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Experts of the Kazan Helicopters (Russian Helicopters holding), as part of the Rostec Corporation team, won silver medals at the 6th National Competition of High-Tech Cross-Industry Skills 2019. Competitions were held in Yekaterinburg from October 28 to November 1.

A total of 21 Kazan Helicopters employees took part in the Competition in three skills, winning silver medals in two of them, in Composites Technology and Life Cycle Management skills.

Before the national competition, participants and experts included in the main team of the Rostec Corporation underwent training as part of the Rostec Academy team-training event, which took place in September in the Moscow Region. The programme included educational blocks on informed leadership, effective interaction, and stress resistance, as well as training on work standards and technologies for achieving success at the WorldSkills competitions.

In total, Rostec team members won 39 medals, of which 15 golds, 11 silvers and 10 bronzes, in the main standings of the 6th National Competition of High-Tech Cross-Industry Skills 2019. Rostec experts received another 3 awards following the results of the competitions in the Eurasian standings of the WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2019.

Based on information by Kazan Helicopters, photo courtesy of rostec.ru

On September 4, 2019, the Kazan Helicopters of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec Corporation) marks the 79th anniversary since its founding.

In honour of this event, over 90 factory workers were awarded with certificates of appreciation and gratitude from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan, the Rostec Corporation, the Russian Helicopters Holding, and the Federal Service for Military Technology Cooperation.

The birthday of the enterprise is considered to be September 4, 1940, when the Leningrad Aviation Plant No. 387 was established. With the outbreak of WWII, it was evacuated to Kazan and merged with the local factory of transport parts No. 169.  During the war, the plant manufactured about 11,000 Po-2 light night bombers.

The turning point in the plant’s history was the start of production of the first domestic mass-produced helicopter Mi-1 in 1951. But a company’s brand identity is the legendary Mi-8/17, one of the most numerous helicopters in the aviation history, which is produced even today and is operated in 92 countries throughout the world.

Since 1997, the Kazan Helicopters has been certified as a helicopter developer: serially produced Ansat light twin-engine helicopter recently marked 20 years since its first take-off on August 17, 1999.

Based on information by Russian Helicopters Holding

An employee of the Kazan Helicopters (Russian Helicopters Holding, part of Rostec Group) Viktor Artamonov received a high award, the title of the Honoured Machine Builder of Tatarstan. The award ceremony took place in the Kazan Kremlin.

Viktor Artamonov was among 50 people invited to the republic’s award ceremony. Chairman of Tatarstan’s State Council Farid Mukhametshin thanked the awardees for their work, achievements, and contribution to the development of Tatarstan.

According to the Decree issued by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, the title “Honoured Machine Builder of Tatarstan” was awarded to Viktor Artamonov for his contribution to the development of the domestic helicopter industry and many years of fruitful work. Moreover, the honorary titles were conferred earlier to another four employees of the Kazan Helicopters.

Victor Artamonov came to the Kazan Helicopters immediately after his army service in 1978 as an electrical installer of aircraft. Since then, he has received several certificates of acknowledgement from the company’s management, has become an excellent quality worker, was conferred the title of the company’s Honoured Long-Service Worker and a Certificate of Honour from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia. In addition, Viktor Artamonov was awarded the commemorative medal “25 Years of the End of Hostilities in Afghanistan”.

Based on information by Kazan Helicopters - Russian Helicopters Holding