
Berdychiv Machine-Building Plant (also known as the Progress Plant) is a machine building enterprise in the town of
Berdychiv
Berdychiv ( uk, Берди́чів, ; pl, Berdyczów; yi, באַרדיטשעװ, Barditshev; russian: Берди́чев, Berdichev) is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center ...
, in
Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
(not to be confused with "Berdychiv machine-building plant "Progress" Ltd. located in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
).
History
Establishment and early operation
Originally it was mechanical and
ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''.
Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...
plant owned by L. Plakhetskyi and founded in 1880 on Market square in a close proximity to Berdychiv train station. Production shops and sections were placed on the total area of 3,730 square meters
fathom
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s. The plant was equipped with a
cupola
In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.
The word derives, via Italian, from ...
, four blacksmith's
forge
A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to th ...
, seven
machine
A machine is a physical system using Power (physics), power to apply Force, forces and control Motion, movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to na ...
s and
steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder. This pushing force can be trans ...
with 8
hp. The number of workers amounted to 30 people, the annual production – up to 50 thousand rubles.
In the first years of its existence, the plant only repairing farm implements, and later began producing
plow
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s,
seeder
A seeder is a stamp-type leatherworking tool used in leather carving. It is predominantly used in floral designs to represent the seeds in the center of a flower, hence the name. Similar to other stamp-type tools, it is held vertically over the ...
s,
winnowing
Winnowing is a process by which chaff is separated from grain. It can also be used to remove pests from stored grain. Winnowing usually follows threshing in grain preparation. In its simplest form, it involves throwing the mixture into the ...
s and other agricultural equipment.
Soon Plahetskiy invites
merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...
I. Doberskiy for collaboration as companions, and the company begins to operate under the name «Plahetskiy and Doberskiy mechanical and iron foundry».
Further development of the plant was due to the strong construction in the South-West of
Russia
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the sugar and
distilleries enterprises, mills,
peelings and
creameries. Founders of constructing enterprises are starting to fill up the plant with orders of Plahetskiy and Doberskiy.
To a large extent the development of the plant contributed to the proximity of the railway, which linked in 1870 Berdychiv with
Kozyatyn
Koziatyn ( uk, Козятин; also referred to as Kozyatyn, pl, Koziatyn, russian: Каза́тин) is a town in the Vinnytsia Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Koziatyn Raion (district), the town ...
, then with
Shepetivka
Shepetivka ( uk, Шепеті́вка; pl, Szepetówka) is a city located on the Huska River in Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Shepetivka is the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion (district). It hosts the administrati ...
, and in 1896 - with the center of
Volyn province
Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...
–
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, a ...
.
The scale of the plant’s production of Plahetskiy and Doberskiy steadily expanded, and in 1892 his equipment has already been presented two
locomobile
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* Locomobile Company of America, a US company that made automobiles under the brand name "Locomobile" from 1899 to 1929
* Steam-powered agricultural and haulage vehicles:
** Traction engine
** Portable engine
* ...
, carrying a total capacity of 16
hp, two
cupola
In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.
The word derives, via Italian, from ...
s, six
forge
A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to th ...
s, 17 different machines and two
mechanical fan
A fan is a powered machine used to create a flow of air. A fan consists of a rotating arrangement of vanes or blades, generally made of wood, plastic, or metal, which act on the air. The rotating assembly of blades and hub is known as an ''imp ...
s.
Granting of charter
The abundance of incoming orders and limited production power require fundamental restructuring of the plant. Plahetskiy and Doberskiy widen the territory of the plant at the expense of additional purchases from
landowners of the areas adjacent to the company. In 1895 as a companion they invited
engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...
N. Barsukov.
In September 1895, Plahetskiy, Doberskiy and Barsukov sent to the
Department of Trade and Manufactures
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of the
Ministry of Trade and Industry A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce.
Notable examples are:
List
*Algeria: Ministry of Industry and M ...
of the
Russian Empire
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a petition for approval of the draft
statute
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of the
Association
Association may refer to:
*Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal
*Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
*Voluntary associatio ...
of Machine-Building Plant Progress.
