Ural Turbine Works
Russian power-equipment manufacturer specializing in steam turbines, turbine systems, and related engineering services.
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Overview
Ural Turbine Works is a Yekaterinburg-based Russian power-machine manufacturer whose principal business is the design, production, modernization, and maintenance of steam turbines and associated power equipment. The company serves district-heating plants, conventional steam stations, combined-cycle power units, industrial generators, marine nuclear-powered vessels, and waste-to-energy facilities. Its portfolio includes condensing and cogeneration turbines, marine-type steam turbines, turbines for combined-cycle plants, waste-incineration equipment, heat-transfer components, and engineering support for equipment made by both Ural Turbine Works and other manufacturers. The enterprise was established in Sverdlovsk in 1938 after Soviet authorities approved a project to create a turbine plant capable of supporting naval and power-sector requirements. Its first independently designed power-station equipment appeared in 1940, followed by a 12 MW cogeneration turbine in 1941. That product established the plant's long-term specialization in heat-extraction and combined heat-and-power turbines. During the Second World War, the site also hosted evacuated industrial facilities and became an important center for repairing and restoring turbine equipment for the Soviet electricity system. It restored dozens of turbines, contributed equipment to damaged power stations, and began producing marine turbines for naval vessels. After the war, Ural Turbine Works expanded its engineering capabilities and developed turbines in the 25 MW, 50 MW, and 100 MW classes. It entered gas-turbine manufacturing in the late 1950s and produced its first serial GT-6-750 gas turbine in 1965. The plant became particularly associated with large cogeneration equipment, including the T-100 heat turbine, for which it received the Lenin Prize in 1966. The company reports that 245 T-100-family turbines were eventually supplied to 106 heating and regional power stations in 13 countries. In the 1970s and 1980s it also developed gas-utilization turbines for steelmaking and began industrial production of 250 MW steam cogeneration turbines. The organization's corporate identity changed several times. It operated as Ural Turbine Works from 1938 to 1948, was known briefly as Ural Turbine Motor Works, and later used the name Turbine Motor Works from 1976. In 2003 the turbine business was reorganized as an independent enterprise, and the Ural Turbine Works name was restored in 2004. The company subsequently broadened its work beyond standard turbine manufacture to include modernization, maintenance, turbine-island equipment, and specialized marine applications. In the 2010s and 2020s, the business developed turbine systems for Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker program, including equipment associated with the RITM-200 and RITM-400 reactor platforms and Project 22220 icebreakers. It also upgraded turbines at Ulaanbaatar Thermal Power Plant No. 4 in Mongolia between 2018 and 2021. As reported in the reference material, the plant had produced 933 steam turbines by February 2024, with equipment operating in 27 countries; more than half of the cogeneration turbines installed at Russian power stations were attributed to the company. In April 2023, the plant was sold to MosElectroshield LLC. Its current business remains focused on industrial power generation, heat supply, marine power systems, waste-to-energy, and lifecycle support for turbine equipment.
History
Ural Turbine Works originated in the Soviet industrial expansion of the late 1930s. In September 1936, the Council of Labor and Defense decided to establish a turbine plant in Sverdlovsk to support naval and industrial requirements. The project was approved in 1937, and the enterprise was founded on October 2, 1938. Its first turbine-related design, a turbo feed pump for power stations, entered production in 1940. In May 1941, the plant completed a 12 MW turbine for combined heat and power generation. This achievement shaped its subsequent emphasis on heat-extraction turbines and district-heating applications. The war years made the Sverdlovsk site strategically important. Production facilities evacuated from Leningrad and Kharkov were installed there, alongside the turbine operation and a tank-diesel-engine plant. Because it was one of the few Soviet turbine facilities able to continue operating, the factory gained a reputation as a center for turbine repair and restoration. Its workers restored or refurbished 32 turbines for the electricity sector, supplied equipment for damaged Donbass stations, and produced a complete AT-25-2 turbine for the Lysychansk thermal power station. In 1942 the plant also entered naval turbine production, later manufacturing TV-6 marine turbines rated at 22 MW. After 1945, the company established a dedicated engineering department and began designing its own 25 MW, 50 MW, and 100 MW turbines. It entered gas-turbine production as the Soviet gas industry expanded, producing the GT-6-750 in 1965. During the 1960s it developed the T-100, described in the reference material as the first 100,000 kW heat turbine of its kind. The design, serial production, and deployment of the T-100 earned the plant and its employees the Lenin Prize in 1966. The company later produced 245 turbines in the T-100 family for power stations in Russia and abroad. In the 1970s, Ural Turbine Works designed compressorless gas-utilization turbines for metallurgical plants and received Soviet recognition for gas-turbine quality. It also launched production of 250 MW steam cogeneration turbines in 1973. From 1972 through 1992, 32 units of this type were delivered to cities including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Minsk, Kyiv, and Kharkiv; 19 were installed in Moscow. The enterprise received additional state distinctions, including USSR State Prizes in 1951 and 1979 and labor orders in 1942, 1943, and 1971. The plant's name changed as its corporate structure evolved. It used the Ural Turbine Works name from 1938 to 1948, briefly became Ural Turbine Motor Works, and later operated as Turbine Motor Works from 1976 to 2003. In September 2003, Turbine Motor Works OJSC was reorganized into an independent enterprise, and the Ural Turbine Works name was restored in 2004. In the twenty-first century, the company has combined new turbine design with lifecycle services. Its portfolio includes condensing and cogeneration turbines for steam plants, turbines for combined-cycle units, marine turbines, waste-to-energy power islands, small industrial turbines, heat-transfer equipment, maintenance, and modernization. In 2014 it developed marine turbine products associated with the RITM-200 and RITM-400 reactor systems used for nuclear-powered icebreakers. Its projects include the T-295/335-23.5 turbine, the Kp77-6.8 turbine for waste-incineration plants, and turbine and heat-transfer equipment for Project 22220 icebreakers. The company also carried out a major modernization program at Ulaanbaatar Thermal Power Plant No. 4 in Mongolia. By February 2024, it reported 933 steam turbines produced and installations in 27 countries. The plant was sold to MosElectroshield LLC in April 2023.
