Yuzhmash The A . M . Makarov Yuzhny Machine - Building Plant , or PA Yuzhmash ( ; ; literally : " Production Association Southern Machine - Building Plant named after A . M . Makarov " ) is a Ukrainian manufacturer of space rocket s , agricultural equipment , bus es , trolley bus es and trams , wind turbines , and satellites . It is a large state - owned company located in Dnipropetrovsk . History . Yuzhmash operated initially as " plant 586 " in the Soviet Union . In 1954 Mikhail Yangel established the autonomous design bureau designated OKB - 586 , from the former chief designer ' s division of plant 586 . Yangel had previously headed OKB - 1 ( today " RKK Energiya " ) and was primarily a supporter of liquid fuel technology – unlike Sergei Korolev at OKB - 1 , who was a supporter of missiles using cryogenic fuels . To pursue development of ballistic missile s using storable liquid fuels , Mikhail Yangel had received authorization to convert the chief designer ' s division of the plant into an autonomous design bureau . Following this , OKB - 586 was designated Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and plant 586 was renamed Yuzhnyy Machine - Building Plant in 1966 , with an focus on the design and production of ballistic missiles . The plant was later renamed Yuzhnoye Machine - Building Production Association , or Yuzhmash ; The design bureau is currently known as Pivdenne Design Bureau . Missiles produced at Yuzhmash included the first nuclear armed Soviet rocket R - 5M ( SS - 3 ' Shyster ' ) , the R - 12 Dvina ( SS - 4 ' Sandal ' ) , the R - 14 Chusovaya ( SS - 5 ' Skean ' ) , the first Soviet ICBM R - 16 ( SS - 7 ' Saddler ' ) , the R - 36 ( SS - 9 ' Scarp ' ) , the MR - UR - 100 Sotka ( SS - 17 ' Spanker ' ) , and the R - 36M ( SS - 18 ' Satan ' ) . During the Soviet era , the plant was capable of producing of up to 120 ICBMs a year . In the late 1980s , Yuzhmash was selected to be the main production facility of the RT - 2UTTKh Topol - M ICBM ( SS - 27 " Sickle B " ) . After the beginning of perestroika , demand for such production declined significantly , and Yuzhmash has been partly converted for civil machinery . Trolleybus models include the articulated YuMZ T1 ( 1992 – 1998 ) and its non - articulated brother , the YuMZ T2 . The T2 continues to be produced alongside the more modern YuMZ E - 186 which features a low floor cabin . Leonid Kuchma , long - time chief manager of the company , became the Prime Minister and later President of Ukraine in 1994 . Today . Pivdenmash is now one of the largest industrial enterprises in Ukraine . As of January 2003 , Pivdenmash employed 13 , 000 workers . In 2001 it sold production worth 335 . 6 million hryvne ( $ 62 . 7 million as of December 2001 ) , although in 2002 its sales decreased to 122 . 1 million hryvne ( $ 22 . 8 million as of December 2002 ) . In addition to production facilities in Dnipropetrovsk , Pivdenne Production Association includes the Pavlohrad Mechanical Plant , which specialized in producing solid - fuel missiles . Pivdenmash ' s importance was further bolstered by its links to Ukraine ' s former President Leonid Kuchma , who worked at Pivdenmash between 1975 and 1992 . He was the plant ' s general director from 1986 to 1991 . Products . The company has been the key missile producer for Soviet ICBM and space exploration programs . Historic and Yuzhmash launch systems included :