Ural Diesel Engine Plant (russian: Уральский дизель-моторный завод) is a company based in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administrat ...

, Russia.

History

The plant was formed in 1941 as ''Ural Turbine Factory'' as part of a large scale movement of industrial capacity from western Russia during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. The engine manufacturing facilities of the

Kirov Plant The Kirov Plant, Kirov Factory or Leningrad Kirov Plant (LKZ) ( rus, Кировский завод, Kirovskiy zavod) is a major Russian mechanical engineering and agricultural machinery manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was esta ...

in Leningrad and the Kharkov diesel factory 75 ''(Харьковский дизельный завод №75)'' were transported to the Ural region of Russia ( Sverdlovsk). The factory was in production by August 1941, and produced M-40 aero engines and V-2 engines for tanks. By 1942 production was over 20 engines per day, and in 1942 received an

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

and in 1943 an

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the ...

for its contributions. By August 1945 the plant had produced 25,000 engines. After the end of WWII production of diesel engines continued, with the plant producing engines for oil drilling, excavators, locomotives and mobile generators. Exports of engines began in 1956. After 1962 all engines produced were turbocharged. After 1979 the factory became a key supplier of diesel engines for Belarusian dump truck manufacturer

BelAZ BelAZ ( be, Беларускі аўтамабільны завод, translit=Belaruski autamabilny zavod, lit=Belarusian Automobile Plant, russian: Белорусский автомобильный завод or БелАЗ) is a Belarusian auto ...

. In 2003 the company became and open joint stock company as ''ОАО "Турбомоторный завод"'', in 2008 it was acquired by the

Sinara Group Sinara Group is a Russian investment company founded in 2001 with holdings in the property development, rail transportation and financial services sectors. History The company was founded in 2001, and in 2004 acquired industrial and agricultural c ...

and became the limited liability company Ural diesel engine plant ''( ООО Уральский дизель-моторный завод УДМЗ)''. As of 2010 the plant produces diesel generators, turbochargers and diesel engines for locomotives and heavy off-road equipment in the range.

Engines

* DM-185 V12 UDMZ up to 3 (0.7 1 - 4.7 MW), 7+ MW, plans for 10 - 17+ MW : at KMZ - RD and UDMZ * 8DM21L * DM-21 V6 (1050-1500 hp) V8 (1300-2000 hp) V12 (2000-3000) 27 29 : land vehicles * V-2 derivatives along

ChTZ Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (russian: Челябинский тракторный завод, Chelyabinskiy traktornyy zavod, abbreviated , ) also known as CTZ-Uraltrak (''ЧТЗ-УРАЛТРАК'') is a tractor construction plant in the Russian ...

and Barnaul BTM : KMZ RD * ADG1000 * ADG6000 * various V12 V16 and V18 from 3 5 MW 58D/A/E up to 8 9 MW * 68B, 68G, 85D 86B 86G 8,8 MW V18

References

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* {{official Sinara Group Manufacturing companies based in Yekaterinburg Manufacturing companies established in 1941 Diesel engine manufacturers Engine manufacturers of Russia 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union Engine manufacturers of the Soviet Union