April 11, 2013. ‘We are launching a hotline session with the Managing Director of MegaFon’s MegaLabs Innovations Laboratory Anton Vedernikov. What novelties is MegaFon expected to think up for the Ural locals in the nearest future? What innovations enjoy the greatest demand among the subscribers?’ MegaFon explains these and other burning questions can be put forth via PR@megafon.ru, on Facebook or VKontakte through Arpil 15. One’s improvement proposals or ideas on the launch of new services that could expand a mobile phone’s capacity can also be presented via e-mail or social networks. The

April 11, 2013. The plant’s first young electricians’ contest was held at Seversky Pipe Plant (STZ, a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company). 25 electricians who won in the department contest as well as representatives of Polevskoy Technical Service took part in the event. In addition, three students of V.I. Nazarov Polevskoy Vocational School participated in the program but did not compete for the prizes, the company’s press service reports. The contest was two-fold and comprised a theoretical and a practical part. First, it took the contestants one hour to do a test on electrical equipment

April 10, 2013. A major railway vehicles manufacturer Bombardier Transportation and Russia’s leading railway vehicles producer Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation (UVZ) are now presenting their joint proposals for Russia at Germany’s largest fair Hannover Messe, UVZ press officer reports. This year, Russia is a partner country for the forum that is dedicated to the global industry. The opening of the fair was actually attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. UVZ and Bombardier Transportation presented a new stage of their program

April 10, 2013. Sinara Development (a member of Sinara Group) came up with a financial and production performance report for 2012. The sub-holding’s accumulated net profit amounted to 180.3m RUR, which exceeds the figures for 2011 by two times, Sinara Group’s PR Center says. A multi-faceted approach to project implementation is one of the key characteristics of Sinara-Development’s performance. Therefore the process covers not only investment, design, construction and maintenance, but also setting up the social infrastructure buildings in the area. According to Sinara Development’s

April 10, 2013. Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation took part in the International Industrial Fair Hannover Messe-2013 that opened in Hannover, Germany, on April 8. Uralvagonzavod displayed its stands in two pavilions: one stand is a joint project with Bombardier, the other one is part of the Russian Federation’s central exhibition. Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the corporation’s stands on the day the prestigious fair was opened, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The heads of the two states took a great

April 10, 2013. Ural Airlines won in the all-Russian aviation contest called Russian Wings-2012, in the Airline of The Year-Group II (1-3bn passenger-km) Domestic Flights Air Carrier category. What is more, Ural Airlines was also awarded a diploma in the Airline of The Year-International Flights Air Carrier category, the airline’s press service reports. Now the Russian Wings Prize was set up in 1997 by the Russian Association of Aircraft Operators and the aviation industry magazine Aviatransportnoe Obozreniye; for over ten years, this has been the only aviation sector prize given out to

April 10, 2013. Russia’s Economic Development Minister Andrei Beloussov visited Sverdlovsk Region’s stand while taking a tour of Hannover Messe’s most important exhibitors. He was welcomed at the stand by Sverdlovsk Region’s Vice Premier Alexei Orlov and the Titanium Valley Special Economic Zone’s Director-General Artemy Kyzlasov, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s press service and information department reports. During their meeting, the said parties talked about the region’s developmental prospects. For one, Orlov presented the plans for the development of Bogoslovsky industrial park. The

April 9, 2013. Two of Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s member enterprises – Plant 9 and Yekaterinburg-based Uraltransmash signed an agreement on network partnership; this was done within the framework of creating and developing a multi-functional educational center with a focus on machine-building, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. In addition to the plants’ representatives, the agreement was also signed by Director of Sverdlovsk Region Union of Machine-Building Enterprises A. Bukhmastov, Director-General of Sverdlovsk Region Union of Defense Industry Enterprises V. Schelokov,

April 9, 2013. An All-Russian conference dedicated to the 20th century tank-building industry, its history, historiography, museums, and books on the subject that was held at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant closed down. At the end of the conference, a summary was made, and a special resolution was voted on, Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s press service reports. The plenary session resulted in the statement that the topics on the agenda of the conference were quite relevant and interesting for further research. The conference coordinators – Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production

April 9, 2013. Uralvagonzavod’s amateur folk circus troupe called Friends’ Smiles won a second-degree diploma in Novokuznetsk. The group from Nizhniy Tagil demonstrated all the richness and variety of its talents at the 7th All-Russian amateur circus performance contest known as Under the Old Chapiteau’s Dome in late March, Uralvagonzavod’s press service reports. Over 350 young circus performers from 29 troupes from Chelyabinsk, Nizhniy Tagil, Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, and other cities of Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Novosibirsk, and Kemerov Regions and from Perm and Krasnoyarsk Territories showed an

