History

In the historic Malaya Okhta district of St. Petersburg, on the right bank of the Neva River, a small two-story brick building stood not so long ago. The Bourevestnik, Joint Stock Company traces its history back to this building, which remains only in photographs. Having passed the way from Petrograd workshop for assembly, adjustment and repair of an X-ray imported equipment, and in 1927 it became the mechanical plant of N. Benoit, being lately renamed  as the Bourevestnik plant 

There were years of a heroic labor of many generations of engineers, scientists and workers in the history of the enterprise . Since 1959, the specialized design bureau of an X-ray equipment (SDB XRE) was assigned the main goal by the country's leadership - to provide the domestic science and industry with a modern X-ray equipment. Today the enterprise is a leader in the development and production of an X-ray separators for a mining industry and an X-ray analytical devices.

A special milestone in the development of Bourevestnik is the year 2005 - the beginning of a long-term strategic partnership with the ALROSA Joint Stock Company (PJSC). Having become a subsidiary of the world leader in the diamond mining industry, the Innovation Center strengthened its positions both in the domestic and foreign markets, maintaining its stability and laying a strong foundation for further development.

Considering growing production volumes and the need to introduce new technologies, a decision was made to relocate the company's production to the Novoorlovskaya Special Economic Zone. In 2018, a new complex of the Bourevestnik, JSC was ceremonially opened.

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1927
1941-1945
1959
1960-1965
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1980-1987
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2018
A workshop for assembly, adjustment and repair of imported X-ray equipment was organized in Petrograd
Beginning of an X-ray equipment production at the mechanical plant of N. Benois (later - the plant “Bourevestnik”)
Production of military products. The production of an X-ray machines was urgently converted to the production of artillery shells
Establishment of the Specialized Design Bureau of X-ray Equipment (SDB XRE) at the Burevestnik plant site
The enterprise started production of X-ray diffractometers, multichannel X-ray spectrometers and other nomenclature of X-ray equipment
Start of export deliveries of the company
Start of long-term strategic cooperation with Yakutalmaz company (legal predecessor of the ALROSA. (PJSC)
Creation of the world's first industrial model of X-ray luminescent separator for enrichment of diamond-bearing ore LS-20. Start of serial production of separators
Creation of scientific and production association ”Bourevestnik“ (USSR), which included the SDB XRE, the ”Bourevestnik” plant, the “Krasny Oktyabr” plant in Odessa and the ”Nauchpribor” plant in Oryol
Red Banner Award for increasing production efficiency and quality of work
Participation in the development, production and implementation of refueling complex control systems for the ENERGY-BURAN project
Bourevestnik veterans at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
The thousandth X-ray luminescent separator for enrichment of diamond-bearing ore was produced
The Bourevestnik becomes a subsidiary of the ALROSA (PJSC)
The Bourevestnik factory building at the former production site
Reorganization of the company into the Innovation Center Bourevestnik, JSC. Opening of a new plant on the territory of the Novoorlovskaya Special Economic Zone