June 20, 2013. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation and Railway Carriage Repair Company signed a contract for the delivery of TMV-2, a multi-purpose vehicle, to the latter. The Corporation’s press service reports that the document was signed by the holding’s Deputy DG for Railway Vehicles Andrei Shlensky and Head of Railway Carriage Repair Company’s Management Company Evgeny Podalinsky. Under the terms of the contract, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation is to deliver one TMV-2 to the customer’s subsidiary in Khilok, Zabaikalye Territory, before mid-July,

June 20, 2013. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works DG Boris Dubrovsky’s decree introduced an environmental protection investment program for 2013-2015, the company reports. The main idea behind the program is to facilitate the implementation of MMK’s environmental policy, improve the enterprise’s environmental management system, facilitate meeting the environmental legislation requirements, and ensure environmental safety. Some of MMK’s major environmental investment projects in the next two years have to do with the company’s sintering plant. For one, a number of sulfur-trapping units will

June 20, 2013. Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) presented its estimate of the long-term metallurgical goods market’s development at the International Metallurgical Summit on Russian Steel and the Global Market: A Look into the Future that took place in Moscow this week. Up to 2020, the world’s metallurgical industry will mainly be affected by the volatility of the global economy and the booming growth of the developing countries. This is particularly true of Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, North Africa, and some Latin American countries, MMK Business Development &

June 20, 2013. On June 20, 2013, the new internal coating department will be launched at TMK NGS-Nizhnevartovsk (earlier known as UpoRT) in the course of a solemn opening ceremony, TMK press service reports. Governor of Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomous Region, Nizhnevartovsk Council officials, and representatives of the region’s leading oil producers have been invited to attend the opening. TMK NGS-Nizhnevartovsk has therefore implemented its investment project on creating an internal coating department for pipes with the diameter of 73-168mm. The reconstruction of the casing tubing section

June 19, 2013. A new, modern outdoor asphalt concrete plant Bernardi MIC 100/125 that was recently launched on the premises of Uralvagonzavod has reached its projected capacity by now. The maximum productivity comes to 175 tons an hour; the plant belongs to Uralvagonzavod’s daughter enterprise UBT-Service. The new plant was assembled during the difficult spring-time conditions, but, even so, all the jobs were completed very fast – within one month. During the start-up and commissioning, the plant operated at 130 tons an hour and produced 600 tons of asphalt within five hours. The first 400

June 19, 2013. After EXPO 2020 exhibition comes to an end in Yekaterinburg, the city will be left will a full-fledged district suitable for living in, head of Yekaterinburg Administration Alexander Yakob said when looking at the preliminary results of implementing the city’s Strategic Development Plan. He says a land allotment of 550 hectares has been reserves on the right bank of Verkh-Isetsky Pond to house both EXPO Park and EXPO Village. ‘Pavilions will be built for the participant countries to host their shows, as well as a residential area for the support personnel during the

June 19, 2013. Representatives of forty-five African countries are going to visit Yekaterinburg as part of the Ural-Africa Economic Forum during Innoprom-2013. According to Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Department, the event is planned within the framework of Russian-African relations development: this was stated as one of the country’s foreign affairs priorities in the President’s decree issued in May. The forum is coordinated by Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, EXPO 2020 Application Committee, the Industry & Trade Ministry, and Russia’s Chamber of

June 19, 2013. Sinara Pipe Plant (SinTZ, a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company/TMK), came up with the results of the first stage of launching Directum-based e-document management system. While the system was being launched, a number of processes were automated, including processing memos and decrees, incoming and outcoming documents, and internal memos. As a result, the document flow has become significantly speedier, thanks to no more manual registration and accounting for most of the documents that come into all of the plant’s divisions. At the moment, the e-document management involves

June 19, 2013. Only Russia’s EXPO 2020 application features video addresses by the Russian President and by an astronaut filmed on board an international space station, head of Yekaterinburg Administration Alexander Yakob said after the trip the Russian delegation made to the BIE General Assembly meeting in Paris. ‘The Administration head pointed out that each of Russian application presentations went through in a very impressive way, which makes us optimistic about the future. The Russian delegates were headed by Russian Vice Premier Arkady Dvorkovitch, who was also one of the primary

June 18, 2013. Zashchita Corporation is planning to present its mobile office at the 9th International Arms, Military Vehicles, and Ammunitions Exhibition Russia Arms EXPO 2013 (RAE 2013) coordinated by Uralvagonzavod Corporation, Uralvagonzavod’s press service reports. The new Volkswagen Transporter has everything necessary for making oneself comfortable inside and for nice driving: the cozy, ergonomically shaped seats, a fridge, a coffee maker, a music player, a TV and a DVD player, as well as advanced navigation and driver support systems. As always, the quality of materials and assembly

