The book «Armor for Buran - Materials and technologies of VIAM for "Energiya-Buran" ISS» was published by the Day of Cosmonautics. It is devoted to history of domestic science, in particular to development and production of materials for "Energiya-Buran" reusable space system. Also the book told about the leading role of the All-Russian scientific-research institute of aviation materials in implementation of this project.
Dr. Marcus Holz, chairman of the board of directors of ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH (Germany) visited VIAM on April 10, 2013.
The delegation of the All-Russian scientific-research institute of aviation materials (VIAM) made a business journey to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from April 9 to April 14, 2013.
On April 9, 2013 experts of VIAM held negotiations with Silvia Sabbadini, the representative of the Italian company AVIO S.p.A.
On April 4, 2013 representatives of VIAM Alexander Evgenov and Svyatoslav Nerush took part in the seminar which was devoted to experiments of foreign enterprises of aerospace industry on implementation of additive technologies of laser fusion of metal powder materials for production of parts.
Representatives of FSUE “VIAM” took part in the International industrial exhibition – Hannover Messe , which was held on April 8-12, 2013 in Hannover, Germany and was devoted to innovative developments.
The third issue of the monthly on-line scientific journal «Transactions of VIAM» ("Trudy VIAM") was published on April 3, 2013.
The Cooperation Agreement between the All-Russian scientific-research institute of aviation materials (VIAM) and the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences was signed on March 29, 2013 in Yekaterinburg by academician Evgeny N. Kablov, General Director of VIAM and academician Valery N. Charushin, the Chairman of the Ural Branch of RAS.