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= Kharkov Bearing Plant = HARP is one of the biggest manufacturers of the bearing products in the CIS. HARP is acknowledged leader in research and manufacturing of ball bearings for agricultural machinery companies and one of the leading suppliers to enterprises of transport engineering and railway industry. The products are well used in auto- and electric engineering industries, as well as in the mining and metals sector industry.

In 2007 to the traditional work directions have been added few more: producing of hot-stamped and turned semi-finished products and spare parts for auto-, railway- and industrial bearings. In 2015 HARP started new project – manufacturing bearing units under the trade mark HARP AGRO UNIT, which are widely used in the domestic and import agricultural machinery.

Research and constant improvement of the HARP products are ensured by high professionalism and huge experience of specialist of the Ukrainian Bearing Industry Design and Technology Bureau (UKTBPP) and the Joint Engineering Centre (JEC). The UKTBPP is leader of design centers of ball- and roller bearings for a wide range of the branches of national economy and parent organization which develops state standards and regulatory documentation for bearing products in the country.

High quality of HARP bearings is proven by our clients – bearings and bearings units are successfully exported to European countries, such as Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and also to African and Middle East countries – Egypt, Iran etc.

MISSION and VALUES

As a part of the biggest privately held Ukrainian engineering company (The UPEC Industrial Group), PJSC «KHARKIV BEARING PLANT» fully shared mission, vision and values of the parent Company.

To develop mechanical engineering industry as a basic of economic grows of the Company, region and the country.

To save and improve the best engineering knowledge and integrate into the global technology space.

To create innovative products which making us and our clients stronger and world around us better.

STRATEGIC GOAL

To create new generation of the high technology products competitive at the global markets, which ensure stable Company development

OUR VALUES

PEOPLE — honesty, loyalty and team spirit

KNOWLEDGE— ongoing improving of the technical level and quality of the products

IDEAS— creativity and innovations

HISTORY

Today Kharkov Bearing Plant occupies a leading position among the enterprises of the bearing industry of Eastern Europe, but it was not always so.

Despite the fact that in the USSR the Kharkov Bearing Plant (formerly GPZ-8) was a powerful and advanced enterprise, after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the destruction of production ties and the decline of engineering thought the plant significantly squandered its potential. By 2000, the technical backlog of production had accumulated, the equipment was out of date, practically no new products were developed.

In this period the arrival of a major investor and shareholder (UPEC Industrial Group), which was interested in the soonest revival of the plant, actually saved HARP from liquidation.

For more than 15 years, the plant has been carrying out a comprehensive technical re-equipment program that covers all production sites. As a result, the company has become an enterprise of European level. At the moment, one of the largest fleet of high-precision modern CNC equipment in Kharkov has been established at HARP, and the plant has maintained the position of the largest in the CIS and the only enterprise in Ukraine that produces bearing products.

November 1, 1947 - the date of the official birthday of the HARP plant

THE BEGINNING OF THE PATH OF GLORY

1945-1970

1945 – beginning of construction of the eighth state and the first in modern Ukraine bearing plant, GPZ-8.

1946 – the first three types of single-row ball bearings were mastered before the actual launch of the plant.

1947 – On November 1, the first stage of the plant was launched. By this time the plant had already produced 14 types of bearings, the production volume was about 200 thousand bearings.

1950-1951 – Technical re-equipment of production facilities: Installation of automatic polishing machine for rings, aggregates for mechanical processing of chips and conservation facilities.

1959-1963 – fast growth of production due to introduction of advanced technologies and automation of production process.

1964 – beginning of creation of automatic lines for processing the rings of railway bearings and new technical basis for forging.

1966 – the workers were awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour – the highest award of that time – for the development of new products and outstanding achievements.

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 1970-2000

1975 – the regular reconstruction of the production base of the plant was completed.

The 1980s. – the plant becomes the leading enterprise in the country producing rail car bearings. Production is organized on 32 turning, grinding and heat treatment automatic lines.

