Almaz-Antey Northwest Regional Center (NRC)

Core activity of concern — production of components of surface-to-air missile systems and also the systems of air and missile defense of new generation. In SZRTs will also conduct the works connected with the GLONASS system and to create products for the space and nuclear industry.

2020: Almaz-Antey completed creation of the regional center, having invested in it 50 billion rubles

The concern of aerospace defense Almaz-Antey completed in January, 2020 the formation of the Northwest Regional Center (NRC) in St. Petersburg plans for which creation it was announced in 2007. He upgraded the body of Obukhovski Plant, built the new areas there and transferred to them the controlled industrial enterprises from the historic center. The project became one of the largest in terms of the scope of upgrade and transfer of productions in recent years^[1].

For its implementation in 2008 SZRTs of VKO Concern Almaz-Antey LLC was created. In the nearest future it will be attached to a key St. Petersburg asset of holding — Obukhovski Plant (officially it is called JSC SZRTs of VKO Concern Almaz-Antey now — Obukhovski Plant").

The Bank of Russia registered on December 22, 2020 additional issue of ordinary stocks of the joint-stock company, they will be placed by exchange for actions of shares of participants in authorized capital of Ltd company.

"Now work on implementation of the released assets is conducted. After its end all tasks under which SZRTs of VKO Concern Almaz-Antey LLC was created will be executed. The new body and production capacities are transferred to the joint joint-stock company, and the Ltd company will stop the existence" — reported in the press service of Obukhovski Plant. It is planned that the additional issue will be closed at the end of February, 2021.

The Obukhovski Plant is the largest production site of concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" in St. Petersburg: in the territory of nearly 62 hectares more than 320 thousand sq.m of the production and technology areas, including research, production and laboratory and test bases are located.

At the first stage about 70 thousand sq.m of the existing body were reconstructed and also more than 250 thousand sq.m of new administrative and production areas are constructed. Six St. Petersburg enterprises entering into concern began to move to them since 2011 step by step. This JSC Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Vserossiysky Scientific Research Institute radioapparatury, JSC Plant of the Radio Engineering Equipment, JSC Russian Institute of Radio Navigation and Time, JSC Design Office of Special Mechanical Engineering, JSC Navigator Plant and partially Obukhovski Plant.

The total amount of investments was 50 billion rubles, including 21 billion directed to technology retrofitting, specified in the press service of Obukhovski Plant. On creation of technopark of SZRTs the loans, including VTB bank were attracted. To extinguish them, the concern intends to sell the released sections in a historical part of the city. All these property complexes are offered for sale. One of them — section of 7.8 thousand sq.m with non-residential buildings on Krasnogo Kursanta Street, 19 — was already purchased for 720 million rubles by LSR Group.

The most expensive lot put up for sale — the territory on Shkipersky Canal, buildings occupied the All-Russian scientific research institute of the radio equipment here earlier. The starting price of its sale — 4.8 billion rubles.

Having completed large-scale technology upgrade, the concern will start the next stage — structural conversions. Following the results "it is going to create the effective model of interaction of science and production capable of technology break and also to expand production of civil products", note in the press service.

Production workers have no opportunity to upgrade the productions located in a historical part of St. Petersburg for several reasons. The main of them — complexity with carrying out upgrade as the building ancient, many them them — architectural monuments, infrastructure outdated, there are not enough capacities. All this imposes significant restrictions and it is simpler to select the new platform, and in the territory of Obukhovski Plant there were enough free areas for this purpose, the head of the analytical department of IK of "LMS" Dmitry Kumanovsky says.

"The same situation was with producer of UEC Klimov engines which on the former platform on Kantemirovskaya Street could not test and therefore new production in Primorsky district was constructed. On the same way there is also ALROSA which owns the Burevestnik plant and also considers the possibility to move to the industrial zone Parnassus" — Kumanovsky says.

The sections offered for sale are probably expected by redevelopment. On Shkipersky Canal and on Maly Avenue of Petrograskaya Storona it is possible to implement projects of housing of a business class, the CEO of Knight Frank St Petersburg Nikolay Pashkov argues. The platform on Lermontovsky Avenue is also suitable for residential function, and in buildings with security obligations, most likely, some commercial function or the servicing infrastructure for LDC will appear. On section on Krasnogo Kursanta Street it is possible to construct business center, apartments or hotel, the expert adds.

2015: Technopark Almaz-Antey: mega-building approaches end

In 2015 completion of construction of the Almaz-Antey Northwest Regional Center (NRC) – industrial and design technopark with a total area more than 300 thousand square meters is expected. It will integrate five St. Petersburg enterprises of Almaz-Antey air defense concern for development and production of special purpose hi-tech products and also for release of civil products in the territory.

The center is created in the territory of one of these enterprises –"GOZ Obukhovski Plant". Other enterprises which it integrates are "The Russian institute of radio navigation and time", "The All-Russian Research Institute of the radio equipment","The plant of the radio engineering equipment" and "Design office of special mechanical engineering".

The total amount of investments into construction of SZRTs "Almaz-Antey" is estimated at 20.69 billion rubles. Financing of the project is performed on borrowed funds VTB Bank under guarantees of concern.

Actions within construction of SZRTs correspond to the program for reforming and restructuring of cultural and historical appearance of the city implemented by the Government of Saint Petersburg, by means of an output of industrial enterprises from its central part. Transfer of Almaz-Antey industrial enterprises will release more than 48 hectares of the land plots which can be used for implementation of socially significant projects.

Construction of production body 1 in the territory of technopark

2008: Project course

Project implementation began in 2008 when in April the legal person "Directorate on construction of SZRTs" was created. In 2012 reconstruction of Production body No. 2 of Obukhovski Plant in which welding and procurement works, machining and assembly of products and also the office body and production body of "The plant of the radio engineering equipment" are carried out was complete.

In 2013 five objects of SZRTs were put into operation: the office and warehouse body, a checkpoint on the center territory, a metal rolling warehouse, the body of woodworking, industrial rubber and saddleries, a complex of warehouses with a total area of 2000 sq.m. Also construction of the new body for "The Russian institute of radio navigation and time" and the All-Russian scientific research institute of the radio equipment started".

In 2014 Industrial complex No. 1 – one of the basic SZRTs "Almaz-Antey" industrial complexes was open. In it there are more than 500 units of the different equipment. Also construction of the test center for all SZRTs enterprises which does not have analogs in the country, expected carrying out tests not only in a statics, but also in dynamics was begun.

According to the plan in 2014 in the new body on the territory of SZRTs a transfer of the main part of production resources "GOZ Obukhovski Plant" was made, "The plant of the radio engineering equipment", "The Russian institute of radio navigation and time" and "Design office of special mechanical engineering", and transfer of resources of "The All-Russian scientific research institute of the radio equipment" is planned for 2015.

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