Five Days a Week, 160 Vehicles a Day
On 30 April the production subsidiaries of OJSC KAMAZ executed the production plan of April.
For 22 working days 3480 vehicle sets and chassis were made and prepared for the further mounting of body and special equipment on them. One should pay attention to the marked increase in production of up to 220 assembly sets and repair kits of vehicles used for modernization of currently exploited equipment and production of new KAMAZ vehicles at foreign assembly enterprises.
The vehicles assembly rate – 160 vehicle sets a day – was kept during the whole month with the one-shift routine of the mother assembly line-2 and the two-shift routine of the mother assembly line-1 at the Automobile plant and most of subsidiaries.
According to the production program, the assembly conveyor of OAO KAMAZ-Diesel finished engines assembly and power units delivery to the automobile plant on 29 April. The plant has shipped 4231 engines and power units to its corporate and foreign customers by the end of the month.
Friday, 30 April 2010
KAMAZ Began to Work as Usual
KAMAZ cancelled the routine of a short four-day working week introduced in September 2009 and renewed a five-day working week.
In connection with the increase of orders for trucks and with a view to rational production organization, Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ signed an order to cancel the short working week.
It will be recalled that the short working week and “start-stop” routine was one of the first crisis management measures taken by KAMAZ’s management at the beginning of the crisis. It enabled the company not to increase stock resources and to considerably reduce costs. The enterprise worked only executing taken orders.
These measures were of great social importance. Thanks to the short working week the company managed to avoid massive layoffs and to maintain social stability in Naberezhnye Chelny where KAMAZ is a city forming enterprise. With the substantial aid of municipal, republican and federal authorities the management of the company compensated inevitable reduction of wages with implementation of temporary jobs at KAMAZ on the days of idle time.
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
KAMAZ-65117 with Best Prospects
KAMAZ-65117 Side Prime Mover gained a victory over its rivals in the nomination “Best Prospects of the Year” at the COMTRANS 2010 Exhibition in Moscow.
The competent jury consisting of journalists of specialized editions devoted to motor transport named KAMAZ-65117 the winner in the most innovative nomination of the competition “The Best Commercial Vehicle of the Year in Russia”. The vehicle is intended for transportation of goods up to 14 tonnes. Its chassis are notable for their weight characteristics and a number of other features: increased carrying capacity and engine torque; specific fuel consumption reduced by 20%; resource increased to 500 thousand km, maintenance and repair burden lowered by 25%.
An antiroll bar is used in the construction of the front suspension to improve steerability and stability of the KAMAZ-65117 vehicle. Springs of a new design and rubber-metal torque rod joints are used in the construction of the rear suspension. ABS is mounted on the vehicle for safety purposes. Consumer properties of KAMAZ-65117 are proved during certification and operation tests.
The KAMAZ vehicle with the highest payload can successfully be used for interurban, interregional and international transportation, and with its modernized construction and a cab of the latest pattern KAMAZ-65117 approximates its foreign analogues in its technical and operating characteristics.
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
KAMAZ and Ukraine Get over Crisis
On 28 April in Kiev the managers of OJSC KAMAZ met with the representatives of companies of KAMAZ’s dealer network in Ukraine.
Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ headed the company’s delegation. The Ukrainian market stays one of the first-priority for KAMAZ on the territory of the CIS.
In the course of the meeting the results of cooperation for 2009 were summed up, plans and tasks of KAMAZ production promotion in the country for the current year and paths of the further development of the company’s relations with its Ukrainian partners were discussed.
The Ukrainian market suffers from the consequences of the world financial crisis more than the Russian one on which positive tendencies are already visible. Many companies doing business in Ukraine put off buyng new vehicles for their fleets. Distributors of manufacturers of commercial vehicles and trucks in the country accumulate all efforts to stabilize business processes developing new schemes of work to maintain their own efficiency.
459 new KAMAZ vehicles were delivered to Ukraine in 2009. According to the data of Autoconsulting, 648 KAMAZ vehicles in all were registered in Ukraine during this period. This is more than 5 times as less as in 2006-2007 when KAMAZ became the leader of the country’s sales market.
To date OJSC KAMAZ offers its customers a model line of vehicles with improved performance characteristics due to which the Russian trucks rank with their foreign analogues. With the use of the Russian designers’ advanced developments and units created by joint ventures (Cummins, ZF, Knorr-Bremse, etc.) in the construction of KAMAZ vehicles, technical characteristics of KAMAZ’s production considerably improved.
KAMAZ is ready to supply the Ukrainian market with high-quality vehicles at reasonable prices by the moment of recovery of the Ukrainian economy from the recession.
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
From Steppes with Victory!
Four crews of the KAMAZ-master team took the first four places among T4 race trucks in the off-road rally “Khazar Steppes”.
The race was held on 23-25 April on the territory of Astrakhan Region. The central aim of KAMAZ-master there was to train young and inexperienced racers.
