At the end of April 2016, I was able to pay a friendly visit to the weapons production of the Kalashnikov concern, a new logistics center, special equipment production workshops, a training center, a control and testing station and a factory canteen. In addition, Deputy general director concern and chief designer“Kalashnikov” Sergei Vladimirovich Urzhumtsev found the time and opportunity to answer various questions about the production of weapons. About weapons - in the next part of the photo story, but for now about the present day of Kalashnikov and the organization production processes at the enterprise.

Mikhail Timofeevich is found everywhere here. This stand about Kalashnikov is installed right in front of the entrance to the workshop.

The first month of work after the launch of the updated weapons production.
The director of the arms production division of the Kalashnikov concern, Dmitry Tarasov, tells us about the changes and innovations.

If the theater begins with a coat rack, then weapons production at Kalashnikov begins with a working locker room. Dmitry Tarasov specifically emphasizes this point, drawing our attention to a stand from the “it was - it was” series, which clearly reflects the changes that have occurred in the life of the company’s employees. Dmitry has been working as a director for more than a year and a half and notes a change in scale (increasingly) and a huge increase in “leverage of influence” on the processes taking place around him.

Until 2014, management teams at the weapons production changed more than once, which did not have the most positive impact on the work. Dmitry Tarasov and his team are “long-livers” in this sense; they have the opportunity not only to introduce new approaches, but also to monitor the results obtained. Some points turned out to be surprising for everyone: the workers’ requests often did not come down to a salary increase at all: here the company’s employees asked, first of all, to build a toilet within walking distance, there - to repair the shower in the locker room. The entire production floor can accommodate up to 1000 people, and everyone must be provided with comfortable sanitary facilities, locker rooms, and meal rooms. Provided.

From the locker rooms we find ourselves in workshop 101 (assembly shop for weapons production). Dinner time. The workshop employees go en masse through very meticulous security to the dining room and then return back from lunch in the same order. Whether you are a guest or not, the inspection was thorough and detailed for everyone. Mode.

One of the stages of weapon assembly.

Carts with finished products.

Not far from the entrance to the workshop there are workbenches of “military acceptance”, which have been in operation in Russia since the 19th century. The standard task of military acceptance is to make a selection of products from each batch and subject the selected specimens to very strict control, to study them, literally, under a magnifying glass. If the inspector finds a discrepancy, the entire batch is “turned around”. The batch goes for revision, then 50 random copies are again selected from 1000 pieces, the selected products are “shooted” at a shooting range and re-controlled by military acceptance.

If at the stage of control shooting it is possible to obtain the declared design “heap”, reliability, reliability (or not) and it is instrumentally measurable, then a number of parameters are determined exclusively by the organoleptic method. The military receiver interprets any doubt in favor of the customer. The acceptance team works very meticulously, guided, among other things, by its technical knowledge and experience in operating the product. According to Dmitry Tarasov, this is a completely correct approach and the inspector’s position: “let’s assume that I am a soldier in a trench, what should I do now with this shortcoming?” As a result, it turns out to be beneficial for the country’s defense capability.

The “receivers” themselves are under the jurisdiction of the RF Ministry of Defense, and the Kalashnikov concern, even if it wanted, cannot influence them in any way. These are officers who are well trained both theoretically and technically and periodically confirm their technical qualifications in exams. Civilian inspectors also take part in the acceptance process, but the final decision always rests with the military acceptance officer. In addition to acceptance under the State Defense Order (for example, a batch of small arms for the needs of the FSO), officers control the quality of all export contracts.

According to the same “military” principle, “Kalashnikov” plans to establish its own, “civilian acceptance”, tough and merciless, hoping to “cut off the oxygen” even for minor production defects. Until now, the concern did not have a separate acceptance for “civilian” weapons, except, of course, for standard in-line inspection of products by factory quality control inspectors. In addition, the director of the weapons division is thinking about the possibility of inviting product consumers to participate in the “civil acceptance” work, who could carefully look at the product with an open eye and say - I don’t like this and that here. Most likely, technically everything will be normal, but a specially invited consumer inspector may not miss such nuances, for example, as the color and texture of wood, explaining what exactly he does not like. For now, this is an idea, but they really want to implement it at Kalashnikov; it is this approach that will allow production to get as close as possible to the market and receive new proposals directly from users.

Workbenches for future “civilian” acceptance in workshop 101.

The next stand from the “it was - it became” series was installed right in the workshop. Dramatic changes affected, for example, the floors in the room. At one time, the floor was worn out to the limit, holes, potholes and a one and a half meter change in level did not allow normal transportation of carts with “products” and forced them to resort to the services of an elevator, which meant additional time and effort. Now the workshop has a smooth self-leveling floor. During the renovation process, they also took up ventilation - high humidity with changing weather resulted in rust on the metal of the “products”.

Technological engineers at work.

We thoroughly worked on the lighting of production lines: if previously workers could not always see defects in appearance with the naked eye, now there is enough light even for photography with a short shutter speed.

Even more important and noticeable: old workbenches were replaced with new ones and production flows were reconfigured. 16 global changes were made to the work of the workshop, so it is not worth considering what happened only as a reconstruction (read “repair”), it is a full-fledged transformation with a reconfiguration of flows.

A simple example of the effectiveness of flow redirection: a warehouse. Each time, parts to supply the workshop got into a “traffic jam” at the control point, from there they went to assembly, from assembly they were sent by elevator to the place where a special coating was applied, then they were sent by elevator back to assembly and again to the warehouse. We formatted this particular flow: warehouse-special coating-assembly. The savings on logistics were very significant - about 15 km of “mileage” were reduced daily in just one operation. We carefully reviewed all operations in the workshop. In some places it turned out to be advantageous to divide one large flow into a series of small ones, but in others they did the opposite: in Lately The Izhevsk “menagerie” (bolt-on carbines “Los”, “Bars”, etc.) became popular among consumers - the site for their production was doubled, and due to optimized flows, about 180 m2 of workshop space was freed up. Dividing the flow of rifled and smooth-bore weapons also increased the speed of operations by up to 40%, and the production of smooth-bore weapons was doubled. It seems that nothing new was built, but the economic effect became immediately noticeable.

