Kurgan Wheel Tractor Plant
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| Company type | Open Joint-Stock Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mechanical engineering |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Defunct | 2010 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | tractors |
| Revenue | financial meltdown in 2010 |
Number of employees | In the 1970s and 80s about 11,000 people |
| Website | http://www.rusich-kzkt.ru/ Awards: {{Order of the Red Banner of Labour|type=organization|1981}} 1981 year |
Kurgan Wheel Tractor Plant named afterD. Karbyshev(JSC "Rusich",Russian:Курганский завод колёсных тягачей имени Д. М. Карбышева (ОАО «Русич»)) was a manufacturer of special heavy automotive machines. It operated since 1950 to 2011 and was located inKurgan,Kurgan Oblast.[1]
The plant produced automobiles, special chassis, truck tractors and semi-trailers which are used by theMinistry of Defence (Russia)and oil and gas producing companies. As a part of this, there are heavy-duty ballast tractors that are used foraerodrome-towing aircraft weighing up to 200 tonnes.
On April 25, 2011 the factory was declared bankrupt by Arbitral Court of Kurgan Oblast.[2][3]Production capacity was liquidated. Real estates were partly repurposed.
History
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The plant was founded on April 1, 1950 in Kurgan on the basis ofUralselmash.[4]At the time the manufacturer specialized on producing balers, harrows, forage harvesters, threshers, etc. In the second half of the 1950s due to the increased need of the national economy for heavy machines, the plant was repurposed to produce wheel tractors. It was renamedKurgan Wheel Tractor Plant(KZKT) by the Order of the Minister of the automotive and tractor industry on June 11, 1966.
In the 1970s and 80s, it employed about 11,000 people, that were specialists in 219 professions. Pride of the collective wasHero of Socialist LaborYuri Nabatnikov.Mass edition factory newspaper "Factory Life" was issued. KZKT had a Palace of Culture, Sports Palace,Stadiumand "Dolphin" swimming pool.
In 1981 the plant was awarded theOrder of the Red Banner of Labor.
On July 10, 1993, JSC "Rusich" — "D.M. Karbyshev Kurgan Wheel Tractor Plant" was registered. The volume of government procurement in 1991 dropped from 91% down to a level of 4.5%. Due to the lack of funds oil and gas companies rejected ordered vehicles, resulting in 286 unsold vehicles accumulated in warehouses. The volume of production in 1993 decreased by 34.2%.
Activities, products and services
[edit]Activity: KZKT8×8automobile-tractors, full mass of a towing semi-trailer up to 100 tonnes, ballast tractors for towing trailers weighing up to 80 tonnes and aircraft weighing up to 200 tons; semi-trailers for transporting loads up to 80 tonnes, and differentials forUAZcars.
Goods and Services: trucks and tractors, lorries, tractors for semi-trailers, trailers for trucks and tractors, road semi-trailers, Machine elements, components and spare parts for transmissions of automobiles and motor vehicles, Differential devices and components of automobiles and motor vehicles, Airport and aerodrome equipment, ground aircraft-towing vehicles for airports (tugs).
The plant had its own foundry.
Bankruptcy
[edit]In the post-Soviet period, the company repeatedly changed owners several times and had undergone thebankruptcyprocedure several times.[5][6]
Back in 2010, the Arbitral Court of Kurgan Oblast received a statement from OAO "EnergoKurgan"that demanded recognition of the financial bankruptcy of JSC" Rusich "—" D.M. Karbyshev Kurgan Wheel Tractor Plant ". A court decision from February 24, 2010, concerning JSC" Rusich "— KZKT appointed external supervision for a period of 18 months,Alexander Maslakovwas approved as the external manager. The external manager concluded that it was impossible to fulfill the external supervision plan before the deadline set by a court decision. In this regard, on March 17, 2011, Alexander Maslakov appealed to the Arbitral Court for early termination of external supervision procedures and the transition to bankruptcy proceedings. On April 28, 2011, the Arbitral Court of Kurgan Oblast declared JSC "Rusich" — "D.M. Karbyshev Kurgan Wheel Tractor Plant" bankrupt.[7]According to the external supervision plan, a portion of the property was to be sold through public auction.[8]
As a result of the auction, organized by LLC "YuKO", winning bidders in the sale of lots were recognized as follows:
- Limited Liability Company "Group ESE" (300,965,412.96 rubles)
- Limited Liability Company "Titan" (98,019,002.10 rubles)
- Andrey Demin (38,916,483.40 rubles)
- Limited Liability Company "The Foundry" (24,203,145.17 rubles)
- Limited Liability Company "Leasing Invest" (18,500,500.80 rubles)
- Open Joint Stock Company "Kurgan Generation Company" (12,626,000.00 rubles)
- Cassina Julia Vitalievna (11,487,600.00 rubles)
- Limited Liability Company "Wave - ZHILSERVIS number 4" (6,768,000.00 rubles)
- SP Gennady Polikarpov (3,776,400.00 rubles)
- Pazderin Pavel V. (1,400,700.00 rubles)
- SP R. Roman O. (1,213,800.00 rubles)
- Limited Liability Company "Uralmetsnab" (1,009,800.00 rubles)
Products
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- BTR-60
- MAZ-535(1961-1963)[9]
- Tractor MAZ-537(1963-1990)
- Tractor KZKT-545
- Tractor KZKT-7428 "Rusich" (1990-2011, developed by the Plant Design Bureau)[10]
- Special wheeled chassis KZKT-8005 (1990s–2011)
Administration
[edit]Factory directors were:
- 1950-1952 A.D. Sabel'nikov
- 1952-1961 Konov A.I.
- 1961-1971Ketov, George Martiyanovich
- 1971-1984Kondratyev, Grigory
- 1984-1986Belozerov, Leonid G.
- 1986-1989Pavlov, Pavel
- 1989-1995Nechaev, Vladimir V.
- 1996 sinceCherva, Boris Maksimovic
external manager
Director of "KZKT"
- From February to March 2008Tyazhelnikov, Vyacheslav
- From February 2010Zamyatkin, Yuri
Director of "Forge Factory" Rusich "
- From March 2008 to February 2010Tyazhelnikov, Vyacheslav
References
[edit]- ^"Рожденный в зареве войны".
- ^"Суд признал банкротом курганский" Русич "-КЗКТ - Урал || Интерфакс Россия".www.interfax-russia.ru(in Russian). 2011-04-26.Retrieved2024-01-11.
- ^"Русич Банкротство предприятия 4501017764".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-08-03.Retrieved2012-05-04.
- ^On April 1, 1950 based on the eastern site of the "Uralselmash" plant an independent enterprise "Kurganselmash"was founded, which inherited the whole production history, starting with the Turbine plant of the early twentieth century. The" Uralselmash "plant still had the western site in its structure. Subsequently, the company was reorganized as Kurgan Wheel Tractor Plant (KZKT).
- ^У КЗКТ новый директор. Курганский завод решено разделить на четыре части
- ^КЗКТ: 1950—2010Арбитражный суд Курганской области
- ^На ОАО «Русич»-КЗКТ введено конкурсное производство, 28 апреля 2011-1634 — ФедералПресс[permanent dead link]
- ^Русич Банкротство предприятия 4501017764
- ^MAZ-535
- ^KZKT-74282
Literature
[edit]- A.S. Sevost'yanov. "The" Hurricanes "are born here" - Chelyabinsk, 1985 (А.С. Севостьянов «Здесь рождаются «Ураганы» — Челябинск, 1985)
