UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 21, 2017. According to the company press service, Ilya Zyryanov was recently appointed Managing Director of TMK Neftegazservice’s Orsk Machine-Building Plant. Ilya V. Zyryanov was born to the family of metallurgists in Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk Region, in 1982. He graduated from Ural Federal University’s Department of Metallurgy with a degree in Engineering and later underwent professional development training in Business Management. Zyryanov got his first job at TMK Trading House in 2004. He was head of TMK Neftegazservice’s Production Administration in 2011-2017. Orsk

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 21, 2017. Federal Grid Company United Energy Systems held a special-purpose vehicle exhibition in Surgut for the first time this year. The company celebrated its 15th anniversary with a one-day exhibition featuring off-road vehicles, carjackers, mobile laboratories, and a mobile classroom. ‘The mobile job safety classroom proved the exhibition’s key feature. Visitors could learn about the electric safety rules, try on non-conducting gloves and boots, and try to resuscitate a robot. They could also look at Berkut 8 and Tinger W8, the two wheeled and

UrBC, Chelyabinsk, June 21, 2017. President of the South Urals Chamber of Commerce and Industry Fedor Degtyarev is now on a business trip in Moscow, where a number of business events are to take place on June 20-21, the Chamber’s press service reports. The CCI Council meeting was held in Khimki, Moscow Region, on June 20. The event was attended by President of Russia’s Chamber of Commerce & Industry Sergey Katyrin, the Chamber’s Vice Presidents and Directors and heads of constituency CCIs. ‘Four round table discussions and a plenary session took place during the council meeting.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 21, 2017. Svetlana Zhmura was recently appointed Mass Market Business Development Director at MegaFon Sverdlovsk Region, the telecommunications provider’s press service reports. ‘It is in Sverdlovsk Region where most of MegaFon Ural subscribers are based, so this is here that we invest in network expansion the most and keep on improving connection quality. Svetlana knows everything about the industry’s technicalities and has a great understanding of telecom trends, which is why we trusted her to control the business processes in the area,’ says Director of MegaFon

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 20, 2017. The Mid-Urals Development Corporation signed a cooperation agreement with Harbin’s Public Property Committee, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. The solemn agreement-signing ceremony was attended by Deputy Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexei Orlov and Mayor of Harbin Song Xibin; the paper was signed by the corporation’s Director-General Sergey Kisselev and head of the Harbin property committee. ‘The two parties agreed to share their expertise relating to the current investment climate and to support businesses in their

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 20, 2017. Ural Airlines’ passenger traffic came to 2,545,854 people in the first five months of 2017, which exceeded the figures for one year previously by 29%. The air carrier’s press service reports they operated 18,966 flights between January 1 and May 31, 2017, including 11,388 domestic flights, 4,137 flights to and from the CIS member states, and 3,441 international flights. This was 17% more than in January-May 2016. 674,453 people flew with Ural Airlines in May 2017, which exceeded the figures for last May by 33%. The company operated 4,742 flights last month,

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 20, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region’s housing supply reached 109.2m m2 as of late 2016, which was 1.5% more than one year previously. There are currently 25.2 m2 of per capita living space in the area, Sverdlovskstat reports. The housing supply mostly consists of stone and brick buildings (35.7% of the entire amount), with a share of prefabricated and wooden buildings as well (25.6% and 17%, respectively).

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 20, 2017. Ural Airlines introduce an additional Chita-Yekaterinburg-Saint Petersburg flight every Saturday starting from July 7. According to the air carrier’s press service, they already have scheduled flights on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. The new flight’s arrival time (in Chita) is 10:10 AM and departure time (from Chita) is 11:30 AM. ‘A stopover in Yekaterinburg is an opportunity to transfer to the convenient connecting flights to other locations in Russia, the CIS, and the far abroad as well as to just have a cup of coffee, enjoy the relaxing atmosphere, and

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 20, 2017. An opening ceremony of the 2nd blue-collar jobs championship WorldSkills Hi Tech took place at ChTPZ Group’s Training Center. ‘On June 16-20, workers from the Group’s five member enterprises (Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant, Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant, ETERNO, Alnas, and Izhneftemash) will compete in the championship,’ the Group’s press service says. The contestants are all blue-collar workers aged 18 to 28 who compete in five different categories: Mechatronics, Welding Technologies, Wiring, NC Milling/Turning, and (for the first time in Russia this year)