The team showed good results in the absolute rating: Eduard Nikolaev’s crew took the 4th place, Andrey Karginov’s crew – the 7th, Andrey Leontyev’s crew – the 10th, and Ayrat Mardeev’s crew – the 12th. In the same order they took the first four places among T4 trucks.
Sixfold Dakar champion, pilot Vladimir Chaguin summed up the results of the competition, “We held additional trainings already before the start of the race and after it, on Monday. The pilots’ and navigators’ excellence appreciably increased. I drove as a mechanic with all crews at all trainings. Considerable improvements are visible. It should be noted that the race track was difficult, twisting, it abounded in potholes and dunes. There were few high-speed sections, but much work for the navigators there. All our young guys bridged over the difficulties very well.”
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
KAMAZ Vehicles in Armenia
OJSC KAMAZ, the largest Russian truck producer, participates in the 3rd Specialized International Exhibition “Construction and Interior 2010” which is being held in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan.
The “Construction and Interior” Exhibition is the largest event in Armenia’s business life and a golden opportunity for companies and businessmen to establish new commercial relationships and to study the construction market, and for customers – to make the right choice.
KAMAZ vehicles occupy more than 50% of the truck fleet of their class: special equipment makes 40%, dump trucks ¬– about 30%, side vehicles – 15%, bolster-type tractors – 10%. On the whole, KAMAZ trucks are used by companies of the mineral resource industry, private building companies (construction equipment, including road-building equipment, dumpers), in the private sector, for cargo transportation (vehicles with high sides, prime movers), by municipalities of big cities (municipal special equipment), by security, defence and law enforcement agencies. The mean age of almost 5 thousand KAMAZ vehicles used in the republic is 12-20 years. Naturally, it is really necessary to replace the vehicle fleet, and KAMAZ is ready to offer the Armenian customers its best products.
The Russian auto producer presented the following models at the Yerevan exhibition: KAMAZ-6520 Dumper, the basic model of the KAMAZ line of vehicles with higher carrying capacity, KAMAZ-65117 Side Vehicle and Inclined-Axis Mixer 581453 on KAMAZ-6520 chassis.
KAMAZ-6520 Dumper, the basic model of the KAMAZ line of vehicles with higher carrying capacity, is presented in the renewed version, with a restyled cab. It satisfies all demands of the sales market. The vehicle is intended for transportation of diverse construction and industrial goods, and with GVW of 32.5 tonnes it can transport up to 20 tonnes of freight both on roads meant for vehicles with axial load of 10-13 tonnes, and under cross-country conditions. This dumper is economy, like all KAMAZ vehicles. The payback period of KAMAZ-6520 vehicles is twice as less than that of their analogues.
KAMAZ-65117 (6x4) Side Vehicle (carrying capacity – 14 tonnes, GVW – 24 tonnes) can tow a trailer with GVW of 14 tonnes. All advantages and potential of well-known previous models are embodied in this vehicle. Technical innovations used in the construction of KAMAZ-65117 Side Prime Mover secure improved consumer properties confirmed by certification and driving tests.
Inclined-Axis Mixer 581453 (KAMAZ-6520 chassis, 6x4) presented in Armenia in a restyled version has got a mechanical-hydraulic drive and is completed with HATZ 4Ì41 Engine (Germany). Robust performance of a mixing drum drive is secured at the expense of an Italian epicyclic gear. The model is also equipped with an imported oil cooler increasing an operation life of the vehicle by means of a higher heat emission. Rapidly wearing parts of the vehicle are made of wear-resistant and strong steel. Inclined-Axis Mixer 581453 operates without troubles in winter time too: a water-distributing system of this model functions in such a way that an engine of chassis heats water in the water reservoir with exhaust gases.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Open Day in KIP Master
On 22 April Kama Industrial Park Master jointly with Tatarstan Small and Medium Enterprises Development Committee, the administration of Naberezhnye Chelny, and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Zakamye Region held the Open Day.
The representatives of the RT Government, the managers of the city, KAMAZ, entrepreneurs from the whole region participated in the event. Excursions were organized on the territory of KIP Master, and the infrastructure of extended services was presented on this day. The representatives of small- and medium-scale businesses met with the representatives of the Tatarstan and Naberezhnye Chelny state authorities.
Kama Industrial Park Master was established in 2004 on the basis of facilities of ZAO Remdiesel and KAMAZ’s infrastructure. This is a special form of an industrial park for cooperation development of small, medium and large enterprises.
The managers of OJSC KAMAZ and OAO KIP Master arranged the most favourable conditions for business organization having named the tenants of the industrial park “priviledged partners” with a number of preferences:
– guaranteed order of OJSC KAMAZ;
– technical documentation for placed orders;
– supply of workpieces produced by OJSC KAMAZ;
– rendering of services within the company’s commodity distribution network.
The lowest rental should be added to all these above-listed advantages too.
