The Group assumes management of the Samara Metallurgical Plant, Europe’s largest manufacturer of rolled aluminum products.
The Group diversifies its investments by purchasing Aviacor in Samara, Russia’s only manufacturer of medium-haul aircraft, the Tu-154 and An-140, and Abakanvagonmash in Khakassia, the producer of railway containers and flatcars.
The Group establishes the Sotsium Private Pension Fund in Moscow. |