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DÜRR Line: Installation Continues

The equipment of the second stage of the DÜRR paint line was put into operation at the KAMAZ Frame and Stamping Plant.

The area including abrasive grinding, seam sealing and antinoise mastic chambers was connected on holidays. The main complication of the project is that it is realized without suspension of truck production.

According to Yury Gherasimov, Chief Engineer of the Frame and Stamping Plant, corrosion resistance of a framework by cataphoresis priming is four times higher than by an anaphoresis method; warranty on cab lacquer coating will be extended from three to seven years. The quality of cab framework painting has already improved greatly. After the third stage is launched the second priming will be applied for the first time at KAMAZ. It is used in Russia only in a car painting procedure so far.

“The fourth extra painter robot will be installed and the drying chamber of the second priming will be lengthened on the third stage. All engineering solutions are approved by our partners – the top managers of the firms DÜRR, DuPont, Chemitall”, – noted Gherasimov.

KAMAZ and the representatives of Dürr Systems GmbH are discussing a project. It implies the productivity boosting of the paint line from 75 thousand to 115 thousand frameworks a year. Trucks production volumes are growing by leaps and bounds. And cab painting shouldn’t become “a headache” in the company’s plans.

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Labor Protection Contest

On 30 April there was celebrated the World Day of Labor Protection at KAMAZ cultural and business complex.

There were summed up the results of the festival contest “Labor protection and working conditions at KAMAZ enterprises in 2006-2007”. Labor protection was always the priority area of personnel development at KAMAZ enterprises. Airat Khasanov – First Deputy Minister of Labor and Employment of the RT, Yuri Klochkov – First Deputy Director General of KAMAZ Inc., CEO, Gumer Nuretdinov – Chairman of KAMAZ Labor Union Organization and Kirill Puzyrkov – Deputy Director General of Human Resource Management and Organizational Development presented the winners of the contest “Labor Protection and Working Conditions 2006-2007” with awards.

The best experts and labor protection services among KAMAZ departments were awarded. There was also made special mention of the workers who contributed greatly to labor protection and distinguished themselves.

It was a strict implementation of the motto – “KAMAZ is my life, my work, my safe labor” that caused a steady decline of the number of accidents at KAMAZ plants.

Sunday, 04 May 2008

Correspond to RF Legislative Rules

At OAO KAMAZ-Metallurgy there were presented the certificates of conformity of labor protection activity to the RF legislation requirements.

During 5 years working places were attested on conformity with legislative rules at the plants of KAMAZ-Metallurgy Group. In 2007 there was developed and implemented a labor protection and security management system. All this gave an opportunity to successfully undergo the procedure of certification of labor protection activity on conformity with the RF legislative rules.

Aleksandr Simakhin, Leading Expert of the Certification Agency of the RT Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security, presented certificates at the event. As the audit showed, the system at OAO KAMAZ-Metallurgy works and gives a positive effect.

Sunday, 04 May 2008

Information Security is Issue on World Scale

On 24-25 April there took place I International Forum “Information technologies and information security in mechanical engineering. Industry solutions. MEIT-2008” organized by KAMAZ Inc. jointly with the Information Systems Academy in Naberezhnye Chelny.

The main topics considered by the participants of the forum concerned the aspects of IT-management, schemes of suppliers and clients’ cooperation in the course of IT-outsourcing, the role of data processing centers by the use of IT, nuances of plans and policies of modern information security systems. The participants of the forum exchanged their experience and opinions during round tables.

As Ildar Shamilov, Deputy Director General of KAMAZ Inc. of Security, noted: “An effective information security system can’t be considered as a group of separate components. Information security of the state directly depends on effectiveness of security systems of all enterprises and organizations working on its territory. And information security of the world community is inseparably linked with development of this issue in each country. Breach of information security even at one enterprise inevitably causes a series of consequences which can have a pernicious effect on the work of the state machine on all levels. Consequently, it’s necessary to solve such problems together”.

That’s why the representatives of corresponding government services, CEO, CIO of the automobile enterprisers of Russia, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Japan, People’s Republic of China, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, Russian and international companies – developers and suppliers in the sphere of information technologies and information security, managers and experts of the largest automotive enterprises of the Russian Federation – were invited to discuss IT- and information security issues.

According to the participants of the forum, the results obtained in the course of its work laid the foundation for the further study of informatization and information security in mechanical engineering of Russia and other countries. They identified promising lines of information technologies development in the system of Russian machine building enterprises.

Monday, 28 April 2008

There is Record!

KAMAZ Automobile Plant established production record.

On 24 April 252 vehicles came off the assembly line. Since the beginning of the year a plan has increased every month at the automobile plant. Valery Kolpakov, Director of Production Control Department (PCD), noted that 252 vehicles were not a limit. The management of the plant plans to achieve a stable pace of 260 vehicles a day by August 2008.

The undisturbed work of internal and outside OEM suppliers played an important role. Eduard Shigapov, Deputy Director of PCD, made special mention of the fact that organizational tasks of “Euro-3” panel deliveries had been successfully settled.

Monday, 28 April 2008

KAMAZ-Kazakhstan: Collaboration Continues

KAMAZ Inc. participates in the 6th International Exhibition “Auto World-2008” which opened on 24 April in Astana, Kazakhstan.

KAMAZ will represent several exhibits: a farm tractor KAMAZ T-215, an inclined-axis mixer 58146C on KAMAZ-53229 chassis, a garbage truck KO 440-5 on KAMAZ-53215 chassis, a bus NEFAZ-4208 on KAMAZ-43114 chassis and a truck tanker ATZ 66062 produced by NEFAZ on KAMAZ-43114 chassis.

