OREANDA-NEWS. July 21, 2010. Having bridged over the difficulties of a global financial crisis KAMAZ-Engineering JSC, KAMAZ’s associated company in Kazakhstan, increases its vehicle production by 250% in comparison with 2009 and prepares to celebrate the fifth year from the day of establishment producing the jubilee five-thousandth vehicle.

The last two years became a severe test for KAMAZ-Engineering JSC: a building boom in the middle of the first decade in the Republic of Kazakhstan gave way to the dire financial crisis. Overstocking of finished stores became the cardinal problem for the new enterprise. Facing this challenge in 2008-2009 many large-scale enterprises found themselves in a sad state, and they haven’t managed to restore production up till now. The management of KAMAZ-Engineering stood this test with credit.

A crisis management program jointly developed by the JV’s specialists and their colleagues from OJSC KAMAZ was implemented already in the first months of the crisis. In the first crisis year they had to focus on clearance sales to the detriment of production, to take a number of other unpopular measures, for instance, to optimize the number of employees and to introduce the policy of strict austerity. It was efficient: already in 2009 the vehicle production of KAMAZ-Engineering JSC again started increasing.

The current year can by right be named the triumph of the enterprise. KAMAZ vehicles production increased by 250% as compared with last year, the construction of vehicles delivered to the Republic of Kazakhstan according to the state order was partially modernized, and facilities of the enterprise were kept running at full capacity.

To date KAMAZ-Engineering JSC is one of the most technologically equipped and modernized enterprises of Kazakhstan. It puts out six KAMAZ models: KAMAZ-65115, KAMAZ-55111, KAMAZ-45142, KAMAZ-45143, KAMAZ-6520 dumper and KAMAZ-54115 truck tractor.

The enterprise uses a quality management system corresponding to ISO 9001 international standard. Modern inspection, diagnostic and processing equipment is used for production. The KAMAZ vehicles assembled in Kazakhstan operate on many important project sites of the republic, including thoroughfare construction projects. The enterprise is one of the most important taxpayers. From the commencement of the project it transferred over 1.5 billion tenges to budgets at all levels.

By its example KAMAZ-Engineering proved not only that KAMAZ production is competitive and customer focused, but also that there is an opportunity of active development even under the most difficult economic conditions. To date this successful, dynamically developing enterprise is an example of brilliant integration of the Russian and Kazakhstan businesses, technological and financial cooperation of the neighboring states on the foundation of which a new system of productive and mutually advantageous international cooperation has recently started developing.