lyassov Yerkebulan. The unity of the nation - the key to success. «Our plant - Model of the country».// The «Kazakhstanskaya pravda». 18.10.2008

The representatives of thirteen nations and nationalities are working for Kentau transformer factory. The multinational team working in the mining town is a common phenomenon, because they have always lived as one big happy family. Here reigns a special aura of friendliness, cordiality and mutual understanding. Kentau is proud of the fact that it is densely populated by representatives of 44 nations and nationalities, bringing their ethical diversity in the measured life of a small town a special attraction.

- My work is a small model of our great country, which feels comfortable to all, regardless of nationality - said Giorgi Topalidi.

- We've got a full international and at the same time there is no separation. And during the holidays, and everyday work we are all together. Such solidarity has helped through the difficult years when both the plant and the city is literally survive. Now we are together as we master new equipment and launching new products.

George Evstafievich thirty years working as an electrician at the plant and the transformer can rightly affirms that today the company is equipped with more sophisticated equipment, maintenance of which requires specialized knowledge. He himself has repeatedly traveled to the training courses in Prokopyevsk and cues are constantly engaged in self-education and willing to share their experience colleagues. The company's management encourages employees desire to learn new technologies and raise their educational level. Without this, the plant will not be able to develop dynamically, relying on cutting-edge design and development of new, more complex products.

- At its core, is a knowledge-based transformer manufacture, - said Yerkebulan Ilyasov, project manager for the production of power transformers 35-110-220 kV.

- Of course, to create a new transformer factory is possible to find the funds borrowed from banks to buy equipment and technology necessary to build a manufacturing plant. But to understand the designs and technologies can not everyone is an electrical engineer. Our factory has successfully and rapidly evolving. Given the rigidity and density of the competition in the consumer market, the company is being accelerated and comprehensive modernization and improved strategic management, corporate culture increases.

Yerkebulan, a graduate of the Almaty Institute of Energy and Communications, has repeatedly been in similar enterprises in China, where meticulously studied specificity of the transformer output. All the years of study at the Institute with other Kentau students passed the factory production practices in order to arrive at the plant had already prepared an expert, able to solve the most complex tasks. It is tasked to lead Y.Ilyasov project to develop the issue of increased power transformers. At the time, Kentau transformer plant was guided by the release of transformers ranging from 25 to 400kV. Now the company has orders for output of a higher power.

Even with the new year will begin mass production of transformers, voltage 35 kV, with a capacity from 1 000 to 25 000 kVA. Construction of the plant is completed, the equipment is delivered and starts installing and setting up lines. The project is funded by the "DBK-Leasing." While working on a new production plant has worked closely with Chirchik transformer plant in Uzbekistan. Fourteen families of ethnic Kazakhs wish to return to their historical homeland, and get a job in Kentau. The plant management has helped oralmans not only employment, but decided to housing.

Before the development of a new kind of production, the factory has examined the market. Every year, Kazakhstan imported a large number of transformers 10-35 kV class, especially China. So the transformer is going through a tough domestic competition. The fact that the products will be competitive at the plant do not doubt, because it allowed the installation of modern equipment to improve product quality and range. For example, nearly three times the productivity of new equipment, purchased in Italy. By calculations of the economic life of the enterprise, the acquisition will pay off very quickly. Punching replaces a whole range of stamping facilities. The software saves significant time in setting up the equipment and is very convenient to use. The process of modernization and technical re-equipment factory is a specially developed program.

The company has installed two automatic lines for cutting rolled electrical steel. This has improved the technical parameters of production, reducing by twenty percent no-load losses of the unit. German machine brought the company «TESSAG», allowing to replace the foil winding wire. Installation and commissioning of the vacuum - the pouring setup allowed the plant to produce dry-type transformers. The Italian company «Lae» delivered to the plant production line of modern high-performance magnetic cores, transformers with an oblique junction plates. Replaced by welding, bending and other equipment of Russian manufacture. Gradually acquires the features of a modern factory, equipped with new technologies of production.

- The majority of our staff was in his time training in Russian enterprises - said Serik Aytureev, Director of Human Resources and Social Affairs. - From there we get the regulatory and technical documentation, funds for materials and components. Each year, our relationship stronger, but fruitful and mutually beneficial cooperation on mutual deliveries of goods to a new level. The issue of training we are now paying much attention, knowing that the staff should prepare themselves. Our experts attend international exhibitions and symposiums. We even organized free courses in English, and pay for the knowledge of a foreign thirty percent of wages.

Nearly 1200 people are working today on the transformer factory. Launch of the new production will create to the city three hundred jobs. By the way, the average salary in the company amounts to 96 000 tenge. And then there are various social benefits. For example, Free shipping to and from work.

Last year, the growth of trade in the company was 53 percent. Along with these indicators, and expanding market for finished goods increased export potential. In the first nine months of this year, forty percent of the total volume of output sent abroad. Today it comes to Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan. Similarly, the diverse geography of industrial contacts. For example, the plant maintains close ties with several dozen Russian manufacturers. Much of the hardware and other material resources needed for the production of transformers, comes to town almost miners from all over Russia. Today the plant is closely related to contractual obligations with almost all regions of Russia: from Perm driven cable products from Safonovo - thermometers, from Saransk - lighting equipment, from Kolchugino - Color hire. Specialists from Russia to help kentaustsam also learn the release of new versions.

Second consecutive year, the company operates in three shifts, which undoubtedly reflects the growing demand for the products only in our country transformer factory. The main consumers of the plant are the Kazakh national companies, such as "KazMunayGas", "Kazakhstan Temir Joly." The plant is actively involved in tenders held by companies for the supply of transformers and other equipment.

Growing demands of consumers around the world are actively introducing new technologies and Kentau transformatorschiki understand that should not lag behind if they want to compete and stay on the market. That's why the company became an innovative platform for the implementation of new and advanced. Close-knit team of associates has successfully implemented a number of projects and began construction in Turkestan new production of power transformers and substations block 110-220-500 kV. already know that the launch is scheduled for production next year. The task is not easy, but the factory understands the need to think long term industrial development and energy security, otherwise we will not go into the category of high technology. Today the plant is all that is necessary to achieve that goal. Most importantly, the wealth of the company - people can rally around to accomplish the massive task.

Yerkebulan Ilyassov. The unity of the nation - the key to success. «Our plant - Model of the country».// The «Kazakhstanskaya pravda». 18.10.2008