Lipetsk Special Economic Zone Development
and develop products in order to make Stinol products consistent with EU standards.
Stinol has adopted all performance principles in the environmental field, already
followed by all Merloni plants in Italy and abroad.
The organisation and work pace focus on the quality of every unit produced and in
2003 the output capacity amounted to 1,3 million units a year, even if the output per
worker was lower than in Italy. From 2000 until 2002 the total number of workers
decreased by 1,000 to 4,900 people employed. The workers are mainly young people
and 47% of workers are women.
In 2003 the average pay in Stinol, like in the siderurgical sector, amounted to
8.000,00 Rubles, that is 250 Euros. However the pay of a worker in the production
department was 140,000-150,00 Euros, slightly higher than the average pay in the
metal and mechanical industry in Russia which amounts to 4.000,00 Rubles (125
Euros).
Lipetsk, general plan of the Stinol factory
Source: Merloni Progetti spa Milan, 2003
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The Russian Parliament, Duma established by law a minimum pay to survive which
was 600,00 Rubles in 2003, that is less than 20 Euros. Negotiations at national and
regional level, through agreements with trade unions established a minimum
guaranteed salary which amounted to 1.600,00 Rubles in the Lipetsk Region in 2003View entire presentation