History
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| December 3, 1926. |
The Council of Labour and Defense of the USSR decides to construct the Dneprovsky hydroelectric power station. |
| May 3, 1929. |
The All-Union Council of national economy of the USSR decides to construct the Dneprovsky industrial complex. |
| August 2, 1929. |
The Council of Labour and Defense of the USSR decides to construct the Dneprovsky aluminium integrated plant including electrolysis, alumina and electrode facilities. |
| September 3, 1930. |
The foundation of the Dneprovsky aluminium integrated plant (DAK) is laid. |
| May 1, 1932. |
The first generator of the Dneprovsky hydroelectric power station is put into service. |
| June 20, 1933. |
A mixing and molding workshop is commissioned. The first batches of anodes for aluminium electrolysis cells are produced. |
| September 21, 1933. |
The beginning of commercial production of anodes for aluminium electrolysis cells. The birthday of the Dneprovsky Electrode Plant (DEZ). |
| 1934 | Production of carbon segments for Miguet furnaces starts. |
| 1936 | Production of carbon electrodes 600 mm in diameter and stamped cathode blocks 400х400 mm starts. |
| 1938 | Commercial production of anode and bottom carbon pastes starts. |
| 1939 | Production of electrode paste starts. |
| 1939 | Production of graphite electrodes starts. |
| December 4, 1939. |
By an order of the people's commissar for color metallurgy No.613 the DEZ is transformed into independent factory on January 1, 1940. |
| February 1940. |
A graphitization workshop is commissioned. |
| June 22, 1941. |
The beginning of the Great Patriotic War. |
| August 18-27, 1941. |
Evacuation of the industrial equipment, workers and their families to the eastern regions of the USSR (to the Urals). |
| February 18, 1944 |
By a decision of the State Committee for Defence the DEZ is included in the priority list of factories requiring urgent reconstruction. |
| 1945 | The first batches of anode and electrode pastes are produced. |
| 1946 | Two baking furnaces are commissioned. |
| 1947 | Three graphitization sections are commissioned. The production of graphite anodes for the chemical industry starts. |
| 1948 | The following facilities are commissioned: a calcining furnace, a press with force of 3000 t, a baking furnace and an electrode machining workshop. |
| 1949 | The program of further expansion of the plant is prepared. |
| 1952 | A petroleum material workshop, a carbon product machining workshop and a graphitization workshop are commissioned |
| 1953 | Two baking furnaces and a press with a force of 1500 t are commissioned. |
| 1954 | A press with a force of 9000 t for large-sized electrodes and blocks is installed and commissioned. |
| 1955 | Production of graphite electrodes 500 mm in diameter starts. |
| 1958 | The plant celebrated its 25-th anniversary. |
| 1959 | A press with a force of 4000 t is designed and commissioned for extruding large-sized electrode blanks. |
| 1960 | Production of graphite electrodes in diameter 550 mm starts. |
| 1962 | A sanatorium for 150 people is built on the Khortitsa Island. |
| 1963 | Production of graphite electrodes 700 mm in diameter starts. |
| 1963 | A new graphitization furnace section, baking and calcining furnaces are commissioned. |
| 1966 | For the first time in the USSR the graphitization with direct current starts. |
| 1967 | An automated line for machining of graphite electrodes 450-700 mm in diameter is installed. |
| 1968 | The plant wins the title “A plant named after the 50-th anniversary of the Soviet Ukraine ”. |
| 1973 | Production of carbon blocks for the blast furnace lining up to 5000 cub.m starts. |
| 1974 | A hostel for young workers for 640 people is built. |
| 1975 | The Ministry of non-ferrous metallurgy, Gosstroi and the Gosplan of the USSR decides to radically renovate the plant in the next 10 years. |
| 1977 | The Titan institute prepares the design of renovation of the plant. |
| 1979 | Three graphitization furnace sections are reconstructed and optimization of manufacturing processes for large-sized needle coke based electrodes starts. |
| 1980 | Production of fine-grained dense MPG-7 grade graphite starts. |
| 1981 | Production of Graton material for production of alkalis starts. |
| 1983 | On a new site the following facilities are commissioned: warehouse facilities, repair and construction as well as repair and mechanical workshops; a garage for 50 trucks and cars ; a section of transformer and oil facilities; a diesel locomotive department and a fire department, other auxiliary facilities. |
| 1983 | On the occasion of the 50-th anniversary the plant is awarded with “the Sign of honour ”. |
| 1984 | Production of carbon carbon composite materials starts. |
| 1987 | A new modern coal-tar pitch impregnation installation is commissioned. |
| 1994 | The Dneprovsky Electrode Plant is transformed into Joint-Stock Company "Ukrainsky Grafit". |
| 1997 | A new carbon blank workshop is commissioned. |
| 1998 | The introduction of ISO international standards starts at the plant. |
| 2000 | The management system of the plant is certificated for compliance with the ISO 9001 international standard. |
| 2001 | A new workshop to produce anodes for the magnesium industry with impregnation with inorganic compounds is commissioned. |
| 2002 | New grades of carbon blocks for blast furnace lining 5000 cub.m. are developed and their production starts. The management system is certificated for compliance with the ISO 14001 international standard. |
| 2003 | The strategy of development of the plant is developed. The management system is certificated for compliance with the OHSAS 18001 international standard. |
| 2005 | A new modern baking furnace designed by Pieco Serwis is commissioned. |
| 2006 | A high-speed Eirich mixer is installed in the carbon blank workshop. The management system is certificated for compliance with the ISO 11462 international standard «Guidelines for implementation of statistical process control», and a test laboratory is accredited for compliance with the ISO 17025 international standard. |
| 2007 | A new Riedhammer baking furnace is commissioned. |
| 2008 | A new modern Wassmer machining line for carbon products is commissioned. |