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about the US taxpayer, their investors just want the biggest return as quickly as they can get it... and China offers faster returns...
Izhmash Weapons manufacturing company officially bankrupt Mr.Kalishnikov47 23/04/12, 08:43 pm
OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON BANKRUPTCY IZHMASH
JSC "Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant"
April 6, 2012 Arbitration Court of Udmurtia has recognized, "Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant" bankrupt, and opened for business in bankruptcy. The court appointed bankruptcy trustee member of the company non-profit partnership "Moscow professional self-regulating organization of arbitration managers' Artem Kuznetsov.
The decision on the recognition of a bankrupt company was expected to guide him the plant was ready. At the beginning of 2011, when under the control of the State Corporation "Russian Technologies" to the management team "Izhmash" came a new crisis management team headed by Maxim Kuzyukom, it was decided to conduct business through the improvement of the reorganization of the management and implementation of bankruptcy procedures, including in order to comply balance the interests of the debtor and its creditors.
To the company was able to preserve the scientific and industrial potential, was created by NPO "Izhmash" (100% subsidiary of GC "Technologies"), which combined the main production areas, previously carried out by disparate groups of businesses "Izhmash". It is important to ensure that the commitments by the state defense order in the field of military-technical cooperation. Receiving the majority of employees in the newly created company has actually been completed, as well as translation of basic obligations under the executables earlier contracts. All the necessary licenses to manufacture and sell products for civil and military purposes and has already received. The factory will continue to fully and thus more effectively than ever before, to produce the full range of products, which is famous for Izhmash, including Kalashnikov assault rifles, Dragunov sniper rifles, sporting shotguns "Saiga", "Tiger," "The Bear" "Moose," sporting rifles "Biathlon" precision artillery shells, machine tools and tools.
As a result of reorganization of the formation of a new structure of the effective management of the enterprise, many new areas of production led by professional managers, they are now completely revising existing processes and adopting modern methods of production management.
According to forecasts, the implementation of these measures will allow the NGO "Izhmash" in 2012 to enter the profit of 32 million, compared with 6.4 million net loss last year. In 2012 the amount of planned revenues 5333 million rubles, including 3756 million rubles - at the expense of military production and 1568 million rubles - at the expense of products for civilian use. According to forecasts, sales will increase by 15-20% compared to last year.
Rogozin predicts a significant increase in industrial production of the Russian defense industry
TSAMTO, October 2. The industrial output of enterprises of the Russian defense industry in 2015 will increase by 1.8 times compared with 2011. On this, as the "RIA Novosti", said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in the forum "Russia Calling".
According to him, "in view of the projected trends, the volume of industrial production in total defense increase in 2015 (relative to 2011) by 1.8 times in 2020 (relative to 2015) is 1.5 times , in 2025 (relative to 2020) by 1.3 times in 2030 (relative to 2025) by more than 1.2 times, "- said the agency.
Overall, by 2030, defense production, compared with 2011 will quadruple.
Rogozin said that as of now, "about 45% of the industrial output of the Russian defense industry - is the military equipment that is made for domestic use, about 22% - is defense products, which is sent in the military-technical cooperation on export and 33% of production of defense products are purely civilian "- transfers" RIA Novosti ".
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, in the future, "the Russian defense industry should reach 50 per cent of civilian products", - said the agency.
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Re: Status of Russian Military Industrial Complex (MIC) Mr.Kalishnikov47 31/10/12, 07:18 pm
MOSCOW — Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian who designed the AK-47 assault rifle, called on President Vladimir Putin on Oct. 30 to halt the decline at the legendary factory where he invented the weapon.
Kalashnikov, 92, and 16 colleagues said in an open letter addressed to Putin that production had fallen to a record low at the Izmash motor and weaponry factory in Izhevsk, the main city in the central Russian region of Udmurtia.
“Respected Vladimir Vladimirmovich, we are forced to turn to you because of the catastrophic situation at what was once a manufacturing giant,” the letter said. “It is bitter and shameful to see how something built by more than one generation is being destroyed. Today the level of production is lower than ever.”
“In the name of the veterans who have spent most of their lives working at Izmash, we ask you to save our factory,” it said.
It is hard to sympathise with either Izhmash or Mikhail Kalashnikov. Mikhail Kalashnikov's last open letter addressed to Putin was in 2008. In that letter he accused foreigners of spreading rumours about the collapse of Izhmash in order to undermine the power of Russia.
For most of the past decade there has been almost no innovation from Izhmash. Instead of innovating they used the Russian courts and diplomats to suppress competitors. In 1997 they obtained a patent for the 50 year old AK-47 design. Izhmash used this ridiculous patent to sue and take ownership of their Russian rival Molot.
It is hard to sympathise with either Izhmash or Mikhail Kalashnikov. Mikhail Kalashnikov's last open letter addressed to Putin was in 2008. In that letter he accused foreigners of spreading rumours about the collapse of Izhmash in order to undermine the power of Russia.
For most of the past decade there has been almost no innovation from Izhmash. Instead of innovating they used the Russian courts and diplomats to suppress competitors.
In 1997 they obtained a patent for the 50 year old AK-47 design. Izhmash used this ridiculous patent to sue and take ownership of their Russian rival Molot.
Re: Status of Russian Military Industrial Complex (MIC) Mr.Kalishnikov47 01/11/12, 12:01 am
Sorry... what? For the last decade they have upgraded the AK to AK-100 level and developed a carbine and standard length rifle in domestic and foreign calibres, they have improved the SVD into the SVDS, and they have introduced a suppressed assault rifle (AK9), while at the same time introduced into service an upgraded PKM for the light machine gun role called Pecheneg. In comparison the Brits over the last 30 years have introduced the fairly unreliable SA-80 and LSW, and had the Germans improve the SA80 to produce the SA-80Mk2 which has achieved a decent level of performance... finally. The French still have their FAMAS and the Americans still have M4s.
Exactly what was expected of Izhmash?
Laser rifles?
They also now have the AK-200 and the AK-12 and they also had the AK-107 and AK-108 balanced recoil rifles.
They weren't aggressive enough in pushing new versions of the AK, and other weapons on the world market. Picatinny rails and collapsible stocks should have been standard on the AK-100 series years ago. I suppose Izmash will just be bailed out by the government.
Re: Status of Russian Military Industrial Complex (MIC) Mr.Kalishnikov47 04/11/12, 12:19 pm
KLIMOVSK, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin called on Saturday for a merger of two of Russia's leading small-arms makers, Izhmash and Izhmekh, under the Kalashnikov brand.
"We need to set up a new-old brand, named 'Kalashnikov', based on the two old factories," said Rogozin, who has special responsibilities for Russia's arms industry, during a visit to the TsNIITOCHMASH arms plant near Moscow.
Oleg Bochkaryev, a member of Russia's military-technical commission, arrived on Friday in Izhevsk, the Urals city where the two enterprises are based, for talks on a possible merger, Rogozin said.
"Izhmekh and Izhmash, with all my respect, are not a brand. Kalashnikov - that's a brand," Rogozin said.
He criticized the two plants for lacking staff, having financial difficulties and over-capacity, and making similar products
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