Urals Optics and Mechanical Plant expands its international presence

Yekaterinburg, January 25, 2013
Press release

The Urals Optics and Mechanical Plant (UOMZ), part of the Schwabe Holding Company, is actively expanding its international presence. The company delivered its neonatal incubators to Lebanon in January 2013.

UOMZ delivered to Beirut IDN-02 and IDN-03 incubators for newborn babies in early 2013 under a contract worth more than RUB 500,000. The Russian-made equipment will be installed in a Lebanese capital hospital in February.

For the Rostec-controlled company, this would translate into stronger positions on the international market and expanded geography of exports. Lebanon is number 78 on the list of countries purchasing UOMZ products.

Lebanon, just like other Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian countries, is a promising market for the Russian manufacturer’s medical equipment, UOMZ export specialists believe.

E.S. Yalamov Urals Optics and Mechanical Plant (UOMZ) is an optical instrument manufacturing leader, designing and making optical and electronic systems for military and civilian use. The company was originally established in 1837. UOMZ specializes in design and manufacture of infrared search and track systems and optical-electronic systems for combat aircraft, helicopters, the navy, and overland mobile armor. The facility is also a large producer of medical equipment, lighting equipment, and geodetic surveying instruments. UOMZ is a core component of the Schwabe Holding Company (previously known as Optical Systems and Technologies), which operates under the Rostec corporate umbrella. UOMZ has its main production facilities in Yekaterinburg and is led by General Director Sergey V. Maksin. The company’s products are sold to 78 countries around the world.

Schwabe comprises the key domestic optical and electronics companies, including 19 organizations overall: R&D and production companies, design bureaus, government-run optics research institutes and production facilities. The holding company designs and manufactures high-tech optical-electronic systems and assemblies for military and civilian use, optical materials, medical equipment and instruments, as well as energy-efficient lighting. The holding company was created in 2008 and is operated as part of Rostec Corporation. It operated under the Optical Systems and Technologies name until November 2012. The holding company is led by General Director Sergey V. Maksin and its constituent companies sell their products to 83 countries around the world.

Rostec is a Russian government corporation established in 2007 to promote design, manufacture and exports of high-tech manufacturing products for civilian and military use. The corporation comprises 663 companies and organizations, currently grouped under eight holding companies in the defense industry sector, and five holding companies in civilian manufacturing sectors. Rostec subsidiaries lie in 60 Russian regions, shipping their products to the markets of more than 70 countries around the world. Rostec generated RUB  45.6 billion in net earnings in 2011, paying RUB 100 billion in federal, regional and local taxes.  

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