Voronezh Mechanical Plant
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Native name
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Воронежский механический завод |
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Romanized name
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Voronezh Mechanical Plant |
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Formerly called
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Дизельный завод |
| Unitary enterprise | |
| Industry |
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| Founded | Voronezh, Russia (October 1, 1928) |
| Headquarters | ул. Ворошилова, 22, Voronezh, Russia |
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Key people
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Ivan Tihonovich Koptev |
| Products | |
| Parent | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
| Website | Official Website |
Voronezh Mechanical Plant (Russian: Воронежский механический завод) is a Russian engine and heavy machinery manufacturing plant. It is located in the city of Voronezh, in the Voronezh Oblast, close to the Ukrainan border. It started as a Diesel engine manufacturing plant, and has been the plant that serially manufactures the engines designed by KbKhA. In the later years, it has branched intro producing oil and gas products like valves, manifold and fittings.
Engines in current production at the plant:
Engines that are no longer produced at the plant.
In January 2017, Roscosmos announced that firing tests revealed problems with the Voronezh-produced Proton upper stage engines. According to the investigation, expensive alloys had been replaced by cheaper less heat-resistant alloys. Voronezh director-general Ivan Koptev resigned.
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