July 15, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Scientific and Production Corporation presented a life-size sample of its upgraded T-72 tank and other military developments at MILEX 2014 Exhibition in Minsk. According to the corporation's press service, on the first day of the exhibition the Russian holding's stand was visited by Byelorussia's Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovitch. 'The official paid the greatest attention to a life-size sample of our upgraded T-72 tank. The corporation's special representative for military and technical cooperation Alexei Maslov told the Prime Minister

July 15, 2014. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), one of the world's leading OCTG producers, and LUKoil signed a program on scientific and technical cooperation in 2014-2016, TMK's press service reports. The program's primary aim is to ensure production of import-replacing and new kinds of piping products with enhanced technical and economic features that will meet the oil and gas industry's needs. According to this program, LUKoil will provide organizational and advisory support for all the R&D projects and will single out the most important scientific and technical

July 14, 2014. The annual Cherepanovs Regional Social Fund Prize awarding ceremony took place on the second day of the Innoprom 2014 Exhibition. This year, seventeen nominees won the prestigious award. Four of them are actually employed with Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation, the company's press service reports. The prize was given to the leading energy expert from the corporation's head plant Georgy Bedrik, director of Uralvagonzavod's subsidiary Volchansky Mechanical Plant Vladimir Brusov, deputy senior designer of UKBV Alexander Pranov, and head of UNTK

July 14, 2014. Russian Copper Company, one of Russia's top three copper manufacturers, began putting up its headquarters in Yekaterinburg. The world-renowned Foster+Partners was invited to create the architectural design, the company reports. The company presented the project at the industrial exhibition Innoprom. Quite remarkably, this is going to be Forster+Partners' very first project to be implemented in Russia. As for the post-Soviet territory, Forster+Partners, founded and chaired by Lord Forster, built a number of facilities in the Republic of Kazakhstan, for example, Khan

July 14, 2014. Private individuals – subscribers to telecommunication networks owed their providers 24.6bn RUR as of July 1, 2014, which was 21% more than a year earlier. This figure went up in Ural Federal District, too, and amounted to 2.1bn RUR (compared with 1.69bn RUR a year earlier), the National Collection Service reports. The increase in telecommunication debts is gradually going down: in 2012, the amount of debt rose by 24% on the previous year, in 2013 and 2014, the figure was 22% and 21%, respectively. This decline has to do with the disappearance of the low base effect (when

July 14, 2014. Director-General of ChTPZ Engineering Dmitri Podoryashchiy took part in the meeting of Coordination Council for Industry and Engineering & Industrial Design Council under the Russian Federation Industry & Trade Ministry, while ChTPZ Organizational Development Director Tatiana Kozhevnikova joined a round table discussion on professional training as exemplified by German companies' experience, ChTPZ Group's press service says. In his speech at the meeting, ChTPZ Engineering DG pointed to the barriers that halt the development of engineering in Russia and

July 14, 2014. Russia is launching a no-visa mode for sports players, umpires, coaches, and even supporters for the duration of the World Cup 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his interview to ITAR TASS News Agency. 'In some respects, Russia is planning to go further than the hosts of this year's Mundial,' Putin said. He pointed out that the special preferential terms visa regime was already adopted through a federal law for the foreigners who will help prepare for the football championship of 2018. 'Shortly before and during the event, not only the official

July 11, 2014. Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ, a member enterprise of Pipe Metallurgical Company/TMK) finished off its Mentor of the Year contest. According to the corporation's press service, 16 contestants from the plant's departments and divisions competed for the title. During the first stage which took off in May, the committee of jurors assessed the candidates' professional achievements over the last three years against the following criteria: presence on project teams; improvement proposals and activity; professional skills competitions; and professional development. The jury

July 11, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev took part in the launching ceremony of Sinara Power Station in Kamensk-Uralsky. According to Sinara Pipe Plant's (SinTZ) press service, the heat and power station was reconstructed within the framework of a program on the development of one-employer towns and on the creation of a pipe manufacturing cluster on the premises of SinTZ (a member enterprise of Pipe Metallurgical Company/TMK). The solemn launch of the station completed one of the core stages of a project on the development of Kamensk-Uralsky; for the first time ever, a

July 11, 2014. During the Innoprom 2014 Exhibition, ChTPZ Group and Pervouralsk Council signed an agreement on socioeconomic cooperation. The paper was signed by Head of Council Alexei Dronov and ChTPZ Group's Director-General Vitaly Sadykov, ChTPZ Group's press service says. Under this agreement, the plant and the town will work together on the all-round development of the area. For one, the Pervouralsk 300 Project will require special focus by both parties on the municipal infrastructure improvement. Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (a member enterprise of ChTPZ Group) is ready to

