Russian Weapons Manufacturer Will Bring in MIM to Make Weapon Parts

Sources from Russia revealed that weapon manufacturer Kalsshnikov would turn to MIM technology for making metal gun parts, which is part of modern plans of Kalashnikov.

Due to EU and US sanctions, Kalashnikov has lost the conventional market of civilian products, and turn to the Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Utilize the mixture of fine metal powders with plastic binders as the feedstock to make weapon parts, without follow-up treatments. In 2014 - 2015, more than 40 manufactured lately parts are launched, and 15 of these have been tested.

The CEO of Kalashnikov said:” one of our strategic targets is improving production capacity and efficiency to improve the competitiveness in the world market of our products.” The expected sale of Kalashnikov in 2014 is around 9 billion, and it was about 2 billion in 2013.