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This is a special edition of "The First Million" with Volodymyr Fedorin, created as part of a charity project that united Forbes Ukraine, the Leleka Foundation, and the Inspira business club. Our guests are Yuriy Atanasov, CEO of Centravis, and Inna Atanasova, founder of Design Three A. How to save a factory, open a new production facility, and be a global player during a full-scale war? Caring for people, ambitious plans, and motives for keeping production in Ukraine are discussed in a conversation between Inna and Yuriy Atanasov and Volodymyr Fedorin. Centravis is a company that produces seamless stainless steel pipes for the automotive, energy, oil and gas, and aviation industries. Among its clients are Thyssenkrupp, BMW, Alstom, Samsung, Volkswagen, Ferrari, or Porsche, SpaceX. Production facilities are located in Nikopol and Uzhgorod. Products are supplied to over 70 countries around the world, 76% of products are sold in EU countries. The revenue for 2023 is more than 5 billion UAH. Thanks to the funds collected at the Inspira auction, the Leleka Foundation purchased six evacuation vehicles and six electronic warfare systems for Ukrainian servicemen. One of the auction lots was participation in the Forbes Ukraine project “First Million” with Volodymyr Fedorin. Contributions of 1 million UAH each were made by: Inna and Yuriy Atanasov (Centravis) Andriy Zdesenko (“Biosphere”) Igor Khyzhnyak (Comfy) Vladyslav Shtipelman (Medusha) Iryna Palko (Universe) Maksym Mykhalochkin (Odessa Business Club). “First Million” is a Forbes project that will help you start your own business, avoid mistakes, and grow your business. The author of the project is Forbes Ukraine editor-in-chief Borys Davydenko. #forbes #firstmillion #centravis #charity