May 27, 2013. Yekaterinburg will welcome the start of the Russia-EU summit on May 31-June 1 with a large-scale Europe’s Days Festival. The spokesperson for the city council reports that this event will give all the local residents an opportunity to feel the taste of Europe without leaving the city. The festival will be held on May 28-June 9 and will feature not only entertainment pieces like European film and animation cartoons showings in the Salut Movie Theater, but also an international research-to-practice conference on A Modern City: Modernizing the Area and the Area of Modernizing,

May 27, 2013. ChTPZ Group experts are taking part in the 3d All-Russian Steel Pipes Market and Local Sales Conference in Volzhsky. The agenda of the conference covers reports by representatives of the country’s leading pipe manufacturers, metallurgical enterprises, and metal goods traders, who will speak of their vision of how the pipe industry and adjacent businesses will develop and which market segments will grow the fasters, ChTPZ Group’s press service reports. ‘In 2012, the weldless pipes market went back to its pre-recession figures. In 2008, this market volume stood at 2,826,000 tons,

May 27, 2013. The Prime Minister of Sverdlovsk Region Government Denis Pasler paid a visit to Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s head plant for the first time recently. During his visit, he looked at the main sections of the carriage-assembly department and at Russia’s (for now) only tank assembly line that is used to make combat and engineering vehicles. Uralvagonzavod’s Executive Director Vladimir Roshchupkin acted as the tour guide for the region’s Prime Minister. Denis Pasler was shown the 120,000th axle the company produced in 2012 and a new automated line with the

May 24, 2013. The All-Russian Research-to-Practice conference called Vocational Education for Workers. History, Modernity, and Future Prospects took place at Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Enterprise’s head plant in Nizhniy Tagil, the corporation’s press service reports. The conference participants joined a number of round table discussions and said Russia was now facing some problems that hindered the efficient interaction between the industrial enterprises and educational establishments in terms of adequate employee training. The participants decided that a focus should be on

May 24, 2013. Sergey Krupko, the HR Director of Transport Machine-Building Design Office (KBTM, a member of Uralvagonzavod Corporation), won in Russia’s largest managerial contest called Manager of the Year 2012. The contest is coordinated by Russia’s Free Economic Society and the International Management Academy, with some support from the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation’s Soviet of the Federation, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The Manager of the Year contest is targeted at identifying the elite segment of the Russian managerial community, disseminating the

May 24, 2013. SKB-Bank now offers its customers a new service: instant money orders through Visa and MasterCard, the bank’s press officer reports. The instant money order service only used to be available to SKB-Bank cardholders; now a customer can use their SKB-Bank card to transfer money to Visa and MasterCards issued by other banks and get money to their SKB-Bank card from cards issued by other banks. The money order procedure is very simple: you only need to know the 16 digits of the card number that the money gets transferred to, and the amount of money directed there. The money will be

May 24, 2013. Yekaterinburg Duma deputies looked into the municipal budget figures for the first quarter of 2013 at an ad hoc committee meeting, the Duma’s press service reports. The budget revenues came to 29.075bn RUR, the spending came to 30.85bn RUR, so the budget deficit thus came to 1.78bn RUR. The budget implementation as of April 1, 2013 was 7.189bn RUR in terms of revenues (which comes to 24.7% of the approved budget). This is nearly 788m RUR more than in Q1 2012. Most of the municipal treasury’s revenues came from the personal income tax (66.4%) as well as land tax (19.2%) and the

May 24, 2013. VUZ-Bank announced its EARD financial performance results for 2012. The bank’s net profit reached 466m RUR over this period, which is nearly twice the number for the year 2011, the bank’s press service says. As of January 1, 2013, VUZ-Bank’s assets reached 13,751.6m RUR, which indicates a 19.25% growth over one year (+2,220.5m RUR). The bank’s capital exceeded 1.8bn RUR, which means the bank’s own funds rose by nearly 1.5 times in twelve months. The increase in profits was brought about by the restoration of the 49.1m RUR worth of bad debt and NPL reserves.

May 23, 2013. A massive advertising campaign around the 9th International Arms, Vehicles, and Ammunitions Exhibition Russia Arms EXPO 2013 (RAE 2013) is now being coordinated by the exhibition’s main organizer Uralvagonzavod as part of the event’s re-branding campaign, the corporation’s press service reports. For one, scores of both standard and large outdoor advertising media as well as plasma screens were used in the course of the outdoor campaigns in key cities like Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Nizhniy Tagil. The outdoor advertising is complemented by banners placed in

May 23, 2013. The staff of Ural Diesel Engine Plant (UDMZ, a member of Sinara Transport Machines) sent a special wire to the higher command of the Baltic Fleet on the eve of its 310th anniversary. The wire said, ‘We are proud to know that UDMZ produce is used for the production of new warships, which means the company’s personnel are making their contribution to the creation of Russia’s modern military fleet,’ Sinara Group’s PR Department reports. The three corvettes built at the Northern Shipyard: the Steregushchiy, the Soobrazitelny, and the Boikiy, all of which use UDMZ diesel generators

May 23, 2013. Monetny Crushed Stone Plant State Unitary Enterprise decided not to sell Channel 4 TV Company; a document to this extent has been uploaded onto the company’s website. ‘The auction organizer, Monetny Crushed Stone Plant Sverdlovsk Region State Unitary Enterprise is announcing that it decided not to hold an open tender for the right to sign a purchase and sale contract for Sverdlovsk Region’s property, namely, a 100% shareholding in the authorized capital of Channel 4 TV Company LLC,’ the document signed by the enterprise Director Alexander Zuyev says.

