Kalinin Machine-Building Plant


JSC Kalinin Machine-Building Plant, ZiK or MZiK for short is a large Soviet/Russian industrial factory, now part of Almaz-Antey holding.

History

Founded in 1866 in St. Petersburg by a decree of Russian emperor Alexander II as an artillery workshop, later enlarged into a state factory of field and later on anti-aircraft artillery.
In 1918 the factory was moved into Moscow Region, in 1941 to Yekaterinburg, where it's located up to now.
During World War II, the factory produced 20,000 anti-aircraft guns, last channel artillery unit under mass production was the 152mm KM-52.
Since the end of the 1950s, the factory is specializing on the mass production anti-aircraft rocket systems.
Civil products includes diesel and electrical forklift trucks, public service trucks, electrocars, etc.
In 2014, Malik Gaisin was appointed the director of the plant.