Private company

Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant

Logo: AlexTref871, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Russian (formerly Soviet) artillery factory in the Sormovo district of Gorky founded in 19321

Open joint-stock company (JSC) NMZ or Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant (Russian: Нижегородский машиностроительный завод) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) artillery factory in the Sormovo district of Gorky. It included the TsAKB artillery design bureau led by Vasiliy Grabin. Currently, part of Almaz-Antey together with Almaz-Antey Branch no.2 Its revenue was ₽9.9 billion in 2017.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1932Founded1
  • HeadquartersNizhny Novgorod1
  • Founded inMaxim Gorky1
  • Websitewww.jscnmz.ru
  • Legal formopen joint-stock company1

Open joint-stock company (JSC) NMZ or Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant (Russian: Нижегородский машиностроительный завод) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) artillery factory in the Sormovo district of Gorky. It included the TsAKB artillery design bureau led by Vasiliy Grabin.2

Products and brands

Its products included:

ZiS-2 57mm antitank gun

ZiS-3 76.2mm divisional gun

ZiS-5 76.2mm tank gun (version of the F-34 tank gun)

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ZiS-30 self-propelled antitank gun

ZiS-S-53 85mm tank gun

Current products

Ship-based nuclear power plant for Navy (including surface ships and submarine)

In 2006 Rosenergoatom and Sevmash signed a contract for the floating nuclear power plant. NMZ produced the nuclear power plants KLT-40S for it.

Surface-to-air missile systems, anti-aircraft weapons, anti-ballistic missile systems and radars

Artillery

NMZ Production, a team who makes short films.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 20179.9B RUB1

Net income

  • 201721.0M RUB1

Timeline

  1. 1932Founded Founded in Maxim Gorky1