July 11, 2014. On July 9, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev paid a visit to the united stand of Sinara Group and Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) at the international forum for industry and innovations Innoprom 2014. BOD Chairman of Sinara Group and TMK Dmitri Pumpyansky put the Prime Minister in the picture of all the technological novelties presented at the stand, the company reports. Representatives of partner companies, Prof. Dr. Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG Siegfried Russwurm, and CAF Group's Regional Director Juan Garca. Dmitri Medvedev looked at TMK's

July 11, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev gave a very high estimate to the innovative low-floor tram 71-410 R1 presented by Uralvagonzavod Corporation at Innoprom 2014, the corporation's press service reports. What is more, Dmitri Medvedev was present at the signing of a municipal electric transport cooperation agreement by Sverdlovsk Region Government, Yekaterinburg Council, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation, and Gazprombank at the corporation's exhibition stand. Russian Industry & Trade Minister Denis Manturov looked at the corporation's

July 10, 2014. An agreement between Export Insurance Agency of Russia (EXIAR) and Renault Russia was signed at Innoprom 2014 today; Russian Industry & Trade Minister Denis Manturov was present at the ceremony, the Ministry's press service reports. This document insures the car maker against political and economic risks that might emerge when selling cars assembled at Renault sites in Russia that get delivered to Kazakhstan and Byelorussia's markets. 'The agreement between EXIAR and Renault Russia aims to promote automobiles assembled in Russia on the CIS market. EXIAR was

July 10, 2014. It has been detected that Ufaleynickel has violated the current legislation on industrial safety of hazardous production objects, the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region's public prosecution authorities reports. An inspection revealed that the company was running hazardous industrial facilities (Hazard Class II and III) on the basis of a corresponding license. However, in violation of the federal law, the enterprise did not manage to set up a financial reserve to localize and do away with the consequences of industrial accidents. What is more, the warehouses next to the

July 10, 2014. Russian and international hi tech companies turn to Innoprom's exhibition sites more and more to present their products, Russia's Industry & Trade Minister Denis Manturov said at the exhibition opening ceremony. 'Innoprom is a very young and a very ambitious enterprise. It has already been unofficially dubbed New Hannover. The exhibition's technological potential increases every year, while its business agenda grows more and more packed: the number of agreements and potential deals signed here keeps rising,' Manturov pointed out. The 5th

July 10, 2014. 1 The number of apartments available for sale on Yekaterinburg existing homes market rose by 15% over the last four months, Ural Chamber of Real Estate reports based on its database updates. Estate agents are currently advertising over 8,500 apartments, which is 1.1 units more than in late March 2014. The asking prices have been growing as well, although the growth rate is slow: up to 0.15% a week. Apartments have only grown 3.7% more expensive since the beginning of the year. According to the Chamber's Analytical Department, the median asking price of a square meter of

July 10, 2014. In the first six months of 2014, the median monthly pay on Yekaterinburg job market came close to 40,000 RUR. At the same time, the unemployment rate – 0.49% - is one of the lowest in the country, Deputy Mayor of Yekaterinburg for Strategic Planning, Economics, and Finance Alexander Vysokinsky said on air during the Open Studio Yekaterinburg program. According to Vysokinsky, Yekaterinburg has developed an economic system that is resistant to outer impact. 'The city remains on top in many socioeconomic development ratings, inclining the levels of pay, new housing

July 9, 2014. People’s Folk Song Choir Ural Tunes (the company choir of ChTZ-Uraltrac, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) took part in Bazhovsky Festival that was recently held near Lake Sungul, the corporation’s press service says. According to the supervisor of the plant’s amateur performance unit Lyubov Baranova, there more than plenty of those who were willing to compete in this talent show: 650 teams from Chelyabinsk Region came to the festival. Shows were given at three different stages at once. ChTZ-Uraltrac team had the honor of presenting on the main stage. The choir

July 9, 2014. Yekaterinburg-based Plant 9 (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) received a new thread-cutting mechanic arm with projecting attachments made by FROEHLICH&DOERKEN GmbH, the corporation’s press service reports. ‘This compact, powerful, modern, mobile machine was installed in the mechanical processing production facility. The machine is meant for cutting threads that are 5mm to 20mm wide; remarkably, the billets themselves don’t need to be positioned. The new machine is now used for making apertures in the necessary blocks,’ the company says. The up-to-date

July 9, 2014. Ural Airlines is going to take part in the prestigious international exhibition Innoprom 2014 once again; the event will take place at Yekaterinburg EXPO on July 9-12. This is the fifth time Innoprom will be held in the Urals’ capital; this year, the exhibition is dedicated to smart industries: robotics, new materials, and new production automation technologies, the airline’s press service reports. To complement the theme of the event, Ural Airlines will present their modern developments that will make it possible for passengers to get all the services needed for convenient