Elements of artistic decoration are visible on the walls of the workshop.

The issue of comfortable, wearable workwear was also resolved.

Additionally, we thought through and implemented equipment for the training area for new employees (for example, mechanics mechanical assembly works) and separately - a section for training all employees in the basics lean manufacturing. We replaced worn gun mounts with new ones and reduced the percentage of scratches on products. The workbenches were equipped with wheels - they were rolled if necessary and the flows were changed again. In the near future, a complete replacement of tools and equipment is an urgent requirement of the division director. So far, we have replaced all the vices on the workbenches. But they decided to replenish the machine park gradually; old machines, which perform their functions 100%, are not replaced with new ones until they wear out; this is not economically feasible.

Calibers are measuring instruments, without which there is nowhere in the arms production.

Last year, Kalashnikov began launching new products en masse (which had not happened for decades), this immediately revealed a number of shortcomings in the organization of production. We saw the shortcomings, assessed them, and worked on the mistakes. In general, the company has taken, and, it seems, seriously, the so-called “production culture.” They introduced obvious requirements for the condition of the workplace, even encroached on traditional oiled rags and rags - they replaced them with a special cloth for wiping.

The changes also affected the usual small rooms, closets and fences for factory floors of the late USSR era. Here, in workshop 101, everything was once arranged exactly this way: even if the partition was glazed, the glass was painted over, sealed, covered with corrugation - just so that nothing could be seen from the outside. I set up a table behind three cabinets, brought a kettle and drink tea in a cozy closet! It got to the point of being funny: the craftsmen sat around in their “Bendeykas” all the time, often the workers did not really know who exactly their master was. This concept had to be broken entirely and replaced with a new, more open one. Since the global change affected everyone at the enterprise, the director of the division had to endure a real battle with military acceptance. For everyone means for everyone.

Partitions and closets were demolished, the walls were replaced with dotted markings, highlighting specialized areas in the space for movement, storage, etc. Manufacturing transparency has arrived. It played a positive role in terms of the efficiency of supplying each assembler with the necessary parts: it became clear who and where had a shortage or excess of parts and how to overcome such imbalances at the micro level.

The eradication of closets was painful for the workers, but through administrative measures, albeit with difficulty, the idea of ​​industrial open space was finally realized. By the way, it also affected the division director’s office. The director has not yet had time to really settle into his new office, there is no time. Dmitry Tarasov's old office was four times larger than the new one - with a shower room, a sofa, a dining room and two entrances. Dmitry himself believes that the classic managerial “sitting” in the office is unnecessary for him - the director should spend most of his working time in production or at meetings different levels. Today, a standard working day for director Tarasov consists of approximately 15,000 steps (the pedometer on the watch vigilantly takes into account each step) - this is approximately 12-13 kilometers.

In the office of the division director.

Next to the director's office is the MCC - the production (or flow) control center. The premises of the Center are equipped with special windows that allow live observation of production processes. Dmitry Tarasov noted that video surveillance was, of course, easier for the workers (it’s a secure enterprise, without control), but complete transparency was psychologically much more difficult to tolerate while people got used to the new working conditions.

View from the special window of the director's office onto the production lines of workshop 102.

Transparency has not only affected people, it has also affected machines. The machine park and workshop work orders were consolidated into a single ERP system, reflecting in real time the situation in the workshops and the status of all work. Each internal shop order or order received from outside is registered in the system and displayed on monitor screens. This has significantly reduced purely paper document flow, and setting up system filters allows you to immediately see current and overdue orders, so at planning meetings there is a reason to discuss what and where needs to be improved in the first place. According to the already accumulated statistics (more than 150,000 electronic orders were processed), introduction electronic system reduced the response time for some applications by as much as 4 times.

At the stage of implementing the ERP system, we again had to face “local resistance”: there is a main production facility and around it are 10-15 supporting services. Managing the fate of a “resolved” application to one of these services used to be very difficult, but now everything is visible immediately and very clearly: who, when, to whom, what exactly they applied for and what the result of the application was. The implementation of the system took about a year, and now there are about 2,500 users. For now, foremen and foremen have access to the system, but in the future, access will be provided to all employees. Dmitry Tarasov is confident that by combining all intra-shop communication between employees at all levels, the concern will receive not only economic benefits.

In the adjacent rooms there is a control room where meetings and “planners” are held. All the walls in the “command post” are decorated in a special way - you can leave inscriptions on them. We gathered, thought, drew, and decided what to do next. At planning meetings, at the suggestion of the division director, they strive to discuss issues that are as close to the “ground” as possible.

I asked a question about smoking. For smoking employees, special smoking booths were made right in the workshop. Smoking itself work time is not welcome, because in the “smoking rooms” there are no benches and they themselves are small, so that smokers do not gather in large numbers and do not linger on smoke breaks. In general, during working hours you can take a five-minute smoke break three times a day, but there is no total surveillance of compliance with the “five-minute” standard; if you feel like it, you can take a smoke break 4-5 times.

Convenient ashtrays are installed in the smoking room, and the room itself is forcedly ventilated.

Advanced Japanese manufacturing approaches in action: The main idea of ​​the “kaizen approach” is obvious - improvement of the production process must be carried out daily and continuously. Product improvement leads to increased competitiveness, turning the philosophy of attitude towards one's work into pure economic profit.

The division encourages initiative from below. For production craftsmen, for example, a special “grade” system was introduced. Each master can, using feasible reasonable measures, increase labor productivity on his site and, thereby, increase the size wages doubled for your micro-team. This spurs internal competition in production; it makes economic sense for workers to study, improve their skills and act collectively. To reach a new stage or “grade,” the team needs to catch up and begin to meet new production requirements: for example, reduce defects to the established minimum percentage. Dmitry Tarasov believes that this is a completely feasible task for many employees of the enterprise. Impossible tasks in the weapons division once began to be called “ambitious.” According to Dmitry, there are now no impossible tasks in production.

