KZTA has started producing steel wedge valves for the oil and gas, energy and chemical industries at a new enterprise in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory. Investment was 100 million rubles and 50 jobs were created; the plant plans 500 units in 2026 and 1.5 thousand in 2027.

Allegro, a joint venture of EVRAZ and Rail Service, signed a contract with ANDRITZ for an integrated railway wheel production line in the Titanium Valley special economic zone in Sverdlovsk region. The overall project investment is estimated at 16 billion rubles (about $200 million), with first equipment deliveries planned for Q1 2022.

Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, part of Mechel Group, produced 1.2 thousand tons of fittings for Gazprom's Portovaya and Divenskaya compressor stations in the Leningrad Region, supplied via Mechel-Service. Construction completion is scheduled for October 2020.

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.

Severstal has agreed to buy a Korean compressor for its Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works, with first deliveries scheduled for autumn 2019. The investment exceeds 500 million rubles and aims to cut electricity consumption.

Greif opened a steel drum and container plant in the Vorsino industrial park in the Kaluga region, Russia, with first-phase investment of 800 million rubles and 50 jobs created. Planned output is two million drums per year.

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.

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.

Uraltrubmash plans a plant in the Bogoslovsky industrial park in Krasnoturinsk, Sverdlovsk region, to make flexible coiled tubing for the oil industry. The investment is 2.3 billion rubles, with capacity of 4,500 tonnes expandable to 9,000 tonnes; the article is dated December 2016.