ABOUT THE FACTORY

The Ural Gas and Fire Fighting Equipment Factory (UZGPO) is a modern manufacturing enterprise with well-developed technological potential, a reliable raw material base and an integrated sales system. This is the first factory in the former Soviet Union to focus on the serial production of a wide range of steel gas cylinders for industrial, military, naval, aerospace and civilian applications.

Each year the enterprise produces more than 60 000 gas cylinders, including custom-made designs, and about 80 000 pieces of accessory components.

In the Bounds of Time

The Factory's development is related to the state initiative on strengthening the industrial safety of Russian enterprises, as well as the entry into force of TR CU 032/2013, which limits the service life of gas cylinders to twenty years, "unless otherwise specified by the manufacturer" and is designed to improve the reliability of equipment operating under excessive pressure The factory construction project was launched in the spring of 2014, and the first batch of cylinders was produced as early as September 2015. In view of the emerging industrial need on the part of Russian customers to replace the outdated stock of gas cylinders that had reached the end of their service life, UZGPO focused on improving its technological capabilities and achieved high production rates in a record time.

The Right Course

Over five years, the monthly production volume has increased sixfold: from 1,000 units in 2015 to 6,000 in 2019. Today over 100 types of steel seamless cylinders of small, medium and large volume (GOST 949 and GOST 9731) are produced under the UZGPO trademark, including those for fire extinguishers and stationary firefighting systems, as well as non-standard products according to customer drawings and a complete line of accessory components.
The advantageous location of production and warehouses near federal highways, well-organized logistics, a customer-oriented approach and a competitive sales program have enabled us to expand our presence in the Russian domestic market and in the EAEU countries of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, as well as in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.

Key Business Activities of UZGPO LLC

• Serial production of steel seamless high pressure cylinders in accordance with GOST 949 under its own trademark;
• Production of non-standard gas cylinder products according to customer's specifications;
• Production and supply of accessory components for gas cylinders;
• Development of new types of vessels operating under excessive internal pressure;
• Distribution of gas equipment from Russian market leaders.

High Potential

Our Factory has its own technological capabilities to manufacture all types of steel cylinders from 1 to 200 liters for gases of Pp <= 24.5 MPa (250 kgf/cm²) within GOST 949 and GOST 9731 or according to technical conditions.
The production areas are equipped with modern equipment: band saws, induction heating units, seam bending machines, heat treatment furnaces, hydraulic presses, drilling, milling and lathe machines, automatic product marking controllers, welding machines and test benches.
Since 2015, the enterprise has implemented the Telesis PINSTAMP^®, an intelligent dot peen system for marking finished products, aimed at improving product quality, manufacturing speed and preventing possible adulteration of UZGPO cylinders on the market.
A mechanical-repair section has been set up within the factory to manufacture non-standard equipment and carry out preventive and emergency repairs of the existing machine park.
With a fully integrated production, from the verification of raw materials to hydraulic and pneumatic testing, the enterprise maintains strict technical control over the quality of its products, complying with all industry and regulatory requirements for the safe use of the cylinders throughout their entire service life.

The Open Dialogue

Our Factory is engaged in an active dialogue with its partners - metallurgical plants, chemical manufacturers, machine-building and oil and gas sectors, and construction industry.
Meetings with potential Russian and foreign customers at manufacturing site are an integral part of the factory's openness policy, an opportunity to ask questions in person and receive available information about the products.
It is important for us that our partners understand how our products are being manufactured and how we monitor quality at all stages of the production chain. We do not just show the technology of manufacture, but also explain what to pay attention to when checking the authenticity¬ of the cylinder.
For this purpose, a special subdivision has been created in the structure of the enterprise, the task of which is to counteract counterfeiting in the market of cylinders through QR code tracking, training materials and efficient feedback.

Customer Service

The experts of the sales department provide comprehensive information support for orders and fully supervise the manufacturing and delivery process: from technical advice on the current nomenclature to the construction of effective logistics routes.

A Significant Milestone

In 2020 the Ural Gas and Fire Fighting Equipment Factory is preparing for its first anniversary, and we plan to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the enterprise by introducing a new type of product to the market - cylinders for dissolved acetylene (from 5 to 50 liters), which have been widely used in the chemical industry, in the processes of autogenous welding, cutting, heating and soldering. The factory specialists have already completed all the preparatory work and have begun the necessary tests of the products before they are put into mass production.

By manufacturing and supplying new certified gas cylinders to the market, we help modern enterprises to increase the level of industrial safety - to foresee and reduce the hazards associated with the use of counterfeit or outdated cylinders in production, to ensure a safe working environment and reduce the number of incidents at facilities.

A reliable gas cylinder exchange stock increases the commercial efficiency of cylinder filling and logistics processes for manufacturers and suppliers of industrial gases in Russia and the EAEU countries.

Today the factory has great prospects to adequately represent one of the most industrially developed regions of Russia on the market of industrial gases. Flexible production configurations and experienced engineering personnel make it possible to increase industrial capacity, develop new products and improve product specifications.