OREANDA-NEWS. April 29, 2011. KAMAZ has become one of the winners of the 9th annual “IT-Leader” National Award.

For the present, it is the only award of the Russian IT market. The award presentation ceremony was attended by over 500 representatives of the industry – managers, IT-Director, CIO of Russia’s largest organizations, managers of the Russian offices of global IT-solutions providers, journalists from trade and business mass media. The council of experts announced the winners of 2010 in 22 major categories. OJSC KAMAZ won in the category "Automobile Industry".

KAMAZ presented its SAP project competing with Peugeot Citroen Mitsubishi Rus and Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus. According to the experts, it was natural that KAMAZ won a victory. The plant have been using IT innovations to design new models of trucks for many years. During his recent visit to KAMAZ, Minister of Communication and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Igor Shchegolev received evidence that IT-technologies are of great importance there. He saw a presentation of KAMAZ’s project to construct a large IT-park on the areas of the former Computing Center of OJSC KAMAZ.