[1] The construction of a plant called the Lyudinovo Ironworks was started in 1732 by Nikita Nikitovich Demidov, son of a Tula armourer and manufacturer, on the basis of the iron ore deposits in Jizdra.
The factory specialised in cast iron smelting and manufacture of simple metal products.
Since 1820 the plant starts producing transport and power machines.
In 1844 construction of the first domestic steamships that later opened navigation on the Desna, Dnjepr and Volga rivers began.
Since the second half of XIX century the plant became one of the centres of domestic steam locomotive building.