Open Joint Stock Company "Ural Production Enterprise "Vector" (JSC UPP "Vector"). History Civil products

Brief historical backgroundabout the organization and activities

JSC"Ural manufacturing enterprise"Vector"

The plant originates from mechanical workshops at the General Headquarters of the Russian Army in St. Petersburg, which were established in 1811. This year, the project of Doctor of Astronomy and Physics Kornel Reissig on the creation of mechanical workshops at the Quartermaster's Unit was approved (Managing Adjutant General Prince P .M. Volkonsky) in the structure of the Military Topographic Depot of St. Petersburg. The workshop began to manufacture mathematical and geodetic instruments for the Quartermaster's Unit, the Map Depot and the Engineering Department.

The year 1811 is the official date of creation and start of activity of the mechanical workshop, which became the date of birth of UPP Vector JSC.

According to a well-known military surveyor, a workshop in in full force was under the chief command of the Minister of War during the entire duration of the campaigns against the Emperor Napoleon. The mechanical workshop reached its greatest prosperity in the 40-50s of the nineteenth century. Optical-mechanical instruments made in the Workshop were very popular. At exhibitions, the instruments of the Workshop repeatedly received diplomas and incentive prizes. At the World Exhibition of 1874 in Vienna, compasses, beakers and kypragels of the last sample were sent. At the exhibition of 1882 - levels, small beakers. For the exhibition of 1896 - scales, levels, compass and barometers. The mechanical workshop was located in St. Petersburg until 1918. She had to evacuate to Tashkent, where she worked for 6 years.

In 1918 the workshop was transferred to Tashkent. During this period, on the basis of the workshop, shock tubes for shells, steering shells for screw cartridges, equipment for the Kaunin powder factory, shuttles for weaving and sewing machines of the Voenzag enterprise were made; they repair and install metographic machines for printing banknotes (Turkbon), prostheses for war invalids.

In 1923 the workshop was relocated to Moscow. In 1925, the workshop was renamed the factory of precision mechanics "Geodesiya", which became part of the trust "Geokartprom". In 1927 she received a First Degree Diploma at a lighting exhibition in Moscow at the Polytechnic Museum. In 1933, it received the status of the Geodesy plant. The plant continued the production of optical instruments, repairs cameras of the POTTE system, and begins the production of Soviet Leika cameras and aerial cameras.

In 1940, the plant "Geodesia" was renamed into the Union State Plant No. 356 of the 2nd Main Directorate of the People's Commissar of Armaments of the USSR.

In August 1941, the plant was evacuated from Moscow to Sverdlovsk and on October 1, 1941 shipped the first products for the needs of the Army.

October 01, 1941 is the official start date of the plant in the Urals.

During the years of the Great Patriotic War the plant produced products for the needs of the army, incl. aerial cameras for day and night photography of the AFA type, necessary equipment for developing and printing pictures, etc.

In 1949, the plant was redesigned from an optical-mechanical profile to a radar profile and was designated as the head of the radar meteorological stations for the needs of the Ministry of Defense and the USSR Hydrometeorological Service. At the same time, by the Decree of the Government, a Special Design Bureau (OKB) was created at the enterprise with the functions of developing and design support for the production of radar products.

Since 1951, the enterprise began mass production of the country's first gun-guided artillery radar station SON-4. In subsequent years, radar stations SON-4A, SON-9, SON-9A, SON-15 were put into production.

The production of radar equipment new to the enterprise was ensured by the targeted direction of young specialists from many universities of the country of radio engineering and instrument-making faculties to the enterprise. The management and engineering personnel of the enterprise were retrained at academic courses in Moscow.

