OREANDA-NEWS. February 15, 2010. Izhorskiye Zavody, part of OMZ Group, appointed Ravil Alimdzhanovitch Urusov its first deputy general director.

Ravil Urusov previously worked as director of Elektrosila (St. Petersburg) - the branch of JSC Sylovye Mashiny. Prior to joining JSC Elektrosila, Ravil Urusov held senior positions at Yuzhuralmash and Turboatomgas.

Ravil Urusov graduated from the Leningrad Order of Lenin Polytechnic Institute named after Kalinin with a degree in metal forming. His career began at Izhorskiye Zavody, where from 1976 to 1987 he worked his way from the shop engineer to the director of power engineering production department.

Appointment of Ravil Urusov at one of the key positions in the company is aimed to ensure greater effectiveness of the strategic production planning and management system of JSC Izhorskiye Zavody, one of the largest companies in OMZ Group.

OMZ Group is one of the leading heavy industry companies specializing in engineering, production, sales and service support of equipment for nuclear, oil and gas, mining industries, as well as special steel production and industrial services. OMZ Group’s facilities are located in Russia and Czech Republic. The Group is controlled by Gazprombank.