These contracts are related to the Memorandum of Cooperation signed by the company and Rosatom in October last year, where the inclusion of ARAKO into the chain of Rosatom’s suppliers was discussed.
ARAKO spol s.r.o. specializes in the manufacture of pipeline installations for nuclear and conventional power industry, and since 2007 constitutes a party of Rosatom’s machine-building division - Atomenergomash.
“Today ARAKO ” is fulfilling orders for the units of Beloyarsk NPP-2, Novovoronezh NPP-2, Leningrad NPP-2, Rostov NPP-2, which are presently under construction, and is also planning to make deliveries for the Baltic NPP. The portfolio of ARAKO’s product nomenclature has increased twofold or even threefold, and by 2011 the sales results had increased more than twofold up to almost 20 million EUROS,” said Director General of Atomenergomash Andrey Nikipelov. “ARAKO products receive consistently good references and allow optimizing Atomenergomash’s integrated order in the market of equipment for NPPs and thermal energy sector”.
“Currently ARAKO is completing the implementation of the two-year program of modernization of machinery and other equipment of the plant with the total cost of 7.5 million EUROS. A Czech bank finances 70 % thereof against Atomenergomash’s guarantees. Within the period of two years the plant should fully upgrade the entire line of equipment. It will enable us to increase the productivity and reduce production costs in order to meet all the needs of large construction projects both in Russia and abroad, and, consequently, consolidate and expand the positions in the production of the equipment for NPPs according to Russian design,” said Commercial Director of ARAKO spol s.r.o. Tomash Ondera.
For over 35 years already ARAKO has been taking part in the supply of equipment for NPPs built according to Russian designs, having provided 23 nuclear power stations built by Rosatom in eight countries with industrial-type fittings of its own make. Only within the last three years the equipment for the total amount of 858 million korunas (over 34 million EUROS) has been delivered to Rostov, Smolensk, Beloyarsk and Novovoronezh nuclear power plants, which are presently under construction.
In the thermal power market ARAKO cooperates with the largest power producers – OJSC OGK-4, OJSC OGK 5, and OJSC Mosenergo. Such companies as Siemens, Transmark, Avintos, Schwietzke, AVA Alms, SHELL and TYSSEN KRUPP are among the permanent international customers of ARAKO.
Industrial pipe fittings manufactured by ARAKO are used by customers from the Czech Republic and also from such countries as Austria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Brazil, Great Britain, Hungary, Venezuela, Germany, Egypt, India, Iran, China, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA, Uzbekistan, Ukraine. The customers value the reliability and durability of ARAKO’s equipment in different operating environments and climatic conditions.
In the thermal power sector among the main consumers of ARAKO’s products are such companies as ČEZ, ŠKODA HOLDING, Slovenské elektrárne, ALSTOM Power, NNEGC “Energoatom”, TPP Blackburn, Siemens and etc. Under projects in the field of gas and petro chemistry ARAKO cooperates with Shell & DEA Oil GmbH, oil refinery plant SLOVNAFT, oil refinery plant Chemopetrol, oil refinery plant MiRO Mineraloelraffinerie Oberrheim, Naftoremont and others.
OJSC Atomenergomash is the power machine building division of the State Corporation Rosatom, one of the leading power machine building companies of Russia. OJSC Atomenergomash is a supplier of efficient comprehensive solutions for nuclear, thermal, gas and petrochemical industry. The company comprises about 50 manufacturing, R&D, engineering enterprises in the territory of Russia and abroad.