Since 1957, the range of manufactured radar products has been significantly expanded at the enterprise. The Ministry of Radio Industry assigned to the enterprise the direction of creating and mastering in the production of meteorological products. In the same year, the first radar meteorological station RMS-1 "Meteor" (developed by NIEMI, Moscow) was transferred to the enterprise for production. On the basis of this station, the design bureau of the plant developed radar meteorological stations for the network of the country's hydrometeorological service "Meteorit", "Meteorit-2" and "Meteorit-R", which have proven themselves well when working in extreme conditions of the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as in scientific research. -research ships of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

In 1959, the enterprise developed and mass-produced from 1961 to 1967 a wind-sensing radar meteorological station RVZ-1 "Proba".

In 1966, the enterprise was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.

In 1971, the Design Bureau of the enterprise began to develop a mobile radar meteorological complex based on the new generation electronic base Shkval-1. Further modernization of the product made it possible to master in the production of the product: "Shkval-2", radio direction-finding meteorological complex (RPMK) "Ulybka", operating in both radar and direction-finding modes. On the basis of the Shkval and Smile products, the AVK-1 Titan and AVK-1M Titan-M radar systems were developed for the stationary network of the country's Hydrometeorological Service, to replace the physically and morally obsolete Meteorites.

In 1975, the plant, increasing the volume series production mastered products of special equipment, formed a new direction in consumer goods - electromusical and amplifying-acoustic equipment, which was successfully sold on the country's market. The plant entered the time of perestroika, there was a sharp decrease in the volume of state orders and the enterprise found itself in a very difficult situation. At that time, the most mass-produced civilian products were electromusical themes and household computers. They could not cover the lost production volumes, as a result, the plant found itself in a very difficult situation. Communication equipment has already been produced in small volumes. IN short term the plant managed to re-profile part of the production and, despite an acute financial deficit, invest in the development and organization of production new products. The main volumes were provided by communication equipment. In 1995, the enterprise was awarded a diploma of the International Academy of Business Administration and Management. SE "Vector" was awarded this award "For success in economic survival and development in adverse conditions."

Throughout its 200-year history, the plant has always been distinguished by the excellent quality of its products and the high professionalism of its employees. For a great contribution to the production of modern equipment for the Armed Forces of the country, many workers of the enterprise were awarded government awards: Heroes of Socialist Labor - 3 people; Laureates of the State Prize - 6 people; awarded the Order of Lenin - 12 people; awarded the Order of the October Revolution - 21 people; awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor - 112 people; awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor - 150 people; awarded the Order of Labor Glory II degree - 150 people; III degree - 133 people; awarded the Medal for Labor Valor - 150 people; 184 people were awarded the Medal for Labor Distinction.

The history of the plant began in 1811, when workshops for the repair and manufacture of geodetic instruments were organized in St. Petersburg. In 1941, by decision of the Council of Defense, the plant was transferred to the city of Sverdlovsk, and already on October 1, 1941, it began to produce cameras for aerial photography, which the Soviet army needed. The first reconstruction of the plant was carried out in 1949, the profile was changed to radar, and the plant became the head plant for the production of meteorological stations for the needs of the Ministry of Defense, the USSR Hydrometeorological Service and for research purposes. Based on these technologies, since 1965, digital Computer Engineering, and on its basis large automated systems controls used in our country and exported. At present JSC "UEP "Vector" — modern enterprise, which has a strong production potential, a wide range of advanced technologies, a high professional level of personnel, and a well-established product quality control system. The company is constantly looking for promising types of products that could be successfully sold on the domestic market. So, for almost 15 years, the plant was practically a monopolist in the production of domestic electric musical instruments and sound-amplifying equipment. Today, our company closely cooperates with developers radio electronic equipment, such as OKB "Peleng", MF "Tariff", CJSC "NTC-Simos", CJSC "ASK", UNPP "Laser", CJSC "Vector-MS" and others. At present, telecommunications equipment produced by the enterprise has taken a firm place in the market. Modern developments include elevator equipment, air-plasma cutting machines, lifting and transport equipment, electrical equipment for urban electric transport, and medical equipment. Many years of experience in the field of radio electronics allowed the company to master and constantly expand the range of products for industrial, technical and household purposes, the development of which is a response to market demand. The Vector plant is part of the Almaz-ANTEY air defense concern

 

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