Vladimir Aleksandrovich Melnikov

Avangard OAO engages in developing of technologies for the production of radio electronics products and microsystems. Its products include microelectronics, sensors, transducers, devices based on surface acoustic wave (SAW); base supporting structures for electronic systems of civil and dual-use, including cabinets and racks; automated system for monitoring gas environment and structural safety; test equipment and devices of electronic automation; and installations producing electrolysis of sodium hypochlorite for water disinfection. The company was founded on October 20, 1948 in St. Petersburg, Russia.