Foreign Visitors at Kluchevsky Ferroalloy Plant

For long Kluchevsky Ferroalloy Plan has been the focus of interest from potential foreign partners. At the same time the plant management has always aimed at expanding their international contacts. On September 7-8, 2005, a group of foreign specialists visited the plant: Alan Ewart, the company's British technology consultant, Steffen Fischer and Thomas B?ttcher, representatives of the German concern VAROMET-GROUP.

The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with production technologies existing at the plant. One of the issues discussed was ways of entering new markets in Africa, North America, Great Britain, France, Poland and Bulgaria. The guests visited the ferroalloy workshop and the production facilities for Cr-powder, aluminum-content briquettes, powder wire, the pilot research unit, and the laboratory.

During the discussions the guests and the management of the plant developed a joint strategy for resolving common issues. The guests emphasized the fact that they were fully satisfied with the outcomes of the negotiations with the plant management.