Valery Yavetsky, the general director of the Volgograd Krasny Oktyabr, told reporters that the employees of this particular enterprise had developed armor for the latest Russian
tank (armored platform) Armata. Valery Yavetsky quotes news agency
TASS:
This is not much advertised, but a large role in the production of T-14 tanks by the Uralvagonzavod on the Armata platform was played Development of armor steel, made on "Red October".
At the same time Yavetsky added:
We produce high-quality special steel, which is demanded by consumers. 30-40% of products are exported. These are the countries of near and far abroad, including the United States of America.
At the Volgograd enterprise, which employs about 10 thousand people, on the eve a new industrial line was launched, costing almost 200 million rubles. One of the segments of the new equipment was the modernized cold rolling mill “1600”.
From the message
the press service of the company "Red October":
On June 25, the modernized cold-rolling mill “1600” was launched at the sheet rolling workshop of JSC “Volgograd Metallurgical Plant“ Red October ”. The opening ceremony of the renewed production was attended by the Director General of the plant Valery Yavetsky, Deputy General Director for Sales Roman Modzgvrishvili, Chairman of the Committee for Industry and Trade of the Volgograd Region Administration Roman Bekov, as well as representatives of enterprises
aviation and the space industry - potential consumers of the new products of the “Red October” from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol and Yaroslavl region, Kazan, Samara, Ulan-Ude and other regions of Russia.
The upgraded 1600 mill is intended for the production of cold-rolled sheet 0,8 – 3,0 mm thick, 700 – 1000 mm wide, 1400 – 2000 mm long from carbon, alloyed and corrosion-resistant steels, as well as high-temperature alloys. Such products are widely used in engineering, shipbuilding, aviation, space industry and in other industries throughout the world.
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