Participants of the inspection photo ride: from left to right representatives of blogs bmpd , yarin_mikhail And .

Several shots from workshop 102, the reorganization and transformation of which has not yet been completed.

The division's management is trying to introduce a special philosophy into the basis of production, allowing it to overcome the global unfavorable factors inherent in capitalism, primarily instability.

From the weapons production workshops we smoothly moved to the newly opened logistics center of the Kalashnikov concern.

A tour of the logistics center is conducted by Farid Kalimulin, head of the bureau in the procurement and logistics department.

The unified logistics center of the Kalashnikov concern opened literally on the eve of our visit. Before the opening of the center, there were 33 separate warehouses on the territory of the enterprise, “specialized” in different categories of material assets and located several kilometers from each other. If it was necessary to assemble something heterogeneous to fulfill an order, it was necessary to drive equipment and people to different warehouses, complete the order, spending an unaffordable amount of time and effort on all this. The situation has changed, now everything (with a few exceptions) is stored “under one roof.”

The new warehouse features climate microzoning. The same zoning in the center is also provided for compliance with “regime” - not every employee can get into every corner of the center, sometimes this requires a separate special permit.

In the “non-category” storage area, everything that cannot be classified into any large category is stored - ferrous and non-ferrous metals, wood, chemicals, etc. The warehouse is not filled to capacity even when proper organization storage will never be full. This approach will make it possible to simplify the work of receiving and issuing materials and not freeze money in vain.

Previously, metal could be stored “in bulk” even on the street, which led to the appearance of rust. If the layer of corrosion was small, then additional mechanical processing of the raw materials was required before putting it into operation, but it also happened that the raw materials deteriorated irrevocably - this is a direct economic loss. In addition, the new logistics center allows 100% compliance with the well-known FIFO principle when receiving and issuing materials: First In, First Out - “first in, first out.”

The new warehouse complex is fully computerized, due to which it was possible to significantly reduce the flow of paper documentation and eliminate the usual running of storekeepers to the accounting department for signatures and approvals. Each storage cell is marked with its own barcodes. This significantly speeds up every warehouse work operation and makes the accounting of available material assets transparent.

The logistics center no longer closes for inventory (previously this was regularly done on weekends and holidays), which in itself reduces the risk of costs for the enterprise. Storage is made targeted, possible negative influences“human factor”: “forgot”, “confused”, “gave out the wrong kind”. Computerization changed the number of employed personnel from 23 to 14 storekeepers, the “downsized” people were transferred to other areas of work, and some went to production.

Worn out loading and unloading equipment was a separate headache for Kalashnikov, now logisticians are provided with a new fleet of equipment. This side loader for working with ferrous metal is now being tested at the center, they say it has proven itself excellent, and will be purchased for work at Kalashnikov.

We move to the workshops for the production of special equipment of the Kalashnikov concern. We are met by Vyacheslav Bukharov, deputy director of the special equipment production division for development.

From practical observations: even a large photographer is approximately twice as small as the average employee of the Kalashnikov concern.

Production of special equipment - anti-tank guided missiles of the Vikhr complex are produced and assembled here. Russian attack aircraft of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, Ka-50 and Ka-52 combat helicopters, and some boats and ships are armed with such anti-tank systems. Components for the Pantsir, a ground-based self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPK), are also produced here.

A considerable number of women are employed in production. This, of course, is not news, but in routine, assembly line operations, for example, assembly, women perform better than men.

Vehicles arrive from KAMAZ to Kalashnikov under their own power, and containers for equipment also arrive there. And all the stuffing for the vehicles of the Pantsir complex (except for combat ones) is made and installed here. The workshops operate high-precision machines for machining, and the machine park itself has been updated by about 80%. Here they followed the same path of increasing manufacturability as in weapons production - they reduced the labor intensity of many operations, “straightened” production flows and received a noticeable gain in time and labor effort. Saving. The workshops are already secret, you can look at some areas of the work, but you can’t film anything other than what is clearly permitted.

From the special equipment production workshops we head to the canteen.

Those who wish can indulge in delights, for example, brighten up their lunch with pineapples in syrup.

On the floor above is the work canteen. There are no particular differences, except that the tables are arranged more densely.

Here, the company's employees will be offered several options for a full set lunch at a fixed price of 95 rubles. The company compensates its workers for 45 rubles of this amount. Such a low cost is a requirement of the Kalashnikov management, which seeks to provide its employees with affordable food and the principled position of the general director, Alexey Yuryevich Krivoruchko. For those who want to eat on their own and bring lunches from home, everything is also created the necessary conditions in special rooms for eating.

Fresh apple compote is clearly prepared according to some special recipe.

A visual demonstration of the menu is like in army canteens.

IN training center"Kalashnikov" operates a production mini-university.

Employees of the enterprise have the opportunity to gain new theoretical knowledge here and consolidate it in practice.

Several training sites have been created for new employees of the enterprise, simulating areas of real workshops.

All the little details have been reproduced, allowing you to quickly adapt to real production.

The Kalashnikov conference hall was also not idle. There was some kind of meeting on production safety taking place there.

With this, we will consider the first part of the story completed. In the next part of the photo story: a story about the weapons of the chief designer Sergei Vladimirovich Urzhumtsev and some data on the current state of affairs on the projects of the 5.45 mm AK-12 assault rifle (index 6P70) and 7.62 mm AK-15 assault rifle (index 6P71), developed by Kalashnikov as part of the Ratnik design and development project.

Concern "Kalashnikov" - a manufacturer that develops and manufactures automatic and sniper weapons, guided artillery shells and civilian products.

