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By Alexander Ostashov, Editor
Fastener, Adhesives, Tools and … Magazine
www.fastinfo.ru
Automatic storage
Fastener producer
system installed at
SUKHOI Plant
changes ownership
A KARDEX Shuttle automatic storage system has Maxi-Group Ural Plant (NLMK), one of the metallurgical products,
been installed at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Metallurgical Holding leading steel makers in united into one production
Production Union - a SUKHOI production facility since
was on the verge of Russia, has now purchased system from collection
2005.
default in October 2007. 51% of Maxi-Group shares and processing of scrap
The production facility is named after pioneering
A debt load in excess from company founder, ferrous metals to
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. It now has the first automatic
of nearly 1 billion euros Nikoly Maksimov. The manufacture of rolled
storage system in the Far East of Russia. The warehouse
and the refusal of banks to acquisition allows NLMK to products.
modernisation was carried out as a part of a program of
refinance forced the become self-sufficient in The Maxi-Group
technical re-equipment of the SUKHOI facilities, which is
owner of the Group to scrap metal. The bargain structure includes two
responsible for the design and volume production of the
petition the President of with Maxi-Group will also divisions: one
new regional SuperJet 100 airliner. The new system
provides storage for 400,000 components, devices and
Russia for state support. allows NLMK to develop metallurgical and one
fasteners of various sizes in a ‘high-altitude’ construction
Nikoly Maksimov production of higher responsible for acquiring
consisting of a series of modules, designed on the
published an open letter added value products. scrap metals. Maxi-Group
principle of vertical building blocks. Storage locations are
in the regional newspaper Following the purchase, reoriented production of
determined automatically and selection is carried out
Ekaterinburg requesting NLMK plans to develop the Ural Plant of Precision
using a specially designed elevator and extraction
that Vladimir Putin granted Maxi-Group by rapidly Alloys (UZPS), which
system. A single operator can control the whole system.
state support for his increasing finished goods started production of
metallurgical projects in production, keeping fasteners, a range
Production growth
Russia. In his letter manufacturing costs low presented at Fastener Fair
Maksimov warned that the and developing an Stuttgart. The
at Magnitogorsk
Group’s plants could be inhouse raw material management of the Plant
closed because all the base. The company plans plans to start producing
current assets of the to compete with automotive fasteners for
Metiz Plant company were committed integrated producers Russian assembly
against debt. However, the through local production factories. Gulyaev Mikhail
In 2007 Magnitogorsk Metiz Plant manufactured Group’s future was and distribution in growing Pavlovich has acted as the
746,000 tons of products, 22% more than the
decided differently. regional markets. general director of the
previous year.
Novolipetsk Maxi-Group consists of Plant since December 1,
According to MMK the production growth was
Metallurgical several facilities producing 2007.
enabled by the smooth supply of raw materials,
primarily from its mother company. MMK says an
GM Plant in Saint Petersburg
additional contributor to its success has been a sound
marketing philosophy aimed at achieving maximum
makes Astra
sales efficiency.
The best achievers were divisions producing railway
The Russian representative office of driven from the St. Petersburg plant in
fasteners, general purpose wire, wire nails, grooved
General Motors has announced that September 2007 was an Antara. The Astra
steel, strips and powder wire. The MMK-Metiz share of production of Opel Astra cars has started is assembled from packs imported from
total Russian production of metal hardware is estimated at Saint Petersburg. Germany. GM has invested US$300 million
to have grown to 32% from 27% in 2006. About 70% of The Astra is the second Opel model in the project and also plans to produce the
output is certified to Russian and international standards. produced in Russia. The first Opel model Chevrolet Captiva in St. Petersburg.
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