Power Machines
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| Open Joint Stock Company | |
| Industry | Metal and power engineering |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | St. Petersburg, Russia |
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Key people
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Alexandr Rantsev (General Director) |
| Revenue | ₽ 17.70 billion (2007) |
| ₽ 3.11 billion (2007) | |
| Owner | Alexei Mordashov |
| Website | www.power-m.ru |
OJSC Power Machines (translit. Siloviye Mashiny abbreviated as Silmash, Russian: ОАО «Силовы́е маши́ны») is a Russian energy systems machine-building company founded in 2000. It is headquartered in Saint Petersburg.
History
The company was created in 2000 by unifying the following enterprises:
- Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod (1857 establishment),
- Electrosila (1898 establishment),
- Turbine Blades’ Plant (1964 establishment),
- Kaluga Turbine Works (1964 establishment),
- NPO CKTI named after I. I. Polzunov (1927 establishment),
- Energomachexport (1966 establishment)
- Power Machines – Reostat Plant (1960 establishment).
Operations
Power Machines manufactures steam turbines with capacity up to 1,200 MWe, including turbines for nuclear power plants. Its portfolio consists of turbine generators for the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II and the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II. In additiona to Russia, Power Machines has supplied equipment to 57 countries with significant market in Asia.[1]
As of 31 December 2009[update] 69.92% of shares was owned by Highstat Limited, a company controlled by Alexei Mordashov. 25% of shares was owned by Siemens and 5.08% by minor shareholders.[2]
Management
The Board of Directors consists of eight members:
- From Severstal-group - Alexey Mordashov, Alexey Yegorov, Vladimir Lukin
- From Power Machines - Igor Kostin (General Director), Vadim Chechnev
- From Universal Invest - Igor Voskresensky
- From Siemens - Michael Zuss, Hans-Jurgen Vio[3]
Siemens AG has sold a blocking stake in OJSC Power Machines to Highstat Limited for no more than $280 million, below the market price, Kommersant reported, citing an unidentified person familiar with the terms of the transaction. According to the newspaper, the sale happened in December 2011 and as a conclusion, Highstat owns 95.3%.
References
External links
- (English) Official website of Power Machines
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Russian-language text
- Industrial machine manufacturers
- Manufacturing companies of Russia
- Engineering companies of Russia
- Nuclear technology companies of Russia
- Nuclear companies of Russia
- Companies established in 2000
- Gas turbine manufacturers
- Power engineering
