Malysheva; abbreviated ЗІМ, ZIM), formerly the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (Russian: Харьковский паровозостроительный завод, romanized: Khar'kovskiy parovozostroitel'nyy zavod, ХПЗ, KhPZ), is a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

After the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet government in Ukraine, the factory was put to work designing and building tractors and, after 1927, tanks.

Shortly before the German invasion of the Soviet Union the KhPZ started series production of the T-34, the most-produced tank of World War II.

The bureau also designed OT-54 and TO-55 flame-thrower tanks, for production at the Omsk Transport Machine Construction Plant.

[3] The T-80 tank, with a high performance gas turbine engine was produced beginning in 1983,[4] followed in 1985 by a more conventional diesel model, T-80UD.

Finished tanks were assembled in several plants, but Soviet industrial planning prevented any region from being able to establish independent arms production.

[5] Fulfilling the contract was difficult — the distributed nature of Soviet military industry forced reliance on Russian factories for parts, and Russian political interference forced the development of local capabilities, resulting in the T-84 tank design.

Malyshev joined as the leader of thirty-four companies to form an export consortium called Ukrainian Armored Vehicles.

In September 2000, a deal was signed to modernize Soviet-made tanks and armoured personnel carries for the United Arab Emirates.

[9] Since the outbreak of the war in Donbas the factory's main focus became supplying new and rehabilitated tanks to the Ukrainian Army.

[1] On 22 July 2014 the factory was used as a transfer point in returning the bodies from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash to their home countries.