Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant

OAO Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant (Russian: ОАО "Челябинский Кузнечно-прессовый завод") (Joint Stock Company Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant) (Abbreviated as OAO ChKPZ) (RTS:CHKZIN) is a machine building and automobile component manufacturing company based in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Overview

The company's main products are special purpose vehicles such as dumpers, short loggers, timber trucks, pipe trucks and bolsters,[1] as well as wheels for cars, trucks, trolleybuses, trailers and semi-trailers and for heavy hauler and road construction machinery.[1][2] In addition, the company produces forgings and presses used in manufacture of pipeline armature, cars and trucks, special-purpose equipment, vehicles, railway transport.[3]

Most of the Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant's products are sold in Russia and in the former republics of the USSR, as well as in countries of Europe, Africa, and Asia.[4]

The company's stock is listed on the Russian Trading System, and it currently has about 3,000 employees.[5] It has two associated companies - Garmoniya OOO and Uraldormash ZAO.[2]

The American magazine Business Week praised the company in its article published on 7 May 2009, describing it as a showcase of efficiency. The magazine especially praised the abilities of the company's 26-year-old CEO Andrey Gartung.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Quality is our driving force". OAO Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant. http://www.eng.chkpz.ru/. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 
  2. ^ a b "Chelyabinsk forge-and-press factory". Financial Times. http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/businessProfile.asp?s=RU:CHKZIN. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 
  3. ^ "History". OAO Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant. http://www.eng.chkpz.ru/about/history/history.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 
  4. ^ "JSC Chelyabinsk Forge and Press Plant". Business Week. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22583382. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 
  5. ^ "Social program". OAO Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant. http://www.eng.chkpz.ru/about/social/social.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 
  6. ^ "Russia's Factories Gear Up for Efficiency". Business Week. 2009-05-07. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_20/b4131050573909.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 

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