Izhevsk Mechanical Plant

Izhevsk Mechanical Plant
Company typeUnitary enterprise
IndustryDefense
PredecessorPlant 622
FoundedIzhevsk, USSR July 20, 1942; 82 years ago (1942-07-20)
FounderState Defense Committee
Defunct2013 (2013)
FateMerged with Izhmash to form Kalashnikov Concern
Headquarters,
ProductsFirearms, air guns
RevenueIncrease US$ 94,867,462 (2009)[1]
Increase US$ 225,315 (2009)[1]
Number of employees
11,633 (January 2010)[1]
ParentMinistry of Industry and Trade
SubsidiariesTrading House "Baikal"
Websiteimzcorp.com

Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (Russian: Ижевский Механический Завод, Izhevsky Mekhanicheskiy Zavod) or IZHMEKH (ИЖМЕХ) was a major firearms manufacturer founded in Izhevsk in 1942 for manufacturing small arms.

In 2013, it merged with Izhmsh to form Kalashnikov Concern.

  1. ^ a b c "Izhevsk Mechanical Plant announced financial and economic results of its activities". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-19.