Shtrikh-M

SHTRIKH-M is a Russian developer and manufacturer of high-tech business automation systems. SHTRIKH-M is one of the pioneers of the trade automation market in Russia. SHTRIKH-M is a holding company with its production facilities equipped with the most modern imported equipment.

2024: Introduction of observation procedure in relation to JSC "Shtrikh-M" and NTC "Meter"

In relation to JSC "Shtrikh-M" and NTC "Meter," which are part of the group of GC "Shtrikh-M," an observation procedure has been introduced. This became known in December 2024.

According to RBC, the total debt of the group of companies exceeds ₽3 billion, of which ₽2,2 billion is debt to creditors. CEO and founder of the group Andrei Zhuravlev announced a restructuring to optimize business processes and get out of a difficult financial situation. The main creditors are Sber (₽600 million), Metallinvestbank (₽600 million) and Alfa-Bank (₽150 million).

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Since June 2024, the company has reduced production volumes and the number of contracts with customers by 70-80%. Management plans to level the financial situation and restore production by early 2025. There was also a reduction of several hundred employees, some of whom were transferred to a new legal entity - Tahotrend-M.

To pay off debts, the group intends to sell 50% of its shares in the Meterel Research and Development Center, a production site in the Kaluga Region and the Kovrovsky Trading Equipment Plant in the Vladimir Region. The head of the special projects "Rutsentr" Alexey Zamesov estimates the total value of the business "Shtrikh-M" at ₽4 -5 billion, of which about ₽1,5 billion can be obtained from the sale of the NTC "Meter."

By December 2024, Shtrikh-M owns three production sites and is one of the three largest manufacturers of cash registers in Russia after Atol and Evotor. The company has more than 600 partners and over 1.5 thousand service centers in Russia and the CIS. Among the clients are Magnit, X5 Group, Metro, Moscow Metro, KAMAZ and others. The group's revenue in 2023 amounted to more than ₽7 billion.

After the restructuring, the company plans to focus on the production of equipment and software development in the field of cash registers, weighing equipment and automotive electronics. The existing fleet of equipment continues to be serviced in full. The final list of assets that will remain with the group will be determined at a later date.^[1]

2019: Easy4 and Shtrikh-M will provide logistics and trade for eSIM equipment

The Easy4 Group of Companies and the Shtrikh-M Company announced in June 2019 cooperation on the release of solutions for vehicles and cash registers equipped with an eSIM module, profiling of which will be carried out using their own remote subscription management platform. The technology will increase business security, reduce the cost of forming big data and gain independence from the coverage of a particular communication provider at a particular point.

2017: Massive outage

On December 20, 2017, the SHTRIKH-M Group of Companies announced the inclusion of part of the fiscal registrars produced by the SHTRIKH-M Group of Companies in an incorrect operating mode. A possible reason is the untimely update of the software version. Cash terminals "Shtrikh‐M‐01F" stopped working at once in several Russian regions. Reports of failures come from Vladivostok, Barnaul, Nizhny Tagil, Kemerovo and other cities. Moreover, problems are observed in different retail outlets - in stores and at gas stations.

In total, about 9% of Russian retail suffered due to the failure of fiscal drives. The Association of Internet Trading Companies estimates the total loss of store profits as a result of the failure at 2.5 billion rubles, reports TASS.

Main article: Shtrikh-M: Cashier

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