November 7, 2014. Public prosecution authorities of Kirovgrad, Sverdlovsk Region, carried a bill of particulars for the criminal case involving a shift foreman and a blower of Uralelectromed (a member enterprise of UMMC Holding). The two men are charged with violation of safety regulations at work (Article 216 (Part 2) of the Russian Federation Criminal Code), the press officer for Sverdlovsk Region public prosecution authorities reports. The inquest team believe that the accused did not comply with the technological regulations for the production of crude copper; as a result, some amount of

November 7, 2014. ChTPZ Group coordinated a round table discussion on the management of young workers’ career growth during the national blue-collar jobs championship WorldSkills Hi Tech, the Group’s press service reports. The discussion was moderated by ChTPZ Group’s Organizational Development Director Tatiana Kozhevnikova and contributed to by ChTPZ Human Resources Director Svetlana Kuzminykh, Beloyarskaya Nuclear Power Plant Deputy Director for HR Andrei Pavlyuk, United Aircraft Corporation’s Vice President for Personnel Svetlana Kraichinskaya, Sverdlovsk Railways Personnel Director

November 6, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant reports all the departments prepared for winter-time operation and met all the requirements necessary to obtain their Ready for Fall/Winter 2014/2015 Certificates, the corporation’s press service reports. Between early September and late October, an ad hoc committee inspected over sixty of the head plant’s divisions. The company heat and power station has more than plenty of primary (natural gas) and back-up (furnace oil) fuel, which stock is expected to ensure heating energy for both the production premises and the living quarters in

November 6, 2014. The team of Uralvagonzavod Corporation performed well at the first national blue-collar jobs championship for the hi tech industries sector WorldSkills Hi Tech, the corporation’s press service reports. Kirill Borodin of Uraltransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) won the third prize in the Welding Technologies category. The representatives of the corporation’s head plant proved No.1 team in Techno Breakthrough, an engineering skills championship. The plant’s employees also proved the strongest in Design Documentation (Yuri Samoilov), Production

November 6, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region Arbitration Court sustained the claim laid against McDonald’s by Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights watchdog): the agency demanded that the fast food chain face administrative liability for violation of technical regulations resulting in bodily injury (Article 14.43 (Part 2) of the Russian Federation Administrative Code), the court’s press officer told UrBC. ‘The court pronounced its ruling today, imposing a 50,000-ruble administrative fine on McDonald’s,’ the press officer said. Rospotrebnadzor went forth with the claim after an inspection of

November 6, 2014. Ural Airlines announced a special rate on flights operated from Yekaterinburg to Europe and the Middle East. Tickets for flights in the winter and summer schedule for 2015 can already be booked. The following flights are available: Yekaterinburg-Rome-Yekaterinburg (€129) Yekaterinburg-Prague-Yekaterinburg (€179) Yekaterinburg-Tel Aviv-Yekaterinburg (€189) The prices quoted are valid for a round trip ticket, excluding the fees. The special rates are not applicable to public holiday periods. Yekaterinburg residents can enjoy the benefits of this specially priced flight to

November 6, 2014. 39% of Russians are reported to be willing to give up on the ruble pay check in favor of a salary in U.S. dollars. Remarkably, the share of those so minded keeps growing by the year: the figure stood at 25% in 2011 and at 34% in 2012, HeadHunter’s survey findings indicate. It’s worth noting that the labor force based in Moscow and Saint Petersburg are more inclined to wish for the dollar or the euro salary than the employed living in the Urals: every one in ten (13%) local residents would prefer to get their monthly pay in U.S. dollars and every one in five (22%) would like

November 5, 2014. Eight highly skilled workers of Uralvagonzavod Corporation embarked on WorldSkills, the national blue-collar jobs contest in the hi tech industries sector that is currently in progress in Yekaterinburg. ‘Workers from Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s five member enterprises are going to display their professional skills there. These member enterprises are Nizhniy Tagil-based Uralvagonzavod, Uralcryomash, and Ural Transport Machine-Building Design Bureau and Yekaterinburg-based Uraltransmash and Plant 9. A student from Nizhniy Tagil Vocational School for Metal Processing &

November 5, 2014. Kamensk Uralsky Foundry Plant (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) commissioned a new hydraulic water press with the capacity of 2,000,000 kg. ‘The equipment is meant for making a range of press-formed articles through powder metallurgy methods. The settings are currently tuned in to make products for the corporation’s head plant, which is expected to contribute to the state’s import replacement policy,’ the corporation’s press service reports. The press will be launched as soon as a special press form has been manufactured and delivered onto the foundry

November 5, 2014. The M30 howitzer was put into the service of the Red Army seventy-five years ago this fall. The howitzer, designed in 1938, was serially produced at Plant 9 (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation, then known as Uralmashzavod) starting from 1939. ‘M30 was used not only by the Soviet Army but also by those of many other countries, including Cuba and China. It was a witness to nearly all important wars and armed conflicts in the middle and final decades of the 20th century,’ Uralvagonzavod Corporation says. The Soviet Government’s plan consisted in making artillery

