OREANDA-NEWS. July 14, 2008. The Italian group of companies Pirelli & C. SpA and the company “Russian Technologies” agreed to establish a joint venture on production and realization of automobile tires in which KAMAZ will also participate.

Most likely, the new enterprise will be located in the special economic zone “Alabuga”. The new plant will produce tires for cars and trucks.

According to the assessment of the analytical center “Avtostart”, the annual capacity of the primary market of tires for all kinds of vehicles in Russia in 2007 made 9.5 million units. Sales of new tires on the secondary market exceeded 50 million.