General Satellite Corporation was the first company in Russia to begin the wholesale production of digital receivers − Set Top Boxes (STB), both for the Russian and the international market. The innovation and manufacture of high-tech devices under the brand name of General Satellite are the Corporations greatest assets. Since 2008 an enterprise producing digital receivers has beenoperating in the city of Gousev in the region of Kaliningrad. In July 2009 a ceremonial opening of the new plant, which is more than 10 thousand sq.m., took place. The workshops of the plant are equipped with the newest machinery and provide the full production cycle of digital radio electronic equipment.