Mr. Dmitriy Govorushko, Director
Back in 1897 Mr. Shlicht, a German entrepreneur, established machine work-shops in the Town in Khartsyzsk. Initially these workshops manufactured teamdrawn wagons, but by 1910 they swiched to the prepoduction of farm implements, such as seeders, winnowers, and harrows. In 1914 the workshops became the property of French entrepreneurs, who named them P.I. Renault and organized the production of iron shutoff valves and fittings.
After the revolution of 1917 the plant was named "Remrud". It had been working extensively on restoring mine equipment in the Donetsk Coal Basin (Donbas) by repairing mine pumps and manufacturing some iron components.
During the years of so-called new economic policy the plant became private again, and its new owners renamed it "Universal".
In 1925 the plant became the property of the joint-stock company "Vodokanal", and in 1932 it began to specialize in the production of fire-fighting accessories.
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In 1938 the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs took of the plant and named it "GlavUPPO".
During World War II the plant was evacuated. After the liberation of Donetsk Coal Basin in 1943 the plant was restored, and by 1946 its output hit the pre-war level.
The plant deepens in fire-fighting equipmentmanufacture. Nowadays, Plant of Khartsyzsk is the major producer of fire-fighting equipment in the country. It also manufactures the other products.
Plant development way is from the handicraft machine workshops to large up-to-date engineering enterprise.
Nowadays the plant has a powerful industrial-engineering basis. Structually, it consist of iron andnon-ferrous foundries, assembly, servise, machine, pattern, and maintenance shops.
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