VSMPO-AVISMA

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VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation
Native name
Корпорация «ВСМПО-АВИСМА»
Public (OAO)
Traded as MCXVSMO
Industry Mining
Metallurgy
Founded 1941
Headquarters Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia
Key people
Sergey V. Chemezov (Chairman)
Products Titanium
Aluminum
Magnesium
Steel
Revenue Decrease US$977.8 million (2009)
Website www.vsmpo.ru

VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation (Russian: ВСМПО-АВИСМА), where VSMPO stands for Verkhnesaldinskoye metallurgicheskoye proizvodstvennoye ob'yedineniye (Верхнесалдинское металлургическое производственное объединение, or Metal-producing company of Verkhnyaya Salda), is the world's largest titanium producer. Located in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia, VSMPO-AVISMA also operates facilities in Ukraine, England, Switzerland, Germany and the United States. The company produces titanium, aluminum, magnesium and steel alloys. VSMPO-AVISMA does a great deal of business with aerospace companies around the world, such as Boeing and Airbus.[1]

On 27 December 2007 US Boeing and VSMPO-AVISMA created a joint venture Ural Boeing Manufacturing and signed a contract on titanium products deliveries until 2015. Boeing planning to invest 27 billion dollars in the production of titanium parts for its needs.[2]

The company is a key organizer of the Titanium Valley project.

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