Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant explained

NMZ
Type:Open joint-stock company
Foundation:1932
Location City:Nizhny Novgorod
Location Country:Russia
Key People:Vasily Shupranov (General Director, since October 2011)
Products:Armament (weapons and ammunition), artillery, howitzers, anti-tank guns, oil and gas fittings
Parent:Almaz-Antey
Homepage:Official site of JSC NMZ

Open joint-stock company (JSC) NMZ or Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant (Russian: Нижегородский машиностроительный завод|links=no) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) artillery factory in the Sormovo district of Gorky. It included the TsAKB artillery design bureau led by Vasiliy Grabin.

Currently, part of Almaz-Antey together with Almaz-Antey Branch no. 1.

Names

Previous names for this factory include Gorky Machine-building Plant (Russian: Горьковский машиностроительный завод|links=no), All-Union Machine-building Plant New Sormovo (Russian: Союзный машиностроительный завод «Новое Сормово»|links=no, Novoje Sormovo), Joseph Stalin Factory No. 92, Artillery Factory No. 92, Zavod imeni Stalina, or ZiS.

Products

Its products included:

Current products

In 2006 Rosenergoatom and Sevmash signed a contract for the floating nuclear power plant. NMZ produced the nuclear power plants KLT-40S for it.

Main shareholders