OREANDA-NEWS. The “Saturn” corporate newsletter (published since 1929) for a second year in a row made it to the list of the best corporate printed media of Russia's industrial companies following the results of a rating administered by the “Production management” business portal. The winners, as before, were identified by the portal's audience.

In 2014 over 250 corporate publications whose content was published on the “Production management” portal throughout 2013 were evaluated. The rating was structured in the two categories: “TOP-10 corporate magazines” and “TOP-15 corporate newsletters”.

According to the rating compilers, the most popular articles with the “Production management” portal's reading audience were those that talked about practical experience acquired by the companies in developing their appropriate production systems, implementation of Lean tools, cost-reduction programs, quality management systems, new information technologies, devising and implementing company strategies and a number of other subjects.

Among the best corporate newsletters are the corporate publications of Rosatom, Power Machines, Rusal, KAMAZ, Avtovaz, RusHydro and some others.

The NPO Saturn Research and Production Association (OJSC) is an engine-building company specialized in the design and development, production and after-market support of gas turbine engines for military and civil aviation, naval ships and power-generating plants and gas-pumping units. The association is part of the All-Russian public organization The Union of mechanical engineers of Russia whereby the regional branch is headed by I. N. Fedorov, NPO Saturn CEO.

NPO Saturn is part of United Engine Corporation (OJSC) and acts as the leader of the Civil Engines Division, a business unit of UEC founded on 09.10.2012 as a result of integration of the following companies: NPO Saturn (OJSC), Aviadvigatel (OJSC), PMZ (OJSC), Metallist-PM (CJSC), Energetik-PM (OJSC), REMOS-PM (CJSC), Motoservis-PM (CJSC) and Zheleznodorozhnik-PM (CJSC).

United Engine Corporation (OJSC) is a subsidiary of the OBORONPROM UIC (OJSC). The UEC structure integrates over 85% of Russia's leading companies specialized in the design and development, serial production and after-market support of gas turbine machinery as well as the key enterprises - the industry's integral players. One of UEC's prioritized fields of activity is the implementation of comprehensive programs of development of the companies in the industry by introducing new technologies meeting the world-class standards.

The OBORONPROM United Industrial Corporation (OJSC) is a multi-field machine-building group created in 2002. It is part of Rostec. The main fields of activity are helicopter building (the Russian Helicopters holding), engine building (the UEC holding) and other assets.

The Rostekhnologii State Corporation (Rostec) is a Russian corporation established in 2007 in order to facilitate the development, manufacturing and export of high-technology industrial products of military and civil purposes. Today it comprises over 663 companies, which form 8 military-industrial and 5 civil industry holdings. Rostec's subsidiaries are located in 60 regions of Russia and supply their products to over 70 countries worldwide. In 2012 revenues of the Corporation amounted to RUB 931 billion, net profits were RUB 38.5 billion and total taxation exceeded RUB 109 billion.