OREANDA-NEWS. March 25, 2014. Alexander Kozhevnikov, Managing Director of Blagoveshchensk Valves Plant (BVP OJSC, based in Blagoveshchensk, the Republic of Tatarstan, part of the United Metallurgical Company, OMK CJSC), has been elected to the new Presidium of the Scientific and Industrial Valves Manufacturers Association.

The Presidium’s election was one of the major items on the agenda at the Association’s regular meeting, which took place in St. Petersburg in March of 2014. There were 13 contenders for the organization’s governing body, and 11 of them were elected by secret ballot.

“The fact that a BVP representative became a member of the Association’s Presidium is further proof of Blagoveshchensk Valves Plant’s deserved confidence and its high degree of authority in the domestic valves production community,” said Alexander Kozhevnikov.

The Scientific and Industrial Valves Manufacturers Association unites over 60 leading designers, manufacturers, and suppliers of valves from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. The organization’s main goal is developing domestic valves production and the valves market.