OREANDA-NEWS. October 10, 2012. New strategy of development of Zavolzhskiy motorny zavod has been accepted by Strategy Committee of “SOLLERS”, according to new plan ZMZ will be separated to independent managing structure for development on basis of industrial park site.

Temporary function of general director introduced earlier has been terminated, and Andrey Alexandrovich Matyushin is assigned as a new general director, before he has been as a manager of engineering department in "ZMZ".

 According to the concept of development, ZMZ is a basic site for forming of the industrial park with involving of foreign makers of automotive components for support of localization of automotive industry in Russia. Now in industrial site of ZMZ there are first residents of the industrial they are: company "Daido Metall Rus" (production of plain bearings), "Trelleborg Automotive" (production of antivibration components), company "LEONI" (production of cables and optical fiber), and also concluded contract with "Flaig+Hommel" (production of standards small parts).

"I think, that ZMZ has potential to be one of the center on supply of automotive components for foreign makers in Russia, - Vadim Shvetzov said, general director of "SOLLERS", - we are going not only to invite foreign companies to our site but also will develop our own competence in production of aluminum castings and machining. Now ZMZ needs independent director who will be able to manage difficult scale production and efficiently load capacity of “industrial park”.

 From 1st October 2012 general director of OAO "ZMZ" is assigned Andrey Alexandrovich Matyushin, before he has been as manager of engineering department in OAO "ZMZ", director of subsidiary company "RosALit" and manages direction on diversification of production and development of industrial park. With his direct participation projects with Ford, Knorr-Bremse and ZF-Kama have been opened, and also variants of cooperation have been worked out and contracts with residents of ZMZ site were concluded.

Anrey Alexandrovich Matyushin was born 10th February 1976 in Zavolzhje, Nizhegorodskaja oblast. In 1994 he graduated from Zavolzhsky motor technical college and entered to Nizhegorodskiy technical university on faculty of "Internal combustion engines". In 1997 after service in the Russian Army became employed in OAO "ZMZ" and continued study in Technical University. Combining work with study in the university, he started from process engineer up to manager of top level – during last 5 years he has been managing engineering department, since February 2012 he manages "RosALit". Currently without discontinuing work he finishes study on MBA program. He has honorary "veteran of work", he is awarded thankful letter of Government of Nizhegorodskay region. He is married and has one daughter.