WORLD PREMIERE AT EUROSATORY 2012

UVZ Corporation has for the first time displayed its modernized T-90 tank and Tank Support Fighting Vehicle also known as «TERMINATOR» abroad at Eurosatory 2012, the Land Defence and Security Exhibition held in Paris. The vehicles were shown together, as they are supposed to be used, at UVZ open-air exhibition stand.

The UVZ show stand was attended by Brazilian, Kuwaiti, Ecuadorian and other delegations. Another UVZ exhibition stand was located in the pavilion. There UVZ displayed products of «CHTZ-Uraltrac», «Design Office Of Transport Mechanical Engineering», «Central Research Institute «Burevestnik», «Scientific And Production Enterprise «Electromashina», etc.

UVZ delegation headed by Oleg Sienko, CEO of OJSC «RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION CORPORATION «URALVAGONZAVOD», negotiated with French partners including Safran Group, Belgian FN HERSTAL and others. Both of the UVZ exhibition stands were attended by Dmitry Rogozin, deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, General Nikolai Makarov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Aleksandr Sukhorukov, First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation and Yevgeny Kuyvashev, Sverdlovsk Region Governor.

Moreover, a briefing was held with UVZ CEO Oleg Sienko and editors in chief of Russian, French, Spanish, Romanian, Brazilian, Slovak, Italian, Indian and other world-renowned military-industrial media.

OLEG SIENKO: DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1520 AREA

The first day of the VII International Rail Business Forum "1520 Strategic Partnership" in Sochi saw a plenary session on “EU-1520-APEC: TransEurasia economic corridor”. Oleg Sienko, CEO of OJSC “RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION CORPORATION “URALVAGONZAVOD”, was one of the speakers. The key questions raised at the discussion were strategy for the development of Europe-Asia transport corridor and cargo delivery efficiency.

Oleg Sienko emphasised that EU and APR countries are reluctant to opt for through shipments. As a result, the 1520 area doesn’t realise its full transit potential, but use only 2-3% of volume of shipments between EU and Asian-Pacific Region. There is a need to join together in order to make some arrangements.

Flaws in cargo shipment system, technical regulation that affects safety of transportation, detains at borders, numerous taxes and extra levies are the holdbacks that countries of the 1520 area face when dealing with freight transport. The main obstacles though, are bad railroad tracks, border crossing impediment, freight car fleet is obsolete.

“We suppose, in order to boost development of the international rail though traffic we need to update Russian transport network that borders with foreign ones and provide transporters with modern freight cars”, said Oleg Sienko. 

According to statistics, average freight car age amounts to 19 years. One of the steps to the upgrade is a prospective program launched by UVZ and Russian Railways. The program is aimed at out-of-date rolling stock utilization. 

Oleg Sienko is positive that the above mentioned measures will improve the situation in EurAsEC.