For the city and the republic the successful activity of the park guarantees new jobs and legalization of a part of the “grey” labour-market. Business owners transferring their manufacturing lines to the industrial park from neighbourhood regions also create new jobs, and tax payments go to the municipal and republican budget.
To date 135 enterprises 50% of which cooperate with OJSC KAMAZ are registered on the territory of KIP Master. The total number of workers is 1541 people. 79.5 thousand square meters of production and office areas are rented to foreign and Russian auto components producers for a long term. The total yearly sales of the enterprises for 2009 made 4.3 billion roubles. In 2010 it is planned to use 95% of the areas, and also to open the third line of the industrial park. Besides, the first stage of the transport and logistics terminal will run at full capacity.
KIP Master is open to all efficient investment projects for production of competitive goods and rendering industrial and consumer services.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Mitsubishi Fuso for Russia
OJSC KAMAZ and Mitsubishi Fuso start truck production at FUSO KAMAZ Trucks Rus Joint Venture in Naberezhnye Chelny.
The news was announced at the “Comtrans 2010” show during a press conference attended by officials from Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), OJSC KAMAZ and FUSO KAMAZ Trucks Rus (FKTR). The first Canter truck assembled in Russia was presented there too.
The joint venture was established at the end of 2009 within the bounds of strategic partnership development between OJSC KAMAZ and Daimler AG, the primary shareholder of MFTBC. The production areas of the JV (12,000 square meters) are used for assembly, quality control, and logistics. At the initial stage vehicles are being assembled from semi-knocked-down (SKD) kits shipped from Japan. The active search for the Russian OEM suppliers has already been started. A program of further localization will start in the near future.
"KAMAZ is very pleased to see the start of Mitsubishi Fuso truck production and sales in Russia," said Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ. "This project will not only allow us to introduce our customers a quality product, but will also give us modern technology vehicles and opportunities to integrate the world automobile industry."
“With the entry of Mitsubishi Fuso into the Russia market, MFTBC takes an important step in a key growth market,” said Dr. Albert Kirchmann, MFTBC President and CEO. “MFTBC sees great further potential in the Russia commercial vehicle market, and believes Mitsubishi Fuso vehicles can play an important role here.”
“With the arrival of the world famous Canter light-duty truck, we give our potential customers the opportunity to appreciate all the advantages of its economy and reliability and at the same time offer them a very comfortable vehicle,” said Mr. Albert Yagudin, FKTR President. “I would like to stress that aftersales and the quality of our services will be our priorities.”
Mitsubishi Fuso is entering the Russia market with the 7.5-ton Canter light-duty truck. The Canter is known worldwide for its reliability, fuel efficiency and everyday durability. Key features include: a more spacious and comfortable cab; the RISE (Realized Impact Safety Evolution) cab and chassis structure for maximum safety; and an in-dash gearshift for convenience and comfort.
The Canter for Russia will be powered by a robust, 4.9-liter Mitsubishi Fuso engine, with output of 110 kw and 471Nm torque and 6-speed gear box. The engine is optimized to deliver maximum performance and economy, while meeting Euro 3 emissions regulations for clean performance.
Four wheelbases will be offered for maximum flexibility. Payload capacity will top out at 4,500 kg, ensuring high productivity and performance.
MFTBC gives a three-year warranty on this vehicle.
A modern construction of Mitsubishi Fuso Canter, four versions of the length of chassis, compactness and efficiency, and also a wide range of superstructures will enable to satisfy the demand for vehicles of small business, communal services, large and medium companies. The Canter is ideal for inter- and intra-city delivery. Typical configurations will include: van body, refrigerated body, cargo bed and cargo bed with crane. Special modifications (hydraulic towers, space-saving garbage trucks, wreckers) will be offered clients to satisfy the needs of state structures and local authorities.
An attractive retail price and a wide choice of leasing and credit proposals will secure potential buyers’ interest in the Canter model.
Sales will be started after the début of Mitsubishi Fuso trucks at the COMTRANS 2010 Exhibition. The first dealers of FKTR in Russia are: “Mercedes-Benz Sever” in Moscow and “Fuso Center Kazan” in Kazan.
An initial core group of approximately 30 dealer locations is being established to cover major cities including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, and Krasnodar. The network will include dealers affiliated with KAMAZ and Mercedes-Benz trucks, as well as independent shops.
To guarantee customers a strong quality of service and efficient technical assistance, FKTR is also launching a Corporate Training Center for dealer technical and sales personnel. Parts support and fast availability, as a key factor of commercial success, will be the main task for a Central Spare Parts Warehouse.
The start of Mitsubishi Fuso production and sales in Russia is a principal step for FKTR, which was established in 2009 to handle the importation, production and wholesale operations for Mitsubishi Fuso trucks in Russia. The joint venture is 50% owned by KAMAZ and 50% owned by MFTBC’s primary shareholder Daimler AG.
