Energy Committee

Press release

28 August 2025, Yekaterinburg

Uralgipromez’s centenary: leading industry companies to discuss the development of industrial engineering design.

On 28 August 2025, Uralgipromez in Yekaterinburg will host an open meeting of the Energy Committee of the Sverdlovsk Regional Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (SOSPP), marking the institute’s centenary. The theme is “The role and importance of design organisations in the development of Russian industry. URALGIPROMEZ: 100 years in the service of the country. Current tasks and cooperation issues”.

Key topics will include the role of design organisations in the country’s technological sovereignty, digital solutions in industrial design, aligning education with industry needs, and strategies for the mining and metallurgical sector. Speakers will include executives from manufacturing enterprises Polyplastic LLC and Elka-Cable LLC, specialist design companies Uralgiprotrans LLC and NPF EKO-PROEKT Enterprise LLC, and leading Russian technical universities, UrFU and NGTU. Representatives of the Sverdlovsk Region’s Ministry of Industry and Science, Ministry of Construction, and Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Energy have also confirmed their participation.

“Uralgipromez’s anniversary is a focal point for dialogue between designers, industry, science and government. We need to determine how to strengthen the design sector’s contribution to Russia’s technological leadership,” said Sergey Kulakov, General Director of Uralgipromez.

Media accreditation is available until 25 August 2025 through Svetlana Vyatkina by email at vyatkinasu@uralgipromez.ru or by telephone on +7 (343) 227-07-01, extension 198.