N.A. Semikhatov Scientific Production Association of Yekaterinburg has recently presented the new Priborostroyeniye technological park project, including the structure and would-be participants. The Association would offer 8,000 square meters for rent as the company is interested in the best possible use of its spacial facilities, says Chief Engineer Viktor Ionov. The prospective clients include VIP CJSC (producing microelectronic sensors, strain converters, and pressure meters), Technosvyaz CJSC (producing circuit boards), and Crate CJSC (producing heat and electricity meters).

Chelyabinsk bakery foods complex № 1 is going to hold the annual meeting on April 27, 2006. The points on the agenda include confirmation of the company’s financial activity in 2005, P & L distribution, electing the Board members and the inspection committee as well as the company’s auditor. The shareholders will also have to approve of the amendments to the company’s Charter.

In the first quarter of 2006, Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg rendered its services to 107,596 air travelers including 77,995 passengers on domestic flights, 9,088 passengers on the flights to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries and 20,513 passengers on international flights. During the first quarter of 2006, 909 sorties of aircraft were made from Koltsovo airport including 708 domestic flights, 66 flights to the countries of the CIS, and 135 international flights. According to the airport PR-department, within the first three months of 2006 the airport staff handled

Nizhnetagilsky Metallurgichesky Kombinat JSC (NTMK, Integrated Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Nizhny Tagil) announced the winding-up of the associated company Goroblagodatskoye Rudoupravlenie JSC (Blagodat’ mountain mine management). The share of NTMK in the authorized capital of Goroblagodatskoye Rudoupravlenie is 100%, the share of Goroblagodatskoye Rudoupravlenie equities owned by NTMK is 100%. The associated company was wound up by the decision of Sverdlovsk Regional Court of Arbitration to complete the bankruptcy proceedings.

Svetlana Galileeva, former Commercial Director of Chelyabinsk subsidiary of VympelCom JSC, succeeded Konstantin Legu as the company’s new director. In 1989, Ms Galileeva graduated from the Instrument-Making Industry Department of Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute with a degree in System Analytics and Engineering. She went on to work as a computer programmer in a research institute and in a number of private enterprises. After she graduated from the Department of Linguistics of Chelyabinsk State University with a degree in ESL and Translation in 1996, Ms Galileeva was employed by

VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation JSC signed a joint venture agreement with Boeing in Verkhnyaya Salda on April 14, 2006. The venture is parity-based and will deal in machining titanic repousses that VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation JSC is going to supply for Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The final stages of machining will take place at the Boeing plant in Portland and other contractors’ plants.

Yuzhnouralsky Armaturno-Izolyatorny Zavod JSC (Reinforcement and insulators producer of Yuzhnouralsk) has recently launched the second glass article production line meant for glass insulators. According to the company’s spokesperson, this is an important achievement as the plant needs to have a plentiful stock of glass articles in order to meet the demands of their consumers while the glass-melting furnace undergoes reconstruction. The second production line is used for making articles for PS 40 insulators. The first line is used for export items such as U-210 for the insulator company of

Zinc plant of Chelyabinsk acquired 51% of shares of Nova-zinc, a company dealing in mining and processing of lead-zinc ore in Akzhal deposit in Kazakhstan, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative. This is one of the steps to create a vertically integrated corporate structure of Chelyabinsk company. The money ($70m) was provided via the syndicated loan from the German banking group HVB; the cost of the transaction is not going to be revealed, however. In 2001-2004, the average annual output of Akzhal ore mining and processing enterprise comprised 38,000 tons of concentrated

Kalinin Works put an 11-hectare patch of land up to auction; the area is occupied by office and production buildings as well as warehouses, the company’s intermediary, Director of Derby Realtor Company Sergey Saifullin said to UrBC representative. ‘The Works decided to sell this patch a while ago and has already received a number of transaction agreements, from Almaz-Antey, for instance. Over 30 businesses are thinking of buying it at the moment, yet as the company is interested in selling the whole patch at once or maybe splitting it in no more than 2 or 3 parts we had to refuse most

‘This year, YuzhUralExpo is going to organize over 40 exhibitions,’ the company’s General Director Galina Zimina said to UrBC representative. ‘We’ll introduce the Russian Orthodox Urals exhibition, a car exhibition, the Chelyabinsk Region Urban Assembly, the Ural Arts exhibition, the Flora and Fauna exhibition and a number of others for the first time. In March, we had a fair called Belarus 2006, and there was the National Exhibition called Your Partner, Czech Republic on April 11-14. Right now we are negotiating with Russian and foreign exhibition contractors on joint projects,’ Ms Zimina

Trust Insurance Company JSC is going to hold the extraordinary shareholder meeting on April 28, 2006. The main item on the agenda is the amendments to the company’s Charter. The list of those eligible to attend the meeting was complied according to the data available by April 8, 2006.