The following figures indicate a great demand for KAMAZ vehicles in Kazakhstan. In 2007 KAMAZ exported 7 thousand trucks to the republic – more than half of the company’s total export. To add to this, the Russian auto giant not only sells its vehicles and buses, but also invests a considerable amount of money into development of automobile industry and automotive infrastructure of its Southern neighbor.

Last year the share of KAMAZ in mechanical engineering export from the RF to Kazakhstan made up 10.5%. This year KAMAZ plans to win 56% of the republic’s new trucks market and 76% of aftermarket realizing over 8 thousand vehicles in the republic. The show “Auto World-2008” will allow KAMAZ to demonstrate a high level of Kama trucks again.

Thursday, 24 April 2008

COMTRANS-2008: Large-Scale Application of KAMAZ

On 22 April the 9th International Specialized Trade Show Commercial Autotransport 2008 opened at the International Exhibition Center Crocus Expo in Moscow.

This event is the most important one on the commercial transport market in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe countries. Realizing the defining value of automobile manufacturers and their partners’ traditional spring meetings at the International Exhibition Center Crocus Expo, KAMAZ formed an exposition representing several basic directions of its product development for COMTRANS-2008. For the first time the auto giant represents its production in the exhibition halls of Crocus Expo so widely – on the area of 700 square meters. And if we take into account the expositions of OAO NEFAZ and third-party producers of special equipment on the KAMAZ chassis, then KAMAZ can be confidently called the “largest” brand of COMTRANS 2008.

A combination on the basis of an improved artic KAMAZ-5460-036-63 has already attracted a great interest of specialists and attendees of the exhibition. It includes a refrigerated semitrailer C-350. The rig can haul freight up to 24.5 tonnes on the roads designed for vehicles with axial load of 13 tonnes.

Other exhibits of KAMAZ also deserve serious attention. They offer examples of further development of KAMAZ vehicles with account of market requirements and customer expectations. This is a dumper KAMAZ-65115 with a wheelbase of 3190 mm, a tipper KAMAZ-43255 with a side unloading and a medium tonnage side vehicle KAMAZ-4308 with a wheelbase of 4800 mm and an air suspension. Two partially low-floor buses of the “Olympus” class in an urban and suburban versions made at OAO NEFAZ – a subsidiary of KAMAZ – are demonstrated at the show.

Besides the exhibits KAMAZ has quite a few nice surprises in store for the visitors of its stand. The guests will taste traditional Tatar dainties – “chuk-chuk”, and the gamblers will be able to participate in competitions of radio-controlled models – little copies of legendary “KAMAZ-master” trucks.

Thursday, 24 April 2008

Two Audits are Better than One!

At OAO KAMAZ-Metallurgy there was successfully completed a certification audit of the Integrated management system (IMS) for meeting the requirements of OHSAS: 18001 and ISO: 14001 international standards.

IMS including the labor protection and security management system and the ecological management system for the first time became the object of experts’ evaluation. The auditors of Russian Register Association positively appreciated the work of KAMAZ metallurgists and a high readiness of IMS for certification.

At the same time the experts of Russian Register in tandem with the representatives of the German certification agency TUV evaluated the Quality management system (QMS) of OAO KAMAZ-Metallurgy and affirmed the compliance of QMS with ISO 9001:2000 requirements. It will be recalled that the certification audit of QMS took place at the enterprise in 2007. This year the experts demonstrated improvement of the Quality management system of OAO KAMAZ-Metallurgy and its focus on the customer’s needs.

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

KAMAZ for Chelny, just like Old Times!

KAMAZ renewed the municipal vehicle fleet of Naberezhnye Chelny.

For the first time during the last ten years the municipal services of the city received new equipment. Under conditions of a keen demand for production of KAMAZ Inc. the top management of the enterprise found an opportunity to give the municipal unitary enterprise MUP Chelnykommunkhoz ten new garbage trucks equipped with engines corresponding to Euro-3 ecological standards on terms of leasing.

Ildar Khalikov – Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny, Vasil Shaikhraziyev – Chairman of the City Executive Committee, Minefanis Khabibullin – Director of MUP Chelnykommunkhoz, and other officials participated in the event. Sergey Kogoghin – Director General of KAMAZ Inc. handed the keys of the vehicles over to the drivers of Chelnykommunkhoz.

The renewal of the municipal vehicle fleet is timely, because a two-month campaign of beautification and planting of greenery is currently conducted in the city. Naberezhnye Chelny was built as a part of the KAMAZ infrastructure and that’s why care for cleanness of the city and the townsmen’s health continue to be an integral part of the policy of the KAMAZ top management.

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

KAMAZ Received ZUBR!

KAMAZ became the Laureate of the Award for contribution into development of the field and for the best organizational achievements.

The decision about it was made at the Fifth ceremony of the National Security Award ZUBR-2008 “For strengthening of Russia’s security”. When choosing the winners there were taken into account opinions of 28 regional experts and 1213 market participants.

There were the members of the Council of Experts, the jury and the Council of Award (including the representatives of Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Emergency Situations, OAO Gazprom, OAO LUKOIL, OAO Russian Railways (RZD), Transneft, etc.) and guests of honour – the executives of the leading companies of the security sector, the representatives of the federal executive authorities, the Federal Assembly, the chief safety officers of the largest organizations – at the award presentation ceremony.

The work of KAMAZ Inc. was highly appreciated by the Council of Experts and the jury. And the guests of the ceremony didn’t stint their praise. For the second time running the stable development of KAMAZ brought it the award ZUBR having proved its status of one of the leaders of the home industry.

Tuesday, 22 April 2008