June 29, 1896, Russian emperor
Nicolay II approved the charter, and based on that created the Society of Machine-Building Plant «Progress» with the main capital of 350 thousand
ruble
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, currencies named ''rub ...
s. Holding of
shares has been issued in an amount of 1,400 pieces of dignity 350 rubles each.
In 1896 the plant significantly expands its production capacity by constructing new buildings, building a machine shop with a gallery area of 864 square meters,
forge
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s, ironworks with dryers and cupolas, the model and copper departments etc. In 1900 entered service machine shop, and in 1903 was made a full shift on a production of equipment for sugar and
refinery
A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.
Types of refineries
Different types of refineries ...
factories.
20th century industrial action
At the beginning of 20th century to replace the former owners of the plant comes a new, mostly foreigners. Managing Director of Swiss society becomes F.G. Enny. G. Enny and P. Gomola were elected as a government. Subsequently, almost all the main capital of the company passed into the hands of Swiss man Enny.
In the factory manual labor prevailed. Transport of materials,
intermediates and components are carried out either manually or using
cart
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It is different from the flatbed tr ...
s. The working day is 11–12 hours. For heavy work skilled workers receive a day 1 rub. 25 kopecks, laborers – 80 kopecks, and trainees – 30-40 kopecks. Low wages was cut by the host's masters of various
fine
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s.
In the shops there was no
ventilation
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** Mechanical ventilation, in medicine, using artificial methods to assist breathing
*** Ventilator, a ma ...
, because of what had to work in clubs fumes, dust and asphyxiating gases.
Shareholder
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s do not take any measures to improve working conditions for workers, increasing their profits by intensifying their
exploitation
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*Exploitation of labour
**Forced labour
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*Slavery
**Sexual slavery and other forms
*Oppression
*Psychological manipulation
In arts and entertainment
*Exploita ...
.
Single workers’ protests against the arbitrary administration had no success. In addition, these protests could turn into a desktop real danger of being thrown out of the gate of the plant, where was a crowd of impoverished city dwellers trying to find any work and landless peasants from surrounding villages.
Erupted in the years 1900-1903
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, seized also the
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, an extremely negative impact on an already miserable situation of workers of the plant. Wages sharply reduced. The administration continuously laying off workers, leaving their families destitute.
13 August 1903, after the lunch break the factory workers
stopped work, and entering into negotiations with the administration, put forward the following demands: to set an 8-hour working day, increase hourly labor costs and replace piece paid daily wage, increase efficiency wages in the foundry, to stop decline wages by reducing the working day.
Managing the plant promised workers to bring their claims to
management board
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Management includes the activities ...
located in
Kiev
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
, managed to convince them to get to work. However, the board did not agree with the requirements of the workers. Learning of this, the workers went on strike again on August 16, insisting on meeting their requirements. They were supported by workers of Burko’s tannery, shoe factory of Levkovskiy, furniture factories «Wojciech-Vienna» and Mezhirichera. The strike was attended by about 1500 workers of different enterprises in the city.
Authorities to suppress the strike brought the troops, and only at gunpoint on August 17 resumed work. The administration promised to plant in a timely manner to inform workers about the fix rates for piecework.
July 20, 1904, workers at the plant organized to stop work and strike. They demanded from the administration higher wages and shorter working day. Shareholders do not agree to meet workers' demands, threatening to close the plant, but workers did not retreat from their demands. The strike lasted until 1 August.
Under pressure from the strikers administration was forced to make some concessions. Working day from 11,5 hours down to 11. The plant was not closed.
March 11, 1905, workers of a lathe department, thrown over master Bychkovskiy‘s head bag because of his gain favour with proprietor, threw him in the car and shouting «Hurrah!» took out of the gates of the plant. The administration announced the dismissal of 10 organizers of this event.
Plant workers demanded the restoration of sacked by threatening to plant administration with cessation of work and the mass strike. The administration was forced to comply with this demand and recover dropouts.