June 18, 2013. Preparations are still in full swing for the 4th Ural International Industry & Innovations Exhibition & Forum Innoprom 2013. The business agenda proposals and the concept of Sverdlovsk Region’s stand were discussed at a meeting chaired by the region’s Prime Minister Alexei Orlov, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Department reports. Sverdlovsk Region’s stand will be located in the second exhibition pavilion and will become the exhibition’s largest interactive site, with presentations of innovational projects by the region’s SMEs and a

June 18, 2013. Yekaterinburg keeps competing for the right to host World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2020. The convenient location of the infrastructure facilities is seen as one of the Russian city’s primary advantages, Yekaterinburg Council’s press service reports. Special attention is now paid to creating parking lots on EXPO Park premises; the total area of the parking zone is expected to come to 60 hectares; this will be enough for 500 buses and 18,745 cars; besides, there will be room for 16,800 automobiles in an underground parking lot for those who will be staying in EXPO City. It’s

June 18, 2013. Sverdlovenergosbyt is now selling its corporates’ unpaid electricity bills by auction; these debts amount to more than 1.3bn RUR, the electricity provider’s press service reports. According to Sverdlovenergosbyt, there are 237 contracts with debts running to anything between several hundred thousand rubles and 143m RUR for sale. For one, the supplier is willing to sign agreements to cession of claim involving Ural Independent Heat & Electric Grid Company (142.9m RUR), Tavda Communal Housing Systems (39.8m RUR), Rezh Heat Supply Company (35.3m RUR), Kushva Mill Roll Plant

June 18, 2013. A meeting on Yekaterinburg transportation infrastructure development in preparation for the World Football Championship 2018 was held by Sverdlovsk Region Prime Minister Denis Pasler. The event was attended by Transport & Communications and Physical Education, Sports, & Youth Policy Ministers, Head of Yekaterinburg Administration Alexander Yakob, and heads of the city’s construction and architecture departments, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s Press Service & Information Administration reports. ‘We are still on the issues relating to preparing for hosting the World

June 17, 2013. Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK) took part in the All-Russian Zero Environmental Impact event that was coordinated by the Natural Resources Ministry as part of the Year of Environmental Protection in Russia and on the eve of the World Environmental Protection Day, TMK press service reports. The event was targeted at demonstrating the business’s environmentally responsible status to the public: all of the company’s Russian assets coordinated special activities that could support careful use of natural resources and provided some practical contribution on the pipe manufacturers’

June 17, 2013. Ural Airlines recently added a new Airbus 319 plane to its fleet of vehicles: this is the company’s first such make, in fact. This means that the air carrier currently operates the entire family of Airbus 320 planes. The new liner arrived in Yekaterinburg from North America; it is fit for 134 passengers (there are 136 economy class seats and 8 business class ones). The aircraft will be used for both international and domestic flights, the airline’s press officer reports. Ural Airlines launched its fleet upgrade program in 2006, and so the company adds some new aircraft to its

June 17, 2013. A two-tier railway and motorway bridge across Verkh-Isetsky Pond will be built in Yekaterinburg in case the city wins the right to host the international exhibition EXPO 2020. The structure will provide a link between the city center and the exhibition site, the official city portal states. The bridge that will house the air express rails as well as other means of public transport is to become one of the city’s key transport links. In fact, special attention will be paid to the all-round modernization of Yekaterinburg transportation system in the course of preparing for the

June 17, 2013. An international seminar/meeting of trade union heads from pipe manufacturing enterprises based in Russia, Ukraine, and Byelorussia took place on the premises of Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (a member of ChTPZ Group). The meeting was coordinated by the International Trade Union Association Proftsentr Soyuzmetall, the company’s press service reports. The meeting was aimed at sharing experience on cooperation inside the trade union divisions. The meeting participants talked about motivating and attracting new members and about improving their image and significance in the

June 17, 2013. More than 660bn RUR will be allocated to coordinate and host the world football championship of 2018 in Yekaterinburg; 336bn RUR out of this sum will be directed from the federal budget, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev said at a government meeting. He stressed that this money should be spent ‘in the most efficient and transparent way possible’, Finmarket refers to the official as saying. 32 national football teams and about 1m supporters are expected to arrive at the event. Medvedev pointed out that in terms of the number of visitors, the World Cup will be ‘a much larger

June 14, 2013. Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ-Uraltrac) is now sending a set of spare parts to Portugal, where four of their pipe-laying vehicles are being used at the moment. The Portuguese customers bought ChTZ’s first TP-20 as early as 2008. Having used the machine and been convinced of its reliability, the customers bought three more pipe-layers later, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s press service reports. The customer company deals in construction and repair of various types of pipelines. Even though the ChTZ vehicles are being used non-stop, they have never let