May 23, 2013. A letter of thanks was sent to Mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexander Yakob to express Google’s gratitude for helping organize a panoramic shooting session for the Street View project last year. The letter, a copy of which was offered to UrBC, says that Google is planning to go on mapping Russian cities and to have more panoramic shoots in Yekaterinburg. ‘Thanks to the project we implemented, today millions of Internet users can take a virtual tour of Yekaterinburg and other places in Sverdlovsk Region and to learn more about the local culture and landmarks as well as to see the city

May 23, 2013. Head of Rosnano Corporation Anatoly Chubais confirmed his plans to attend the Innoprom 2013 exhibition, President of Formica State Corporation Maxim Zverkov said at a briefing in Yekaterinburg. Deputy Head of the Sverdlovsk Region Governor Administration Alexei Bagaryakov said the federal organizing committee of the exhibition was to be chaired by Russia’s Industry & Trade Minister Denis Manturov. ‘Because this is a federally important exhibition (and it has already been declared by the Russian Government as such), I think it will be given the national rather than the local

May 22, 2013. Zashchita Corporation, a company that specializes in design and production of high-protection, armored wheeled special-purpose vehicles, is going to present Scorpion 2M, its special all-wheel drive vehicle, at the 9th International Russia Arms EXPO 2013 (RAE 2013); an event coordinated by Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation, the corporation’s press service reports. An all-time companion of pioneers and explorers, this off-road vehicle with an independent springing is meant for use on all kinds of roads and in any climatic conditions. The car is fit for up to

May 22, 2013. The best young family was selected at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant: Lyudmila, Alexander, Danil, Zakhar, and Matvei Sharov won in the Young Family 2013 Festival, the corporation’s press service reports. Seven young families of Uralvagonzavod employees competed for the first prize. The 12th festival was actually the one with the greatest number of participating children in the history of this contest. 18 children took part in the competition with their parents. The 6-month-old Diana Karsakova was the youngest contestant, and the 16-year-old Ildar Kharkov was the oldest

May 22, 2013. Employees of Sinara Pipe Plant (SinTZ, a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company/TMK) took part in the first experimental-industrial landing of insulated casing and oil well tubing made from super-chrome steel at Bovanenkovskoye natural gas deposit. The SinTZ workers were on a testing team that had to provide the technological support for the enterprise’s new produce, TMK press service reports. The production of casing and oil well tubing made from martensitic steel 13CrS, strength grade L80 and fitted with gas-proof premium joint threads TMK CS and TMK FMT was launched at SinTZ on

May 22, 2013. The Industrial Urals-The Polar Urals Energy Company got a license allowing it to operate Harp-12, a heat and power station with fire explosive capacity; the company can now operate the equipment that works under the pressure of over 0.07 MegaPascals or with water heated to more than 115 degrees centigrade and operate the natural gas consumption grid Harp 12 that uses and transports natural gas, the company’s press service reports. The station went through an equipment upgrade last year, which enhanced the station’s performance reliability considerably and improved its

May 22, 2013. The production of A600C heat-treated fittings that meet the STO ASChM 7-93 requirements was launched at Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) recently. The new kind of produce was mastered in accordance with MMK’s program on the design and mastering of new fittings production technologies. ‘Thanks to the up-to-date heat treatment line that is installed on our very new section mill Danieli, we can now produce goods with the entire range of the necessary mechanical properties that meet А600С standards, as the rolled stock made from the (very popular in Russia) А500С grades of

May 22, 2013. Four engineers employed with the Omsk-based KBTM, a transport machine-building design office that is part of Uralvagonzavod Corporation, won in the first round of the prestigious All-Russian Engineer of the Year 2012 Contest. The solemn awarding ceremony took place in Omsk Region Ministry for Industrial Policy, Communications, and Innovational Technologies, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. Vladimir Mishin, a department head with 43 years’ work record at KBTM, was given the title of the laureate of the Engineer of the Year 2012 Contest. Sergey Bondarenko, a

May 21, 2013. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ), which won a tender for supplying vehicles to Russia’s Ministry of Emergencies, has already shipped 2 B-12 bulldozers to the customer, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The customer will receive the standard, series-produced vehicles, but with larger 690-mm tracks that are suitable for performing on softer soils. What is more, the vehicles are fitted with three-shank rippers, which allows for more uses. The tractors can be employed for clearing up the debris after some man-caused accidents or natural disasters. This is the first