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ALTERNATE NAMES: PO "Kommunar," Communard Production Association, Elektropribor Plant

ADDRESS :
310681 Kharkiv, Ukraine
Vulitsya Rudika, 13
Kommunar Production Association
Telephone: (011­380­572) 43,23­63, 44­78­51, Fax: (011­380­572) 44­01­98, Teletype: 125273 SINTEZ

GENERAL OVERVIEW : Kommunar was established to produce and service automated control systems for production processes. Kommunar has produced onboard and ground­based control systems for missiles and space applications. The main production facility and special design bureau of the Kommunar Production Association are in Kharkiv. Five affiliated production facilities are located elsewhere in Kharkiv Oblast (Province).

PRIMARY BUSINESS : Control systems

FORMER MINISTRY SUBORDINATION : Ministry of General Machine Building

APPROXIMATE EMPLOYMENT : 18,000

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS :
Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Asmolov, Director
Yury Mykolayevich Radchenko, Point of Contact

OWNERSHIP : State­owned.

YEAR ESTABLISHED : 1927

MILITARY PRODUCT LINES: Missile and space guidance and control systems; relays for satellites.

CIVIL PRODUCT

LINES: Radios; televisions; systems control equipment and instruments; assemblies for transportation facilities and refineries; cardioanalyzers; meters; welding equipment; medical equipment; television remote controls; electrical fuel­control systems for automobiles; sets of equipment for urban communication facilities.

KEY TECHNOLOGIES/EQUIPMENT

EMPLOYED: Casting production; galvanization; punching; mechanical processing; production of printed circuit boards; instrumental manufacturing.

CONVERSION PROJECTS: Problem­oriented complexes for the production of plastic press­forms; cardioanalyzers; meters; welding equipment; medical equipment. The plant began development of pipeline control systems, but work was halted due to a shortage of funds.

HUMAN RESOURCES SUPPORT: N/A

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: The enterprise has access to state budget financing and credits for conversion programs.

Sources

• U.S. Department of Commerce, Russian Defense Business Directory, Prepared by: Bureau of Export Administration, 1995.