The Kalashnikov Concern is considered the greatest Russian manufacturer and manufacturer of combat automatic and sniper weapons, guided artillery shells, and a wide range of civilian products: hunting rifles, sporting rifles, machine tools and tools. The concern's equipment is exported to 27 countries around the world, including the United States of America, England, Germany, Norway, Italy, Canada, Kazakhstan and Thailand. The concern is managed by Alexey Krivoruchko.

history of the company

The creation of the concern took place on the basis of the Izhmash Research and Production Association. The Izhevsk Arms Factory was founded in 1807 by decree of ruler Alexander I, and became a supplier of firearms and bladed weapons to the Russian army during the 1812 war. From that moment on, not a single major victory of the Russian army was won without the Izhevsk gun.

During the Second World War, Izhevsk gunsmiths accomplished a true labor feat, arming one rifle division every day. From 1941 to 1945, 11,145,000 rifles and carbines, 15,141 aircraft guns, and 131,310 anti-tank rifles were produced.

In the post-war period, the establishment continued to provide high-quality weapons to the law enforcement agencies of our state and many allied states.

In addition, the plant began the creation of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, which is still in service with armies and special forces around the world. In 1975, the Izhmash production community was created.

By 2008, the Izhmash group included within one hundred legal entities, a large proportion of which were in a state of ruin. In 2010, the State Corporation "Russian Technologies" carried out an audit of the company, which confirmed that the situation there was depressing: only 32 legal entities were practically operating, although they had a multi-level board system that duplicated options and the highest level of overhead costs. The total responsibilities of the Izhmash team by the beginning of 2011 were within 19 billion rubles. The degree of production potential did not exceed 20%.

Rostec decided to restructure the system through bankruptcy and merger. The task was set to preserve scientific, production and human resources potential and raise Izhmash to world leadership in the manufacture of small arms.

In 2011, the NPO Izhmash concern itself was created, uniting all relevant areas of work within itself. The establishment of control over economic flows occurred in a short time, as did the normalization of industry financing, payment of salaries to employees and maintenance of current payments. Anti-crisis measures in 2011 resulted in a threefold increase in operating profits and a 10% reduction in costs.

In 2011, we were lucky enough to double the level of equipment productivity. The result of the activities carried out amounted to about 100 million rubles.

Izhmash's income increased significantly due to an increase in sales markets. In 2011, we were fortunate to achieve a 50% increase in the size of shipments for sale in the United States of America, which accounts for 65% of the global market for sporting and hunting weapons. Izhmash equipment is exported to 27 countries around the world, including the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Germany, England, Norway, Kazakhstan, Thailand and South Africa.

Over 9 months, the percentage of exports to Germany increased by 77% compared to 2011, in the United States - by 62%, and to Italy - by 84%. A partnership was concluded with New Zealand and Ukraine.

At the beginning of August 2013, based on the conclusion of the Rostec state corporation, OJSC NPO Izhmash was renamed to the Kalashnikov concern.

The emergence of the concern is considered another event on the way to the formation of a well-established small arms holding. In the future, the manufacturer will unite OJSC Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, Vyatsko-Polyansky Machine-Building Plant "Molot", NITI "Progress", KBAL named after. L.N. Koshkina and other enterprises in the rifle industry and ammunition industry.

Production today

The production carried out by the concern is:

• military small arms, weapons for law enforcement forces;
• sporting and hunting weapons;
• aircraft guns;
• high-precision guided artillery shells;
• control and verification vehicles for guided weapon systems;
• machines;
• high quality tools and precision workpieces.

The Kalashnikov concern is a 90% monopolist, producing domestic automatic and 95% sniper small arms, and 10 types of other weapons.

Famous weapons

AK is an exceptionally famous technique of NPO Izhmash. Due to the excellent simplicity of the device and the inimitable combination of technological data, the Kalashnikov assault rifle is recognized as the best small arms of the 20th century. For 65 years now, the famous AK, which is the emblem of sustainability, has been adopted by the security forces of our state and in 106 countries around the world.

Now the manufacturer is already producing the 4th generation of Kalashnikov assault rifles - AKs of the “hundredth” line: AK-101, AK-102, AK-103, AK-104, AK-105. Also at the production site, work is being carried out to improve the widest weapon of the Russian Army - the AK-74 assault rifle.

Another well-known product of the concern is sniper rifles. For almost fifty years, the Dragunov rifle has been the best weapon for army snipers. The needs of specialists working in special units are satisfied by the SVDS, SV-98, SV-99, SV-338 rifles. Work is underway to form the latest options sniper weapons.

For many years, the manufacturer has been considered the main Russian manufacturer of sports weapons and a monopolist producing rifles for biathlon. Rifles of the “Biathlon” type were chosen by the majority of famous Russian athletes: Alexander Tikhonov, Alexander Privalov, Vladimir Melanin, Viktor Mamatov, Valery Medvedtsev, Renata Safina, Svetlana Ishmuratova, Tatyana Pyleva, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets. Now with developed software new technology The first team of the Russian Federation competes in rifles: Evgeniy Garanichev and Ekaterina Glazyrina, Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova.

Products

Since 2011, under the direction of chief designer Vladimir Zlobin, developments have been carried out to create the 5th generation Kalashnikov assault rifle. When releasing the AK-12, the designers were lucky enough to significantly modernize the ergonomics and tactical and technical parameters of the machine gun, and adapt it to modern conditions battle. Along with this, all the original parameters for Kalashnikov assault rifles remained the same: simplicity of design, high stability, operational strength and relatively low manufacturing costs. Early testing of the AK-12 began, and in 2013-2014. the vehicle will be adopted by Russian law enforcement agencies and approved for serial production. The AK-12 will be a multifunctional base for the production of up to 20 different types of guns for civilian and military purposes with the ability to fire cartridges from 5.45x39 millimeters to 7.62x51 millimeters.

