Kuznia na Rybalskomu

Kuznia na Rybalskomu
Company typePrivately held company
Industryshipbuilding, arms industry
Founded1862 (as "Donat, Lipkowski & Co")[1]
FounderDonat Fedir Hryhorovych
Headquarters
Kyiv
,
Ukraine
OwnerPetro Poroshenko
Number of employees
1,260[2]
Websitehttps://zkr.com.ua/

Kuznia na Rybalskomu (Ukrainian: "Кузня на Рибальському") is a ship building and armament company in Kyiv, Ukraine. Situated on the Dnieper River and presently concentrating on river ships, the company is also able to produce and repair small sea vessels (both civil and naval), as well as various military equipment.

Kuznia na Rybalskomu was indirectly controlled by Ukrainian businessman and politician Petro Poroshenko and politician Ihor Kononenko as of 2017.

In 2018, the company was bought by Serhiy Tihipko for $300 million.[3][4]

The main production facilities of the company have been situated on the Rybalskyi Island in Kyiv since 1928.[5] The shipyard specializes in shipbuilding, ship machines building, and propeller production.[6] In the field of shipbuilding, the plant specializes in building medium fishing vessels, industrial ships and vessels of technical fleet, self-propelled and non-self-propelled barges.[6] Machine building includes steam and hot-water automated boiler units, plate freezing apparatuses, and incinerators.[6] Propeller production includes controllable-pitch propeller (CPP), blades, and lines of shafting.[6]

  1. ^ 1862. Kyiv calendar.
  2. ^ Ukrprominvest Concern - Ukrprominvest Concern (Kyiv, Ukraine)[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Інвестфонди Порошенка і Кононенка підписали документи про продаж Тігіпку "Кузні"". Економічна правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  4. ^ "Новий власник "Кузні на Рибальському" не згортатиме потужності". Інтерфакс-Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  5. ^ "Kuznya Plant On Rybalsky Co". Archived from the original on 2017-12-02. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  6. ^ a b c d Bart Finzel and Jelena Kmezic, Privatization of Ukrainian Shipyards (2002), Catholic University of Brussels, 11th Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP)