Kalinin Machine-Building Plant

JSCKalininMachine-Building Plant,ZiKorMZiKfor short (Russian:Машиностроительный завод имени М.И.Калинина, ЗиК, МЗиК) is a Russian industrial company known for producing artillery and vehicles. It is now part of theAlmaz-Anteyholding company.

Kalinin Machine-Building Plant

Company type	Public Joint Stock Company
Industry	Defense
Founded	1866
Headquarters	Yekaterinburg , Russia
Products	Anti-aircraft missile systems, missiles, forklifts, trucks, cars
Revenue	$611 million(2017)
Number of employees	6,344 (2020)
Parent	Almaz-Antey
Website	www.zik.ru

History

Founded in 1866 inSt. Petersburgby a decree of Russian emperorAlexander IIas an artillery workshop, it was later enlarged into a state factory of field and later on anti-aircraft artillery.

In 1918 the factory was moved intoMoscow Region,in 1941 toYekaterinburg(former Sverdlovsk), where it's located up to now.

DuringWorld War II,the factory produced 20,000 anti-aircraft guns, last channel artillery unit undermass productionwas the 152mm KM-52.

Since the end of the 1950s, the factory is specializing on the mass production anti-aircraft rocket systems (SAMdefence).

Civil products include dieseland electricalforklift trucks,public service trucks,electrocars,etc.

In 2014,Malik Gaisinwas appointed the director of the plant.

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  Public service truck
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Products

Civil

Municipal vacuum paving machine MK-1500M2 (discontinued)

Municipal vacuum paving machine MK2000

MR-20 series electric loaders

Electric loaders EP-103KAS (discontinued)

ET-2054 platform electric trolleys

Appliances (In 1990-1991 the plant produced an electric slow cooker "Paryonka" )

Military

• Combat assets of the S-300 V anti-aircraft missile system;
• Combat means of theBUK-M1anti-aircraft missile system;
• Combat weapons of theKrugair defense system (produced in the 60s-70s);
• Combat weapons of theKubair defense system (produced in the 60s-70s).

Awards

• Order of Lenin(16.01.1939) — for exceptional services to the country in arming the Red Army, creating and mastering new types of weapons
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour(12.05.1941)
• Order of the Patriotic WarI degree (09.07.1945)
• Order of the October Revolution(24.02.1976)

External links

• Official website of MZiK