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| PivdenMash, Zenit | |
Native name | Південмаш |
Romanized name | Pivdenmash |
| Formerly | Russian: Южмаш, romanized: Yuzhmash, ЮМЗ (YuMZ) |
| Company type | State-owned enterprise |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Genre | Defense industry Space industry Aerospace industry |
| Founded | 21 July 1944 in Dnipropetrovsk, USSR |
| Headquarters | 1, Kryvorizka street, , |
| Products | Launch vehicles, ballistic missiles, rocket engines, spacecraft, landing gears, tractors, trolleybuses, castings, forgings |
Number of employees | 7,000 (2017)[1] |
| Parent | State Space Agency of Ukraine |
| Website | yuzhmash.com |
The State Enterprise "Production Amalgamation 'Southern Machine-Building Plant named after O.M. Makarov'", officially abbreviated as Pivdenmash (Ukrainian: Південмаш) and previously as Yuzhmash (Russian: Южмаш, lit. 'Southern Mechanical Engineering'), is a Ukrainian state-owned aerospace and defence manufacturer. Prior to 1991, it was a Soviet state-owned factory.
Pivdenmash produces spacecraft, launch vehicles (rockets), liquid-propellant rockets, landing gears, castings, forgings, tractors, tools, and industrial products. The company is headquartered in Dnipro, and reports to the State Space Agency of Ukraine. It works with international aerospace partners in 23 countries.