The Federation of Practical Shooting of the Russian Federation put forward an order together with the association of athletes. At the beginning of April 2012, the design and technology center of the NPO Izhmash created the Saiga-12 sports shotgun. 340. With a fresh model of the gun, the Rostec group became the favorite of the Russian Federation in utilitarian shooting, also taking silver at the most elite competition - the World Shotgun Championship.

In line the latest developments in the field of civilian, sporting and hunting products: the latest versions of hunting rifles, the Saiga-9 carbine chambered for 9x19 (the civilian version of the Vityaz-SN submachine gun), Los-10 and Los-11, the Saiga shotgun -12 sp. 340" used in practical shooting, an airsoft version of the AK-74M for airsoft training and others.

The Kalashnikov Concern is the largest Russian developer and manufacturer of automatic combat and sniper weapons, guided artillery shells, and a wide range of civilian products: hunting rifles, sporting rifles, machine tools and tools. The enterprise's civilian product segment includes hunting rifles, sporting rifles, machine tools and tools. 51 percent of the concern's shares belong to the state corporation Rostec, 49 percent were purchased by private investors. Kalashnikov products are supplied to more than 27 countries around the world.

The company was created on the basis of the Izhmash Research and Production Association, which was founded in 1807. The renaming took place on August 12, 2013.

Performance indicators

2014

The revenue of the Kalashnikov concern at the end of 2014 increased by 28 percent and amounted to about three billion rubles, exceeding the same figure in 2013 by 700 million rubles. It was previously reported that the projected revenue of the Kalashnikov Concern based on the results of 2014 will be more than 9 billion rubles.

“Despite the sanctions at the end of 2014, Kalashnikov made a net profit for the first time in the last seven years and almost doubled the production volume of small arms to 120 thousand products,” noted Alexey Krivoruchko, general director of the Kalashnikov concern. According to him, the concern managed to achieve growth in production volumes due to civilian products. “In 2015, we will continue to increase production volumes and plan an increase of 20-25 percent,” Krivoruchko said.

2013

Based on the results of 2013, revenue amounted to just over 2 billion rubles. In 2013, Kalashnikov’s loss amounted to 1.7 billion rubles.

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2017

Kalashnikov will work on drones

Both light and heavy drones are being tested. The difference between the latter is that they can fly for several days without additional recharging and carry several tons of cargo. It will be launched in the summer of 2018 mass production such UAVs.

Federal Reserve Loan for diversification

The cost of the project is 678.7 million rubles, of which 67.7 million rubles. may be provided by the IDF in the form of a preferential loan.

“Defense-industrial complex enterprises have enormous technical and production potential, but there is often a lack of investment funds to translate it into new civilian production. FRP programs offering “long-term and cheap money” can become drivers for the transition of dozens of defense enterprises to “civilian lines.” For example, “Kalashnikov Concern” was faced with a high level of equipment wear and tear and a lack of capacity to expand the production of civilian small arms,” said FRP director Roman Petrutsa.

With the help of a loan from the Federal Investment Fund, the concern intends to create a pilot site for the machining of parts, where, in particular, rifles will be produced for our biathletes.

“This is the first such project for the concern. It was important for us to understand how the FRP works and within what time frame it takes to make a decision. After this positive experience, we are considering the opportunity to apply for more capital-intensive projects aimed at producing civilian products under the Conversion program,” added General Director of Kalashnikov Concern Alexey Krivoruchko.

The concern plans to export part of its products to the CIS, countries of the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

With the help of a loan from the Federal Investment Fund, the enterprise will produce three types of civilian weapons.

• "Saiga MK-107" is the world's first self-loading hunting carbine with balanced automatics, which can significantly increase the stability of the weapon when firing from unstable positions.
• "Tiger" is the only hunting weapon created on the basis of the Dragunov sniper rifle.
• "Biathlon" - sports rifles for biathlon, which are used by athletes during competitions, including the Olympic Games.

Updating the system for working with suppliers

Starting from the end of 2017, Kalashnikov, part of the Rostec state corporation, intends to adhere to a changed philosophy of interaction with suppliers within the framework of an integrated supply network, the concern reported on October 5, 2017. According to the concern’s plan, the updated system will, first of all, eliminate the long-standing problem associated with the current costly “cost plus” state defense pricing method, which stimulates production in vertically integrated structures and does not allow the development of external suppliers.

At the same time, the Kalashnikov concern is moving towards solving a number of other problems inherent in the industry:

• Attracting investment capital: the relatively small domestic market and low demand do not ensure the return on investment of projects, and, thus, repel investment capital.
• Development of supplier competencies: Russian suppliers do not have sufficient competencies in supply chain management, marketing, quality management, cost management, etc.

According to the general director of the concern, Alexey Krivoruchko, the company faces the important task of transitioning to a transparent and effective cooperation model in the production of the final product in general and supply chain management in particular. Concern "Kalashnikov" intends to introduce the functionality " personal account supplier" within the enterprise's ERP system in order to ensure uninterrupted team work, optimize costs and accelerate the delivery of developments to the market.

The Kalashnikov Concern has already developed and implemented a comprehensive methodology for evaluating suppliers according to the main criteria: quality, logistics and price. If necessary, the concern's employees will conduct audits at partner enterprises in order to create a development program and reduce costs. Information from the assessment results is used when creating an audit schedule for problematic suppliers. The best suppliers will be invited to participate in the concern’s developments as partners.

In general, it is expected that the combined efforts of the concern and suppliers will reduce the cost of products, shorten the order-to-delivery cycle, and increase the level of quality and technical equipment of military and civilian products.

Transition to digital technologies in production

On September 22, 2017, the head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, launched a “production line of the future” at the Kalashnikov concern, which involves the introduction of technologies and business processes of the so-called “Industry 4.0” in this area.

The project allows you to “digitize” production, starting from the design stage and ending with automated transport system, excluding manual labor, and automatic ordering of the necessary parts at the right time. In addition, equipment on the line can be configured remotely, and designers, technologies and production itself will be located in a single digital environment.

One of the monitoring and management tools was virtual reality technology, which combined data from various systems into one virtual office.

