UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 11, 2016. 115,000 passengers went through Koltsovo Airport during this year’s May break, which was 4.6% less than one year earlier, the airport’s press service reports. ‘The 16.2% increase in the number of domestic flights was thus offset by a drop in the number of international ones. Last year, 24,000 passengers flew to Antalya, Hurghada, and Sharm El Sheikh alone,’ the press service says. Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Larnaca, Sochi, and Simferopol proved the most popular passenger destinations between April 29 and May 9. The airport staff point out that Cyprus proved

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 11, 2016. ChTPZ Group took part in the international Iran Oil Show in Tehran, the company press service reports. The company presented its White Well Project, something that the Group’s pipe-manufacturing and O&G servicing member enterprises are working on together. The goal is to increase production of oil from more complicated wells by ensuring longer time between underground equipment repairs (which, in its turn, is achieved through custom-selected materials and sets of supplied machinery). ‘Our White Well equipment sets have undergone industrial testing at

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 11, 2016. Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant/ChTPZ had its integrated management system audited for compliance with the international standards, the company press service reports. SAI Global’s auditors inspected five weldless pipe production and electric-welded large-diameter pipe production departments as well as a number of ancillary departments. Subject to inspection were all the production aspects to do with environmental impact, industrial and job safety, and product quality. The auditors gave a very high estimate to ChPTZ technological processes and White Metallurgy

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 11, 2016. The management of Omsktransmash (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) met with students of Omsk State Technical University in their last year of studies, the company press service reports. ‘The thirty-four young graduates are going to come to our defense enterprise already in the fall. The managers’ goal was to introduce their future co-workers to all the employment technicalities and to tell them about the career and personal development opportunities there are. The graduates were convinced that the plant is more than just a respectable

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 11, 2016. All of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporaiton’s member enterprises coordinated festive events dedicated to the Great Patriotic War Victory Day, the company press service reports. The corporation’s head plant’s veterans council has as its members fifty-six war veterans and 796 home front workers, for whom special events and ceremonies were organized around Victory Day, for example, a checkup at the company’s medical unit and a personalized first-aid box for everyone. Additionally, 6.5m RUR were directed to fund the veterans’ stay at the company Pine Mountains Resort,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 10, 2016. A number of special events dedicated to the 71st Great Patriotic War Victory Day will take place in Akademichesky District of Yekaterinburg, the press service for RSG Akademicheskoye reports. ‘Victory Day will be celebrated as a great people’s holiday. Even though this is one of the city’s newest districts, there are cherished war veterans and home front workers in the history of every family here. It is these heroes’ portraits that the locals are going to carry during the annual Immortal Regiment March on May 7, the Saturday before V-Day,’ the company says.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 10, 2016. Russian Copper Company organized a conference for its job safety managers and experts on April 28-29 within the framework of the National Job Safety Day, the company press service reports. ‘Ensuring safe working conditions, keeping our workers safe and sound, and providing industrial safety at all of its member enterprises are among the company’s top priorities. This is what our job, industrial, and environmental safety policy, approved of by the company president, rests on. The company is interested in maintaining our employees’ health and quality of life;

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 10, 2016. Ural Airlines are once again offering their customers its Yekaterinburg-Yakutsk-Yekaterinburg and Saint Petersburg-Yakutsk-Saint Petersburg flights this summer, the air carrier’s press service reports. The scheduled Yakutsk-bound flights will be available every Wednesday starting from June 8, with the return flights operated every Thursday. Certain passengers on these flights are eligible to apply for the state-run reimbursement program for travelers to the Far East, so Yekaterinburg-Yakutsk tickets start from 6,000 RUR and Saint Petersburg-Yakutsk ones from

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 10, 2016. Electromachine (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) has adopted a special-purpose and civilian goods development program for 2016-2025 for the first time, the company press service reports. According to the company’s internal statute, the civilian-/military-purpose goods ratio is expected to reach 50/50 by the time the program has been completed. This long-term program was developed in accordance with Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s requirements, says Electromachine Marketing & PR Director Yana Kipriyanova. The company will keep on

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 10, 2016. Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation’s UVZSHOP.ru now offers T-shirts featuring the Armata T-14 tank, the company press service reports. ‘The T-shirts are produced in Russia and were designed by a reputed military fashion designer Alexei Maslov. The cotton tees come in white and black, with a silk-screen printed image of Armata on the front. The product’s elegant design and great quality result in a modern, stylish look that is bound to appeal to men and women as well as children. The T-shirts come in twelve different sizes, from children’s sizes 36, 38, and 40 to

