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Condition of enterprises in machine-building branch in 2004-2007, in particular the amount of marketed industrial products, import and export of these products, financial results (before taxation) of the usual activity of machine-building enterprises has been studied. Advantages and stages of the integration strategy aimed at getting out of crisis of analyzed enterprises have been described. A list of machine building enterprises of the Western areas of Ukraine, which can be included into integrated association, has been offered.