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Public Limited  R&D Company “Start”  (OAO NPP “Start”) is one of the leading manufacturers of a wide range of relays and switches with a full technological and production cycle in Russia and CIS.

Its major activities are the development and production of electromagnetic,  wireless  and reed relays, mechanical switches, metal-to-ceramic  and metal-to-glass packages based on glass-to-metal seals, special technological equipment for engineering of relays  and other products manufacturing with a coil wrap technology. “Start” catalogue offers its complete products list.

The company is licensed to produce and develop relays and switches for the MOD RF and performs its activity in compliance with “Voenelectroncert” and “Voenny Registr” voluntary certification systems for conformity.

The products of the enterprise have been awarded several national and international exhibition diplomas and medals.

Relays and switches of R&D “Start” enterprise are widely applied in communication equipment, signaling and controlling systems for special and general industrious purposes in different branches of industry: aerospace sector, air-craft &ship-building, machine manufacturing, instrument production, motor-vehicle construction, general equipment construction etc.

R & D “Start” supplies its products to more than 1000 customers, such as RKK”Energia”, Acad. N.A.Pilyugin – NPC AP, Acad. M.F. Reshetnev – NPO PM, CSKB “Progress”, OAO “KAMAZ”, OAO “RJD”, atomic and thermal power plants and many other companies.