Kirov Factory "Red Toolmaker's Button": Past, Present Products

Kirov factory "Red toolmaker's button" was established in Leningrad. During the war, strategic enterprise was evacuated to the city of Kirov, where it continues to operate today. the company's products are well known in the country and abroad.

BORN IN LENINGRKirov factory "Red toolmaker's button" was opened in Leningrad in 1926. The country thoroughly felt the lack of measuring instruments, funds supplemented by purchases abroad, depleting foreign exchange reserves. I went to solve the problem AI Tihomirov, director of production of surgical instruments factory. He gathers the best staff and establishes a cooperative called "Save Toolmaker Button".

The success and expansion of the company led to a large government, which won the guild during a public tender. Proceeds go to expanding production facilities, purchasing new equipment from foreign manufactures. Up until that time, things were not going too well - the work done by hand, the series was limited to a few names nomenclature.

In 1930, the cooperative and the means of production nationalized and developed state factory, which became part of the All Instrumental Trust. Production base at the time that consisted of 135 high-quality pieces of equipment in a staff of 500 employees. In the official history of the company, April 11 is the day of the creation of the plant.

In 1931, the Kirov factory "Red toolmaker button" completely redeveloped to produce high-precision measuring instrument. The product range includes brake calipers, micrometers, shtangenreysmassy, ​​depth gauges, and others. Many kinds of tools expel from the internal market foreign counterparts.

INCREASE PRODUCTION

On the results of 1932 the gross income from sales amounted to 9.1 million rubles, an increase of 13 million rubles in 1933. Active development of the company has other benefits - in 1932 it was saved 1.4 million gold German marks, and in 1933 a saving of 2.2 million of foreign exchange reserves.

In the early 30s the company moved to a new location, to a larger premises. The factory occupies 10 halls of the former factory for the manufacture of pipes, where the opportunity to create a closed production cycle. In 1939, the team was represented by a team of experts employing more than 200 inventors. In one year it was introduced about three thousand innovations, significantly increasing the production of quality products.

For two years (1938-1939) the range of devices increased by 21 units. A major breakthrough was the development and implementation of technology tools reinforced surfaces, increasing their service life by 2-3 times.

EVICTION

At the beginning of the war, the plant personnel were called to the front, the company received a military order, which required strict compliance with deadlines. German offensive against Leningrad and press blockade jeopardizes the strategic venture, so it was decided to evacuate him to the city of Kirov. The first batch of machines shipped in July 1941 in the two-tiered c plant was evacuated over the next two months.

Only Kirov was sent to 259 employees, 330 machines, as well as all the necessary equipment, tools, equipment and technical documentation. Square closed distillery has been allocated to the company, the cellars built in Tsarist times. In the process of equipment installation engineering corps was able to solve a lot of technical problems. Kirov factory "Red toolmaker's button" the first production for the front began to issue in September 1941.

MODERNITY

The period of transition to new economic conditions Crean (Kirov "Red toolmaker button" plant) survives very well, and by 2005 repays all the debt. During this period, it began to produce prestigious high-precision measuring instruments. The company is located in the center of the city of Kirov, production facilities occupying more than 17.2 square meters and the total area - 3.8 hectares.

In 2008, the Company entered into Crean JSC "Container Company" tool factory "", which liquidated in 2016. Kirov continues operation and produces products for local consumers and for export.

In addition to the main activity, the company offers:

• Electroplating.
• metal processing (mechanical).
• Steel pours.
• Recycling of plastic.

And also produces a coating.

PRODUCTS

Closed Joint Stock Company Crean (Kirov factory "Red toolmaker button") has production facilities, closed in a single cycle, which makes it possible to produce the whole spectrum of good name and work under individual orders. The company exports products to Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, the former Soviet Union.

Kirov factory "Red toolmaker button" produces the main products:

• Indicators and accessories, measuring heads.
• Beam (depth gauges, calipers, etc. Electronic-acoustic device.).
• Templates welding machine (wires, rings, etc.).
• Goniometer (pendulum, Vernier, ens).
• Nutromery (indicates, micro metric, high accuracy and so on.).
• Depth (for oil and gas industry, micrometer, flashing light).
• Meters and thickness gauges.
• Two types of staples, feelers.
• Shelves and shelves of various configurations and destination.
• Square flat.
• Micrometer (name of 9 items).
• Rulers, measuring meters, boards, tape and so on.
• Tools.
• Special tools.

Instrument factory in Kirov is located at the address: Karl Marx Street, Building 18 Room multichannel contact phone number can be found on the official website.