FKTR has set up headquarters facilities in Kazan. Mr. Albert Yagudin was assigned as President of the Company; Mr. Thomas Unger as Chief Financial Officer; Mr. Mr. Alexey Kalitsev as Vice President of Sales & Marketing; and Mr. Yasuyuki Tamegai as Vice President of Production.
For MFTBC, KAMAZ and Daimler Trucks, the entry of Mitsubishi Fuso trucks into the Russia market represents a key, strategic development. For KAMAZ, already the Russia truck market leader, it provides new opportunities for sales, representation of a new product, new technologies for its promotion and for widening its model range. For MFTBC, it opens up the high potential Russian market and allows the company to serve one of the world’s largest future truck markets with a strong partner with wide network and presence.
For Daimler Trucks, it continues the implementation of its Global Excellence Program. Launched in 2005, the Daimler Trucks’ Global Excellence Program includes a Growth and Market Penetration initiative aimed at enabling its brands to enter new markets with high growth opportunities in order to strengthen the division’s global presence.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
KAMAZ Presents New Equipment at COMTRANS-2010
OJSC KAMAZ participated in the 10th International Specialized Exhibition “Commercial Auto Transport 2010” (COMTRANS 2010) which was opened at the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center on 20 April.
The specialists of OJSC KAMAZ prepared an exposition demonstrating the main models of the new model line of KAMAZ vehicles. The visitors of the exhibition saw modernized vehicles with cabs of the latest pattern, Cummins engines produced by CUMMINS KAMA JV, ZF gearboxes produced at ZF KAMA JV in Naberezhnye Chelny. The latest engineering developments which enabled to considerably improve consumer properties of trucks and special equipment were realized in the construction of vehicles of KAMAZ’s new model line.
There were the following models of the modernized vehicles among the exhibits: the KAMAZ-5460-64 (4x2) long-haul truck tractor, the KAMAZ-65117 (6x4) vehicle with sides and the KAMAZ-5308 (4x2) van. Dump trucks were represented by all-wheel-drive KAMAZ-65222 (6x6), and also by KAMAZ-65115 (6x4) – the most popular “anti-recessionary” model of Kama heavy-duty trucks. Also the visitors acquainted themselves with models of automobile components produced at the company’s joint ventures.
A press conference devoted to financial results of last year, development prospects of OJSC KAMAZ, ans also the new model line of Kama trucks was held on the same day. Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ spoke at the press conference.
A new joint venture of OJSC KAMAZ and Daimler Trucks – Fuso KAMAZ Trucks Rus – was presented in the course of the exhibition. The first Canter vehicle assembled in Russia was presented there.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
KAMAZ Constructors’ Anniversary
On 16 April the managers, specialists and workers of the Department of Vehicle Design and Experimental-Industrial Production which is a part of the Administrative Development Unit of KAMAZ celebrated the 40th anniversary of their department – the Research-and-Development Center of KAMAZ.
As is known, KAMAZ’s history starts from “the first bucket of earth” took out when constructing facilities of the Kama plant for heavy haulers production on Decembr 13, 1969. After the anniversary of the whole KAMAZ the plants, departments and services of the Russian largest truck producer also start celebrating their own anniversaries. The first department to start celebrating its anniversary became the R&D Center set up in April 1970 as the Design Manager’s Department.
The work of design and experimental services is very important for all automobile companies as it is the cornerstone of their philosophy. This explains why the Design Manager’s Department was one of the first established departments of KAMAZ, then under construction.
The history of the R&D Center was made by three generations of KAMAZ designers and testers – headed by three design managers of KAMAZ. The leading organizer of the Design Manager’s Department in 1970-ies was the first design manager of KAMAZ, Vladimir Barun. The construction and experimental-industrial service acquired the current name, the Research-and-Development Center, in 1986 when Ramil Azamatov became the design manager of KAMAZ. In 1987 young and energetic Semyon Yakubov headed the pilot production of the R&D Center. In February 1995 he completely switched over to managing the KAMAZ-master team. The team created on the basis of the R&D Center became the contender for the global leadership. The same year Danis Valeev became the design manager. In this difficult period of time it was decided, for instance, to create the heaviest-duty truck KAMAZ-6520, many other projects were developed. The latest years were devoted to intensive modernization of all lines of vehicles. A new generation of heavy-duty KAMAZ trucks is currently beign developed by the constructors.
In the honour of the 40th anniversary the large group of constructors, managers and workers of the R&D Center received a decoration “For services to the city of Naberezhnye Chelny”, Honorary Diplomas of Naberezhnye Chelny and OJSC KAMAZ and notes of thanks from the company’s management. 17 best managers, specialists and workers of the development unit received congratulations, their names and photos were placed in the hall of fame “Our Pride” in the KAMAZ R&D Center.