It is also planned to introduce additional technologies using artificial intelligence in production, which will allow not only to deal with emergency situations that have already arisen, but also to predict their occurrence.

In particular, we are talking about a defect tracking system that is capable of recognizing defects and recording such trends as equipment overheating, changes in sound, vibration, etc.

According to the general director of the Kalashnikov concern, Alexey Krivoruchko, this project is "zero loss production".

2014

In 2014, Kalashnikov began to develop new markets, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. At the same time, Kalashnikov sees its main priority as maintaining its position as a key supplier of weapons for the Ministry of Defense and other law enforcement agencies Russian Federation. The expected total investment will be about 5 billion rubles.

Concern Kalashnikov presented its development strategy and modernization concept

The implementation of the modernization project will make it possible to qualitatively change production technologies, while reducing current costs and energy consumption. In addition, the measures taken will have a positive impact on labor conditions and productivity. In general, it is planned to allocate more than 4 billion rubles for the program for technical re-equipment, major repairs and new construction in 2014-2017.

Kalashnikov began implementing a modernization program; in the first year, the Concern's management invested more than 1 billion rubles in updating the current fleet of machines.

“Thanks to the chosen development strategy of the Kalashnikov concern and the attraction of private investment, today we are already seeing a serious increase in the efficiency of the concern,” noted [[Sergey Viktorovich Chemezov | Sergey Chemezov]. - Based on the results of the first half of the year, the production of small arms has more than doubled, global modernization of production is taking place, new technologies are being introduced, and the competitiveness of manufactured products is growing. According to our estimates, in the near future these changes will reduce the labor intensity of production by 30%. All this allows us to say with confidence that the experience of public-private partnership is successful, and as part of Rostec’s development strategy it can be extended to other enterprises.

One of key directions work to optimize production is the introduction of MIM technologies - a new method of manufacturing high-precision parts by pressing plastics. This will make it possible to produce parts of complex shapes with virtually no post-processing. As a result, the labor intensity of production in a number of areas will be reduced by 90%, 140 units of equipment will be freed up, and 1200 sq. m production areas. In 2014-2015, it is planned to introduce more than 40 new parts produced using MIM technology, 15 of which have already been tested.

“One of our strategic goals is to increase the competitiveness of our products on the global market through systematic and consistent work aimed at increasing labor productivity and production efficiency,” explained Aleksey Krivoruchko, General Director of the Kalashnikov Concern. - The production modernization program will more than halve the number of necessary equipment. Production space will be reduced by more than 40%. As for the production of special equipment, here we expect a reduction in costs by 15-20%, while we ourselves production capacity will be increased and, therefore, the range and volume of products will expand.

The industrial re-equipment program is a continuation of the global process of financial recovery and reorganization of the Concern, which was launched after the sale of 49% to private shareholders and the appointment of a new general director at the end of January 2014. In 2013, Kalashnikov’s loss amounted to 1.7 billion rubles. At the same time, according to the results of the first half of 2014, the production of small arms doubled to 60 thousand units, and the company was tasked with maintaining this dynamics and continuing to increase production volumes.

According to Sergei Chemezov, Izhevsk will become the main site for the creation and mass production of modern small arms. The development program for the shooting industry until 2020, developed by the Rostec State Corporation together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, has been approved and agreed upon with all departments, direct customers and the Ministry of Industry.

JSC Concern Kalashnikov is the largest Russian manufacturer of automatic combat and sniper weapons, guided artillery shells, as well as a wide range of high-precision weapons.

A large segment of civilian products includes hunting rifles, sporting rifles, machine tools and tools.

The concern is the flagship of the domestic small arms industry, accounting for about 95% of Russian small arms production.
Kalashnikov Concern products are supplied to more than 27 countries.

The Concern includes 3 product arms brands: Kalashnikov - military and civilian weapons, Baikal - hunting and civilian weapons, IZHMASH - sporting weapons.
The Concern's new areas of activity are: remote-controlled combat modules, unmanned aerial vehicles and multifunctional special-purpose boats.

JSC Concern Kalashnikov is a system-forming structure of the small arms sector of the Russian military-industrial complex and is the parent organization of the holding company in the field of advanced weapons models specialized complexes military purposes.

According to industry affiliation in the defense industry system of Russia, JSC Concern Kalashnikov belongs to the Industry conventional weapons"(POV).

The Concern's activities are carried out in the following areas:
military (including its disposal), service and civilian small arms;
precision-guided ammunition for artillery weapons;
technical means for ensuring the operation and repair of missile, artillery and armored weapons (equipment Maintenance and repair);
aircraft cannons and guided missiles;
machines, high-quality tools and precision workpieces.

Among promising directions activities of the Concern:
remote-controlled combat modules;
unmanned aerial vehicles;
multifunctional special purpose boats.

Small arms of Izhevsk

Reliability and ease of operation are what make the weapons of the Kalashnikov Concern unique.

Since its founding in 1807, the Izhevsk Arms Factory (now the Kalashnikov Concern) has been supplying the Russian army with firearms and bladed weapons. Beginning with Patriotic War 1812, not a single major victory in Russia was complete without the products of Izhevsk craftsmen.

The Kalashnikov Concern has leading competencies in the country in the development and production of small arms systems. Currently, its design center is developing more than 50 promising projects in the interests of law enforcement agencies and the Russian Ministry of Defense, as well as civilian customers.
The main of these projects are the development of pistols, machine guns, self-loading sniper rifles and automatic grenade launchers.

Military weapons

The most famous product of the enterprise is the Kalashnikov assault rifle. Thanks to the ingenious simplicity of the design, the unique combination technical characteristics, it is recognized as the best small arms of the twentieth century and is in service with the security forces of our country and more than a hundred foreign countries.

Today, the company produces the fourth generation of Kalashnikov assault rifles - AK “hundredth” series: AK-101, AK-102, AK-103, AK-104, AK-105. State tests of the fifth generation Kalashnikov assault rifle AK-12 are being completed.

