Manufacturer catalog

Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ)

Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) is an Izhevsk-based Russian defense manufacturer within the Almaz-Antey concern, best known in this catalog for the 9K33 Osa family and broader air-defense production.

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Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) is the catalog's canonical builder page for the Kupol plant in Izhevsk. Public sources place the enterprise in Russia's air-defense industrial base and tie it to Soviet-era and modern missile-system production.

The profile groups legacy and modern spellings such as Kupol, IEMZ Kupol, and the joint-stock-company variants so the catalog can resolve manufacturer facets consistently without turning the builder page into a conflict record.

air-defense systemssurface-to-air missilesUAVsdefense electronics

Notable Systems

9K33 Osa, Short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

9K33 Osa

Short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system

This catalog currently attaches the Osa family to the IEMZ builder facet, making it the key linked system on the catalog page.

Sources: Official site, GlobalSecurity IEMZ profile
9A330 Tor TLAR, Short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

Tor-M2

Short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system

Treasury reporting identifies Kupol as part of the production ecosystem behind Tor-family air-defense systems.

Sources: Treasury sanctions notice

Garpiya series UAVs

U.S. Treasury reporting ties Kupol to coordination of Garpiya-series UAV production through Chinese factories before transfer to Russia.

Sources: Treasury sanctions notice

Manufacturer History

  1. Enterprise established

    GlobalSecurity's history page says the plant was established in 1957 as an Izhevsk radio-engineering enterprise that later became the electromechanical plant known as Kupol.

    Sources: GlobalSecurity IEMZ profile

  2. Joint-stock company registration

    EU restrictive-measures listings identify the plant as a joint-stock company registered in Izhevsk at Pesochnaya Street 3, providing a dated corporate identity for the modern builder record.

    Sources: EU restrictive measures listing

  3. Treasury designation references Garpiya production

    The U.S. Treasury described AO IEMZ Kupol as a subsidiary of Almaz-Antey and said it coordinated Garpiya-series UAV production at factories in China before transfer to Russia.

    Sources: Treasury sanctions notice

Website links
Official siteContacts

Public references use several spellings and legal forms for the same plant, including Kupol, IEMZ Kupol, AO IEMZ Kupol, and JSC variants, so the profile normalizes them under one canonical builder page. The plant is also a sanctioned defense entity and part of the Almaz-Antey concern, which is why the profile relies on official, sanctions, and established reference sources for corporate context.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official sitePublisher: AO IEMZ Kupol | Note: Supports the plant's official name, current corporate identity, and general defense-manufacturing background. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ContactsPublisher: AO IEMZ Kupol | Note: Supports the public contact address at Pesochnaya Street 3 in Izhevsk, which identifies the plant's headquarters context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • GlobalSecurity IEMZ profilePublisher: GlobalSecurity.org | Note: Supports the 1957 founding history and the plant's Soviet-to-Russian defense-industrial lineage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Treasury sanctions noticePublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Supports the ownership context describing AO IEMZ Kupol as a subsidiary of Almaz-Antey and its role in Garpiya-series UAV production. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • President of Russia visitPublisher: President of Russia | Note: Supports the current corporate relationship placing the plant within the Almaz-Antey concern. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • EU restrictive measures listingPublisher: Official Journal of the European Union | Note: Supports the joint-stock-company identity and the Izhevsk / Pesochnaya Street 3 address used in the builder profile timeline. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikimedia Commons Kupol Plant photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the rights-clear CC BY-SA 4.0 photograph of the plant's administrative building in Izhevsk, which is directly tied to this builder profile image. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Garpiya-3, Long-range one-way attack UAV / loitering munition, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine WarGarpiya-3Long-range one-way attack UAV / loitering munitionBuilt in: Russia / ChinaGarpiya-3 is the reported G3 model in Russia's Garpiya family of long-range one-way attack UAVs tied to IEMZ Kupol and a China-based supplier network. Reuters reporting describes the G3 as developed and flight-tested in China, with approximately 2,000 km range and 50 kg payload figures. Official sanctions material and later reporting place it inside a broader Garpiya production chain supporting Russian strikes against Ukraine, while confirmed public evidence remains stronger for the family than for recovered G3 examples.
Garpiya-A1, Long-range one-way attack UAV / loitering munition, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Russia-Ukraine WarGarpiya-A1Long-range one-way attack UAV / loitering munitionBuilt in: Russia / ChinaGarpiya-A1 is a Russian long-range one-way attack UAV attributed in Reuters reporting to Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) Kupol and a Chinese engine/component supply chain. Public reporting describes it as Shahed-like, powered by Xiamen Limbach L-550E engines, produced from 2023, and used by Russian forces in Ukraine; U.S. and EU sanctions material plus Reuters-syndicated reporting place it inside a wider production network that kept expanding after sanctions.

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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9A330 Tor TLAR, Short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War9A330 Tor TLARShort-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 9A330 Tor TLAR is the tracked transporter-launcher-and-radar vehicle for the original Soviet 9K330 Tor short-range surface-to-air missile system. It combines acquisition radar, engagement radar, command-guided 9M330 missiles, and a tracked GM-series chassis in a self-contained battlefield air-defense vehicle, making it the earlier Tor-family branch that preceded the 9A331 Tor-M1 and modern Tor-M2 configurations.
9K33 Osa, Short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +7 more9K33 OsaShort-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe 9K33 Osa, NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko, is a Soviet short-range self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that combines search radar, tracking radar, command guidance, and ready-to-fire missiles on a single amphibious 6x6 TELAR. Cataloged conflict records show the system across several generations of air-defense use: Syrian Osa-AK vehicles in Lebanon in 1982, Iraqi SA-8s in the Gulf War air-defense network, captured Georgian systems in 2008, rebel-held examples in Syria, Armenian and Ukrainian battlefield use, and Indian OSA-AK service during Operation Sindoor.

Category

Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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1RL239/1RL239M ARK-1/ARK-1M Rys counter-battery radar, Tracked artillery-locating counter-battery radar, Electronic Warfare1979 Soviet-Afghan War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War1RL239/1RL239M ARK-1/ARK-1M Rys counter-battery radarTracked artillery-locating counter-battery radarBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe 1RL239/1RL239M ARK-1/ARK-1M Rys is a Soviet tracked artillery-locating radar family on the MT-LBu chassis, built to detect mortar, artillery, rocket-artillery, and tactical-missile firing positions for counter-battery work. The baseline ARK-1 entered Soviet service as the 1RL239, while the ARK-1M modernization added independent power and updated command equipment before late-Soviet production ended.