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Izhorskiye Zavody[2] orIzhora Plants[3] (Russian:Ижо́рские заво́ды) is a Russian machine buildingjoint stock company (OAO) belonging to theOMZ Group. It operates a major manufacturing plant inKolpino, Saint Petersburg.
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Company type | Public Joint Stock Company |
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Industry | Machinery |
Founded | 1722 |
Headquarters | , Russia |
Revenue | $143 million[1] (2014) |
Parent | OMZ |
Website | omz-izhora |



Operations
editThe company is primarily a heavy industry factory. It specializes in engineering, production, sales and maintenance of equipment and machines for thenuclear power, oil and gas, and mining industries, and in production of special steels and equipment for other industries. Production includes metal tanks, boilers, pressure vessels of nuclear reactors, and devices for distillation, filtering or purification of liquids and gases. It has produced the reactor vessels for the firstRussian floating nuclear power stationAkademik Lomonosov.[4]
OMZ employs some 16,500 people. A recent Expert magazine ranking placed OMZ among Russia's 400 largest companies. Izhorsky Zavody factory is an important part of the St. Petersburg economy.
In November 2021 Izhorskiye Zavody manufactured and delivered at sea a reaction vessel forAkkuyu Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 inTurkey. The price of the reaction vessel is approximately RUB 3 billion, based on a contract signed in 2017.[5]
References
edit- ^http://www.rbc.ru/magazine/2016/05/5716c2249a79472b85254179.
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(help) - ^"Izhorskiye Zavody Completes Second Transportation Locking System for Koodankulam NPP."Archived 2017-10-28 at theWayback MachineOMZ Group press release. 6 August 2009.
- ^Izhora PlantsArchived 2011-07-16 at theWayback Machine page at SKRIN.com
- ^"Reactors ready for floating plant".World Nuclear News. 2009-08-07. Retrieved2009-08-09.
- ^"Ижорские заводы изготовили корпус реактора для 2-го энергоблока АЭС Аккую в Турции" (in Russian).Интерфакс. 2021-11-23.