The concern supplies the country's special forces with sniper rifles SVD, SVDS, SVDM, SV-98, SV-99, produces weapons for law enforcement forces - the Vityaz submachine gun, the 18.5 KS-K carbine and a number of other models.

Military products are manufactured by the Concern under the Kalashnikov brand.

Civilian weapons

Many types of civilian weapons have been created on the basis of the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle. Based on the “hundredth series” AK and other small arms, three completely new types of civilian weapons have been developed - “Saiga-MK107”,
"Saiga-9" and "Saiga-12 version 340".

The Saiga-MK107 carbine is based on the promising AK-107 assault rifle. The main advantage of this model is the absence of impulse from impacts of moving parts in extreme positions, which makes it possible to make accurate and quick repeated shots.

The design of the Saiga-9 carbine is based on the domestic Vityaz-SN submachine gun and is a new product for both the domestic and foreign markets. The carbine has an increased level of reliability, and a high level of similarity with a real-life combat model attracts the attention of buyers to it.

In 2015, the Concern introduced the new Saiga 12 gun, version 340. The smoothbore gun, developed by the Kalashnikov Concern in close cooperation with leading athletes of the Russian Practical Shooting Federation, proved its absolute reliability and full readiness for any tests at the World Practical Shooting Championships. guns - 2015 in Italy.
For the first time, all Russian winners won a landslide victory in the open class, performing with this particular gun.
This gun recently went on sale at retail.
The gun is distinguished from previously presented samples by a reinforced receiver, a magazine capacity increased to 10 rounds, and a quick reloading system.
The muzzle brake significantly reduced recoil.
The increased level of reliability allows the gun to be used by both army and police units.

Hunting weapon

Probably not on site former USSR not a single hunter older than three decades who would not have held in his hands any of the Izhevsk-made guns. IZH-17 and IZH-18, IZH-27 and IZH-58 could be found everywhere - from Kamchatka to Turkmenistan.
Guns faithfully served both fishermen and amateur hunters.

Mass serial production of smooth-bore hunting weapons began in Izhevsk in the middle of the last century. The choice of models compared to today was very small.

With the collapse of the USSR, weapons legislation also changed, rifled weapons became available to ordinary hunters, and both conversion “Saiga” and “Tigers”, as well as purely hunting “Moose” and “Leopards” went to the masses - all this was and is produced by the Kalashnikov Concern "(formerly IZHMASH).

Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (IZHMEKH) also did not stand aside, not only expanding the basic line to versions chambered for Magnum cartridges, combined shotguns, and so on, but also creating completely new models - “pumps”, “self-loading”. In addition, at the young weapons Russian market All kinds of “foreign cars” began to appear en masse, and it was not at all easy for Izhevsk products to compete with them. However, despite all the difficulties, both Izhevsk factories “stayed afloat”, firmly occupying the niche of inexpensive, but at the same time reliable and durable weapons.

As you know, weapons production is one of the most conservative branches of mechanical engineering; many design solutions have not changed for decades (especially if they have proven their effectiveness and consistency), but the modern market requires a flexible and prompt response to demand, regular restyling of old and the release of new weapon models. Since both Izhevsk arms factories are now part of the Kalashnikov Concern, one of the primary tasks facing the Concern team is to modernize as soon as possible existing old models and gradually replace them with new ones that fully meet the modern requirements of the global arms market.

In the near future, modernization will affect the MP-155 model (ergonomics, reliability of the bolt group, increased wear resistance, and so on), MP-43 (new stock, ejector, modified trigger, safety and swivels, and much more), MP-27 ( new stock, improved appearance), “Los-7” (new coating of metal parts, ergonomic stock, increased reliability of magazine mounting, change in rifling pitch), “Bars-4” (similar to “Los-7” + introduction of new calibers).

In turn, modernized guns and carbines will be gradually replaced or supplemented by new, promising developments - for example, MP-144/142 and MP-234.

A separate area of ​​work is working with concepts, of which many were developed during the operation of both plants, but for a number of reasons these concepts were not mass-produced. For example, the Maral carbine, the first version of which was developed back in the 90s of the last century, is a vivid example of this. Now the Maral test sample is undergoing field tests, based on the results of which a decision will be made on finalizing the sample and subsequent mass production.

Also, the Baikal brand, under which all hunting weapons in Izhevsk will now be produced, will gradually include related hunting products selected from the best samples - now, for example, thermal underwear and hunting clothing.

Weapons, clothing and other related products produced under the Baikal brand undergo lengthy field tests before entering the market - it is this concept that allows us to offer hunters only what is reliable, correctly designed and of high quality. For example, one of the last large-scale field tests of the Maral carbine prototype, an autumn hunting suit and two versions of thermal underwear took place in Kamchatka.

Sports weapons

For many years, the Kalashnikov Concern (formerly Izhmash) has been the leading Russian manufacturer of sporting weapons and the only company producing biathlon rifles in Russia under the Biathlon-7 brand in various versions. The first sporting rifle was created in 1949 under the leadership of designer Evgeniy Fedorovich Dragunov. And since 1950, the production of well-proven various types sports weapons, with the help of which several generations of athletes from our and some other countries have now set many world records and won the highest Olympic titles.

The Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant, among several defense enterprises, was entrusted with the development of specialized weapons for high-quality training of our biathletes (as you know, the official “birth” of biathlon took place on March 2, 1958 at the World Championships in Austria). Since then, for 50 years, the Biathlon sports rifle, developed by Izhevsk gunsmiths, continues to be very popular among athletes at both Russian and international competitions.

Sporting weapons are produced by the Concern under the IZHMASH brand.

New segments

As part of the new development strategy until 2020, the Concern is expanding its product line and entering new segments of the core market.

Multifunctional boats

On the basis of the Rybinsk Shipyard group of companies, the Concern plans to develop and produce multifunctional boats intended for specialized departments.

The scope of application of the products covers the fight against piracy and terrorism, allows for the transfer of personnel and landing of troops on an unequipped coast, its fire support, and also allows for a full range of patrol and search and rescue operations.

Unmanned aerial vehicles

The concern also plans to conduct projects for the production of UAVs in Russia. Trademark ZALA will join the portfolio of brands of the Kalashnikov Concern.

On the basis of the ZALA Aero company it is planned to carry out the development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles aircraft, mobile and ground control stations.

The scope of application of UAVs will cover security state borders, reconnaissance and rescue operations, as well as special forces operations.

Combat modules

Among promising developments Concern - a new remotely controlled combat module (MCCU), ground and water based.

The module is equipped with a two-axis gyrostabilization system, automatic tracking of a selected moving target and storage of up to 10 stationary targets. The module's armor provides protection against armor-piercing incendiary bullets of the B-32 7.62 mm caliber.

The module can be equipped with four types of weapons: machine guns of 12.7 and 7.62 mm calibers, an adapted version of the 30-mm automatic grenade launcher AGS-17, as well as a new 40-mm automatic grenade launcher.

Concern today

Today, the Kalashnikov Concern is implementing a development strategy until 2020, the main priorities of which are the production of a wide range of products competitive on the world market, increasing the level of efficiency of production processes, building effective structure management and creation of comfortable working conditions for all employees of the enterprise.

The implementation of the investment program for 2014-2017 in the amount of 10.5 billion rubles is aimed at comprehensively updating the enterprise’s machine park, reducing production space, reducing costs and significantly increasing labor productivity.

Production development

A large-scale development program was launched in 2015 production system enterprises until 2020, within which it is planned to quadruple labor productivity, halve production costs and working capital, and also quadruple the development and launch of new products to the market. Economic effect, which the Concern plans to achieve through the implementation of a long-term program of development projects, may amount to about 3 billion rubles.

Concern "Kalashnikov"
https://kalashnikov.com/, [email protected]

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies is one of the leaders in the domestic arms industry and a backbone structure of the small arms sector of the Russian defense industry.

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies is the largest Russian manufacturer of small arms, guided artillery shells and a wide range of precision weapons. The large civilian product segment includes hunting rifles, sporting rifles, machine tools and tools. The Group's product areas of activity are: remotely controlled combat modules, unmanned aerial vehicles, multifunctional special-purpose boats, civil shipbuilding, auto, motorcycle and electric vehicles, tactical clothing and equipment, medical equipment, aerospace products.

CEO - Dmitry Valerievich Tarasov.

Story

Since 1807, Izhevsk gunsmiths have been producing standard small arms. Just 5 years later, during the war with Napoleon, the Russian army received more than 6 thousand flintlock rifles. Until 1857, the plant produced about 1 million guns and rifles.

During the First World War, Izhevsk residents armed more than one and a half million soldiers with rifles.

During the Great Patriotic War, Izhmash produced small arms, aircraft cannons, machine guns and anti-tank rifles. About 12,000 updated three-line products are released every day. After the war, the plant began producing the Kalashnikov assault rifle. The AK-47 and its models are gaining fame not only in the USSR, but also far beyond its borders. The Soviet Union produces up to six hundred thousand weapons per year. This is the most popular machine gun in the world.

In 2017, the company celebrated its 210th anniversary and 70 years since the creation of the AK-47 assault rifle.

Concern "Kalashnikov" today

To date Joint-Stock Company“The Kalashnikov Concern is a system-forming structure of the small arms sector of the Russian defense industry. A blocking stake of 25% plus one share belongs to the Rostec State Corporation, 75% minus one share belongs to private investors. The Kalashnikov Group of Companies includes: JSC Concern Kalashnikov, JSC Izhevsk Mechanical Plant; full-cycle shipbuilding enterprises Rybinsk Shipyard Holding Company LLC and the Nobel Brothers Shipyard, Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant OJSC, developer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles of aircraft and helicopter types ZALA AERO GROUP, NPO Molniya and a number of others.

Kalashnikov products

The concern is the flagship of the domestic small arms industry, accounting for about 95% of Russian small arms production. Characteristics Izhevsk weapons combine the latest advances in technology with simplicity and ergonomics, making them indispensable for any category of users: from regular army soldiers to special forces soldiers, from employees law enforcement before ordinary people seeking to ensure their safety.

The company has started production the latest machines AK-12 caliber 5.45 mm and AK-15 caliber 7.62 mm. The Kalashnikov Concern is completely updating its line of small arms intended for the armed forces. In particular, the AK-12 and RPK-16 are intended to replace the AK-74, AK-74S and AK-74M assault rifles and the RPK-74 light machine guns, respectively. Both samples meet modern requirements in the field of reliability, ergonomics and modular design.

The company is strengthening its capabilities in the development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In August 2017 subsidiary ZALA AERO presented a new tactical UAV ZALA 421-16E2 with a flight range of up to 50 km, as well as a REX-1 device designed to suppress UAVs.

In 2017, the Kalashnikov Concern revived the legendary IZH motorcycle brand. The Russian military and police have already begun testing an electric motorcycle created by the concern.

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies devotes its attention to Special attention diversifying its products, in particular, expanding its competencies in the field of shipbuilding, unmanned aircraft and ground equipment. Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, part of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies, produces medical equipment and microelectronics. Their products include, for example, therapeutic hypothermia devices and pacemakers.

Developments and innovations

Today, the group of companies is implementing a development strategy until 2020, the main priorities of which are the production of a wide range of products competitive on the world market, increasing the level of efficiency of production processes, building an effective management structure and creating comfortable working conditions for all employees of the enterprise.

The Group includes:

JSC Concern Kalashnikov
JSC "Izhevsk Mechanical Plant"
LLC "Holding Company of Rybinsk Shipyard"
LLC "Nobel Brothers Shipyards"
OJSC Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant
ZALA AERO GROUP
NPO "Molniya"
and a number of others.