How likely is it that Russain companies can be successful in the US

Some interesting and intelligent posts..

While I was expecting something purely in the civilian sector I got assigned two projects both of which have significant military applications. Worse, one of them wants me to mainly focus on the military sales aspect of it, putting me in a tight spot as I really don’t know how to write an effective marketing plan for military products.. but well I’ll have to read up and spend some sleepless nights.

One of the products is truly revolutionary and is likely to end up on virtually all major fighter programs in the next 5 years! Not to mention UAVs, other remotely piloted vehicles and perhaps even tanks.

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PS: Grey Area you always have the most eerie icons dude

Boeing ( and maybe others ) have outsourced some software work to Russia.

Wolf Ammunition does quite well here in the United States. In fact, there has actually been a bit of an outcry from Wolf’s civilian customers in the US who have experienced shortages and a significant increase in price for 7.62×39 ammunition of which Wolf is a significant distributor. Semi-automatic Kalashnikov, SKS, and bolt-action Mosin Nagant-type (7.62x54R) rifles are popular in the US amongst civilian shooters. Wolf’s products are primarily manufactured in Russia, but they also subcontract other caliber types to companies such as Privi Partizan (Serbia). The reason for the shortage, as you may have already guessed, is that much of Wolf’s production has been purchased by US DoD to supply the Afghan and Iraqi military.

As for actual Kalashnikovs, due to some of the bizarre, contradictory, and head-scratching US federal and state firearms statutes & Executive Orders that have come to pass over the past 40 years, you actually cannot buy the genuine article due to a prohibition on foreign manufactured civilian semi-auto firearms receivers. However, one can buy Kalashnikov-type semi-auto rifles manufactured domestically in the US by companies such as Arsenal Inc., a licensee of the Bulgarian Arsenal company. These are just as good, if not higher in quality than those manufactured in Russia. If IZhMASh actually were allowed to sell their products, or had a licensee manufacturer here in the US, they would do very well.

20×60 TENTO binoculairs. Fell from the roof of a Renault Espace doing some 50kph, on a concrete surface.

No chipped lenses or prisms, not cross-eyed. Absolutely indestructible piece of kit. And incredibly cheap.

I had a Zenit EM too! 🙂

Mine fell 12 feet onto a concrete floor …. and worked perfectly afterwards.

Try that with a modern-day DSLR. 😉

My first proper camera was a Zenit EM.
Big breeze block of a thing with a shutter that sounded like a barn door slamming shut.
Taught me all I know about 35mm photography and never skipped a beat.

Quality of Russian products

[QUOTE=lovemigs;1069346]Well, of course it depends on type of product and/or service these comapanies will be offering and the quality of the same…..
When this subject turns up I always like to point to our refridgerator “Made in Soviet Russia” in 1971. It’s been running day and night ever since, without a single glitch. It has outlived a fridge of a famous Swedish brand (that ended on the dump when it developed the same error for the third time.) I now wonder which one will give up first; the German brand we now own as our main fridge – or the 36 years old Russian. Well, this is probably an exception but none the less…
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Arne

thanks everyone for your comments. Maybe I’ll be selling vodka for all I know 😀

If you are selling vodka or want to sell military secrets then there is no problem. You could probably get away with selling Kalashnikovs, though anything you sold would sell much better if you could say it was “Made in the USA”.

[QUOTE=PLA-MKII;1069074]Hello All, I have the good news that I was selected for a project to market Russian technology in the US!!!!!!

How likely is it that Russian companies could be successful in the US?

There is a difference between ‘marketing technology’ which is licencing some US firm to manufacture goods made under that technology and Russian companies trading in the USA. Patents need to be securely in place for the former and having the right product available at the right price should see to the latter.
My son works for a Russian boss in the UK who is a real ‘go-getter’.

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I’ll post details on the company that will be assigned to me.

There’ll be no free advertising in here, young man! :diablo: :diablo: :diablo:

Well, of course it depends on type of product and/or service these comapanies will be offering and the quality of the same…..

other than that in the western world it all comes down to advertising and how do you present your product or service.

The fact that is Russian not necessarily means disadvantage infact you can turn it into great advantage, I could just about see it and hear it: ….and for the first time in this country dear ladies and gentlemen we proudly present you…blah blah blah (use your imagination) etc etc…top quality best price etc etc you see what I mean… it all comes down to presentation and successful marketing – being able to sell it…

just my humble opininon of course:cool: