Samara's economy
Industry is Samara's main economic pillar. In fact, the city mainly relies on automotive and spacecraft industries. Thus, it is considered to be one of the ten most important cities in terms of industrial production and national income. Among the most productive fields are:
- motor engines (Kuznetsov Design Bureau)
- cables (Volgacable, Samara Cable Company)
- aircraft (Aviakor)
- aerospace launch vehicles
- space services (Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center)
- satellites
- rolled aluminum
- block-module centrals
- different sizes of bearings,
- chocolates (Russia Chocolate Factory)
- refining
- chemical and cryogenic products
- gas pumping units
- drilling tips
- automated electrical equipment
- airfield equipment for airfield (Start factory)
- cranes mounted on trucks,
- construction materials
- Vodka (Rodnik, Vektor)
- Zhiguli beer,
- food processing and light industry products, etc.
In fact, Samara consists some 4,000 small enterprises as well as 400 medium and large companies. Hence, finding a job there should not be a complicated task.
