VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation (russian: ВСМПО-АВИСМА) is the world's largest

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producer. Located in

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, Russia,

VSMPO-AVISMA VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation (russian: ВСМПО-АВИСМА) is the world's largest titanium producer. Located in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia, VSMPO-AVISMA also operates facilities in Ukraine, England, Switzerland, Germany, United States and poselok ...

also operates facilities in Ukraine, England, Switzerland, Germany, United States and poselok Beryozovsky. The company produces titanium, aluminum,

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and

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. VSMPO-AVISMA does a great deal of business with

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companies around the world, such as

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and

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. VSMPO is a part of

Rostec Rostec ( rus, Ростех, p=, r=Rostekh), officially the State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology Industrial Product Rostec (russian: Государственная корпорация по � ...

— a Russian

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defense company. As of February 2022, VSMPO produced 90% of titanium in Russia and exported it to 50 countries all over the globe. VSMPO stands for VerkhneSaldinskoye Metallurgicheskoye Proizvodstvennoye Ob'yedineniye (, or Metal-producing company of Verkhnyaya Salda; and AVISMA for AVIatsionnyye Spetsial'nyye MAterialy or AVIation Special MAterials).

History

After

Rosoboronexport JSC Rosoboronexport (russian: AO Рособоронэкспорт, ''Rosoboroneksport'') is the sole state intermediary agency for Russia's exports/imports of defense-related and dual use products, technologies and services. The Rosoboronexport F ...

obtained an 66% stake in October 2006 of VSMPO-Avisma,

Sergey Chemezov Sergey Viktorovich Chemezov (russian: Сергей Викторович Чемезов; born 20 August 1952) is the CEO of Rostec Corporation, a state-owned defense conglomorate. A former KGB agent and high-ranking general, Chemezov befriended ...

became chairman of VSMPO-AVISMA in November 2006. On 27 December 2007 US

and VSMPO-AVISMA created a joint venture Ural Boeing Manufacturing and signed a contract on

products deliveries until 2015. Boeing planning to invest 27 billion dollars in the production of titanium parts for its needs. The company is a key organizer of the Titanium Valley project. In November 2021, “VSMPO-AVISMA” and Boeing signed an agreement to increase producing capacity of JV Ural Boeing Manufacturing (UBM) as well as project investment cost of R&D sector. The agreement maintains the role of “VSMPO-AVISMA” as the biggest titanium supplier for Boeing. Only four months later, following the

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, the agreement was terminated, as well as a 2007 agreement. In November 2021, the Arbitration Court of

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ordered to the company to pay 651 million roubles for pollution on ground area of 347538 square meters pro rata to

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legal action.

Controversies

Sanctions

2014–2022

Despite VSMPO-AVISMA's affiliation to Rostec, the company was not affected by the American and European sanctions during the first phase of the

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. In December 2020, the company was temporarily included in the American sanction list due to its connections with the

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, but later the US lifted the sanctions against VSMPO-AVISMA.

2022–onwards

Following the

in February 2022, several international companies ceased their collaboration with VSMPO-AVISMA. Thus, in March 2022,

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and Boeing suspended purchasing titanium from the company for an indefinite period.

Related organizations

Subsidiaries

*CJSC Tube Works VSMPO-AVISMA ** Nikopol,

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*VSMPO-Tirus UK **

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**VSMPO-Tirus UK is VSMPO-AVISMA's sales and distribution centre for UK customers. *VSMPO – Tirus GmbH **

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(Head Office) **

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(Eastern production center) **

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(Western production center) *VSMPO Tirus AG **

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*NF&M International **

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