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region Public Property Management Ministry provided local farmers and agribusinesses with 6,455 hectares worth of land allotments in the area, the ministry’s press service reports. The land allotments include 3,780 hectares in Artemovsky, 622 hectares in Achitsky, 773 hectares in Kamensky, 1,187 hectares in Gornouralsky, and 93 hectares in Gagarinsky, the press service reports. The land is currently covered with trees and shrubs and is expected to get cleared up and used for farming.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Sinara Transport Machines’ Ural Diesel Motor Plant shipped its first 12-cylinder diesel engine DM 185 to Belarus’s BELAZ Car Factory. According to Sinara Group’s press service, the engine is used in heavy-duty BelAZ 7530 quarry dumpers (capacity: 200,000 to 240,000 kg) that are meant for transportation of rock and loose cargo in all kinds of climatic conditions. ‘DM 185 is currently unique to Russia and is very powerful yet considerably lighter and smaller than its earlier counterparts. Ural Diesel Motor Plant’s designers implemented all the most advanced

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Malyshev 73 Society’s Dobrye Dela Charity Foundation sponsored a new workout site on Ural Federal University’s campus near students’ dorms. According to the foundation’s press service, the workout site can now be found within the perimeter of Bolshakov St, Stepan Razin St, Furmanov St, and Chapayev St. The location was decided upon by the dorms’ residents themselves. Chair of UFU Student Council Aslag Kagiyev conducted a survey among the students and submitted the results to the Dobrye Dela Charity Foundation and Anton Shipulin’s fund. To encourage the

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Home owners and tenants based in Sverdlovsk Region owed their suppliers 1.2bn RUR in unpaid, bad-debt housing bills as of late March 2017, Sverdlovskstat reports. The overall amount of unpaid housing bills reached 27bn RUR in April. The housing services companies provided the end users with 25.1bn RUR worth of services in the first quarter of the year, whereas the end users’ payments amounted to 22.5bn RUR, which means 89.7% of all bills did get paid. 62.2% of the housing bill amounts stem from heating energy consumption and 21.3% stem from electric power

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 19, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region’s industrial production index declined by 6.3% in May 2017 compared with one month previously, Sverdlovskstat reports. The IPI rose by 4.1% in January-May 2017 compared with one year earlier. The figure went up by 4.2% in the processing industry sector and by 9.5% in the sector for production and distribution of electric power, natural gas, and steam. Also, the index decreased by 7.4% in the fossils production sector.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. Sverdlovsk Region exported 34% more metal goods in the first quarter of 2017 compared with one year previously, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. The increase was noticeable both in terms of physical volume and the amount of money made and mostly had to do with the rising exports of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and metal goods. Additionally, titanium exports rose by 18%. The produce was mainly sold to customers based in Belgium, Great Britain, Greece, the Netherlands, Serbia, the United States, and the Czech Republic.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. EVRAZ Holding’s Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Metallurgical Works (NTMK) can now make a new product type, namely, crane rails KR 100. The first 300,000 kg of those have already been delivered to customers, the holding’s press service reports. ‘KR 100 rails are made from K76F steel whose chemical composition makes it possible to produce rolled metal goods with BHN in the 280 to 305 range. The rails are meant for crane runways used at industrial enterprises and construction sites,’ the press service says. This year, the plant’s rail-making department is also

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. Alexander Fedorov was elected ChTPZ Group’s Chair of the Board of Directors at the BOD meeting on June 7, the Group’s press service reports. The company’s BOD now comprises Ilya Cherepanov, Alexei Dronov, Elena Mashtakova, Alexander Fedorov, and Sergey Yankovsky. Alexander Fedorov is one of the Group’s shareholders and, together with Andrei Komarov, controls over 80% of the company shares; he is also Chair of the BOD at Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant and Russia’s Honored Metallurgist.

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. Sinara Group’s Sinara Development obtained a construction permit and resumed working on its contract with Ural Exhibition Center to put up Congress Center in Yekaterinburg EXPO. Sinara Group’s press service reports the company acts as both the customer and the general contractor for the project and intends to complete the construction jobs in June 2019. The goal is to put up a four-story building with a multi-purpose conference hall as its key feature. The project will require around 4bn RUR to implement. According to Sinara Development’s Director-General

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 16, 2017. Customers of the Ural Bank for Reconstruction & Development (UBRD) can now use the bank’s financial leverage options and partially back up their trading transactions with amounts in U.S. dollars and euros, the bank’s press service reports. According to the bank’s Finance Markets Director Vladimir Zotov, leveraged transactions result in higher ROI. ‘An investor can now use a convenient mechanism backed up with both their own money and the funds borrowed from the bank. Our customers can trade amounts that are five to six times larger than their original

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 15, 2017. Fifteen hi tech companies will present their produce as part of Germany’s national stand at the upcoming 8th International Innoprom Industrial Exhibition, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. In addition to this, a Russian-German industrial forum on the options expanding production in Russia opens up for the German machine-building industry and a round table discussion on the German experience in the field of industrial digitalization are also part of the exhibition’s agenda. Matthias Schepp, Head of the Moscow-based