Major strike that gripped the entire plant, held on June 29, 1905. In the morning the workers quit work and gathered in the square adjacent to the refinery, the meeting took place. The strikers sent to the Directorate the following requirements: an 8-hour workday, higher wages by 30%, elimination of
overtime work, provision of workers’ health care and the same for their families, establishment of day wages from the calculation: laborer – at least 1 rub., trainees after two years of training - not less than 50 kopecks.
Director of the plant has agreed to introduce 10-hour working day with pay for 11 hours, pay laborers left unchanged, that is 70-80 kopecks, trainees after two years of education promised to pay 50 kopecks. Have also been promised cancellation of overtime job and improve medical care.
Response of Directorate has not satisfied the strikers, and they demanded full compliance.
The next morning, the workers, not renewing the work headed with an organized column to the Kornilov Sugar Factory and suggested its workers support the strike. They accepted the offer.
1 July strikers gathered again at the factory gate, insisting on the implementation of their demands by Directorate, and only after received assurances that the majority of them will be satisfied, began to work.
As a result of the strike, workers have achieved the following concessions from management: time on ordinary days was reduced to 10 hours and on Saturdays - to 9 with pay; at the plant was introduced
paramedic
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Not all ambulance personnel are p ...
position and ensured the reception of patients by a doctor twice a week ; was promised a revision of rates for piecework; for three days of the strike the workers were paid wages.
December 12, 1905 ceased to operate many
factories and commercial establishments. The next day, their support for factory workers of «Progress» and the Kornilov sugar beet, which are in solidarity with their comrades in the struggle, too, is not got to work. December 14 idled almost all
factories and commercial establishments of the city.
Factory workers’ speeches have caused significant impact on returns to shareholders. The basic capital of the company fell from 350 thousand rubles to 280 thousand rubles, the
share prices has fallen from 250 rubles to 200 rubles. Shareholders looking for a way out of the impasse, have sought to strengthen the ailing economy partnership. By that time, the vast majority of the shares taken over by Swiss man Enny. In 1910 at the meeting of shareholders a decision on a petition to the Ministry of Trade and Industry to increase the share capital of 170 thousand rubles and the additional issue of shares for this amount of 200 rubles each was taken.
This petition found support of the ministry, allowing the shareholders failed to correct shaky economic situation, realized the transition to production of equipment for sugar refinery:
tank
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s,
evaporators and
vacuum
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machines,
fermentation
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tanks
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and equipment for
breweries
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and
distilleries, Pasburg’s vehicles,
trolleys, capacitors, gutters, washing
beet,
railway careers, beet and press augers, dryers,
elevator
An elevator or lift is a wire rope, cable-assisted, hydraulic cylinder-assisted, or roller-track assisted machine that vertically transports people or freight between floors, levels, or deck (building), decks of a building, watercraft, ...
s, lifts, various building steel (trusses, columns, stairs, fences, etc.).
Machinery equipment consisted of the 44
lath
A lath or slat is a thin, narrow strip of straight-grained wood used under roof shingles or tiles, on lath and plaster walls and ceilings to hold plaster, and in lattice and trellis work.
''Lath'' has expanded to mean any type of backing mate ...
es, 11
planer The term planer may refer to several types of carpentry tools, woodworking machines or metalworking machine tools.
*Plane (tool), a hand tool used to produce flat surfaces by shaving the surface of the wood
*Thickness planer (North America) or thi ...
s, 4
chiselings, 24
drilling machine
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s and others. For the manufacture of
rivet
A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite to the head is called the ''tail''. On installation, the rivet is placed in a punched ...
s there were three
driving hammers. Two cupolas worked in the foundry.
Energy sector was represented by
gas-producing motors
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power gen ...
with a total capacity of about 120
hp, with the help of which metal-working equipment was activated. Electrical lighting provided by a
dynamo, operated by a
gas engine
A gas engine is an internal combustion engine that runs on a gaseous fuel, such as coal gas, producer gas, biogas, landfill gas or natural gas. In the United Kingdom, the term is unambiguous. In the United States, due to the widespread use of ...
, carrying capacity 30
hp.
In 1900–1912, years the plant was involved in the construction and equipping of the
sugar mill
A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw or white sugar.
