Virial
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Virial LLC is a domestic manufacturer and developer of high-tech hard alloy and ceramic materials and products based on them.
- Technical ceramics
- Hard alloys
- Composites
The company operates in the market of products intended for use in extreme operating conditions. Virial was founded by a group of Russian scientists and engineers in 1991, in St. Petersburg. The company was formed into a large research and production enterprise with a staff of about 450 people and revenue in 2014 of about 1 billion rubles. The main products of the company are wear-resistant sliding bearings for oil-producing pumps and hard-alloy metal-cutting tools.
History
2025: Launch in St. Petersburg for ₽1,25 billion of the largest plant in the Russian Federation for the production of metal-cutting tools for CNC machines
In April 2025, St. Petersburg launched the largest mass production of metal-cutting tools for numerical control (CNC) machines in Russia. Virial invested ₽1,25 billion in the project, of which ₽1 billion was a preferential loan from the Industrial Development Fund (FRP).
According to RBC, the new production is located at a rented site on the territory of Voskov Technopark in Sestroretsk (formerly Sestroretsk Instrument Plant). At this enterprise, it is planned to produce annually up to 6 million hard alloy replaceable multifaceted plates for milling, turning and cutting operations, as well as up to 120 tons of workpieces of hard alloy metal cutting tools.
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Vladimir Rumyantsev, General Director of Virial, said that thanks to the FRP loan, about 50 units of modern equipment were purchased. Together with scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, products have been developed that can compete with leading world analogues. As a result, Virial became one of three Russian manufacturers of full-cycle hard alloy tools - from powder to finished product.
The project was implemented with the support of the Federal Industrial Development Fund, which in 2022 provided a preferential loan of ₽1 billion at a rate of 1% per annum for a period of seven years, which was confirmed by the director of the FRP Roman Petrutsa. According to the company, the planned payback period for the project is five years.
A feature of the new production is complete localization - the products are made from powders of tungsten carbides, tantalum and titanium supplied by enterprises from the Bryansk and Sverdlovsk regions. At the same time, part of the assortment has no domestic analogues, in particular, the plant began production of the first Russian plates for cutting metalworking operations, as well as rods with screw channels.[1]
2022: Launch of Cutting Tool Competence Center
On the basis of the portfolio company RUSNANO - Virial, the competence center of the cutting tool is launched. This was announced by RUSNANO on May 11, 2022. Domestic mechanical engineering is 95% dependent on imported tools and tooling, with almost all foreign suppliers either leaving Russia or suspending activities. Factories - manufacturers of aircraft, heavy construction equipment, ships, equipment for mining and power - faced the risks of slowing down the implementation of production programs. Without high-quality tools, it is impossible to fully realize the capabilities of metal-working machines with numerical program control and achieve stable dimensional accuracy.
 | In the spring of 2022, it is necessary to take the vacated place and create real production in Russia, -. "This moment cannot be missed. The market volume of products imported into our country is $1 billion. There is something to fight for, noted Deputy Chairman of the Management Board - Operations Director Mikhail Nenyukov.
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The competence center will be created in three stages. First of all, it is planned to increase the production capacity of Virial products - hard alloy columns, which are blanks for cutters, drills, throwers, reamers, replaceable multifaceted hard alloy plates for various types of cutters and body tools. At the second stage, the production of an axial hard alloy tool with a nanostructured wear-resistant coating will be created. Production capacity - 250 thousand pieces of finished tools per year. The plant has already been designed and is ready for construction and installation work. The project was planned as a "boxed solution" and, if necessary, it can be easily scaled to any industrial region of the country to ensure uninterrupted operation of metalworking industries. RUSNANO has already participated in a successful project to create a high-tech production enterprise of this type - "New Instrumental Solutions."
The final stage is assigned for the formation of the production of body cutting tools and tooling (collet, collet cartridges, toolholders, thermal cartridges, etc.).
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The company plans to establish the production of world-class cutting tools from hard alloys to provide aircraft and engine building, military-industrial complex. New instrumental materials have already been developed - solid alloys that are not inferior to the best world analogues.
During the project implementation, it is planned to produce workpieces of axial cutting tools (for subsequent manufacture by the consumer on their basis of end cutters and drills for processing heat-resistant and titanium alloys), as well as turning and milling replaceable multifaceted plates (elements of the tool for metalworking).
The implementation of the project will reduce the import dependence of key industries on the supply of foreign highly efficient hard-alloy cutting tools, whose market share is more than 90%. The average price of axial tool blanks will be lower by 10-20%, turning replaceable multifaceted plates - by 20-30%, milling - by 30-40%.
153.2 million rubles have already been invested in the project, it is planned to invest 342 million rubles by the end of the project, of which 235 million rubles may be a loan from the Industrial Development Fund. 98 high-performance jobs will be created.
Vladimir Rumyantsev, General Director of Virial LLC: "Hard alloy cutting tool is one of the strategic directions for the development of our company. Dependence on imports in this area is a serious threat to the technological security of the state. Cooperation with the Industrial Development Fund makes it possible to significantly accelerate the entry of our developments into the Russian market and provide key engineering industries with a high-quality tool for processing titanium and heat-resistant alloys. "
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