Kalinin Machine-Building Plant
JSC Kalinin Machine-Building Plant, ZiK or MZiK for short (Russian: Машиностроительный завод имени М.И.Калинина, ЗиК, МЗиК) is a large Soviet/Russian industrial factory, now part of Almaz-Antey holding.
Founded in 1866 in St. Petersburg by a decree of Russian emperor Alexander II as an artillery workshop, later enlarged into a state factory of field and later on anti-aircraft artillery.
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In 1918 the factory was moved into Moscow Region, in 1941 to Yekaterinburg (former Sverdlovsk), where it's located up to now.
During World War II, the factory produced 20,000 anti-aircraft guns, last channel artillery unit under mass production was the 152mm KM-52.
Since the end of the 1950s, the factory is specializing on the mass production anti-aircraft rocket systems (SAM defence).
Civil products includes diesel [1] and electrical [2] forklift trucks, public service trucks,[3] electrocars,[4] etc.
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In 2014, Malik Gaisin was appointed the director of the plant.[5]
References
- ↑ (Russian) Diesel forklift trucks DP-1604
- ↑ (Russian) Electrical forklift trucks ЭП-103КО
- ↑ (Russian) Public service car MK-1500M (w/ vacuum cleaner)
- ↑ Electrocars ET-2054
- ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=50018173&privcapId=24226680&previousCapId=24226680&previousTitle=PJSC%20Uralhimmash