Udmurtia oil and gas equipment maker Technovek plans to expand its foundry section in Votkinsk with a 297 million ruble project, of which 146 million rubles may come as a concessional loan from the Fund for Industrial Development. The upgrade aims to raise monthly output of gate valves and fountain fittings and to boost exports by 202% by 2023.

JSC Arkhbum, a Russian corrugated producer, commissioned a new Emba 175QS Ultima four-colour casemaker at its Podolsk plant near Moscow, replacing older lines. The modernisation of the factory is ongoing and expected to be completed in 2020.

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has commissioned a new cryogenic air separation unit built at its oxygen shop for 4.2 billion rubles, supplied by Kriogenmash; it has produced 100 million cubic meters of industrial gases.

Rubin Aviation Corporation plans to invest about 1.376 billion rubles to build new production workshops and expand existing output of aviation equipment in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast. The new production is planned to start by January 1, 2025 and reach full capacity by early 2029. The land agreement was signed at the Russian Investment Forum.

Kazankompressormash has begun construction of a new workshop over 11,000 square meters in Tatarstan to produce large compressors with drive power above 25 MW, employing over 300 staff, with first output planned for 2020.

Gazprom chairman Viktor Zubkov attended the start of construction of a new multi-building compressor workshop over 15,000 sq m at the Kazanskompressormash plant in Kazan. The shop will make large compressors for natural gas liquefaction and is expected to start operating in 2020.

Emerson's Metran industrial group will build a second phase of its Chelyabinsk production complex, adding about 20,000 square meters for a total site of 50,000 square meters, with completion planned by the end of 2020. The first phase had an investment of $40 million, and the second-phase investment amount was not disclosed.

Novosibirsk electric motor maker Sibelektroprivod plans a new 4,000 square metre workshop costing about 100 million rubles, with phased launch in 2019 and full transfer by 2020. Output is expected to rise from about 120 to 150-200 units per month.

Segezhskaya Upakovka's Salsk branch of Segezha Group is commissioning a new GARANT MASCHINEN Triumph 5 QT SK bag converting line in Russia. It can produce up to 500,000 bags in September and 4.5 million by year-end, with total line capacity of 24 million units a year.

Russian industrial group Metran, part of Emerson, has started production of ASCO solenoid valves series 327 and filter-regulators series 342 in Russia, its first ASCO production there. The products are rated for oil, gas, petrochemical and fertilizer industries.

Metran, an Emerson-owned industrial group, will build a second production phase at its Chelyabinsk complex, adding about 20,000 square meters to reach roughly 50,000 square meters. Completion is expected by the end of 2020; the investment amount was not disclosed.

Gusar valve plant in Gus-Khrustalny, Vladimir region, is launching a new foundry to start serial production of pipeline valves for Russia's fuel and energy sector in late February 2018. The investment is about 1.7 billion rubles, capacity 7-8 thousand tonnes of steel per year, and 400 jobs will be created.

Sulzer's Russian subsidiary Zulzer Khemtek presented an expanded and modernized machinery plant in Serpukhov on 22 September 2017. Investment in the expansion was about 400 million roubles, and headcount is set to rise to 131 by year end.

A new production line for import-substituting anti-surge valves, control valves and electric drives for Gazprom was launched at the Tomsk Electromechanical Plant on September 5, 2017. Gazprom invested 1.2 billion roubles in the project.

Schlemmer Rusland opened a new turning workshop at its Nizhny Novgorod plant, producing turned parts up to 150 mm long and 60 mm in diameter, with a second stage of 8 CNC lathes planned for late 2017 to early 2018 at over 40 million rubles.

Tomsk Electromechanical Plant (TEMZ) is completing a new production line for import-substituting anti-surge valves for Gazprom, with series output expected to start in September 2017 in Tomsk. Gazprom is investing 1.5 billion rubles in the project.

Honeywell Process Solutions will add production lines at its Elster Gazelektronika plant in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod region, to make gas measurement equipment and medium- and high-pressure gas regulators for the Russian market.

OMK is modernizing casing, tubing and line pipe production at the Vyksa Metallurgical Plant, including a new pipe mill and finishing center, under a multi-year program of over 40 billion rubles, of which 12 billion rubles is tied to a 2016 agreement with the Nizhny Novgorod regional government.

Penza company Decor Trade, working with Hubei Jingshan Light Industrial Machinery, is expanding corrugated cardboard production under a project worth over 150 million rubles that began in 2015. The expansion targets a sevenfold increase in output to 7 million square metres per month.

Linar opened a high-productivity line for screw caps for glass jars at its Nevinnomyssk plant in Stavropol Krai, installed in 2016. Cap output rose 37% to over 40 million pieces, with output planned to grow by half again in 2017.