The term is also used to refer to the equipment that crushes the sticks of sugar cane to extract the juice.
Processing
There are a number of steps in pro ...
s in Ashehe (Manchuria), Garbovskiy, Kiselevskiy, Koryukovskiy, Mezenovskiy, Odesskiy, Suprunovskiy, Fedorovskiy, Cherkasskiy and Shepetovskiy, fully equipped Yaroshevskiy, Yanushpolskiy, Nabutovskiy, Penskiy and Ryzhavskiy sugar mills, as well as Belokolodezskiy and Kashperovskiy
refineries
A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.
Types of refineries
Different types of refineries ar ...
. More than 120 sugar enterprises were clients of production of the plant.
In the shops there was no
ventilation
Ventilation may refer to:
* Ventilation (physiology), the movement of air between the environment and the lungs via inhalation and exhalation
** Mechanical ventilation, in medicine, using artificial methods to assist breathing
*** Ventilator, a ma ...
and heating, factory buildings fell into decay.
Factory Fintes Director turned in 1913 to Berdychiv county district council with a request to reduce the amount of
taxes due to the dilapidation of buildings and equipment wear, described the plant at the time: «The derived value of machinery and machine tools 85,121 rubles and buildings amounting to 32,822 rubles is even higher than the current value thereof, except housing and mechanical parts of the foundry, instead resumed collapsed: the rest are only a wooden sheds, which cannot be named buildings».
In 1913 were manufactured industrial products worth 1,477,266 rubles.
First World War
Since the beginning in July 1914 the First World War the plant received a large military orders from the
Petrograd
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
District Ordnance Department, Mikhaylovskiy (Shostenskiy)
gunpowder factory, Samarskiy (Sergievskiy) plant explosives, the society of the Moscow-Kiev-Voronezh railway etc. Only
Petrograd
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
District Ordnance Department placed an order for 300 thousand three-inch high-explosive grenades.
To perform military orders required a radical restructuring of production. In 1914-1915 are commissioned
slug
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and boiler shops. To handle shells
grenade
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s set metalworking equipment in the amount of 400 thousand
ruble
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, currencies named ''rub ...
s. In 1915 a newly built electric power stations were built and energy base is replenished by Nobel
diesel
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* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...
160
hp and Felzer
diesel
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* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
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70
hp, as well as
Electric generatorgenerators with total capacity of 95 kW. A year later, in 1916, to expedite the shipment of military orders to the plant railway line was lay.
Modern days
In 1996 - after 100 years - a second place incorporation of the plant took place.
In 2000 established LLC «Trading House Plant «Progress».
Today
The company has implemented and operates a certified quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001:2015.
In 2007, year factory finished with a net profit of ₴4.165 million, increased net income by 67.42% or ₴40.232 million to ₴99.906 million compared with 2006.
In 2008, BMZ «Progress» has increased the net revenue from product sales by 21% compared with 2007 - up to ₴120.78 million, net profit increased by 18% - to ₴4.91 million.
Plant completed 2009 with a net profit of ₴0.262 million that in 18.7 times less than the similar characteristics in 2008 (₴4.91 million).
As at 11 December 2008, 13.02% stake in the plant belongs to the company «Trading house works «Progress» (Kyiv), 61.14% - Company «Ukrtehuglerod» (Kyiv) and 9.58% - Holding Company «AvtoKrAZ».
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Plant supplies equipment to many enterprises of Ukraine and other CIS countries, as well as in the US, Germany, Israel, China, Iran, India, Eastern Europe, Turkey.][
On the territory of OJSC «Berdychiv Machine-Building Plant «Progress» and the city of Berdychiv in the fall of 2008 were recorded footage of the film «In Paris!» (the working title «Dad», the company «Pyramid», directed by Sergey Krutin, starring - Yuriy Stepanov, Polina Kutepova, Jaroslav Zhalnin, Georgiy Drozd, Valeriya Hodos, Eugeniy Efremov), which was released in cinemas in 2009.
