Sevmash plans renovation of its production facilities by 2020
Sevmash plans to radically renovate its production facilities by 2020, the shipyard’s press center reports.
“It will help Sevmash in fulfillment of the state defense order at a higher level with lower production costs”, the statement says.
Within the framework of the federal programme on the development of civil marine facilities, the shipyard plans to renovate the testing laboratory base and acoustic complex in 2013 - 2014 and to start reequipment of hull welding production facilities as hull works account for 40% of labour content in the process of new ship production.
Besides, Sevmash is getting ready to install the state-of-the-art bending, welding and gas cutting equipment. There are also plans to arrange additional shipbuilding platforms and to enhance launching devices and hydraulic structures.
Sevmash OJSC is a part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Russia’s largest multi-profile shipbuilding complex. The basic directions of Sevmash activities are military engineering manufacturing for Russian Navy and foreign customers; marine engineering manufacturing for oil and gas production; civil shipbuilding; manufacturing of equipment for mechanical-engineering, metallurgy, gas-and-oil and other branches of industry; atomic submarines and surface ships warranty repair and upgrading, utilizing; design of vessels, marine structures, marine equipment, equipment for oil and gas production.
