Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

History

2022: Launch of products for minimally invasive surgery

The Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant (EZ OCM) has launched the production of radiopaque marks for stents and catheters used in minimally invasive surgery. This was announced on October 12, 2022 by the Department of Information Policy of the Sverdlovsk Region with reference to the general director of the enterprise, Alexander Okatov.

The Yekaterinburg plant for the processing of non-ferrous metals in 2022 increased the volume of products produced, and also mastered the production of high-tech products. The plant has launched the production of radiopaque marks for stents and catheters used in minimally invasive surgery, the report said.

Also mastered is the production of enamel-wire of ultra-small diameters, which is used in instruments of the machine-building, space and aviation industries. In this direction, we have completely switched to materials and components of Russian production, - he added.

Previously, the plant focused mainly on foreign markets. Now most of its high-tech products go to Russian enterprises, - added the acting Minister of Industry and Science of the Sverdlovsk Region Sergey Perestoronin.

Earlier, the authorities of the Sverdlovsk region sent an additional 230 million rubles for the development of import-substituting industries. Another 100 million rubles in 2022 is planned to be allocated from the budget through the regional fund for the technological development of industry for advanced developments of Sverdlovsk industrial enterprises^[1].

2018: Announcement of Russia's first production of high-precision products for pacemakers

On September 7, 2018, it became known when the first production of high-precision products for pacemakers will begin in Russia. It will be launched by the Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant (EZOTSM) in 2019.

According to TASS with reference to the head of the marketing and advertising department of the EZOTSM Mark Vislinsky, the products were developed at the request of the National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery named after A.N. Bakulev, who turned to the plant in 2015.

Finished pacemaker electrodes at Yekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant JSC

Basically, the enterprise will produce parts that cannot be made manually - for example, a spiral made of an alloy of platinum and iridium, which is inserted into the muscle and interacts directly with the heart - only about 140 items.

For the new production, a machine was purchased for 200 thousand euros, which allows you to make products of very small sizes, literally a few millimeters, and a completely different shape.

It is noted that with a full load, it will pay off in a year and a half, with average volumes - in 2.5-3 years. Since 2019, EZOTSM plans to produce about 300 thousand products per year. Revenue from all medical products from the enterprise can account for 10-12% of the total income from finished products. The plant has already agreed on the supply of parts with all Russian manufacturers of pacemakers. In the future, it is planned to enter the markets of Eastern Europe.

According to Vislinsky, by September 2018, four companies are engaged in the production of pacemakers in Russia, three in Moscow and one in Izhevsk.

All pacemaker manufacturing companies in Russia, of course, want to get rid of imports. Now they order these products either abroad (China and European countries), or already with us, "he said.[2]

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