Ural Diesel Engine Plant () is a company based in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...

, 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

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. The engine manufacturing facilities of the

Kirov Plant The Kirov Plant, Kirov factory or Leningrad Kirov plant (LKZ) () is a major Russian mechanical engineering and agricultural machinery manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was established in 1789, then moved to its present site in 1801 ...

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

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and in 1943 an

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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

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. In 2003 the company became and open

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as ''ОАО "Турбомоторный завод"'', in 2008 it was acquired by the Sinara Group 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 *

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derivatives along

ChTZ Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (, abbreviated , ) also known as CTZ-Uraltrak (''ЧТЗ-УРАЛТРАК'') is a tractor construction plant in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. History The Chelyabinsk Tractor plant was a project of the First five-y ...

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