1994 – due to transition of Ukraine to market bases, the new legal form – Joint-Stock Company Kharkov Bearing Plant (HARP JSC) – was established.

REVIVAL OF THE PLANT 2000-2010

2000 – a new stage in the development of the plant begins with the arrival of new large investor and shareholder – the UPEC Industrial Group (JSC UPEC) – the first corporation in Kharkov region, which has undertaken to promote the introduction of high technology in production. Due to introduction of new technologies and improvement of the management system, HARP products for the first time undergo a surveillance audit of the International Certifying Organization TUV CERT for compliance of the production technology with ISO 9002 standard.

2001 – establishment of UPEC TRADING LLC, official distributor of HARP with exclusive rights to sell bearing products; as well as sales offices and a wide dealer network in Ukraine and CIS countries.

2002 – completion of the first stage of technical re-equipment and modernization of production within the framework of the investment project with a total cost of $ 26.7 million, realized by UPEC Industrial Group. After the completion of this program, the plant began the production of bearings of increased accuracy classes with a limited level of noise and vibration.

2007 – beginning of radical renewal of the HARP turning capacities, amounted to about € 5 million;

2008 – in February 2008, by order of the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Bearing Industry Design and Technology Bureau was appointed the parent organization for standardization in bearing industry;

2008 – completion of the second stage of technical re-equipment and modernization of production, total investments amounted to $ 12 million, in particular – creation of the hot stamping shop for bearing components; which high quality met the European requirements for the automotive industry.

2009 – as a part of the project on modernization of production of railway roller bearings, there was launched production of cassette roller bearings; the annual production capacity was increased from 0,8 million to 1,2 million bearings.

2010 – high quality and reliability of HARP bearings for railway transport was confirmed by JSC "Russian Railways" – one of the largest railways in the world.

In 2008-2010 years, HARP implemented a comprehensive automation system KSA-2008.

CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE SINCE 2010

The project on organization of production of railway bearings on the territory of the Russian Federation under the trademark HARP was started with creation of the Oskol Bearing Plant.

HARP has become a leader among the CIS bearing companies and started promotion of the new development to the CIS countries – doubled cylindrical roller bearing CRU duplex, which successfully undergoes under-control operation on Russian railways.

2011 – production capacity of railway roller bearings is 1.2 million per year. UPEC has started creation of laboratory for certification testing of railway bearings.

UPEC has started the creation of a laboratory for certification testing of railway bearings.

2012 – for the first time HARP introduced energy-efficient cassette-type bearing units (TBU 1520 HARP, CRU-Duplex K2) at the world's largest exhibition of railway industry InnoTrans 2012 (Berlin, Germany) and received an award "World premiere". (In 2014 HARP will repeat this success).

2015 – beginning of production of completely new product – HARP AGRO UNIT, which has wide application in domestic and import agricultural machinery.

2016 – within the framework of strategy of production of widely used bearings for agricultural machinery, HARP expands the range of products with bearings and bearing units of a new generation – inserts bearings of ES, EX series, bearing units.

The controlled operation of the innovative bearing assembly of the new generation CRU Duplex on the network of the Russian Railways was successfully completed.

2017 – HARP obtained status of an approved supplier of components for the world leader in bearing production – Schaeffler Group (Germany).

= MANAGEMENT HARP = General Director Vladimir Kokhanov

Technical Director Sergey Khmel

BENEFITS

= ADVANTAGES OF HARP PRODUCTS = IMPROVED CHARACTERISTICS OF HARP BEARINGS

1. Effective seals (including patented X-SHIELD seal of increased tightness).

2. Extended precision in manufacture of working surfaces of bearing parts, thereby noise and vibration are reduced.

3. Improved vacuum degassed steel. Only ultra pure steel with a reduced proportion of oxygen content is used for balls. This improved steel extends service life of the bearing and reduces fatigue failure.

