PO "Zavod 'Krasnoye Sormovo,'" Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, Sormovo Works 603603 Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia Ulitsa Barrikadnaya, 1 Telephone: (011-7-8312) 25-31-03, Telex: N/A; Teletype: 151323 BRIG; Fax: N/A; E-Mail:PRIMARY BUSINESS: Branch: Shipbuilding;
The Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, established in 1849, is the most important inland shipyard in Russia -- the closest sea is a thousands miles from the shipyard -- it builds both submarines and commercial ships. The Krasnoye Sormovo Plant Production Association includes both the Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard and the Volna Washing Machine Plant, both in Nizhniy Novgorod. Product lines include "Sea River" merchant ships, washing machines, plastics and materials for use in consumer goods production; metal products, industrial fittings, power and electrical engineering equipment. washing machines are produced at the Volna Plant, where output was to expand from 20,000 units in 1991 to 240,000 in 1992. The shipyard has a foundry, a steel rolling mill, repair shops, and a machine tool plant. Civilian projects include tankers (with a capacity to build 12 per year); river and ocean-going barges; wing-in-ground effect vehicles for civil uses; home gas furnaces; washing machines. The "town-forming" enterprise includes vegetable and cattle farms; clinics; social clubs; vacation and sport facilities; and 24 daycare centers.