KMZ (Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant)
Since 2013
Russia
North-West Federal District of the Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
192241, pr. Glory, d.52, corp.1
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Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant specializes in the production, repair and supply of diesel, gas turbine and deck equipment.
History
2025
Launch of Marine Drone Manufacturing Centre
The Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant, a military-industrial holding, has opened a single center for the production of sea drones for civilian purposes, including work with administrations, the Ministry of Emergencies and Rostransnadzor to ensure keyless operation and control of water bodies. The center has already been launched and is actively producing products, it is planned to produce several dozen sea drones for civilian purposes. This was announced in mid-July 2025 by the managing director of KMZ Mikhail Danilenko.
According to TASS, the center was created on the basis of the existing production facilities of the plant in St. Petersburg. The company simultaneously conducts several projects for the supply of marine unmanned aerial vehicles for various government agencies and civilian organizations.
Danilenko noted that the center works with administrations, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Rostransnadzor to ensure keyless operation, control, supervision and detection of violations at water bodies. Sea drones are designed to monitor water areas without the participation of the crew.
The production center is equipped with a test complex that allows you to check all control and data transmission systems. The complex includes an indoor pool of the necessary size to conduct tests in any season of the year.
The center includes a new building assembly and molding workshop specializing in the manufacture of sea drone hulls. A separate workshop is engaged in the production of power plants and other equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant military-industrial holding specializes in the production of boats of various purposes, small vessels and sea drones. The company also produces diesel, heat exchange and deck equipment.
KMZ is engaged in the repair and maintenance of diesel and gas turbine engines, generators and gearboxes. The plant has many years of experience in the field of shipbuilding and marine equipment.[1]
USC bought Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant
At the end of June 2025, it became known that the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) acquired a 100% stake in the Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant from Nazia LLC for an amount that experts interviewed by Kommersant estimate at billions of rubles. The deal is aimed at localizing the production of low-speed engines of high capacity for a large-capacity merchant fleet under conditions of sanctions restrictions.
As follows from these SPARK-Interfax systems, previously the owner of 100% of KMZ LLC was Nazia LLC. Since 2019, Tatyana Danilenko has controlled 99.9% of Nazia's shares. On July 17, 2025, changes were made to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities: this package is now fully owned by Nizhny Novgorod LLC Group of Companies Marine and Oil and Gas Projects. It, in turn, is 100% controlled by the Krasnoye Sormovo plant, which is part of the USC.
According to Kommersant, USC hinted at a possible purchase of a military-industrial holding in a press release dated June 11, 2025. The state corporation noted that the development of its own production of low-speed engines of high power is a critical condition for the construction of a large-capacity merchant fleet in modern geopolitical conditions.
Managing Director of KMZ Mikhail Danilenko previously confirmed the ongoing negotiations on the transfer of the company to USC, and also noted that the development and creation of marine low-speed engines for a large-tonnage fleet requires stable and volumetric financing, which can be provided by the state corporation.
The need for in-house engine production is due to sanctions restrictions. Low-speed engines with a capacity of more than 7.5 MW, necessary for the construction of large-capacity vessels, are not produced in Russia. There are no procurement opportunities from the Swiss WinGD or the Finnish Wartsila after the start of a special military operation.
According to experts, for the United Shipbuilding Corporation, the deal is beneficial primarily from the point of view of increasing the efficiency of activities, since the new asset will allow localizing within the state-owned company the competence related to the production of key components. In addition, USC acquires the opportunity to directly control how funds are spent on KMZ, how effectively the management of processes is carried out, whether the terms and standards of product quality are met, said Ilya Zharsky, managing partner of the Veta expert group.[2]
2024
Work on the creation of a single center for the production of unmanned boats
At the end of September 2024, it became known about the creation in St. Petersburg of a production site for sea drones on the basis of the Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant (KMZ) military-industrial holding. The project is scheduled for 2025.
According to RBC, KMZ manager Mikhail Danilenko announced that he had reached an agreement with other developers of keyless boats in Russia on the concentration of their production in the KMZ areas. The holding will become a Russian center for the mass production of boat hulls and engines with the subsequent assembly of the electronic part for the needs of law enforcement agencies.
The main objective of the project is to centralize the serial production of all media on a single site. Among the products planned for production, Danilenko noted marine multifunctional drones. "Viewfinder
The creation of a single center for the production of unmanned boats corresponds to the general strategy for the development of unmanned technologies in Russia. Earlier, President Vladimir Putin announced plans to increase the production of drones of various types in 2024 by almost ten times compared to 2023, when the Armed Forces received about 140 thousand units.
According to the head, states by 2030, 48 special centers for serial production will be created in various regions of the country. drones The initiative to create a single center for the production of unmanned boats St. Petersburg in is part of this large-scale program.
In April 2024, KMZ faced difficulties in fulfilling a state contract for the supply of two fire boats for the Central Base of Measuring Equipment of the Ministry of Emergencies. Due to problems with the supply of components and the introduction of international sanctions, the contract was not fulfilled on time, which led to penalties.[3]
Production of the first Russian bearings for diesel engines and gas turbine units launched
The production of the first Russian bearings for diesel engines and gas turbine plants has been launched. The corresponding project was implemented by the military-industrial holding Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant (KMZ). His managing director of the holding, Mikhail Danilenko, spoke about this at the end of March 2024.
Previously, bimetallic bearings for high-power diesel engines and gas turbine plants were supplied by the Austrian company MIBA. It provided these products with almost all powerful diesel engines and gas turbine installations for the automotive industry and enterprises of the military-industrial complex. For example, in Rosatom, these bearings were used on automated diesel generators to provide the main reactor of the nuclear power plant.
 | The Austrians failed to spoil the mood of Russian industrialists and break technological chains. KMZ began production of bimetallic bearings of various configurations for the equipment we produce, as well as for third-party customers, - said Mikhail Danilenko in a conversation with RIA Novosti. |  |
According to him, after the departure of MIBA from Russia, KMZ was able to organize a section for the manufacture of inserts, foundry and purchase an additional machine park in a short time. Danilenko stressed that KMZ, in addition to its own production of these products, has an important advantage - the presence of one of the largest test complexes for testing the results of work and working out the technology.
| | The development of domestic production in this direction is an important aspect of Russia's independence from the mood of suppliers from unfriendly countries, - said the managing director of the military-industrial holding.[4] | |
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