September 4, 2014. Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) is about to complete the shipment of large-diameter pipes for the terrestrial part of Lukoil’s Vladimir Filanovsky oil and natural gas deposit located in the Caspian Sea. Under the contract, the shipment comes to more than 65,000,000 kg of LDPs, the Group reports. These 559mm and 711mm pipes with wall width of 11.1mm to 25.4mm have a three-layer corrosion-resistant outer coating and are made from X52 and X65 steels at the plant’s Vysota 239 Department. The customer required that all the pipes should be made

September 4, 2014. Cyclists from the Russian team Armada (sponsored by Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation) won prizes in the ICU 2014 para-cycling road world championship in Greenville, USA. According to the corporation’s press service, winner of both stages in the world cup competition Sergey Ustinov was declared second best in the UCI rating (C3) after he won the silver medal in the course of an individual relay; he was only outstripped by an Irish sports player Eoghan Clifford. Svetlana Moshkovich, who was only three points behind Sandra Graf from Switzerland and was

September 3, 2014. Following a re-certification audit procedure of the plant’s environmental management system, the board of auditors from the international certification holding DQS recommended that Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Plant’s certificate should be renewed for three more years, the plant’s information and PR division reports. ‘The inspection of the plant’s divisions and departments revealed not a single case of failure to comply with the certificate requirements. The auditors only found achievements and capacities for further improvement of the system. The most important thing is that

September 3, 2014. Over 1,100 employees of Uralvagonzavod Corporation member enterprises went on holiday to the Crimea this summer. More than 200 workers from the corporation’s head plant will also go to Alushta during the lower season, the corporation’s press service says. ‘For one, employees of Kamensk Uralsky Foundry Plant went to Alushta Resort this summer. The first portion of holidaymakers went there in June, and the last one is expected to arrive at the end of the lower season, that is, in early October,’ the press service explains. ‘Besides, more than 20 employees of Ural Transport

September 3, 2014. 300 displaced persons from Southeast Ukraine found jobs in Sverdlovsk Region, Director of Sverdlovsk Region Labor Department’s employment division Elena Osudina said at a press conference in Yekaterinburg. According to Osudina, despite the locals’ concerns, finding employment for Ukrainian citizens is not going to seriously affect the availability of jobs in Yekaterinburg. There are currently 54,000 vacancies available in the Labor Department’s database. In fact, the department starts looking for suitable positions both in Yekaterinburg and other cities both in Sverdlovsk

September 3, 2014. The industrial segment of GenerationS national accelerator contest carried a list of forty projects that won in the local pre-acceleration stages. The contest’s press center reports the shortlisted projects were selected from different Russian cities, and they are all at different implementation stages at the moment, ranging from a mere idea to an emerging for-profit organization. Quite a few selected projects are backed up by patents and the contestants’ own scientific research findings. The greatest number of contestants were selected from Moscow (10 projects), followed

September 3, 2014. Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (PNTZ, a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) delivered its first consignment of high-strength 168.28x94mm casing with first-generation premium thread joints ChT-VC to Rosneft, ChTPZ Group’s press service reports. The first pilot tests of casing with premium thread joints were carried out successfully at Rosneft’s Buzulukskoye deposit. 166,000 kg of casing were made at PNTZ Finishing Center. All in all, the plant will deliver 450,000 kg of new-type casing to the oil company before the end of the year. This is the type of casing with strength grade

September 2, 2014. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) was awarded with a bronze figurine of a miner and an honorary certificate in the Best Industrial Company Website category, MMK’s Information & PR Department reports. The results of the annual media communications contest Gold Miner 2014 were announced at the 1st Mining Forum that was held in Moscow Steel & Alloy Institute on the eve of Miner’s Day. The forum was dedicated to training skilled cadre for Russia’s mining industry. As for the contest, this was coordinated by the Gornopromyshlennyye Vedomosti magazine with some

September 2, 2014. Over a thousand children of Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s member enterprises’ employees started school this year. ‘In preparation for the Knowledge Day, every member enterprise came up with some presents and festive events for the children so that the young students can remember this day for the rest of their lives. For one, the first-graders, children of Kamensk-Uralsky Foundry Plant workers, got a very remarkable boost at the beginning of the school year – the company trade union organized a special event on the eve of the big day,’ the corporation’s press service says. A

September 2, 2014. Uralcryomash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) is planning to design and start producing on a serial scale a tank container with tank shell made of composite materials. According to the corporation’s press service, these jobs are part of the company’s innovative project on the manufacturing of hi tech produce based on technologies meant for making polymeric composite materials-based containers. These containers can be used for transportation of corrosive substances and chemical and petrochemical products. The project is funded by the Russian Industry &

