"The market has plummeted": the entire Rostselmash combine-building plant is going on vacation.
The plant management has already заявилоthat the "industrial leave" will last a month.
“For the company, this is a necessary measure and is due to the current economic context in the agricultural sector,” the press release notes. — Farmers are unable to purchase the equipment they need. As a result, the market has plummeted."
Rostselmash is one of the largest developers and manufacturers of agricultural machinery in Russia. It is located in Rostov-on-Don.
In March of this year the plant went over to a four-day work week: the reason was a nearly threefold drop in demand for products. In April, it returned to normal, but reduced two thousand employees.
Co-owner of the enterprise Konstantin Babkin He also noted that 2024 was "the worst year in the last 10 years" in terms of sales. In 2025, the entrepreneur estimates, "the situation is even more dire than it might seem at first glance."
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