Friday, 16 April 2010
Meeting of Presidium of Tatarstan State Council was Held at KAMAZ
The meeting of the Presidium of the Tatarstan State Council devoted to realization of crisis-management measures of OJSC KAMAZ and its experience in modernization and innovation took place in the general directorate of OJSC KAMAZ.
The members of the State Council accompanied by the top managers of OJSC KAMAZ visited a number of the company’s plants: the automobile plant, OAO KamPRZ and OAO KAMAZ-Diesel. The guests saw a mother assembly line and a cab assembly shop at the automobile plant. Farid Mukhametshin, Chairman of the Tatarstan State Council met with the workers of the plant. The guests saw a new cab painting line at the Kama Frame-and-Stamping Plant and visited an engine assembly line and a shop for localization of details for Cummins engines at KAMAZ-Diesel. The parliamentarians also visited joint ventures of KAMAZ and the leading global automobile component producers – CUMMINS KAMA and ZF KAMA.
After that a press conference was held for mass media with the participation of Farid Mukhametshin, Sergey Kogoghin and the head of administration of Naberezhnye Chelny Ildar Khalikov.
Within the bounds of the meeting Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of the company made a report on the subject “Results of Crisis-Managment Program of OJSC KAMAZ. Realization of Development Programs under Crisis Conditions”. Below is given its summary.
The crisis-management program of OJSC KAMAZ was developed in October 2008, and it covers 12 main areas of activity in the sphere of sales, cost reduction, activity financing, assets optimization, increase of labour productivity, introduction of lean production tools. The planned truck model line was formed with a marginal level optimum for working under the crisis conditions. Price-cutting, searching for alternative suppliers and design and engineering neasures helped to save more than 2 billion roubles. On the whole the crisis-management program enabled to improve the company’s financial performance for 2009 by 3.5 billion roubles.
The crisis management programs were developed and realized also by the main subsidiaries – OAO NEFAZ, OAO Avtopritsep-KAMAZ and OAO TZA. Thanks to that, they survived even when their production volumes went down to 80%.
KAMAZ didn’t stop its cash flow, said Director General of KAMAZ in his report, purchases and social programs were financed in time, wages and taxes were paid without delay. In spite of the difficult economic situation and cost optimization in 2009, KAMAZ took measures to maintain the staff. Temporary job placement and public works were organized in the period of the mainline production shutdown: 20700 jobs were created in the subdivisions and organizations of OJSC KAMAZ where over 32 thousand KAMAZ workers were engaged. During 2009 more than 3400 people received training.
By reengineering KAMAZ’s own production areas were reduced by 76%, its equipment base was reduced by 58%. Partially it was made due to outsourcing of some activities, but in all cases – without considerable losses of volumes of products made with the help of this equipment. Joint ventures of KAMAZ and its partners are located in the vacant buildings. Even before the crisis, in 2004 the main building of ZAO Remdiesel was vacated and its areas were leased to small and medium businesses, the participants of the Kama Indistrial Park Master. Now there are 137 enterprises working in various areas from mechanical engineering to the sphere of services there. To date 77% of areas of the pre-crisis level are leased, occupation of 95% of areas of the KIP Master is expected by the end of this year. And then they will consider the issue of introduction of the third line of the KIP and work of the transport and logistic terminal with estimated capacity.
Despite the worsening of the economic position KAMAZ even under the crisis conditions continued realizing the earlier planned development programs and developing new ones. The company’s strategy for 2010-2013 is being realized. It presupposes that KAMAZ will continue working on the earlier adopted innovation programs. Two stages of realization of the program of product development were planned. According to the first one, the available model line of vehicles was modernized and a product with new qualities was created. At the second stage a new generation of trucks will be created and several key investment projects will be realized. In accordance with the adopted strategic guidelines, a component basis will be developed and a product range will be expanded in partnership with the global leaders in these areas in the format of joint ventures.
“Intellectual and technical potential which we managed to maintain and create in the period of the crisis enables KAMAZ to quickly and effectively react to the market needs in the period of business activity growth in the Russian economy and to create a new generation of vehicles, in accordance with the planned terms of implementation of new technical specifications,” - said Sergey Kogoghin in conclusion of his report.
Friday, 16 April 2010
KAMAZ Ranks Among Billionaires
OJSC KAMAZ is among the top hundred Russian companies worth at least 1 billion dollars in the rating of the Finance weekly magazine as of the beginning of April 2010.
160 most expensive Russian companies of all economic sectors and financial activities were listed in the traditional rating of the magazine. A year ago only 71 companies were included in the rating because of the recession. To date OJSC KAMAZ is on the 97th place in the list. Its cost grew during the year 4.5 times as much and made 1.8 billion dollars, according to the Finance magazine. The automobile company showed the highest growth rates leaving behind Tatarstan companies – Tatneft and AK BARS Bank – also included in the list of billionaires.
It also should be noted that KAMAZ is the only enterprise of the Russian automobile industry which was named in this rating.