4. Optimized raceway radius, which increases the dynamic bearing capacity and, consequently, its durability.

5. Superfinishing surface treatment. Ball bearings undergo superfinishing of all working surfaces, which reduces the heating of bearings, improves noise and vibroacoustic characteristics, and increases their durability

6. High accuracy balls. HARP bearings are assembled with balls of high accuracy (5-16 accuracy degree), which provide noise and vibroacoustic characteristics, extend durability.

7. Roller with modified contact. HARP roller bearings are assembled with rollers with modified contact, which improves bearing performance.

8. Optimized separator. The use of massive polyamide and brass separators in bearings allows to minimize the level of noise and vibration, to increase the speed characteristics of bearings.

9. Automated quenching and tempering in a neutral environment, heat treatment with high frequency currents.

= TECHNOLOGIES = HARP bearings are manufactured on high-performance domestic and imported equipment with CNC.

The plant's facilities include a complex of main and auxiliary operations: assembly of ball and roller bearings, forging and pressing, automatic lathe, tooling and grinding-assembling facilities, cold and hot stamping, complex of specialized laboratories, bearing testing station.

= EQUIPMENT = The modern bearings and bearing units manufacturing requires the observance of the highest dimensional accuracy of manufactured parts with close to zero deviations in one dimensional series.

Realizing that a high-quality product can only be produced through the use of state-of-the-art equipment, JSC HARP invests significant funds in the permanent renovation and modernization of its production facilities, without forgetting the upgrading of the basic staff.

= QUALITY MANAGEMENT = One of the priority tasks met by the plant is to ensure high quality of the products. Therefore all bearings pass a full complex of quality assurance tests to control over 50 different parameters.

The HARP Quality Management Department provides thorough monitoring of all processes related to the production, from receiving raw materials and to transferring finished products to the warehouse. In case of any divergences materials are rejected.

All products fully comply with the international standard ISO 492 and the CIS interstate standard GOST 520. The Quality Management System is certified by the British company Moody International Certification Ltd and meets the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001:2015.

HARP roller bearings for axle boxes of railway rolling stock are additionally certified in the Certification System for Federal Rail Transport of the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation (RC FRT) and in the UkrSEPRO Certification System.

HARP AUTO ball bearings are certified in the GOST R Certification System and comply with the international standard ISO / TS 16949: 2009 "Quality management systems. Special requirements for the application of ISO 9001: 2008 in the automotive industry and organizations producing the relevant spare parts".

= SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY = As one of the biggest manufacturer of engineering products in Kharkov, the HARP has big social responsibility.

Words about high social responsibility we transformed to a simple human values - be useful for a society, for peoples.

That’s why we implement a lot of projects focused on increasing efficiency and environmental disposal of production, occupational safety and health, social initiatives for employees and their children.

HARP — TO BE USEFUL SOCIETY AND PEOPLE

SPORT CLUB “HARP”

The idea of creation the sport club belongs to Anatoliy Girshfeld, Honorary President of the UPEC Industrial Group, who professionally played table tennis and performs in rating tournaments.

A. Girshfeld, Honorary President of the UPEC Industrial Group: "To interest youth to play table tennis you need to support them. In 2004 year on the basis of the table tennis department of the Kharkov regional school of physical culture and sports we created a sport club “HARP”. This club nowadays is one of the leading in Ukraine.”

«HARP» sport club team is a regular participant and prize-winner of the Ukrainian championship among the Super League teams in table tennis.

The SC "HARP" includes few teams: the women's team, performing in the Super League of Ukraine; women's team performing in the Higher League of the Championship of Ukraine; the men's junior team performing in the first league of the championship of Ukraine (14-16 years old).

Leonid Segal (chairman of sport club) is the multiplied champion of Ukraine and winner of international competitions, the winner of the World Table Tennis Championship 2006 among veterans.