OREANDA-NEWS. July 10, 2008. For the first half-year of 2008 the enterprises of KAMAZ Group shipped for their customers marketable products for RUB 47 billion 648 million (+10.9% to January-June of 2007 in comparable prices).

There were produced and realized:
– 27867 trucks (+15.1% or +3651 units);
– 35472 engines and power units (+20.9% or +6138 units);
– spare parts for the sum of RUB 5 billion 503 million (+1.8%);
– diversification products for RUB 4 billion 926 million (–2.5%).

In addition, there were rendered services for RUB 2 billion 742 million. There were realized 20444 trucks via the dealer network and direct deliveries on the home market (+15.2% to January-June 2007). Foreign customers received 7423 vehicles (+14.7%). There were modernized 830 KAMAZ vehicles. There were produced 1620 assembly sets for foreign assembly enterprises.

For six months 2280 units of the basic production – trucks, buses and trailer equipment – were leased or delivered with payment by installments. This is by 36.9% more than for the same period of 2007. KAMAZ Group leased 536 NEFAZ buses on the basis of the special KAMAZ chassis.

The largest KAMAZ subsidiaries of a united technological cycle outside Tatarstan solidly improved production and realization volumes as compared to 2007:
– “Avtopritsep-KAMAZ” Inc. (Stavropol) – by 17.8%;
– “NEFAZ” Inc. (Neftekamsk) – by 1.4%;
– “Tuimazy Concrete Delivery Truck Works” – by 1.2%.

The mid-year by traditional calendar came. And we look into the future when 12 calendar months are over. And the production equator of the year will be reached later, as experience of the latest 5-6 years has shown. The peak of automobile and other marketable products output comes only in August-September, and 25% excess of the first half-year results is observed in the second half-year.

This is confirmed by the company’s statistics. Annually, beginning from 2004, KAMAZ Group has been increasing automobile production by 9-11 thousand units, and marketable product output – by 15-30%. Preproduction and launching the production of new models for complete satisfaction of steadily growing demand on the market is becoming more intensive. Besides, industrial and technological problems connected with transfer to production of equipment with Euro-3 engines fell on the first half-year. That’s why the mentioned above “seasonal prevalence” stood fast this year too.