OREANDA-NEWS. Andrey Trapeznikov, a Member of JSC “RAO UESR” Management Board expressed his thanks to Sergey Schumacher for the active participation in the “”RAO UESR” Reform: Impulse to the Development of the Electro-Technical Industry in the Country” conference.

It was previously mentioned that among the participants of the conference were Anatoly Tchubais, Chairperson of the JSC “RAO UESR” Management Board, Andrey Daineko, Director of the Industry Department of the RF Ministry of Industry and Power Engineering, Boris Vainzikher, Technical Director of JSC “RAO UESR”, Aleksandr Tchistyakov, First Deputy Chairperson of JSC “FGC UESR” Management Board, Valentin Gapanovitch, Vice-President and Chief Engineer of JSC “RRW”.   

Sergey Schumacher, Deputy General Director, Technical Director of the JSC “IDGC of the Center and North Caucasus” acted as an expert in the panel discussion on cable-conductor production. The discussion was devoted to the management of the problems, arising at the companies, producing cable gears. At present, power engineers and especially grid power companies demand a top quality product.

The main subject of the conference was the “RAO UESR” investment program for 2006-2010 and its influence on the prospects of the development of the electro-technical industry in the country. “Currently, the changing approaches to investments, considering their quantity and quality, lead to setting completely new requirements to the equipment, applied in the electric grid industry. These requirements were fixed in the “Regulations on the JSC “FGC UES” Technical Policy in the Electric Grid Industry”, noted Sergey Schumacher.

Moreover, Sergey Schumacher expressed concern about cheap and sub-standard products appearing on the Russian market, particularly armature for self-bearing cables, and suggested drawing up “RAO UESR” standards for the key types of equipment and materials for the electric grids.