Monday, 12 April 2010
Congress of Special Equipment Manufacturers at KAMAZ
From 5 to 8 April the first congress of KAMAZ’s official partners was held in Naberezhnye Chelny. General Directors and leading managers of 26 manufacturers of special automobile equipment on KAMAZ chassis were present there.
Before a plenary meeting and negotiations the participants of the congress visited manufacturing entities of KAMAZ and its enterprises jointly established with foreign companies, saw an exhibition of new KAMAZ equipment and visited Auto Racing Center of the KAMAZ-master team. The managers and leading specialists of R&D Center and Trade and Finance Company made reports and presentations of various joint activities of OJSC KAMAZ and special equipment manufacturers at the congress.
KAMAZ is the leader of the Russian market in the majority of special equipment segments. Over 230 plants mount their superstructures on KAMAZ chassis. In all they number 1600 models, modifications and versions of special equipment. KAMAZ and its partners have got everything required to make their equipment called-for and satisfying consumer needs. Taking into account an ever increasing rivalry on the market of chassis and special equipment the participants of the congress worked out a package of follow-up actions to improve an interaction system of KAMAZ and manufacturers in order to improve quality of products and service, optimize costs and support competitive prices.
KAMAZ tries to consolidate its business cooperation with the leading special equipment plants. At the congress certificates of official partners of OJSC KAMAZ were given to 26 manufacturers of diverse types of special equipment: vehicles with crane-manipulators, vans, construction, municipal, fire, logging, oil development and other equipment.
It was emphasized that the official partner of OJSC KAMAZ is not just a formal title. It is also an obligation to be the leader in one’s business area, to be responsible and to guarantee high quality of products. On its part KAMAZ will use an individual approach to the official partners’ requirements. Moreover, the official partners will purchase KAMAZ automobile equipment under profitable conditions.
Thursday, 08 April 2010
Test-Drive of KAMAZ
Yury Klochkov, First Deputy Director General of OJSC KAMAZ – CEO tested a restyled KAMAZ vehicle.
For already several months OJSC KAMAZ has been practicing inspections including both visual examination of a specimen randomly chosen from a batch of new vehicles and test-drive of one of them.
2010 is announced the Year of Quality at KAMAZ. Besides, more and more restyled KAMAZ vehicles enter the country’s market. Therefore the company’s top managers’ participation in such events is clearly important.
After the tests Yury Klochkov expressed his opinion about engineering changes which should be made in the vehicle production process in front of the managers of R&D Center and the automobile plant.
According to Yury Klochkov, with intensively growing sales of restyled vehicles quality issues are becoming more important. The top manager named weekly meetings one of the measures enabling to solve quality problems. The meetings will be devoted to the most problem vehicle produced for the last week, and suggestions of construction and engineering changes will be put forward.
Great attention will be paid to the work with dealers. Yury Klochkov noted that the considerable part of reclamations exists because employees and, in the first place, drivers of the dealer network simply don’t know how to use new trucks with a more elaborate design than that of older types. It makes necessary to further intensively work with the staff of dealer enterprises. Fortunately, there are some enterprises able to render customers high quality services. However, there are still problems, and KAMAZ is to further promote principles of its Production System both at its enterprises and among its partners.
Wednesday, 07 April 2010
Tatarstan President Visited KAMAZ
On 7 April Rustam Minnikhanov for the first time in the capacity of Tatarstan President visited KAMAZ.
Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, and Ildar Khalikov, Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny met him at the helicopter pad of KAMAZ.
Rustam Minnikhanov visited the industrial facilities of KAMAZ which symbolize technical and technological advance of the enterprise and the company’s integration into the European automobile industry. At first Rustam Minnikhanov visited KNORR-BREMSE KAMA JV producing brake systems for vehicles – the best enterprise of KAMAZ set up jointly with foreign partners according to the results of 2009.
Then the head of the republic visited the painting shop of Kama Frame-and-Stamping Plant which is preparing the launch of a new painting line of DÜRR cabs. This line put into operation will increase corrosion resistance of painted cab details and KAMAZ truck parts three times as much, secure high quality and ornamentality of paint-and-lacquer coating and considerably reduce the necessity of manual labour due to the use of 12 robot painters. Besides, the use of lead in paint-and-lacquer materials will completely be eliminated, the manufacturing entity will become less fire-hazardous, the qualtity of waste products will be reduced by 20%, and the total emission will be reduced by 50%. The 1.5 billion roubles project is coming to a close and will be launched in June 2010.
During the last decade Rustam Minnikhanov as Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan many times visited KAMAZ and participated in many events in the life and activity of the enterprise. With his personal assistance and all-round aid of the republican government Kama Industrial Park Master was created which became an industrial area for successful development of small and medium business near KAMAZ. Rustam Minnikhanov is a member of the KAMAZ-master team, many times as a pilot of the KAMAZ crew he won at the stages of the World Cup in off-road rallies.