The Board of Directors of Irbit Plant of Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals JSC decided to allot extra share issue consisting of 95,876 shares with a par value 1 RUR each. The shares will be allotted with the shareholder Consul Managing Investments Industrial Company. The allotment cost is 6 755 RUR.

Magnitogorsky Kalibrovochny Zavod JSC (calibration plant of Magnitogorsk, member of Metallurgical Integrated Complex of Magnitogorsk) held the annual stockholders meeting. The shareholders approved of the annual report and accounting statements, including P&L account and the distribution of profits for 2005. The shareholders decided to pass the share dividends. The shareholders elected the company’s Board of Directors consisting of Boris Dubrovsky, Yevgeny Oder, Vladimir Skripka, Vladimir Shmakov, Alexei Nosov, Alexander Titov, Vladimir Lebedev. Boris Dubrovsky, former Chairman of the

Sverdlovenergo JSC announces the sale of its 3,280 (three thousands two hundreds eighty) Tagilbank JSC equities via a sealed-bid auction. The opening bid is 32,800 RUR, the sale contract with the best bidder is to be made within a fortnight since the signature of the auction report, the payment shall be made in monetary form. Passing of the property is to be registered after the money receipt on the Sverdlovenergo JSC settlement account. The amount of the first issue of equities is 1,640; the amount of the second issue equities is 1,640. The face value of one equity is 10 RUR. The equities

Ufaleynickel JSC started overhaul of converter No. 5 located at the company’s smeltery. Within the last week, the preparation of shelerter shell to dismantling was completed including the removal of the wrapper plate, the dust-hood and the end covers and dismantling of operating platforms. The dismantling of the old converter case was executed by means of two cranes. All the scheduled overhaul operations have been carried out in strict accordance with the company’s plan. The converter overhaul will have been completed before the end of the present month, the spokesperson for Ufaleynickel said

The Board of Directors of Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant JSC decided to allot the extra share issue of 4,457,572 nominal paperless shares with a par value 1 RUR each. The shares will be distributed among the company’s shareholders.

Kalina JSC is going to place a receiving order with Court of Tatarstan in order to claim 400,000 RUR from Nefis Cosmetics JSC. The sum had been awarded to Kalina JSC in compensation for illegal use of the company’s trademark, Malenkaya Feya (Little Fairy), as well as of the image of a little girl – Nefis Cosmetics had used it in the production of its Milenkaya Feya (Pretty Fairy) kids’ shampoo, which ad been qualified as counterfeiting. Part of the sum is constituted by Kalina’s legal expenses. As Nefis Cosmetics still hasn’t paid the money awarded by the court it will have to be claimed

Sverdlovsk Regional government covenanted for supply of 70 Yenisey combine harvesters in 2006 with Agromashholding JSC (Krasnoyarsk). The harvesters are to be distributed among agricultural enterprises of Sverdlovsk Region. The contract was concluded during the Ural-Agro-2006 trade exhibition, visited by Sverdlovsk Governor Eduard Rossel and Regional Minister of Agriculture Sergey Chemezov. ‘The covenant of combine harvester supply with Sverdlovsk Region is to be implemented within the present year. This year, we are going to deliver 70 Yenisey combine harvesters to Sverdlovsk Region, whereas

Operations of the Yuzhnouralsky Armaturno-Izolyatorny Zavod JSC (reinforcement and insulator producer of Yuzhouralsk) under its contract of supply to Iran in 2005 reach their final stage. The contract provides for the delivery of U-160 and U-210 insulators produced by the company. The delivery is to be made in three shipments. Before their shipment, the insulators undergo a test attended by the Iranian consumer representatives. After the signing of the test report, the Iranian party issues a supply clearance. The first shipment was delivered to Iran within the summer of 2005. At the end of

The management of Uglemetbank JSC has changed. The powers of Raisa Budkova and Anna Kuz’mich, members of the bank management, were withdrawn before the due date. The corresponding decision was issued by the bank’s Board of Directors during their meeting on April 12, 2006. At the same time, Yana Grishchenko entered Uglemetbank management as the new member. The changes happened after Konstantin Panfilov succeeded former GD of Uglemetbank Sergey Babenkov a month ago.