In 1998, during the Chechen–Russian conflict, Vladimir Grigoriants, the director of the factory, and his wife were kidnapped and had been held in Chechen captivity for eight months.
1998年的时候在车臣冲突期间当中，工厂的主任—弗拉基米尔·格里戈里扬斯和他的妻子在一起被绑架，并在车臣囚禁了八个月了。