A Team of Entrepreneurs
Andrey Turasov,
Shop Manager
– I’ve been working at the Beko plant since 2016. After graduating from university, I had the chance to stay in Moscow – but I felt my hometown needed my knowledge more. I started as Technician, later became Engineer, and in 2021, I was appointed Shop Manager. At the time, it was a partly strategic move: although there was no crisis, the shop's performance had plateaued, so I took on the role of a kind of Crisis Manager.
A new role brings great responsibility – but the tougher the challenge, the more exciting it is. Together with the team, we managed to drive real growth. Depending on the season, our shop employs between 40 and 60 people across two key areas: extrusion and vacuum forming. The extrusion section produces semi-finished materials, while vacuum forming turns them into refrigerator interior components – like the inner linings for the bodies and doors – ready for the assembly line.
At first glance, our shop may seem compact: two extruders, seven forming units, and a recycling station (crusher). But the output is substantial – just one extrusion line processes over ten tons of raw material daily, while the forming section produces up to 6,000 parts per day. To keep up with this volume, we continuously work on modernization. That’s never easy – bringing something new to life always takes effort – but modernization gives our work a new edge, like salt brings out the flavor in food. It also makes us more efficient. In 2022, we launched a new extruder. In 2023, we transitioned from European to Chinese raw material suppliers. In 2024, we introduced new tooling for the updated models. And now, our next challenge is to localize our supply chain by switching to Russian contractors – and, of course, to master the production of new models. That’s essential for moving forward.