About the Company

Over the years of AO NPK VIP’s operation, the company’s products have become in demand in both the defense and commercial sectors, by large industrial brands and small enterprises in the oil and gas, energy, and engineering industries.

The origin of the company’s development was the creation of a specialized microcircuit for a locomotive power supply device for control and safety systems in railway transport. In the late 1990s, under crisis conditions and in search of new markets, the company mastered the production of pressure sensors using silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) technology.

Today, AO NPK VIP is a leading domestic manufacturer of pressure sensors, with a production volume of about 100,000 units per year. This success is thanks to the dedication, optimism, innovative ideas of the team, and the aspiration to help customers by producing efficient products for their projects.

The company has been on the market for 30 years, and the future lies ahead — we are not afraid of complex challenges and set ourselves ambitious goals!

AO NPK VIP owes its existence to the people who founded the enterprise and developed its products.

The history of the company is intertwined with the history of those who created microcircuit technologies, those who worked before, and those who work now. These people were able to build upon what was created before them, contributing their knowledge, experience, persistence, and responsibility — this is invaluable. Thanks to them, the company has a wide product range that can be found throughout Russia — in residential buildings, helicopters, locomotives, and oil and gas pipelines.

30 years of serious development is a time of significant expansion of the fields where our knowledge is applied. We see the results at customer facilities, in the work of the people creating them. This is truly needed by the market, professionals, and customers who choose us. At the same time, the company continues to grow, accumulating and strengthening its competencies, which are essential for internal development and maintaining leadership.

The company’s history is written by people, and we can be proud of this. The more leadership positions we hold, the greater the demand for us, and the more responsibility we assume.

I thank everyone and wish you success in achieving the goals of AO NPK VIP and your personal goals!

• First delivery of SDV-TEKON transmitters and SDV-SMART-SM pressure transmitters — mid-price segment with basic diagnostics.

• Start of deliveries of safety systems based on the SU-BZR1 controller for crane-manipulator equipment “INMAN”.

Planned in 2024

• Launch into serial production: T03 series, SDV-SMART-LoRa, ZVU-SMART-S

• Production setup: Compact SDV-Exd, Bypass, SDV-SMART-LoRa

• Development: VIP-UPS, Bypass BS3-100, SDV-SMART-APL (Ethernet), DV-SMART-BLE (Bluetooth), Steering column position sensor for combine harvesters, Wireless pressure transmitter with Nb-IoT interface

• Successful completion of tests of SDV-SMART-RS485+CAN at AO Ural Electrochemical Plant, manufactured for Siberian Chemical Plant.

• Pilot-industrial operation of Compact SDV-Exd pressure transmitters completed.

• Replacement of Western component base with analogues in SDV series transmitters, power supply devices, and crates.

• Launch of new flagship SDV-SMART-S pressure transmitter series.

• Acceptance tests of the DPS-I path and speed sensor for the BLOC-M safety system, MPSUiD (NPO SAUT project), installed on 2ES6 electric locomotives by Ural Locomotives.

• Start of production and delivery of DPS-I path and speed sensors for installation on SAPSAN-3 bogies.

• Serial launch of the new SDV-SMART Smart S pressure transmitter with extended functionality: built-in display, high accuracy, adjustable ranges, digital data transmission, dual-chamber design, explosion-proof certification.

• Launch of modernized indicator IK 4-20 VN, measuring and displaying physical values converted to unified current output signals 4–20 mA, with flexible scaling, control, and alarm functions.

• Acceptance tests of DPS-I sensors for SOB-400 safety system (NIIAS & IRZ-Lokomotiv) for SAPSAN-3.

• Delivery of first batch of receiving coils with enhanced mechanical properties for Stadler Aeroexpress trains.

• Serial production of KUShD controllers.

• Serial deliveries of SU-FDC controller for Jihostroj (gear hydraulic manufacturer, EU).

• Development of power supply devices for railway modernization in Cuba.

• Approval by Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade confirming domestic production of SDV and SDV-SMART.

• Obtained membership certificate in the FieldComm Group.

• Released a sensor in the SDV-SMART line resistant to environments containing hydrogen sulfide.

• Produced the first batch of IP-ZU power supply chargers for export through the Russian Ministry of Defense.

• Developed the SU-FDC controller for controlling the hydraulic drive of engine cooling systems in commercial vehicles.

• Delivered a pilot batch of KUSHD controllers to the customer and launched supervised operation at compressor stations of the "Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod" main gas pipeline.

• Developed a line of transport-specific sensors.

• Completed R&D on the KUSHD step motor controller for use in turbine units of GPA at PJSC "Gazprom" facilities.

• Started development of KP-RS-MT receiver coils with enhanced mechanical properties for Stadler double-decker Aeroexpress trains.

• Developed a prototype electronic hydraulic drive control system with cooling (Fan-drive), successfully tested at the Jihostroj plant (Czech Republic).

• Released SDV-SMART models with RS485 output signal and SDV-SMART in oxygen-compatible design.

• Began deliveries of pulsating pressure sensors to LLC "Gazprom Transgaz Yugorsk" facilities for use in turbine units of GPA after operational testing.

• Obtained Rostekhsert QMS certificate in compliance with GOST ISO 9001-2011.

• Completed development of the SU-BZR2 controller for controlling the hydrostatic transmission of the T-6 bulldozer.

• Began deliveries of crates and power supplies for BAM modernization.

• Released SDV-SMART models with 0.8-3.2 V output signal and SDV-SMART models with lightning protection.

• Developed an electronic control system for the traction of a hydrostatic transmission for the MTG-2 railway motorcar.

• Began deliveries of crates and power supplies for "Lastochka" passenger trains.

• Released Hydrostat D20.

• Completed development and began deliveries of guaranteed power supply systems for station equipment to ensure railway traffic safety.

• Implemented power supplies and guaranteed power supply systems at facilities: Moscow Ring Road, BAM.

• Released industrial pressure sensors with CAN interface.

• Completed development and mastered serial production of the SDV-SMART intelligent pressure sensor line.

• Completed development and mastered production of a line of power supplies for station equipment to ensure railway traffic safety.
• Passed certification for SDV-SMART sensors.

• Completed development of SDV-SMART for serial production.

• Launched serial production of compact budget pressure sensors "Kommunalets."

• Launched serial production of a line of compact industrial pressure sensors SDV.

• Mastered serial production of a line of compact DD-I pressure sensors for railway rolling stock safety systems.

• Created an autoblocking system to ensure the safety of railway rolling stock movement. The first customer was the Moscow Monorail.

• Started serial production of pressure sensors using silicon-on-sapphire technology. The first customer was "Metran," Chelyabinsk.

• Foundation of the enterprise.

• Production of integrated circuits for secondary power supplies (VIP) for locomotive equipment. The historical name of the enterprise, "Scientific and Production Complex 'Secondary Power Supplies'" ("NPK VIP"), was derived from this direction.

• Released the first product of the enterprise – secondary power supplies (VIP) for railway rolling stock safety systems based on a proprietary specialized microchip.

• The first customers were "Izhevsk Radio Plant," PO "October" in Kamensk-Uralsky, and NPO "SAUT" in Yekaterinburg.