In 2020–2021, Interpipe purchased more than UAH 63 million worth of equipment and materials for 25 medical institutions in the region and the country to deal with COVID-19.
The Company continues to provide charitable assistance to medical
institutions of the Dnipropetrovsk region in the fight against COVID-19.
Interpipe invests in the development of technical education in the cities where it operates. We want to return engineering to the agenda of the Ukrainian society, make technical specialties fashionable again, and build a complete chain of training for high-quality personnel. Our initiatives are aimed at creating an ecosystem of technical education – “school – vocational technical school – higher education institution – enterprise”.
The country's major engineering show Interpipe TechFest
From 2016 to 2019, Interpipe had annually organized a festival of science, engineering, and modern technologies in Dnipro. It brought together the largest industrial enterprises of Ukraine, leading higher education institutions, and educational centers of the country, as well as internationally known startups, winners of Ukrainian and international technical competitions, and Ukrainian scientists. Interpipe TechFest is the largest platform for holding technical competitions and popularizing science and engineering in the Eastern and Central Ukraine.
New sports grounds for residents of the city of Dnipro were built and opened with the support of Interpipe.
The Company assisted in the reconstruction and installation of new sports grounds in the city of Dnipro, including the arrangement of a new Workout site in the Ihren residential area. The woodwork and backboards on the football and basketball fields have been renewed in several districts of the Left Bank part of the city, and areas for playing table tennis have been arranged.
In 2016–2020, the company was the title sponsor of Interpipe Dnipro Half Marathon, one of the largest regional half-marathons in Ukraine. The event was held for the first time on 22 May 2016. Back then, the event programme included adult and children's races. More than 1,400 participants from 9 countries, including almost 250 children, took to the starting line. Qualified coaches helped all participants prepare for the half-marathon. In November 2020, the 5th Interpipe Dnipro Half-Marathon was held online due to the pandemic. More than 2,000 runners from 22 countries took part in the race. 170 participants were Interpipe employees in Dnipro, Nikopol and Samar (previously known as Novomoskovsk).
Interpipe annually invests millions of dollars in modernization of its equipment, installing automated lines and sophisticated machinery. To set up and maintain it, highly qualified personnel are needed, and the demand for them will grow with each passing year.
To train such specialists, the Company invests in the establishment of an ecosystem of mechatronics in the city of Dnipro, which combines state-of-the-art learning laboratories, educational programs, and competitions at the premises of schools and the National Technical University Dnipro Polytechnic.
Mechatronics is a modern technical discipline that combines hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical engineering, and programming and is the basis for working with sophisticated automated equipment and industrial robots.
Interpipe allocated UAH 1.2 million for the construction of two mechatronics laboratories at the premises of the Dnipro Polytechnic National Technical University. The first one was opened in 2019 and equipped by German Fischertechnik construction sets for schoolchildren of 8-10 grades. The second one was opened in 2020 for training students of higher education institutions, vocational technical schools, colleges, and technical secondary schools and was equipped with German Festo equipment.
Since 2018, at the initiative of the Company, a free training program and competitions in mechatronics have been held for schoolchildren and students of vocational technical schools and higher education institutions of the region at the premises of the Dnipro Polytechnic laboratories. From 2018 to 2021, more than 500 students and schoolchildren completed the program.
Since 2018, Interpipe has been the national co-organizer and partner of the all-Ukrainian WorldSkills Ukraine competitions within the Mechatronics discipline.
Since 2021, schools have also joined the ecosystem for training of modern technical specialists. The Company signed a memorandum with the municipal authorities of the city of Dnipro on cooperation for the development of technical specialties. As a result, 2 mechatronics laboratories have been opened at schools No 3 and No 129 at the Left Bank area of the city this year. At the expense of the city budget, major repairs have been carried out in the classrooms, while Interpipe has provided the laboratories with German Fischertechnik training equipment, computers, and a plasma screen. Dnipro Polytechnic specialists have conducted the training of teachers and provided them with teaching aids and materials. Classes at school laboratories are arranged on the basis of physics and computer science lessons. Company's investments in the opening of these two laboratories amounted to UAH 490 thousand.
There are plans to launch two more mechatronics laboratories at Dnipro schools by the end of 2021, and the Company will allocate approximately UAH 400 thousand for their construction.
Interpipe reconstructed a rocket modeling classroom at the House of Creativity, located in the Industrial District of Dnipro. The Company allocated UAH 563 thousand for this project. The classroom underwent major overhaul and got brand new furniture, computers, and completely upgraded equipment and tools for creating models. Thanks to this, model makers were able to significantly improve the quality and speed of the rocket assembly.
In collaboration with Dnipro Academy of Continuous Education and the STEM on Dnipro organization, the Company organizes technical creativity programs and competitions for schoolchildren in the Dnipropetrovsk region. In 2019-2021, the following projects took place with the support of Interpipe:
Since 2017, Interpipe has been gradually implementing a project for the reconstruction of the Nikopol city embankment.
During this time, part of the pedestrian zone of the embankment was reconstructed, including the laying of cobblestones, restoration of the granite stairs to the monument, installation of benches, arrangement of flower beds with greenery, and arrangement of lighting for a 2 km long section.
In total, the Company has already allocated more than UAH 3 million for the beautification of one of the main recreation areas in Nikopol. The embankment improvement project will continue.
With the support of Interpipe, municipal authorities of Dnipro reconstructed the adjacent garden squares in the Livoberezhny 3 and Berezynsky residential areas, located in the Samara and Industrial districts of the city, as well as the pedestrian zone along the Spacemen Street in Prydniprovsk.
In 2020 and 2021, Interpipe has become a regional partner of the All-Ukrainian environmental campaign Greening Ukraine (A Million Trees in 24 Hours).
In addition to supporting this project, in the fall of 2020 and the spring of 2021, the Company planted more than 1,350 trees at the territory of its production assets and in the cities of its operation. Interpipe employees became volunteers of this campaign.