Wednesday, 07 April 2010
Cooperation for the Benefit of All Russia
On April 6, 2010 was signed an agreement on cooperation between OAO Holding IDGC and OJSC KAMAZ which will give renewed impetus to creation of advanced technology industrial products.
Nikolay Shvets, Director General of OAO Holding IDGC, and Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ put their signatures to the document. The ceremony took place in the central office of OAO Holding IDGC in Moscow.
The agreement will provide for ample opportunities of development of the Russian electricity network, and also help realize innovation projects for development, production and export of high technology automobile products.
The main areas of the parties’ cooperation within the bounds of this agreement are development of service and other infrastructures securing effective and robust performance of equipment produced by OJSC KAMAZ which is exploited by associated companies of Holding IDGC, and also diversification of products delivered by KAMAZ to the domestic and foreign markets.
Over 900 vehicles, chassis, units of special and other equipment produced by OJSC KAMAZ are operated in 11 companies of Holding IDGC all across Russia. These are lift trucks with different hoisting heights, crane-manipulators, tank trucks, crane-boring machines, electronic laboratories, concrete trucks, dump trucks, emergency repair trucks, and other automobile and special equipment. About 200 units of such equipment must be replaced within 2010-2012. The estimated original cost of vehicles produced by OJSC KAMAZ for these three years makes about 407 million roubles (without VAT, at prices of 2010).
Within the bounds of the signed agreement the parties will develop plans of combined actions for replacement of the truck and technological transport fleet of the associated companies of OAO Holding IDGC, human resource development for the companies of the holding in the sphere of service and repair of vehicles. The measures for suppression of turnover of counterfeit and adulterated products sold to the associated companies of OAO Holding IDGC will be carried out in coordination.
Through its corporate management structures OAO Holding IDGC will further the measures for replacement and modernization of motor transport of the associated companies engaged in the engineering process, transportation of the staff and various goods. OAO Holding IDGC will act as an organizer of development and a coordinator of comprehensive programs of motor transport development and modernization of the transport fleet of its companies controlling the course of execution of orders of the associated companies for delivery of vehicles, chassis, special and other equipment produced by OJSC KAMAZ.
For its part OJSC KAMAZ will create necessary conditions providing the associated companies of OAO Holding IDGC with reliable vehicles, high quality spare parts and units, and also repair and maintenance services, including services through the brand network of service centers of OJSC KAMAZ. Operational tests of new models of equipment produced by KAMAZ will be carried out with the concurrence with the associated companies of OAO Holding IDGC. The partners will take measures aimed at replacement of vehicles of the companies of OAO Holding IDGC, will concider suggestions of motor transport subdivisions of the associated companies in the sphere of exploitation and quality improvement of equipment produced by the auto plant.
According to Nikolay Shvets, Director General of OAO Holding IDGC, the signed agreement “opens up possibilities of mutually advantageous cooperation in the sphere of development of new special equipment models on KAMAZ chassis for the distributive electricity network complex of Holding IDGC, demand making and guaranteed production distribution of the leading domestic enterprise in such a capacious and high technology segment of the Russian economy as power industry.”
Nikolay Shvets emphasized, “OJSC KAMAZ is our reliable, time-proved partner cooperation with which contributes to development of the distributive electricity network complex in areas relating with improvement of reliability and quality of rendered services, system safety. Automobile and special equipment delivered by OJSC KAMAZ promotes uninterrupted power supply for customers; helps IDGC meet quaranteed quality standards of customer services. The signed agreement will give impetus to new joint programs and projects aimed at development of the domestic electricity network complex, will promote improvement of quality and expansion of a range of vehicles produced by OJSC KAMAZ which proved to be excellent not only in Russia, but also in many countries of the world.”
“The agreement on cooperation with Holding IDGC,” said Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, “adds new colours to the image of KAMAZ as the principal and reliable supplier of automotive equipment for all economic sectors and a guarantor of transport security in Russia. It provides for joint realization of important investment projects and an extensive range of measures from which not only IDGC and KAMAZ, but also the whole economy of Russia will benefit – due to this cooperation it will receive high technology, efficient and reliable KAMAZ vehicles.”
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OAO Interregional Distribution Grid Companies Holding owns shares in 11 subsidiaries which transmit and distribute electric energy, connect customers to networks. The infrastructure system of the holding secures functioning of enterprises producing about 80% of the country’s national produce, power almost 123 million Russian people in 69 regions.
The enterprises of IDGC transmit up to 2 billion kilowatt-hours of electric energy a day through their networks. Almost half a million substations and over 2 million kilometers of power lines transmit and distribute energy. OAO Holding IDGC takes the first place in the world in the length of power and cable lines.
OJSC KAMAZ is the leader of the Russian market, takes the 11th place among the largest global truck producers. KAMAZ vehicles are operated in more than 80 countries. Ten years running (1999-2008) KAMAZ became the best exporter of Russia in automotive industry. OJSC KAMAZ is a company widely integrated into the international automotive business. Four joint ventures with the participation of the leading global auto component producers were set up: ZF KAMA (gearboxes), CUMMINS KAMA (engines), KNORR-BREMSE KAMA (brake systems), and Federal Mogul Naberezhnye Chelny (details of cylinder-and-piston group).
OJSC KAMAZ is the laureate of the national award “Company of the Year-2009” in the sphere of automobile industry.
Tuesday, 06 April 2010
KAMAZ Chooses Quality
On 2 April OJSC KAMAZ received certificates of the quality management system compliance with the ISO 9001-2008 and GOST R ISO 9001-2008 standards. OJSC KAMAZ and Russian Register Association signed an agreement on strategic cooperation.
The certificates and the banner of International Certification Network were presented by Arkady Vladimirtsev, Director of Russian Register Certification Association.
Having thanked the manager and specialists of the Association with which KAMAZ has been working already 12 years, Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ said, “The economic crisis changed our customers so much making them harder-to-please and calculating, that the issues of quality assuarance, and consequently certification of the quality management system will always be in the foreground of our activity. Confirmation of conformity of our quality management system with three standards at once is of greatest importance to the company.”
Serious measures for recertification of the quality management system of OJSC KAMAZ and inspection carried out by Russian Register in the company’s subdivisions at the end of last year preceded this event. In order to eliminate revealed non-compliances Yury Klochkov, First Deputy Director General – CEO of OJSC KAMAZ made an order to approve a plan for correction activities.
After they had concidered the results of the recertification audit of KAMAZ’s quality management system, the managers and specialists of Russian Register decided to present OJSC KAMAZ certificates of compliance with ISO 9001-2008 (GOST R ISO 9001-2008) requirements and confirm compliance with the GOST RV 15.002-2003 standard.
These certificates guarantee the stable quality of the company’s products and services, which helps attract customers and investors. Besides, this is an indispensable condition by receiving orders financed by municipal and federal budgets. Successful recertification also helps improve the company’s image in the region and positions on the world market. The available certificate of compliance makes the process of obtaining licenses easy and considerably reduces the terms of further certification inspections.
It should be noted that certification of quality management systems of the Russian organizations according to ISO 9001-2008 standards started in November 2008. And KAMAZ became one of the first automobile enterprises which fulfilled this process having once again proved that it is the leader of the Russian automotive industry.
Soon enterprises and organizations will have to be certified for compliance with new standards – e.g. of information technologies, information security and logistics systems.
Friday, 02 April 2010
Rosneft and KAMAZ Broaden Cooperation
On 1 April the delegation of OAO NK Rosneft, one of KAMAZ’s largest corporate clients and important partners in development and production of vehicles for gas-and-oil producing industries, visited KAMAZ.
The delegation was headed by Pavel Zabolotsky, Vice President of OAO NK Rosneft. Ravil Zaripov, Tatarstan’s Minister of Industry and Trade also came to Naberezhnye Chelny.
The guests visited OAO KAMAZ-Diesel where they saw the mother assembly line and the detail localization shop at CUMMINS KAMA Russian-American Joint Venture, visited the mother assembly line and the cab assembly line of the automobile plant, saw the exhibition of KAMAZ serial and prospective vehicles in the R&D Center.
Then a conference with the participation of Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, and other top managers of the company took place in the KAMAZ general directorate. The issues of the further development of the partners’ mutually advantageous cooperation were concidered at the meeting. The representatives of OAO NK Rosneft saw the presentation of equipment on KAMAZ chassis for gas-and-oil producing industries with the description of model specifications and the analysis of a sales market. They discussed the results of sales of KAMAZ vehicles to the enterprises of OAO NK Rosneft in 2007-2009 and the plan of deliveries for 2010. They also discussed new means of their cooperation expansion, for example, deliveries of metalware, fuel-supply equipment and service of automobile equipment available at the enterprises of Rosneft in KAMAZ specialized certified service centers.
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OJSC KAMAZ offers oil and gas industry workers the wide spectrum of various and special vehicles which meets the whole customer demand of the sector and the Rosneft oil company. Starting from 2001 over one hundred of new models of KAMAZ special equipment for gas-and-oil producing industries have been developed. “Oil” special superstructures for mounting on KAMAZ chassis are produced by more than 50 Russian plants. KAMAZ also offers its customers and partners vehicles with gas engines.
OAO Rosneft is the leader of the Russian oil industry and one of the largest oil-and-gas companies in the world. The company explores and produces oil and gas, has got facilities for production of oil products and petrochemicals, and also markets them. Like KAMAZ, it is put on the list of the Russian strategic enterprises and organizations. NK Rosneft works all main oil and gas areas of Russia: Western Siberia, Southern and Central Russia, Timan-Pechora, Eastern Siberia and Far East.
Friday, 02 April 2010