Perm Engine Company
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Formerly called
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OKB-19 |
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| Industry | Aero-engine manufacture |
| Founded | June 1, 1934 in Perm Krai, Russia |
| Founder | Arkadiy Dmitrievich Shvetsov |
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Key people
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Alexander A. Inozemtsev (CEO) |
| Products | Aeroengines, aeroengine derived gas turbines, gensets |
| $ 169 million USD (2014) | |
| Owner | United Engine Corporation |
| Website | www.avid.ru |
Aviadvigatel (Russian: ОАО "Авиадвигатель", lit. Aeroengine) is a developer and builder of aeroengines, notably for the Ilyushin Il-76MF, Ilyushin Il-96, Tupolev Tu-204, Tupolev Tu-214. It also designs and builds high-efficiency gas turbine units for electric power stations and for gas pumping plants. The company has it backgrounds in the Experimental Design Bureau-19 plant, set up to manufacture aircraft engines.
Aviadvigatel can be traced back to the engine design and manufacturing factory (Plant No.19) founded in Perm Krai, Russian Soviet Republic, on 1 June 1934, to produce the Wright Cyclone-derived Shvetsov M-25. Arkadiy Shvetsov was named chief designer at the plant, also referred to as the Perm Design/Engine School. The school was given the Soviet Experimental Design Bureau designation of OKB-19, and was informally referred to as the Shvetsov Design Bureau.
The first engine to be built at OKB-19 was a licensed variant of the Wright R-1820-F3 Cyclone 9, designated the Shvetsov M-25 radial engine. Other Shevtsoy-designed piston engines produced at OKB-19 were the M-11, M-71 ASh-2, ASh-21, ASh-62, ASh-73 and ASh-82. In just four years OKB-19 was Russia's major manufacturer of aircraft engines. OKB became the primary provider of radial piston engines for the Soviet aircraft industry. (Mikulin's and Klimov's OKB were assigned for the creation of inline engines).
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