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MEMORIALS of OAO "MZ"

Dear Sirs!

Defence profile of AO “Motovilikhinskiye zavody” counts more than 260 years history.

In spite of existed in Russia political system, all the scientific, technical-engineering and productional potential of the enterprise was aimed on maintaining of external and internal security of the state, defence of its interests on land and sea.

At the every epoch, “Motovilikha” concentrated perspective technologies of its time, it was the place where the best ideas of talented engineers, designers, and people's inventors were realized, this provided to it not only a weighty place in the line of largest Russian manufacturing enterprises, but also an important role in the life of the state itself.

In consequence of it wide spreading, Motovilikha's defence equipment passed threw many local wars and intergovernmental conflicts in dozens countries of the world, in different climatic zones where it proved in real fighting conditions its tactical and technical characteristics and also showed itself as reliable, simple in use and in application equipment.

With respect and hope for fruitful cooperation

General Director of
Motovilikhinskiye zavody
I.M. Kostyin

1736
By the order of the empress Anna Ioannovna - laying and beginning of construction of the state Motovilikha's Coopermelting Works.
  1738
Start-up in action of Coopermelting Works.
 
1863
Beginning of construction of Steel Gun Works.
  1863
Start-up in action Steel Gun Works. Manufacturing of first steel light-weight 12 pound gun which has sustained 4000 control shots.
 
1865
Beginning of construction of Cast Iron Gun Works.
  1868
Casted largest in Russia cast iron 20 inch gun known as "Perm Tzar - gun".
 
1871
Joining up of Steel Gun and Cast Iron Gun Works in one, received the name "Perm gun plants".
  1875
Putted in action 50 ton steam hammer - giant of double action.
 
1876
In Perm is constructed and has given out steel first in Ural Martin furnace.
  1888
By the Mining chief N.G. Slavyanov was invented and is realized at "Motovilikha" method of arc electric welding of metals by a consumable electrode.
 
1898
Beginning of manufacturing of Kane rapid firing guns with gun carriages for garrison and naval artillery.
  1903
Beginning of manufacturing of 3 inch field gun for field and siege artillery.
 
1914 - 1918
During the First World war the one fifth part of all 3 inch guns adopted by the Russian Army, was made in Motovilikha.
  Order of Lenin03.01.1941
By the decree of presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for merits in the field of creation and development in manufacture of new samples of armament Motovilikha's Plant is awarded with Order of Lenin.
 
Order of the Red Banner of Labour03.06.1942
Motovilikha's Plant was awarded with Order of the Red Banner of Labour for exemplary performance of the tasks of State Defence committee of the USSR on manufacture and development of new kinds of armament.
  Order of Red Banner20.10.1944
The enterprise was awarded with the Order of Red Banner for outstanding merits in creation of new samples of powerful guns and maintenance of front by artillery.
 
Order of Patriotic war of 1st class28.06.1945
The plant is awarded with an Order of Patriotic war of 1st class for outstanding merits in creation and organization of mass manufacture of powerful artillery armament.
  1941-1945
During Great Patriotic war third of all artillery guns of the Soviet Army was made in Motovilikha.
 
1947
Development and manufacture of army guns 130-mm "M-46" and 152-mm "M-47".
  1952
Output of 130-mm anti-aircraft gun "KS-30".
 
1956
Development and manufacture of 152-mm anti-aircraft gun "KM - 52".
  1956-1958
Building and start-up in operation of installation of continuous steel melting (ICSM).
 
November 26, 1957
Motovilikha's plant is renamed into a machine- building plant named after V.I.Lenin.
  1965
At the plant begins serial manufacture of 122-mm MLRS "Grad".
 
Order of October revolutionJanuary 18, 1971
The plant named after V.I. Lenin is awarded by the Order of October revolution by the decree of presidium of the USSR's Supreme Soviet for successful performance of the five years' plan and organization of manufacture of new equipment.
  1975
Development and manufacture of 220-mm MLRS "Uragan".
 
1976
Radial-forging machine "GFM55" (Austria) is installed for improvement of quality of artillery systems' barrels.
  1977
Development and manufacture of 152-mm towed gun 2A36 "Giatsint" and artillery piece 2A37 for a self-propelled gun 2S5 "Giatsint-S".
 
1981
Development and organization of manufacture of 120-mm self-propeller artillery gun 2S9 "Nona-S".
  1985
Manufacture of smooth-bore tank gun "2A46M".
 
1987
Begins serial manufacture of 300-mm MLRS "Smerch" and 152-mm howitzer "2A65". Development and manufacture of the artillery fire control vehicle "1V12M".
  1992
Transformation of Machine-building plant named after V.I.Lenin in OAO "Motovilikhinskiye zavody" (Motovilikha Plants joint-stock company).
 
1993
OAO "Motovilikhinskiye zavody" received the right of independent export of civil purpose's products to the external market.
  1996
OAO "Motovilikhinskiye zavody" gets in ten best large enterprises according the rates of growth (on the data of a magazine "Expert").
 
1999
Manufacture of 300-mm MLRS "Smerch" on the chassis "TATRA".
  February, 1999
OAO "Motovilikhinskiye zavody" purchases and installs at itself the aggregate of complex steel treatment “Ladle-furnace” of German company “FUCHS SYSTEMTECHNIK”.
 
January 2001
Electric arc steel melting furnace ASF-60 of German company "FUCHS SYSTEMTECHNIK" is installed and has given first melt.
     
       
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