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 6, 2016. The management of Kachkanar Ore Mining & Processing Enterprise/KGOK (a member enterprise of EVRAZ Holding) directed a draft memorandum on social partnership to the company trade union. EVRAZ Holding Ural’s PR Department reports. The paper was drafted in accordance with the recommendations presented by representatives of the Civil Society & Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, who visited the plant in March. The memorandum confirms the basic principles of how the parties should collaborate on conflicting social/labor

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 6, 2016. Ural Airlines is opening this year’s summer high season with a new flight to Georgia (Samara-Batumi), the air carrier’s press service reports. The new international flight will be operated every Monday starting from June. This is the third Georgia-bound flight the company has introduced this year so far. Currently, four flights to Batumi are offered by the air carrier, operated from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Samara. Last year, Samara-Baku flight was also added to the timetable and will be resumed for this summer as well, starting from June

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 6, 2016. Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant/PNTZ (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) recently launched their new cold-roll Mill KhPT 10-45, a polishing unit, and a flattening machine for making cold-shaped stainless steel pipes. According to the Group’s press service, these upgraded facilities will help increase production output, improve product quality, and cut production costs for goods meant for the nuclear and machine-building industries. The entire project cost nearly 200m RUR to implement. The cold-roll mill’s capacity is estimated at 1.1m meters of pipes of a year,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 6, 2016. Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant/ChTPZ Board of Directors met on April 29 to look at last year’s performance, the company press service reports. The BOD members accepted preliminarily the annual accounting report and the annual report for 2015 and suggested passing last year’s dividends and directing profits to the company’s investment, production, and social development. The BOD also suggested that the shareholders vote in favor of the company Charter and internal documentation’s latest amended versions as well as approve of a number of beneficial

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 6, 2016. Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Ural Vagon Zavod Corporation) held its traditional Donor’s Day, the company press service reports. ‘Dozens of plant workers arrived at the mobile blood donation station by 9 AM. It came as a surprise that first-time donors or those who haven’t donated blood in a long time cannot contribute this time because the local blood transfusion station is switching to a new automated system this year. So not all those willing to do so could actually donate their blood,’ the press service says. Thirty-nine people, who donated 17.5

UrBC, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, May 05, 2016. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) came up with a way to use the oil-soaked furnace clinker left over from the metal-rolling departments in its sintering departments. ‘We are currently assembling the equipment necessary for the transfer and drying-up of the staff so that it can be reused industrially. The reuse of 75,000,000 kg of furnace clinker is expected to result in 63.2m RUR in savings a year, and the equipment will pay off in under a year,’ MMK says. Unlike the dry clinker with 72% iron content (a known reliable stuff that

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 5, 2016. Sverdlovsk Region’s retail trade turnover decreased by 5.5% in January through March 2016 compared with one year earlier, Sverdlovskstat reports. As it happens, sellers and sole traders operating off farmers’ markets and the like were responsible for 96.9% of the overall turnover figure, while those selling their produce at retail markets and fairs were responsible for 3.1%. The share of food items (including beverages) and tobacco products in the overall amount of goods rose by 0.6% against January-March 2015 and reached 49.3%. At the same time, the amount

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 5, 2016. The telecommunications provider MegaFon doubled the speed of Internet connection it offers at 102 Sverdlovsk Region towns; this was possible due to the Dual Carrier HSDPA technology the ISP is using, the company press service reports. Dual Carrier HSDPA consists in high-speed packet data transfer from a base station to a mobile phone. ‘The settings have been activated at 323 base stations this year so far, which means our subscribers can now enjoy the speed of up to 42 megabits per second. The base station’s capacity is thus used to its fullest, which

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 5, 2016. Ural Airlines operated this year’s first flight from Moscow to Lisbon on May 1, 2016, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘A special greeting ceremony was organized for the arriving passengers in Lisbon, with a water arch created by fire engines; travelers leaving Lisbon for Moscow were also treated to the famous pastéis de nata (popular Portuguese egg tarts),’ the press service says. The scheduled flight is operated twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, on A320 planes that offer both economy and business class seat options.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 5, 2016. Students on ChTPZ Group’s Future of White Metallurgy Corporate Training Program took part in the semi-finals of WorldSkills Russia in Ural Federal District. According to the company press service, Dmitri Shmarlovsky won in NC Turning, Maxim Soloviev won in NC Milling, and Vassily Kozyritsky and Nikita Kazakov won bronze in Mechatronics. All the tasks in this local round of the national contest were in full compliance with the international WorldSkills standards. ‘Our champions proved that ChTPZ Group’s corporate training project offers great professional