Sixteen Sverdlovsk Region enterprises are on the verge of bankruptcy at the moment, and four companies have had to introduce external management (Plant of Engineering Tools JSC of Alapaevsk, Plant of Plumbing Fitments JSC of Pervouralsk, Fine Mechanics Plant Federal Unitary Enterprise, and ResinoTekhnika JSC). Bankruptcy proceedings were introduced at Machine-building Works JSC of Artemovsk, Saraninsk Works JSC, Electromechanical Works JSC of Baranchinsk, Bearing Plant # 6 Ltd., Mechanical Works of Tavda, Transport Equipment Works JSC of Kushva, Yekaterinburgmashpribor JSC, Sverdmashpribor JSC, Research Works JSC of Krasnoufimsk, Chemical Plant Federal Unitary Enterprise of Krasnouralsk, Mechanical Works Federal Unitary Enterprise of Vysokogorsk, and Uralselmash Federal Unitary Enterprise, reports the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Ministry for Industry, Power Engineering and Science.