Almas share
| Almas share | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 2002 (by merger) |
| Seat |
Moscow , Russia
|
| management | Sergei Chemezov , Jan Novikov |
| Number of employees | approx. 90,000 |
| sales | RUB 272.1 billion (total sales of all group companies) |
| Branch | Defense industry |
| Website | www.almaz-antey.ru |
| Stand 2013 | |
Almas-Antei ( Russian Алмаз-Антей , English transcription Almaz-Antey ) is the largest Russian arms company . The company has 90,410 employees and is based in Moscow . It was created in 2002 by Decree 412 of the Russian President Vladimir Putin as a merger of the Antei group with NPO Almas ( Russian Концерн "Антей", НПО "Алмаз" ).
On the list of the world's largest arms manufacturers (excluding PR China ), Almas-Antei was in 23rd place in 2009 (2008: 18th place). The arms sales in 2009 amounted to 3.26 billion USD (2008: 4.34 billion USD), representing 89% of total sales of 3.695 billion US dollars.
The group of companies has around 60 plants, production facilities, research and administration centers. Vitaly Neskorodov has been the general director since February 4, 2011. One of his predecessors, Igor Klimov, was shot dead in Moscow in 2003.
Almas-Antei manufactures in the military sector together with its subsidiaries such as Kupol and construction office for equipment construction air defense systems, firearms for airplanes and armored vehicles, artillery shells and surface-to-surface guided missiles, airspace and artillery monitoring and coordination radar systems. However, the group also manufactures civil products such as navigation devices, air traffic systems, civil flight control and weather radars, sewage treatment plants , ventilation flaps for nuclear power plants , and plastic packaging for cosmetics and food.
Products (selection)
- Buk M1 , anti-aircraft missile system (until 1986)
- S-300 , anti-aircraft missile system
- S-350 anti-aircraft missile system
- S-400 , long-range anti-aircraft missile system
- 9K330 Tor , short-range anti-aircraft missile system
- 96K6 Panzir (from the device engineering design office ), short-range anti-aircraft missile system
- Calibr (AO OKB Nowator)
Individual evidence
- ^ SIPRI Top 100 and recent trends in the arms industry. In: sipri.org. SIPRI , accessed on October 13, 2015 (annual report 2011).
- ↑ Export boom: Anti-aircraft missile manufacturer Almaz-Antey builds two new factories. In: de.sputniknews.com. RIA Novosti, December 29, 2012, accessed October 13, 2015 .
- ↑ "АЛМАЗ-АНТЕЙ" ПОЛУЧИЛ НОВОГО ГЕНДИРЕКТОРА , BFM.ru February 4, 2011
- ↑ Most notorious assassination of 2003 solved. In: english.pravda.ru. July 20, 2004, accessed October 13, 2015 .
- ↑ MH17 investigation: Almaz-Antey blows up decommissioned jet with rocket. In: de.sputniknews.com. October 13, 2015, accessed October 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Almaz-Antey Concern JSC. In: army-guide.com. Retrieved October 13, 2015 .
- ^ Carlo Kopp: Russian / Soviet Point Defense Weapons. In: ausairpower.net. April 2012, accessed October 13, 2015 .