<p>The

Kramatorsk Metallurgical Society plant was one of the biggest

metallurgical and machine building plants of the Russian Empire in

the early 20th century. Built by the Wilhelm Fitzner and Konrad

Gamper company in 1899, the plant became

the Kramatorsk Metallurgical Society joint stock company in the same

year. The equipment produced by the Kramatorsk plant was twice, in

1900 and 1910, awarded with the Grand Prix at an international

exhibition in Paris.</p>

<p>The

Society supplied the palaces of the Russian Emperor and members of

his family, as well as the state institutions’ buildings, with

boilers. It also was a supplier for the biggest industrial

enterprises of the Russian Empire.</p>

<p>On

17 November 1920 the plant was nationalized and renamed as the

Kramatorsk State Machine Building and Metallurgical Plant. Now it is

the Starokramatorsk Machine Building Plant. http://www.skmz.dn.ua/</p><p><i>Author: Volodymyr Kulikov</i></p>