JSC "Oskol Bearing Plant HARP" Oskol Bearing Plant HARP is a new enterprise of the UPEC Industrial Group (IG UPEC), Ukraine, Kharkov. The main field of activity is the production of bearings of the HARP trademark (HARP) for railway transport. The project envisages building a bearing plant in several stages within three years using the most modern technological processes. IG UPEC intends to attract over $ 40 million for the implementation of this project. The Russian plant will concentrate the most labor-intensive and science-intensive technological processes for manufacturing a product, ensuring its high technical parameters, quality and consumer properties. The main task will be the release of new products that are being developed by the enterprises of IG UPEC with the involvement of VNIIZhT and VNIPP, and their comprehensive service support. The design capacity of the production will be 600,000 CRB bearings (a traditional unit with short cylindrical rollers for rolling stock with an axle load of up to 23.5 ton-forces) or 300,000 CRU bearings (a new double cylindrical duplex bearing increasing the mileage of rolling stock with axle load up to 23.5 ton-forces from 360 thousand km to 800 thousand km) and 120 thousand TBU bearings (tapered cassette bearing for new generation cars with axle load from 25 ton-forces) ... Reference: Industrial group UPEC is one of the largest companies in Ukraine, specializing in the machine-building business. Created in 1995. IG UPEC includes three areas of activity: production of components - JSC "Kharkov Bearing Plant" (HARP), JSC "Oskol Bearing Plant HARP", JSC "Lozovskoy Forging and Mechanical Plant" (LKMZ), LLC "Ukrainian Foundry Company" (ULC); electrical - "Kharkov Electrotechnical Plant" Ukrelectromash " (HELZ); machine-tool building - JSC "Kharkiv Machine-Tool Plant named after S.V. Kosior" (Kharverst). The management sphere of IG UPEC also includes a number of other enterprises. JSC "Kharkov Bearing Plant" (JSC "HARP"), founded in 1947, specializes in the production of ball bearings for general industrial purposes and roller bearings for railway transport. It is the CIS leader in the production of bearings for agricultural machine-building enterprises. HARP products are also used in the automotive, mining and electrical industries, metallurgy. In total, it produces more than 500 types of bearings. The installed production capacity is about 30 million bearings per year. Since 2000, the company operates a quality management system that meets the requirements of international standards ISO-9001/2000. Oskol Bearing Plant HARP the main For shareholders Requisites Contacts © 2009 JSC "Oskol Bearing Plant HARP"

JSC "Oskol Bearing Plant HARP" Mailing address JSC "Oskolsky Bearing Plant HARP", Russia, 309540, Belgorod Region, Starooskolsky District, OPS (post office) - Neznamovo tel./fax : +7 (4725) 23-33-78, 23-33-79. E-mail: kuskin_o@mail.ru , opzharp@mail.ru Oskol Bearing Plant HARP the main For shareholders Requisites Contacts © 2009 JSC "Oskol Bearing Plant HARP"