September 2, 2014. National tourist information offices for foreign travelers could appear in the cities that are going to host the world football championship of 2018, RBC reports. According to Russia’s Deputy Minister for Culture Alla Manilova, the introduction of such offices will help create a friendly information environment for the visitors. ‘We expect a large inflow of foreign travelers and would like Russia’s major transportation hubs, airports, and railway stations to get the so-called flagship, that is, national, tourist information offices. They are expected to appear in the World

September 2, 2014. The international rating agency Standard & Poor’s reduced Sverdlovsk Region’s rating from BB+ down to BB on Friday, the agency reports. The Rating Outlook was changed from Negative to Stable.

September 2, 2014. McDonald’s will have to close down two more of its restaurants in Yekaterinburg in September, the company’s press service says. This has to do with a scheduled one-month modernization program, upon the completion of which both restaurants will reopen. The fast food chain announced the news on the stoppage of several restaurants in Yekaterinburg on Saturday, August 30. The restaurants in question are located at 106 Chelyuskintsev St and 2 Yasnaya St (Fan Fan Shopping Mall). The modernization program also covers five outlets in Saint Petersburg, two in Moscow and just as many

September 2, 2014. Ural Airlines recently launched a mobile phone version of their company website, the air carrier’s press service reports. Adjusted for smartphone screens, www.uralairlines.com kept all the options the desktop version for Internet browsers has to offer. The airline points out the mobile version can boast a user-friendly interface that is specifically focused on the main services such as planning and organization of a flight: booking, timetable, online check-in, verifying an order, online announcement board, and a Virtual Assistant option. Besides, the site also offers access

September 1, 2014. A conference of the corporation youth mentors was held at Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil. ‘The conference was attended by representatives of the head plant itself as well as workers from Kamensk Uralsky Foundry Plant, Omsktransmash, Plant 9, Ural Transport Machine-Building Design Office, Volchansky Mechanical Plant, and Uralcryomash. Heads of the corporation’s HR departments, teachers and production coaches from Nizhniy Tagil educational organizations and industrial training centers took part in the event as well. The

September 1, 2014. VUZ-Bank is now offering more beneficial settlement service terms to businesspeople. Starting from September 1, entrepreneurs who pay the fee for the administration of their settlement account in advance can save up to 25% of the sum total, the bank’s press service reports. So the six-month fee will actually come at the const of a five months’ fee, while the annual fee will only come at the cost of a nine months’ one. One advantage of this offer lies in the fact that you won’t need to remember to put aside some money for the payment of the bank fee every single month.

September 1, 2014. Starting November 2014, Ural Airlines will operate their Yekaterinburg-Simferopol flight all the year round, on Mondays and Fridays, the air carrier’s press service reports. ‘Passengers who’d like to keep the summer here for as long as possible can start planning their next trip already and go to the Crimea. The coast of the Black Sea has plenty unforgettable holiday moments to offer: golden beaches, purest mountain air, intact landscapes, antique and medieval landmarks, numerous health resorts, a lot of fruit and vegetables on the local markets, and entertainment for all

September 1, 2014. Plant 9 (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) was given an honorary certificate for its production achievements and for taking part in the Best Social Partnership Enterprise Contest dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the All-Russian Trade Union of Defense Workers. According to the corporation’s press service, the certificate was issued on behalf of the Russian Industry & Trade Ministry’s Department of Arms, Munitions, and Chemical Weapons, the All-Russian Union of Russia’s Machine-Builders, and the Central Committee of the All-Russian Trade Union of

September 1, 2014. According to a national survey, Yekaterinburg proved the second best city in Russia to make a career, Superjob’s research center reports. 23,000 working-age Russian citizens from Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Kazan, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Samara, Saint Petersburg, Saratov, Sochi, Togliatti, Tyumen, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yaroslavl, and Yekaterinburg were surveyed. As Superjob points out, respondents were driven by practical factors rather than patriotic ones when giving their answers. For one, two-thirds of

August 29, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation got fourteen of its railway carriage makes and products certified for Federal Railway Transport safety requirements in July and August 2014. According to the corporation’s press service, nine certificates out of fourteen were issued for the company’s series-produced models and five certificates were issued for brand new goods. The holding is now allowed both to launch series production of the new products and to sell them to customers. The new safety compliance certificates were issued for the specialized eight-wheel