprises need most. Metal treatment under pressure and operation and maintenance of electric equipment proved the two most popular fields of study

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ) presented its new B11.8000 bulldozer at a recent vehicle exhibition in Taman; the exhibition was part of the 2nd Best in Profession 2016 Contest, a professional skills championship for workers in the Russian road-building businesses, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘Our bulldozer drew some attention from the exhibition’s guests of honor, official visitors, heads of Russia’s transport ministries and departments, representatives of the state authorities in charge of supervising road

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 18, 2016. ChTPZ Group’s META sold 667,000,000 kg of scrap ferrous metals in the first half of 2016, which exceeded the figures for one year earlier (624,000,000 kg) by 7%, the company press service reports. This figure included 342,000,000 kg of scrap metal from the Group’s own supplies and 325,000,000 kg from outside suppliers. The increase in scrap metal sales had to do with both the market expansion (+3% compared with the first half of 2015) and ChTPZ Group’s Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant’s increased demand (+5%). ‘Domestic demand for scrap metal dropped a bit at

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial production index dropped by 4.8% in July 2016 against June 2016 and by 0.5% against one year earlier, Sverdlovskstat reports. In the fossil development sector, the IPI declined by 0.7% against June 2016 and by 10.1% against one year earlier. In the processing industries, the IPI rose by 2.4% against July 2015 and declined by 4.4% against June 2016. In the sector for production and distribution of water, natural gas, and electric power, the IPI dropped by 3% against July 2015 and by 14% against June 2016.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2016. A new school built with money from the national educational establishment expansion program opened in Yekaterinburg on August 16. This is School 23 in Akademichesky District, big enough for 1,000 students, UrBC reporter says. The solemn opening ceremony was attended by Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuivashev, Head of Yekaterinburg Council Alexander Yakob, the State Duma Deputy Alexander Petrov and Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly Deputy Anatoly Nikiforov. ‘This is one of the very first school-building projects implemented upon the President’s

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2016. Ural Airlines made a special offer for Saint Petersburg-based travelers thinking of going to Georgia in the end of summer, the air carrier’s press service reports. Tickets for Saint Petersburg-Batumi flights the airline will operate between August 17 and October 7 will only cost 100 Euros (one way) and 200 Euros (round trip) plus fees and charges. The flights are operated every Monday and Friday on Airbus liners that have both Economy and Business class options. For more information and to book tickets, please visit the company website, use UralAirlines

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2016. Vitaly Rubel, TMK Neftegazservis former Executive Director, was recently appointed the company’s Director-General. The enterprise operates as part of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK). According to TMK press service, Neftegazservis’s former head Sergei Bilan went on to become the Managing Director at TMK’s Taganrog Metallurgical Plant. Rubel graduated from I.I. Polzunov Altai State Polytechnic as a qualified engineer with a degree in Welding Equipment & Technology. Prior to this recent appointment, he worked at managerial positions in Orenburgneft and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 17, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Kamensk Uralsky Foundry Plant (KULZ) coordinated a professional skills contest among its volunteer firefighting teams. The contest was held at the company’s firefighting unit, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘The teams had to go through two rounds of competition. First, they had to put on their firefighting uniform as quickly as possible. The next task was to unfold the primary and the additional hose lines, take the applicator up to the second floor of a prop tower, and hit a target with the stream. Last year, the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 16, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region-based courts sustained 1.773bn RUR worth of claims laid against taxpayers by local fiscal authorities in the first half of the year. All in all, 426 claims (2.86bn RUR in total) were heard in courts in January-June, which means that 62% of the overall claim amount got sustained. Most of these court cases involved legal entities: there were 296 claims laid against them (2.339bn RUR in total), 38 claims laid against sole traders (73.5m RUR in total), and 92 claims laid against private individuals (447.3m RUR in total).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 16, 2016. The amount of international shipments Yekaterinburg’s Koltsovo International Airport handled this year has been going down since January, the airport’s press service reports. ‘Domestic cargo traffic, on the other hand, has been increasing noticeably. The airport used to have more international cargo earlier, but now domestic consignments prevail. This year so far, we dealt with more than 7,757,000 kg of domestic cargo (up 73% one one year earlier) and 5,514,000 kg of international cargo (up 5.5%)’, the press service says. The airport processed 13,271,000

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 16, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region’s construction market amounted to 41.79bn RUR in money terms in the first half of the year, which is 2% less than one year earlier (40.691bn RUR), Rosstat reports. Last year’s overall amount dropped by 15.2% by the end of December (down to 92.366bn RUR), and by 8.9% in the first quarter of 2016 (down to 18.37bn RUR).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, August 16, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s head plant won in the Best Employer Contest in Nizhniy Tagil, the company press service reports. Mayor of Nizhniy Tagil Sergei Nosov congratulated the plant’s team during a solemn ceremony in celebration of Town Day. Nosov also awarded Chair of Ural Vagon Zavod Veterans’ Council Georgiy Bedrik with For Merit to the City of Nizhniy Tagil Decoration. ‘Ural Vagon Zavod getting the first prize in the contest is an acknowledgement of our head plant’s contribution to urban improvements and social infrastructure development in the

UrBC, Moscow, August 16, 2016. Tank Biathlon 2016, part of an international military championship held at Alabino Range in Moscow Region, rounded up with the Russian team winning the first prize. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s Director-General Oleg Sienko and Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented the winners with medals and keys to UAZ Patriot automobiles, their prizes. According to the company press service, eighteen teams from all over the world (Russia, Iran, Kuwait, Angola, and other places) competed in this armored vehicle control contest. The winning team got decided upon