Vyborg Shipyard (an asset of USC) is currently implementing the projects on technical upgrade of facilities supported by the Industrial Development Fund (IDF). Total value of all the projects exceeds RUB 1 billion, says USC.
New equipment put into operation includes stands for assembling hull structures, plasma cutting machines, lifting equipment, welding machines, machine tools and other technological equipment for workshops. Start-up and commissioning of a portal machine for thermal cutting of sheet metal is underway. The launching dock chamber is also being upgraded in the framework of the USC Dock Programme.
Vyborg Shipyard has been visited by RF Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev who discussed the shipyard development projects aimed at technological independence of Russia with representatives of the shipyard, United Shipbuilding Corporation and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC OJSC) is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia. It was set up in 2007 with 100% federal ownership. The holding comprises about 40 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates the bulk of the domestic shipbuilding complex. The Russian market is the main focus of the state corporation though it also exports its products to 20 countries worldwide.