- 2023
Ownership transferred to MosElectroshield
[1]The plant was sold to LLC MosElectroshield.
- 2004
Ural Turbine Works name restored
[1]The enterprise resumed the Ural Turbine Works name.
- 2003
Independent enterprise formed
[1]Turbine Motor Works OJSC was reorganized as an independent enterprise.
- 1973
250 MW cogeneration turbines launched
[1]The company began industrial production of 250 MW steam cogeneration turbines.
- 1966
Lenin Prize awarded for T-100
[1]The plant and its workers received the Lenin Prize for designing and deploying the T-100 heat turbine.
- 1965
GT-6-750 gas turbine enters serial production
[1]Ural Turbine Works began serial production of the GT-6-750 gas turbine.
- 1942
Naval turbine production begins
[1]The plant began producing turbines for naval vessels during the Second World War.
- 1941
12 MW cogeneration turbine introduced
[1]The plant produced a 12 MW heat-and-power turbine, establishing its long-term focus on heat-extraction equipment.
- 1940
First in-house power-equipment design
[1]The plant released its first designed unit, a turbo feed pump for power stations.
- 1938
Plant founded in Sverdlovsk
[1]The Ural Turbine Works enterprise was established on October 2 as part of a Soviet project to build a turbine plant.
Products and positioning
Specialist industrial power-equipment supplier focused on steam-turbine engineering, cogeneration, marine power systems, waste-to-energy applications, and long-term modernization and maintenance.
Power-generation equipment
Steam turbines for steam power plants
Ural Turbine Works designs and manufactures condensing and cogeneration steam turbines for conventional power stations, with reported capacities reaching approximately 350 MW. These systems support electricity generation and district-heating networks, and reflect the plant's historic specialization in heat-extraction turbine technology.
Power-generation equipment
Combined-cycle steam turbines
The company supplies steam turbines for combined-cycle power units, with reported capacities of up to approximately 200 MW. Its offering includes turbine-island engineering and related equipment intended to integrate steam production with gas-turbine-based generation.
Marine propulsion and power · 1942
Marine-type steam turbines
Marine turbine systems form a continuing part of the company's portfolio, building on wartime naval-turbine production. Modern applications include equipment for ships with nuclear power plants and turbine and heat-transfer systems associated with Russia's Project 22220 icebreakers.
Waste-to-energy equipment
Kp77-6.8 waste-to-energy turbine
The Kp77-6.8 is a turbine identified in the company's newer product portfolio for waste-incineration and waste-to-energy plants. It is reported with a capacity of 77 MW and is supplied as part of broader power-island equipment capabilities.
Cogeneration turbine
T-295/335-23.5 turbine
The T-295/335-23.5 is a large power steam turbine identified as a key company project. Reference material describes it as having 335 MW of electrical capacity and a heat load of 385 Mkcal per hour, positioning it for large-scale combined heat-and-power applications.
Industrial services
Modernization and maintenance services
Ural Turbine Works maintains and upgrades steam turbines made by the plant and by other manufacturers. Services include equipment modernization, engineering support, maintenance of turbines up to approximately 350 MW, and associated work on heaters, condensers, ejectors, steel structures, and other turbine-plant components.
Brand decisions
2023
Sale to MosElectroshieldM&ABackground
The ownership of the Yekaterinburg turbine plant changed during a period in which the company continued supplying industrial, marine, and waste-to-energy equipment.
Action taken
In April 2023, the plant was sold to LLC MosElectroshield.
Aftermath
The company remained active in turbine production, modernization, and maintenance, but detailed post-transaction ownership and operating information is not provided in the reference material.
2014
Development of icebreaker marine turbine systemsProduct launchBackground
Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker program required specialized marine power and heat-transfer equipment for newer reactor platforms.
Action taken
The company developed a range of marine turbines for vessels using RITM-200 and RITM-400 nuclear reactors.
Aftermath
The work expanded the company's role from conventional and district-heating generation into specialized marine nuclear-power applications.
2003
Reorganization as an independent turbine enterpriseStrategyBackground
The turbine operation had been operating under the Turbine Motor Works identity and was reorganized during a broader change in corporate structure.
Action taken
Turbine Motor Works OJSC was separated into an independent enterprise, paving the way for the restoration of the Ural Turbine Works identity.
Aftermath
The Ural Turbine Works name was restored in 2004, while the business continued developing turbine manufacturing and lifecycle services.
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