April 9, 2013. The assembly of a new, multi-purpose non-destructive control line for hot-rolled pipes was completed at SinTZ’s OCTG department known as T-4. Now Sinara Pipe Plant (SinTZ) is a member of Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), and the news was reported by TMK press service. The non-destructive control units meant for checking the ends of weldless pipes were assembled with help from the engineers employed with the Swedish company MAC. The installation supervision of the mechanical units meant for delivering the pipes onto the line was completed by the representatives of the Swedish

April 9, 2013. Ural Airlines keeps on expanding its destinations network and increasing the number of flights it offers. Starting May 26, a scheduled flight from Moscow to Ulan-Ude and back will become available. The flight will be operated at 8:30 AM every day except for Sunday, and the return flight’s departure time is 8:15 PM, which means trips to the capital won’t cost you anything in terms of time loss. The tickets for the flight are already available for sale. Now Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport is a sort of hub for Ural Airlines, so, once in the capital, you’ll be able to use the company’s

April 8, 2013. To celebrate Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant’s 80th anniversary that is to fall on June 1, 2013, the company’s management appealed to Mayor of Chelyabinsk Sergey Davydov, asking him to name one of the city’s new streets after a great designer and scientist Nikolai Dukhov. The idea was backed up by the trade union and the long-service employees council of ChTZ, says the press service of Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation (ChTZ is a member of the corporation). The tractor company’s application was considered by an expert committee on naming streets, squares, and

April 8, 2013. Rus-Rating affirmed SKB-Bank’s credit ratings as of April 2, 2013. The bank’s international rating stands at BBB-, its national scale rating is at AA-. These are the top results among the national scale ratings assigned to Sverdlovsk Region-based banks, SKB-Bank’s press service reports. The bank’s rating stems from its advanced and stable position on the region’s market, its financially strong proprietors who are likely to support the business, good quality corporate governance, effective development strategy, and good business dynamics. ‘SKB-Bank is the Urals’ largest lending

April 8, 2013. The American company OFS International LLC that is controlled by Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), one of the world’s largest OCTG manufacturers, purchased a 100% stake in those assets of ITS Tubular Services (Holdings) Limited (based in Aberdeen, Scotland) and of an affiliated group of stockholders that have to do with pipe servicing and production of O&G goods, TMK press service reports. The said assets are located to the north-west of Houston, on the territory of 84 acres, and have the capacity for cutting over 700,000 pipes and for making about 250,000 pipe couplers a

April 8, 2013. Sinara Group is going to take part in a major global industrial fair called Hannover Messe; the fair is to be held in Germany on April 8-12. The company’s stand will feature two large projects that Sinara is currently implementing jointly with its German partners, Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. The stand’s most prominent feature is a project on the production of freight locomotives and passenger trains at Ural Locomotives, a JV run by Sinara Group and Siemens AG. The plant is located in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region. Ural Locomotives produces Sinara - freight locos

April 8, 2013. A portion of the conference on the tank-building industry in the 20th century (its history, historiography, museums, and books on the subject) that was held at Uralvagonzavod Corporation’s head plant was dedicated to discussing the concept for the TankProm Museum. The potential museum’s target audience, special programs that it could run, the expediency of the chosen name and location, the availability of exhibits at the moment, and other issues were considered, Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation’s press service reports. It is reported that employees of

April 5, 2013. Burgas, the Sochi-based B&B owned by Sinara Group, came up with a financial and operation performance report for 2012. By the end of the year, the boarding house’s revenues came to more than 232.8m RUR, which is 15% more than in 2011; sales revenues came to 13.7m RUR. All in all, more than 11,000 people chose to spend their vacations at Burgas, Sinara Group’s press service reports. Last year’s long-term investment program resulted in a new outdoor pool with heated water, two reconstructed gyms, and a mini-football/basketball/volleyball pitch. Also, Forum, a multifunctional

April 5, 2013. Six years ago on April 4, 2007, a VIP customer service section called Elite-Bank started operating at SKB-Bank’s head office in Yekaterinburg. This was a totally new level of banking service that set the European standards for premium quality banking in the Urals, SKB-Bank’s press officer says. Elite-Bank currently has over 800 customers, with a lot of successful personas from Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Region trusting their finance management to the care of SKB-Bank. More than 7,000 accounts have been opened at Elite-Bank division since its launch six years ago. At the

April 5, 2013. The sales of homes in the second section of Volgograd’s Novy Svet District took off on April 1, 2013. The district is being put up by Sinara-Development, Sinara Group’s PR Center reports. Novy Svet District is a multi-faceted area development project with the area of 6.8 hectares around Volgograd State Agricultural University. The project provides for the construction of 13 multi-storey buildings (5 and 9 storeys) with the total area of more than 100,000 sq m. The first block of the buildings includes four 5-storey apartment buildings with the total area of 20,500 sq m and is