AVANGARD

AVANGARD, federal state-owned enterprise (Sterlitamak). Manufactures military and technical products, industrial explosives, disposes of ammunition, products of lowtonnage chemistry and woodworking. It produces nitroenamels, solvents, nitrolacquers, granipors, intermediate charges. Founded in 1941 as Plant No.850 for gunpowder production in place of the plant, evacuated from the town of Petrovenki of Voroshilovgrad Obl.; since 1956 PO 21, since 1964 A. Plant.