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Ao Zagorskiy Optiko-Mekhanicheskiy Zavod

Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, 
Red Army Avenue, 212 V.	 

Zagorsk, a town just northeast Moscow, is famous for its monastery and churches. ZOMZ JSC is a modern innovative enterprise, a leading developer and manufacturer of optical and optoelectronic devices for law enforcement agencies, industry and healthcare. JSC "ZOMZ" (Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant) is a legendary enterprise of the Russian optical industry. Since 1935, it has been manufacturing observation equipment, medical ophthalmological equipment, laboratory instruments, and more recently, dosimetric equipment and safety equipment.

The Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant is part of the Shvabe holding of the Rostec State Corporation and, in addition to civilian products, develops and manufactures optical and optoelectronic devices for law enforcement agencies. In particular, the enterprise produced optical equipment for the 275th aircraft repair plant in the Krasnodar Territory, which services military aircraft. It also supplied the National Guard with optical sights, night vision sights, binoculars and other equipment.

Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said on 10 August 2023 that 12 people were missing following an explosion at or near an optical-mechanical plant in the city of Sergiyev Posad that killed at least one person and injured dozens more. Video of the blast showed a [non-nuclear] mushroom cloud of smoke rising into the sky. Five of the 50 or so people confirmed injured were said to be in intensive care at a local hospital in the area, which is about 70 kilometers outside the capital, Moscow. Russian authorities said an explosion occurred in a pyrotechnics warehouse leased to a company called Piro-Ross. They say the warehouse is located on the premises of the Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant,

Early eyewitness reports identified the location of the blast as the optical plant. The Russian Federal Investigative Committee announced a search of the Piro-Ross offices and the detention of Piro-Ross's technical director in connection with a criminal case launched into the incident. A Piro-Ross employee identified as Sergei Chankayev told media the day of the explosion that the blast didn't happen at the warehouse but in a neighboring building where no explosives were stored. He also suggested a sound thought to be that of a drone was heard before the explosion.

An unexplained fire damaged the same Zagorsk plant in June 2022. Ukrainian officials have generally avoided publicly confirming any role in suspected drone or other operations that strike across the countries' internationally recognized border.

Defence Express reported that Russian sources reported that the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant was involved in the development of a new strategic bomber codenamed Poslannik since 2019. This bomber is better known as PAK DA, which stands for prospective aviation complex for long-range aviation, and it has also been referenced as Izdelie 80. This facility holds a contract valued at 69 million rubles for “the execution of a research and design component under the codename Poslannik-10EP/L”, with the work scheduled to be completed by 2027.

OAO Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant is a leading domestic enterprise in the field of development and production of optoelectronic systems for the navy. OJSC ZOMZ, as part of the Russian optoelectronic holding OJSC Shvabe, is part of the Russian Technologies State Corporation. The enterprise has a license for the development and production of military equipment.

Pleasant sales staff, with a huge selection of devices in different directions. The exterior and interior of the premises are reminiscent of the past. It's like a time machine transports you to the 90s. Even the access system still consists of pieces of paper of the old format with a bunch of seals from different departments. At the same time, measurements are also traceable. It is very pleasant that the management tries to develop the enterprise and strives to make it more modern.

The main activities of Shvabe are the development and mass production of optical and laser systems and complexes, modern optical materials and technologies, high-tech medical equipment, aerospace monitoring systems and remote sensing of the Earth, instruments for scientific research, energy-saving lighting technology, nanomechanics, as well as other high-tech products. The range of products manufactured at the enterprises of the holding exceeds 6,500 units. Shvabe has unique technologies in the field of development and production of optical materials, acousto-optics, low-temperature optics, high-energy lasers, as well as in the processing of large-sized astronomical optics.

Main products:

• Equipment for detecting and determining the parameters of laser radiation from enemy high-precision weapon systems for determining coordinates with subsequent aiming of opposing weapons at the target.
• Observation instruments: waterproof marine binoculars, binoculars with image stabilization, wide-angle prism binoculars, combined day-night binoculars, thermal imaging sights, pancratic sights, thermal imaging systems.
• Medical equipment for equipping medical institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: slit lamps, hand and head ophthalmoscopes, monobinoscopes, visual field analyzers, dioptrimeters.

JSC "ZOMZ" is ready in the shortest possible time to develop in the interests of the Russian Navy high-quality devices for radiation, chemical and biological reconnaissance, as well as environmental monitoring devices. Today JSC "ZOMZ" has a significant production, design, scientific, technical and innovation potential. Decades of experience, ongoing research and development work allow us to quickly respond to market challenges and best meet customer needs. JSC "ZOMZ" is open for cooperation in the field of development of optical-electronic systems of the Russian Navy.

"Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant" (ZOMZ) in Soviet times was called the brainchild of the second five-year plan. Its construction began in 1935 - at a significant time, when the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant and Magnitka, the Gorky Automobile and Stalingrad Tractor Plants were just put into operation. The country, which embarked on the path of industrialization, really needed various devices. Without waiting for the production buildings to rise, the first factory workshops were located within the walls of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Almost 80 years ago, the territory occupied by the current ZOMZ was the outskirts of a small provincial town. But how quickly the places frozen in centuries-old slumber were changing.

In April 1936, the plant had already produced its first products. Their samples were carried by the workers of the enterprise at the May Day demonstration. The steep rise of creative work was interrupted by the war. In the fall of 1941, ZOMZ was evacuated to Tomsk. However, already in 1943, the main equipment of the shops returned to their native walls. The entire career path of the twice-ordered team is reflected in the stands of the museum of the history of the plant. More than five thousand exhibits are presented in its seven sections.

Products with the ZOMZ brand can be found in many sectors of the national economy, research institutes and laboratories, and medical institutions. Many of the devices are marked with diplomas of exhibitions. Their use in the national economy can significantly improve the quality of products. High-precision products of JSC "ZOMZ" are in great demand in the domestic and international markets. The plant supplies products through its dealers to about seven thousand organizations in the country and more than fifty foreign countries.

ZOMZ is one of the main developers and manufacturers of a wide range of observation devices, medical equipment for diagnosing and treating diseases of eye tissues and vessels, fluorographs and X-ray image intensifiers, as well as various photometric devices. ZOMZ is the leading enterprise for the development and serial production of binoculars and monoculars. About 120,000 pieces of these observation devices with a variety of external design, capable of satisfying the most refined taste, are sent to different parts of our country and abroad. These optical devices are made of light alloys, have coated optics and are distinguished by a good combination of basic parameters (magnification, field of view, resolution, etc.). The most popular are binoculars with high magnification - 10x, 12x, 20x. So twenty-fold binoculars have found wide application among climbers, lovers of sea travel, as well as for astronomical purposes. But the theater binoculars of the BGSh have no equal in the world today.

The union of optics and electronics led to the creation of a variety of instruments, to the widespread use of optical methods of research and analysis in almost all sectors of the national economy, accurate measurements at a qualitatively new level. This was facilitated by the use of efficient photoelectric receivers, electronic circuits and microprocessor systems, and lasers. The manufacture of complex products is ensured by the widespread introduction into production of the latest achievements in technology, advanced technology, and the professional skills of workers.

In 1994, ZOMZ was transformed into an open joint-stock company Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant. The territory occupied by the enterprise is 45 hectares. Production area is 160 thousand m2.