Ural Turbine Plant (part of RENOVA Group) is going to participate in Gazprom’s investment program, RENOVA’s press officer reports.

'It’s definitely good that Gazprom decided to centralize all its purchases as well as make its tenders more transparent and efficient. Previously, a great number of intermediaries prevented the suppliers from building long-term partnerships with their customers or planning effectively in terms of expansion or new equipment for Gazprom,’ says the plant’s GD Vladimir Ermolayev.

According to GKI-Gazprom’s GD Alexander Karagodov, Gazprom is currently using its three-year investment program and has tenders for suppliers of machinery employed in long production cycles. Ural Turbine Plant, for instance, is competing in the tender for the delivery of superchargers at the moment.

'To get the order, we need to come up with invariably good quality produce and cut down on the costs and time of manufacture. This is why we decided to launch STO Gazprom 9000 quality management system at the plant. This system is a logical continuation of the international ISO 9001 standards that we see as a way to become more client-orientated. Even though Gazprom’s share of orders is relatively small at the moment, we are trying hard to build up our cooperation,’ Mr. Ermolayev reports.

Ural Turbine Plant has been supplying Gazprom with its equipment for a while now and is the company’s No.1 partner in the Urals. Gazprom is now using 286 gas compressor units made on the premises of Ural Turbine Plant.