OREANDA-NEWS. June 19, 2007.  A ceremonial opening of a new rubber mixing shop was held in OAO Nizhnekamskshina on June 1where the erection of the equipment had been completed. It will soon yield the first production - rubber mixtures by the latest recipe and that will be the final stage of the KAMA EURO tyres production line.

The plant will begin production of high quality tyres from scratch with full observation of all environmental regulations. The silica ("carbon white") will be used in the new rubber mixtures and a share of India rubber will be increased for production of the so called "green tyres" and also provide for such  properties as softness, comfort and fuel efficiency of the KAMA EURO tyres.

The new plant with a design capacity of 27,000 tons of rubber mixtures per year equipped with the latest technology and installation has been implemented under the supervision of the foreign firms' representatives, they have also trained workers. All the production works have been maximally automated, the equipment tightly sealed and full operation control is performed by the automated system, thus minimizing environmental pollution and creating comfortable working environmental conditions for the staff.

The cost of the constructed facility amounted to about 25 million Euros and OAO TATNEFT acted as a project investor.  Nizhnekamsk became the first city having the world class rubber mixing works. Soon, buying KAMA EURO brand tyres any motorist can be sure that though the tyres are manufactured in Russia they are similar to the ones manufactured in Europe.