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Founded by Semyon Kosberg in 1941, in Voronezh.1
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Chemical Automatics Design Bureau (CADB), also KB Khimavtomatiki (Russian: Конструкторское бюро химавтоматики, КБХА, KBKhA), is a Russian design bureau founded by the NKAP (People's Commissariat of the Aircraft Industry) in 1941 and led by Semyon Kosberg until his death in 1965. Its origin dates back to a 1940 Moscow carburetor factory, evacuated to Berdsk in 1941, and then relocated to Voronezh city in 1945, where it now operates.2 Its revenue was ₽3.2 billion in 2015.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Chemical Automatics Design Bureau (CADB), also KB Khimavtomatiki (Russian: Конструкторское бюро химавтоматики, КБХА, KBKhA), is a Russian design bureau founded by the NKAP (People's Commissariat of the Aircraft Industry) in 1941 and led by Semyon Kosberg until his death in 1965. Its origin dates back to a 1940 Moscow carburetor factory, evacuated to Berdsk in 1941, and then relocated to Voronezh city in 1945, where it now operates. Originally designated OKB-296 and tasked to develop fuel equipment for aviation engines, it was redesignated OKB-154 in 1946.2
Founded by Semyon Kosberg in 1941, in Voronezh.1
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