UVZ ANNOUNCES SIGNING LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH EVRAZ

UVZ Corporation and EVRAZ signed a five-year metal products supply contract at the international InnoTrans-2012 exhibition in Berlin. The agreement determines mutual obligations on purchase of metal-roll and railway wheels from 2012 to 2017. As a result of this partnership, UVZ and EVRAZ will establish a market-based price mechanism.

«The two largest Nizhny Tagil enterprises have signed this strategic partnership agreement, which secures stability of the city, the area and the industry. It will become a foundation for the upgrade and the future production development. We cooperate closely and we are confident of our joint success,» said Andrey Shlenskiy, Deputy CEO, Head of Division of Railway Vehicles, UVZ. «EVRAZ intends to strengthen its partnerships through long-term contracts.

Signing this five-year agreement with URALVAGONZAVOD is a major step here,» noted Ilya Shirokobrod, Vice-president, Head of Railway Products Division, EVRAZ. «EVRAZ is a world leader among rail mill products manufacturers and we are sure that EVRAZ products will fully meet our partner’s demands,» he said.

UVZ TO EXPAND TO LATVIA

President of the Republic of Latvia Andris Berzinš / Berzins met CEO of OJSC «RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION CORPORATION «URALVAGONZAVOD» Oleg Sienko in Riga. 

At the meeting one of the points discussed was prospective building of a plant for production and repair of railway cars. After the meeting, Oleg Sienko told the press that president Berzins was content with UVZ plans.

Jelgava was selected as the location for the project and local government has approved it. The new enterprise will be space efficient and automated. The plant will hire highly qualified specialists. UVZ is intended to create jobs for hundreds of people. Minister for Transport of Latvia Aivis Ronis has also voices his support for the project.

He noticed that the new enterprise will cover the Latvian rolling stock growing demand.At the meeting Oleg Sienko distinguished Latvian railway’s long-standing traditions, its professional employees, favourable investment climate and opportunities for cooperation with state and municipal governments.

T-90S Modernized Main battle tank

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.