In Zelenodolsk, the machine-building plant (ZMZ), where 400 local residents work, will be closed. Many employees have already been dismissed, while the remaining ones are formally employed by KMPO, the parent enterprise.
Former ZMZ employees said they were not offered the option to stay. The divisions were simply sent a list specifying how many people to retain, in what number, and which exact positions.
That is, they dismissed us due to liquidation; there is no staff reduction. I am a little upset, because I was still supposed to remain on maternity leave. Now I am registering with the employment office to receive these two additional payments. Of course, it is still not 100% certain that I will actually receive them.
The Zelenodolsk Machine-Building Plant is a branch of the Kazan Motor-Building Production Association (KMPO). It was built in 1980–1985 amid increased demand for converted engines.
It is currently engaged in the design and full-cycle production of gas pumping units, gas turbine power plants, automatic gas distribution stations, their individual assemblies, modules, and various metal structures.
On the territory of ZMZ, in 2024–2025, a megaproject with no equivalent in Russia was implemented: an assembly and testing complex for large-capacity compressors needed for liquefied natural gas plants. This is a strategically important facility for achieving technological sovereignty in the gas industry.