]
Important Events
BMZ «Progress» anniversary
In the days from 23 to 25 September 2010, celebrating of the Berdychiv Machine-Building Plant «Progress» 130 anniversary was held, timed to Day of Mechanical Engineering. The event was held on the square before the Palace of Culture, having collected a huge amount of «Progress» workers and Berdychiv residents who were able to enjoy blowing in the wind energy of Berdychiv engineering. Besides the concert, the citizens had the opportunity to watch sporting baton, in which the team of the Plant Casting Complex won a victory. After the event all went to the Palace of Culture in order to watch the video «Progress», captured by the movie company « Vick» to order management engineering enterprise.
Production of the biggest filter
30 August 2009, the company unveiled its newly developed filter-press KMPm-196. As a result, the plant had received a diploma and a prize winner of Ukrainian quality competition «100 best goods of Ukraine» at the regional level. This again proved the correctness of policies and strategies of top management and LLC «Trade House Plant «Progress», which aims to meet the needs and expectations of customers through the design of new structures and technologies and providing competitive advantages in the markets of different countries. October 22, 2010 filter-press KMPm-196 was successfully put into operation. Today it is the most advanced equipment of this type in the world.
OJSC "BMZ" Progress " reorganized into the public joint-stock company
On April 10, 2012, according to the results of the regular meeting of shareholders OJSC Berdychiv machine-building plant "Progress" is reorganized into the Public Joint-Stock Company.
PJSC "BMZ" Progress " reorganized into the joint-stock company
On April 15, 2019, according to the results of the regular meeting of shareholders PJSC Berdychiv machine-building plant "Progress" is reorganized into the Joint-Stock Company.
Main activities
Production filtration
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and storage equipment, apparatus with rotating drums, valves, mold
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s and transfer mold for rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, and ...
and plastic, components of the pressure receptacles, perforated
A perforation is a small hole in a thin material or web. There is usually more than one perforation in an organized fashion, where all of the holes collectively are called a ''perforation''. The process of creating perforations is called perfor ...
metal sheets, production forgings, cast iron, nonferrous and high-alloy steel casting
Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a ''casting'', which is ejected ...
s for companies coal, mining, petroleum, chemical, petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical, metallurgical, construction, engineering, light and food industries, enterprises energy and utilities, consumer goods for the population as well as manufacturing parts and components for documentation or samples of customers.
Products
*Filters
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Science and technology
Computing
* Filter (higher-order function), in functional programming
* Filter (software), a computer program to process a data stream
* Filter (video), a software component tha ...
for separating suspension
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* Suspension (topology), in mathematics
* Suspension (dynamical systems), in mathematics
* Suspension of a ring, in mathematics
* Suspension (chemistry), small solid particles suspend ...
s into solid and liquid phase (capacitor, disc, tape, sheet, cartridge)
*Filters for dust-laden air (electrostatic precipitators, bag filters and metal -histic)
* Filter Presses (chamber (tower and horizontal), frame, belt)
*Salt dissolvent, tape mixers, apparatuses with mixing devices, destructors
*Apparatus with rotary drums (dryers, ovens, refrigerators, molds, coagulators)
*Shut-off valves (gate bolts, pinch valve
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* Moulds and transfer molds for rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, and ...
s and plastics
*Elements of pressure vessels (bottoms, flange
A flange is a protruded ridge, lip or rim (wheel), rim, either external or internal, that serves to increase shear strength, strength (as the flange of an iron beam (structure), beam such as an I-beam or a T-beam); for easy attachment/transfer of ...
s, fittings)
*Perforated
A perforation is a small hole in a thin material or web. There is usually more than one perforation in an organized fashion, where all of the holes collectively are called a ''perforation''. The process of creating perforations is called perfor ...
metal sheets
*Forging
Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces. The blows are delivered with a hammer (often a power hammer) or a die. Forging is often classified according to the temperature at which i ...
s
*Cast iron, nonferrous and high-alloy steel casting
Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a ''casting'', which is ejected ...
s
*Consumer Goods
*Household and industrial boilers
*Industrial hardware
*The parts of the documentation or samples of customers[ОАО Бердичевский машиностроительный завод Прогресс]
References
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* WebSite «Berdichev Machine-Building Plant «Progress»
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