November 5, 2014. A cooperation agreement was signed between ChTPZ Group and Saint Petersburg Electric Machine-Building College at WorldSkills Hi Tech in Yekaterinburg. The two parties are to do business together within the framework of ROST ORLEU, the Association of Kazakh and Russian industrial colleges, the Group’s press service reports. The agreement was signed by Director of Electric Machine-Building College Alexander Nazarov and Head of ChTPZ Group Training Center Nikolai Desyatov. ‘Joining the association of colleges will take our cooperation on training blue-collar cadre to a new

November 5, 2014. A concept for WorldSkills CIS was presented in the course of a round table discussion on training blue-collar cadre for the CIS and the Customs Union member states; the discussion was part of WorldSkills Hi Tech business agenda, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region’s Information Policy Department reports. ‘We asked the Sverdlovsk Region team to assist in the elaboration of the concept for a new-format championship. The important thing is to ensure experience-sharing among the CIS member states. We’d like to come up with a set of unified professional standards for these countries

October 31, 2014. Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights watchdog) determined that 31% of Sverdlovsk Region-based alcohol-selling companies do not entirely comply with the existing regulations, head of the agency’s Sverdlovsk Region Food Hygiene Department Natalya Sheluntsova announced at a press conference. ‘217 enterprises have underwent checks since the start of the year, and instances of non-compliance were detected in 31% of the businesses. 180 batches of strong drinks (some 2,000 liters altogether) had to be confiscated. Mostly, non-compliance had to do with discrepancies between

October 31, 2014. Uralvagonzavod Corporation presented Russia’s first innovative tram at the ExpoCityTrans 2014 International Exhibition in Moscow, the corporation’s press service reports. The corporation’s stand, designed to look like a transport terminal of a metropolis, got a visit from Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin. Deputy Mayor for Transport & Road Infrastructure Development Maxim Liksutov had a look at the new tram and was informed about its technical parameters in the company of Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s DG Oleg Sienko. ‘Sergey Sobyanin wanted to know when R1 could start its

October 31, 2014. Travelsystem, a tour operator, is no longer a player on Yekaterinburg market: the company cut back on the number of flight offers and is to close down its local representation on November 1, 2014. The decision was taken in order to cut costs after demand for Europe-bound trips had sagged, Travelsystem’s website states. At the same time, the company’s Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, and Samara branches go on with business as usual. ‘The European business standards Travelsystem rests upon leave no room whatsoever for dumping, artificially boosted sales, or

October 31, 2014. Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant (ChTPZ) now manufactures non-standard length weldless pipes: this is part of the plant’s strategy to provide for the Russian companies’ needs for high quality home-produced tubing, ChTPZ Group’s press service reports. The plant manufactured 140-mm pipes (wall width 12 mm) made of 09G2S steel that was produced at its very own steel-smelting facility, Iron Ozone 32. These products are over 11 meters long. The order was particularly challenging in that the enterprise’s production technology is normally suited for making pipes that are up to 10

October 31, 2014. EVRAZ announces its Nizhyaya Salda Metallurgical Plant (NSMZ, owned by EVRAZ’s independent subsidiary Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Works) has been sold to OOO Businessinvest, the holding’s official statement goes. ‘The transaction in question is in full compliance with EVRAZ’s current strategy, namely, selling unprofitable and non-core assets. NSMZ made 62m RUR worth of losses in 2013, which had been brought about by a considerable decrease in the demand for its produce. EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Integrated Works will stop the production process at the plant on November 1, 2014,

October 30, 2014. ChTPZ Group is going to display several job counseling stands at WorldSkills Hi Tech, a national blue-collar jobs championship, at Yekaterinburg EXPO on October 30. The Group will also make a presentation of the so-called The Future of White Metallurgy Program that is offered at ChTPZ Group Training Center, the Group’s press service says. Visitors to the stand will be able to talk to experts and Training Center students and get all the details on the current programs and courses. ‘Throughout the five-day championship, one can enjoy a spectacular performance: every high

October 30, 2014. In 2015, Electromachine (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) is going to co-invest in education of thirty school-leavers and students so that they can get jobs at the company later. 17 students are to study for their Bachelor’s degrees and on five-year programs, the rest of these students are getting into grad school,’ the corporation’s press service reports. Electromachine’s Personnel Training & Development Director Natalya Fersovitch says that this is not the first time the Chelyabinsk-based plant has launched such a program, but next year’s program is

October 30, 2014. Omsktransmash (a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) is preparing for the heating season and thus replaced over 800 m of pipes in the heating supply system. According to Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service, the company prepared for winter both with the help of its own resources and with that of ten contractors. The most labor-intensive and costly jobs were carried out at substation RP 6, where the automatic circuit breakers were fully replaced with the new, Electroshchit ones, and at the plant’s primary boiler house. Omsktransmash Deputy Chief Engineer