Site for the plant on Chugunnaya street was located in Vyborgskaya side, known to host many of the city's metal workshops.
Soon upon the Nazi invasion the city appeared in siege and by 15 December 1941 shortage of electric power halted the trams for four months.
In 1981 the plant developed a multiple unit control system for ZiU-9 trolleybuses, based on design of Vladimir Veklich.
Since 2006 the plant produces LM-99 type tramcars of various modifications, supplied to Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and other cities in Russia.
The plant was chosen as the rolling stock supplier for Volgograd rapid underground tram system, delivering first train with passenger capacity of 350 by 2008.