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Native name | ФГУП "УКВЗ" |
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Company type | Federal State Unitary Enterprise |
Industry | Tramcars and Light rail |
Founded | 1758 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | CIS and Eastern Europe |
Parent | Roscosmos[1] |
Website | www.ukvz.ru |
The Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant, officially the Ust-Katavskiy Carriage Works named after S. M. Kirov (Russian: Усть-Катавский вагоностроительный завод имени С. М. Кирова, romanized: Ust'-Katavskiy Vagonostroitel'nyy Zavod imeni S. M. Kirova) is a railroad carriage works in Ust-Katav, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
From 1947 to the end of the 20th century (before the series KTM-8), the factory built trams under the brand name KТМ, which is often used as an informal designation for subsequent models with digital items (e.g. tram 71-619 is also known as KTM-19).