16:23, 23 January 2023

KMZ "Izhora-Metal" started production of steel billets

St. Petersburg plant KMZ "Izhora-Metal" , a Metal-Expo regular exhibitor, opened the production of steel billets. “Izhora-Metal“ Forging and Mechanical Plant opened a new production site for the production of steel blanks for metallurgy, shipbuilding and the energy industry in St. Petersburg with the help of FRP loan.

Here steel forgings are made - these are metal blanks (shafts, disks, rings, pipes) made of steel, titanium alloys, bronze and brass. They are used:
-  in metallurgy;
-  in shipbuilding – for turbines, shafts, rudder;
-  in the energy industry – for turbines, rotors, hydraulic shafts, generator shafts and wind generators.

In the manufacture of products, completely domestic raw materials are used. Localization level is 100%. The production capacity is 4 thousand tons of press forgings per year. The total annual capacity of the plant has increased to 16 thousand tons of products. Opening a new site has created 76 additional jobs.

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