OREANDA-NEWS. May 27, 2010. OJSC KAMAZ establishes an enterprise for assembly of its vehicles and special equipment in Khabarovsk – the first one on Russia’s territory.

The assembly enterprise with estimated capacity of 200-250 vehicles a year will be located on the basis of the Khabarovsk Auto Center KAMAZ – the company’s largest official dealer and partner rendering all kinds of services in the Russian Far East.

Buses, vehicles with crane-manipulators, insulated vans, side vehicles and other models of KAMAZ automotive equipment will be assembled in Khabarovsk.

One of the reasons for this decision is that because of oversized cargoes (an extended wheelbase, a high roof, etc.) and, naturally, higher fares a single transportation of KAMAZ automotive equipment on railroads to the country’s eastern parts from Naberezhnye Chelny is much more expensive than delivery of chassis and the main parts of assembly sets in batches.

KAMAZ will deliver only chassis and OEM components to Khabarovsk, and the JV will purchase components, units and other special articles from local producers with KAMAZ license. It will also enable to cut down transport charges and reduce timing of orders from the company’s customers in the Russian Far East.

The project of the enterprise appraised by experts and lately approved by Director General of OJSC KAMAZ will completely be realized within 6 months – till the end of October 2010. According to the experts, it wil be repaid within three years. Besides, mastering a new scope of activity will enable to improve economic indexes of the auto center keeping unused working areas running at full capacity and optimizing overhead charges. 20 highly skilled specialists of the Khabarovsk Auto Center KAMAZ have already been trained and certified to work at the JV. The Khabarovsk Auto Center is supposed to realize a part of finished products independently.

Being the guarantor of Russia’s transport safety, KAMAZ plans to successfully resist invasion of used automotive equipment, low-quality, insecure to operate vehicles produced by a number of Asian manufacturers into the market of the Russian Far East.