OREANDA-NEWS. Last week JSC "Volgogradneftemash", which is a part of SGM Group of Companies, hosted the meeting of chief mechanical engineers under the auspices of the Council of Chief Mechanical Engineers of Oil Refining and Petrochemical Enterprises in Russia and CIS Countries.

Over 100 directors and specialists from industrial enterprises, research and development institutes and design offices took part in the event.

At plenary session, which held in the framework of the meeting, were considered, among other issues, an advanced developments as well as step-ahead solutions in production of up-to-date petrochemical process equipment, the ways of quality improvement and equipment reliability of pumping units.

During the factory workshops tours the equipment and technologies, applied for units and centrifugal-type pumps manufacturing, were demonstrated to the guests. That kind of equipment is designed for process units of oil refining and petrochemical enterprises. The pumps manufacturing arose chief mechanical engineers' particular interest. They had an opportunity to observe the operation of a unique diagnostic complex for testing of pumping units.

The format of the event assured its participants of the high level of JSC "Volgogradneftemash" production. Oil refiners could ask the representatives of manufacturing factory questions and get comprehensive answers.

It's worth mentioning that for the first time the meeting was held within the machine building enterprise. A meaningful dialogue between producers, consumers and project engineers facilitated the consolidation of efforts to tackle important issues of creation and utilization of complex process equipment for oil and petrochemical industries.