Company news
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Timofey Khryapov appointed CEO of United Wagon Company
Timofey Vladimirovich Khryapov has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Research and Production Corporation “United Wagon Company” (UWC) by decision of the Company’s Board of Directors. The new CEO will take up his duties on December 21, 2018.
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UWC updates information on its corporate dispute arbitration processes
PJSC “RPC “United Wagon Company” reports below the latest court rulings on the lawsuits filed against UWC in connection with the resolutions passed by the Extraordinary General Shareholder Meeting held on 19 March 2018 (the EGM).
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Metafrax orders 100 methanol tank cars from UWC
United Wagon Company will deliver 100 new generation tank cars (model 15-6880) to Metafrax, a leading Russian producer of methanol by May 2019.
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UWC railcars twice less expensive to maintain than standard cars
Overall, adding together the number of required repairs and their cost for new- and old-generation cars per one million km of operation, servicing of a UWC gondola costs less than one million roubles, while the cost for a standard gondola is almost twice that amount (up to two million roubles).
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KASTAMONU orders timber flat cars from UWC
United Wagon Company will supply 75 high-capacity flat cars for timber transportation to KASTAMONU, one of Europe’s largest wood-processing companies. The first batch of flat cars, consisting of 30 model 13-6852-02 cars with loading volume of 122 m3 and length of 40 feet, has already been shipped to KASTAMONU. Over the next year, UWC will deliver a further 45 model 13-6895 platforms with loading volume of 155 m3 and length of 60 feet.
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UWC Holding wins Deutsche Bahn tender for delivery of flat cars
Research and production corporation “United Wagon Company” has won an international tender by Deutsche Bahn (DB) to supply Sggrs80 articulated container flat cars. A total of 130 cars will be supplied in the first half of 2020. Additionally DB may order another batch of flat cars from UWC.
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MCC EuroChem buys 700 new generation hopper cars for transportation of mineral fertilizers
The rolling stock will be used to transport mineral fertilizers produced at EuroChem enterprises, including Usolskiy Potash (part of MCC EuroChem), which explores the Verkhnekamskoye deposit with potash ore reserves of 2.3 billion tonnes.
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UWC’s Operational Results for 3Q 2018
PJSC “Research and production corporation “United Wagon Company” (UWC, the Holding or the Company) (MOEX: UWGN), the leading builder of railcars in Russia, reports its 3Q 2018 operational results.
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UWC moves higher in ratings of the largest Russian companies: Forbes, RAEX-600 and RBC 500
Measured by revenue in 2017, UWC ranked 148th among the biggest privatey owned Russian companies, according to Forbes, 200th in the RAEX-600 ranking of the largest Russian companies and took 191st place in the RBC 500: Russian businessrating.
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United Wagon Company wins UMMC tender for supply of tank cars
Companies have signed several contracts to supply tank cars for transport of sulphuric acid by rail. Three UMMC production subsidiaries – Sredneuralsk Copper Smelter (SUMZ), Mednogorsk Copper and Sulfur Plant (MMSK) and Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant (CZP) ─ will take delivery of 73 tank cars from UWC by the end of January 2019.