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Today, a festive event was held in honour of the 70th anniversary of the Experimental Design Bureau 294, the forbearer of NPO Shimko Radio Electronics.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, company’s Director General Ronis Sharipov, Head of the Soviet District Administration of Kazan Roman Fathutdinov, as well as company’s current and retired employees.

A congratulatory speech was made by Albert Karimov. He noted the invaluable contribution of NPO Radio Electronics in the development of manufacturing industry in Tatarstan, and congratulated the enterprise on a significant date. For the guests of the event, a concert programme was organised followed by an award ceremony for company’s employees.

The Experimental Design Bureau 294 was created at the Instrument Plant (now Radiopribor) on August 15, 1949 in accordance with the Decree of the USSR Council of Ministers for the development of aviation equipment.

To date, the Experimental Design Bureau 294 is called the V.I. Shimko Scientific and Production Association of Radio Electronics. Vladimir Shimko is the Minister of Radio Industry of the USSR (1987-1988, 1989-1991) and later, the President of the Radiocomplex Corporation. His name was given to the enterprise in 2000.