OREANDA-NEWS. The Kaliningrad Avtotor plant and the FAW Corporation have launched a joint project to produce cars in full cycle mode. At the enterprise the pilot lot of crossovers Besturn X80 is made.

As the press service of "Avtotor" informs, it is presumed the partial use of existing capacities with the productivity of 100 thousand cars per a year. The project involves the development of a welding and painting complex, a gradual increase in the level of localization of produced cars, as well as the withdrawal of FAW products of Kaliningrad production to foreign markets. In particular, the development of a welding and painting complex is planned in two stages, each of which will provide the possibility of full cycle production up to 50,000 cars per a year. The beginning of works on its creation is planned for 2018, the beginning of production of cars in the mode of welding and painting in 2020.

The implementation of the project provides financing that is provided by Avtotor, Chinese investors and the China Automobile Industry Fund (within the framework of the Silk Road concept). The result of the project development will be the restoration of the number of jobs at the Kaliningrad producer up to the previously existing value of 3 thousand.