Sept. 22, 1896 – Assembly plant founded by «W. Fizher & K. Hamper», a reputed firm from Austria was commissioned at Kramatorskaya station 1 kilometer from the ail way

1900, 1910 – Products made at Kramatorsky assembly plant was twice awarded Grand Prizes at the international industrial Exhibition in Plant

1902 – Production of rolling equipment was brought to a commercial level

1920 – The plant was nationalized and named Kramatorsky state-owned machine-building plant (KGMZ)

1922 – Alter the civil war Kramatorsky machine building plant was boned as the subsidiary one for the mines in Donbass under the crisis conditions

1925 – The plant was named «KGMZ» trust. The first 325-mm and 720-mm rolling mills were made

1929-1934 – KGMZ became a part of «Krammashstoi» group of enterprises

1930 – KGMZ participated in manufacture of te ASSR’s first blooming mill

1934 – The plant was separated from «Krammashstoi» as an independent Starokramatorsky machine-building plant (SKMZ)

1935 – SKMZ was named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze

1941 – The Great Patriotic War broke out. The plant employees, equipment to Irkutsky heavy machinery plant (IZTM)

1943 – The plant was rehabilitated after liberation of Kramatorsk from Nazis

1946 – SKMZ became the winner of the All-Union socialist emulation and was awarded the Order of The Red Banner of Labour

1950 – Equipment of the 1450-mm Continuous sheet mill, 325-mm and 720-mm mill was made

1952 – The first 10-ton Air and Steam Hammer was manufactured

1954 – A ring-rolling mill for the bearing-making plants was tested

1956 – The first slitting and cut-up unit’s in the 1680-mm sheet mill line for «Zaporozhstal» works were made and put into service

1959 – The first section-bending unit was made

1960-80-ths – The first 20-roll 400-mm mill was made. Production of a wide range of the finishing and precision rolling equipment was brought to a commercial level. This equipment included cold rolling mills; precision flattening mills; hot strip shearing units; units for cutting strips of aluminium, non-ferrous metals and alloys; section-bending units and turbine rolling mills; single-standing straightening and cutting machines for the sheet and section mills. Products made at SKMZ were exported to 25 countries all over the world

1983 – Automatic process control system was implemented at SKMZ

1983 – A rotary saw was shipped to Japan

1984 – The first 1350-mm 6-roll Non-reversing strip mill for cold aluminium and aluminium alloy foil was made

1985-1986 – A set of the rolling and finishing equipment for making products of non-ferrous metals and alloys including the needle-milling unit, 700-mm 4-roll and 20-roll mills, heat treatment and finishing lines was engineered

1987 – A 560-mm hot strip and sheet mill for making products of stainless, corrosion-resistant and heat-resistant precision alloys was manufactured

1988 – A state-of-art set of equipment for the continuous 5-stand and 2-stand 630-mm Dressing mills was manufactured

1989 – Direct aluminum rolling unit was made

1990 – A bimetallic tile production line was commissioned

1992 – A set of equipment for producing closed tube welded section was made

1995 – The plant was reformed to «Starokramatorsky machine building plant» JSC

1996 – A 100-year anniversary of the oldest plant in Ukraine was celebrated

1999 – Production of the rail track repair and maintenance machines in collaboration with «Plasser & Theurer» (Austria) was brought to a commercial level

2000 – The first two pieces of the RM 80 UHR. Ballast cleaning machines were manufactured

2001 – The first ВПР 09-32 CSM straightening, tamping and lining, machine and the РСЗ-190-3-2-1 soiled ballast handling machine ordered by «Ukrzaliznitsa» were made

2002 – The Ukraine`s first AFM-2000 No.001 Rail track stabilizing and planning machine was made in collaboration with «Plasser & Theurer» (Austria)

2005 – A grab-bucket are gantry reloaded for «Uralskaya Stal» steel plant was manufactured

2006 – A 110-year anniversary of the plant was celebrated

2006 – Production of the coke equipment was initiated

2006 – A new shop of large-sized steel structures which provided 130 new work places was commissioned. Production of crane reloaders and coke battery servicing machines was initiated. Two ballast cleaning machines were put into service on railways

2006 – The first coke equipment including the door extractor, coke pusher and coke guide machines for Nizhniy Tagyl steel plant was made

2006 – International TÜV NORD SERT society (Gamburg, Germany) issued «SKMZ» a TÜV NORD SET Quality certificate that confirmed implementation and use of the Quality management system at the plant according to ISO 9001:2008

2007 – A grab-bucket ore gantry reloader for «Yasinovsky coke by-product plant» was made

2008 – A ПМГ Reloader for «Moskoks» was manufactured

2008-2012 – Production of a number of rail track repair and maintenance was in progress. This included RM-80 Ballast cleaning machines; ВПР-09-32 CSM Levelling, tamping and lining machines; AFM 2000 Rail track stabilizing and planning machine; УНО-80 Universal equipment carriers; and 6-car and 9-car modernized soiled ballast handing machines

2010 – 17 ЭКУ 1-М Electric locomotives for «Koksokhimmash Design Office» PJSC and «Koksokhim» JSC (Chelyabinsk) were made

2011 – Based on a Protocol of a general share-holders meeting «SKMZ» was given the name of «Starokramatorsky machine-building plant» PJSC

2011 – The first ВРС -93-110 Car dumper for «ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog» was made

2011 – The 2 ЭКУ 1-М Electric locomotive for by-product coke plants in Poland was made

2012 – The international quality certificate issued in favour of SKMZ was confirmed based on certification and audit carried out for conformity with ISO 9001:2008 Certificate TIC 15 100 96439 (TÜV Thüringen e.V)

2012 – Updating of the available equipment was in progress

2013 – SKMZ was issued a Certificate of Ukrscpro for conformity with DSTU ISO 9001: 2009

2013 – The Ukraine’s first advanced «Dynamic 09-3X» track repair machine that provides simultaneous tamping of three sleepers, high operating rate and top quality of works was made, tested and certified

2014 – New kinds of products including crushing-and-milling machines, car pusher and the ВРС 125-М car dumper were made for Ekibastuz thermal power station No.1