# EPM-NEP commissions robot-assisted nipple manufacturing centre in Novocherkassk

EPM – Novocherkassk Electrode Plant officially commissioned a modern robot-assisted graphitised electrode nipple manufacturing system, costing approximately 200 million Russian roubles. The system will improve geometrical accuracy of nipples by 5 times, down to 0.02 mm.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-04-18
- Where: Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, Russia
- Value: $3.10M (200.0M RUB)
- Starts operating: 18 Apr 2019
- Status: completed
- Products: graphitised electrode nipples
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [EPM – Novocherkassk Electrode Plant](https://endata.com/companies/39095.md)
- [EPM](https://endata.com/companies/39096.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [el6group.ru](https://www.el6group.ru/en/o-kompanii/proizvodstvennyie-aktivyi/novorocherkasskij-elektrodnyij-zavod/novosti/63563456346/), 2019-04-29: "The project cost amounted to approximately 200 million Russian roubles."

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