RUSSIA-IRKUTSK AVIATION PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION

FILE NAME: RUSSIA-IRKUTSK AVIATION

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION

 

        IRKUTSK

 

ENTERPRISE NAME: IRKUTSK AVIATION

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION

 

ALTERNATE NAMES: Irkutskoye aviatsionnoye PO;

Irkutsk Aircraft Building Association

 

ADDRESS:

664020, Irkutsk, Russia

Irkutsk Aviation Production Association

 

Telephone: (011-7-3952) 42-14-50; Telex: 231121 GROM;

Fax: N/A; E-Mail: vad@iapa.irk.ru
 

GENERAL OVERVIEW: The Irkutsk Aviation Production Association,

one of the oldest defense enterprises of the Transbaykal region,

builds the Su-27 Flanker trainer.  Since becoming a joint-stock

firm it has aggressively sought to expand its civil and consumer

product lines while maintaining some aircraft production.

 

PRIMARY BUSINESS: Branch: Aircraft;  SIC Code:

3721; HS#:

 

FORMER MINISTRY SUBORDINATION:  Ministry of the Aviation Industry

 

APPROXIMATE EMPLOYMENT: 14,072   Date: 1992

 

 

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS:

Gennadiy Nikolayevich Gorbunov, Director

Alexei I. Fedorov, Chief Engineer

 

OWNERSHIP: Joint stock

 

YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1932

 

MILITARY PRODUCT LINES: Su-27 Flanker trainer

 

CIVIL PRODUCT LINES: Civil aircraft; hang-gliders; ferrous and

non-ferrous metals casting and founding; sanitary engineering

equipment; cut wood products; equipment for public catering

enterprises; numerous types of consumer goods including sports,

hunting and camping equipment and dishwashers.

 

KEY TECHNOLOGIES/EQUIPMENT EMPLOYED: N/A

 

CONVERSION PROJECTS: Irkutsk is the planned location for

construction of the Be-200 turbofan seaplane.  This aircraft,

designed by the Beriyev Design Bureau in Taganrog, is configured

for firefighting and crop dusting but could be converted to

either a passenger or transport aircraft.  It is a reduced-scale

derivative of the military A-40 Albatross seaplane.

 

HUMAN RESOURCES SUPPORT: Irkutsk provides housing for its

workforce and maintains numerous education and recreational

facilities.

 

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: Irkutsk is one of the partners in a

CIS-Swiss joint venture known as Beta Air which is to manufacture

and market the Be-200.  Irkutsk is looking for other joint

ventures which would expand its technical and management

expertise.