History of the company

1945 - Central Design Bureau for metallurgical machine - bulding (CDBMM) was established by the Order of the State Committee for Defence
1959 - VNIIMETMASH was organized on the base of CDBMM and Perovo machine - building works
1970 - Creation of the Scientific and Production Association VNIIMETMASH
1970 - VNIIMETMASH was awarded with the Order of Lenin
1985 - VNIIMETMASH has got the name of Academican A.I.Tselicov
1994 - VNIIMETMASH was transformed into Joint - stock holding company VNIIMETMASH
1994 - VNIIMETMASH has got the Status of the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation

Alexander I. Tselikov - founder of VNIIMETMASH

I. Tselikov was born on April 20, 1904 in Moscow, in the family of a teacher of the Moscow Higher Technical College (MHTC). In 1921 he entered the MHTC and successfully graduated from it in 1928. His labour activity, as a fitter, started in 1921, while he was still a student, then he worked a designer (1925 - 1931) in the bureau of metallurgical and heat-engineering structures (renamed as "Stalproekt" since 1928), at the "Serp I Molot" metallurgical works.

In 1932-1935, he was in charge of construction of a blooming shop at the Izhevsk metallurgical works.

Since 1935, his teaching activity in the MHTC named after N. E. Bauman has started; it has continued intermittently, till the end of his life - first as the main job (1935 - 1938), then as a pluralistic job (1949 - 1984). In 1949 , he established the chair "Rolling and drawing" in the Institute which he has held continuously for 35 years.

In 1945, A. I. Tselikov became head of The Central Design Bureau of Metallurgical Machine Building in Moscow which formed on his initiative and was reorganized into VNIIMETMASH in 1959. At present VNIIMETMASH is named after acad. A. I. Tselikov has the status the State scientific center; it is the country's leading Institute of Russia in the field of metallurgical machine building. The main creative activity of A. I. Tselikov has continued in the VNIIMETMASH for 39 consecutive years until his death on October 28, 1984.

A. I. Tselikov entered the history of science and technology as an outstanding scientist, designer, educator of engineers and scientific personnel; he made an enormous contribution to development of the domestic metallurgical machine-building.

A. I. Tselikov has created a scientific school on the theory of rolling, calculations and designing of rolling mills. His theoretical research have fundamental importance for metallurgical equipment creation up to now.

High-production rolling, tube-rolling and -welding mills, continuous casting machines, high-power steelmaking convertors, unique hydraulic presses, a range of part-rolling mills, etc. have been developed under his guidance. A. I. Tselikov is especially famous for creation of principally new process of rolling and new mill designs for their implementation. The most famous and important are roller mills for producing very thin-walled tubes, planetary mills as well as part-rolling mills for balls, rollers, sleeves, pinions, worms, screws, axes and other profiles of variable section.

A. I. Tselikov has left abundant scientific heritage: he published 36 monographs, over 500 articles; he and his co-authors received 222 certificates of authorship and patents; 9 books written by him were transleted into foreign languages. In 1953, he was elected corresponding member of the Academy of Scince of the USSR for his outstanding achievements and in 1964 - academician of the Academy of Scince. He was a recoguised leader of the Soviet school of metallurgical machine-building, worked a lot in the areas of scientific and technological specialists training, he was also a member of the Committee of the Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR.

Services of A.I. Tselikov have been appreciated by the State. He was twice rewareded with the Hero of Socialist Labour title, many orders and medals of the USSR. The highest award of the USSR Academy of Scince, a golden Lomonosow medal, has been awarded with the title of Lenin Prize and the State Prize laureate (the latter-three times).

The "Nauka" publishing house devoted a scietific edition to him; it is called " A.I. Tselikov. Scientist, designer, teacher." M. "Nauka", 1991, 159 p. (Series "Scientists of the USSR. Essay, memories, materials").

A number of monographs published by his pupils are also devoted to him including Volume IV-5 40-volume Encyclopaedia of Machine-building: "Machines and units of metallurgical production" - M., "Mashinostrojenie", 2000, 912 p.