KAMAZ: All for State and Its Security

OJSC KAMAZ participates in Interpolitex 2010, the 14th International Exhibition of Means of State Security Provision, held from the 26th to the 29th of October in Moscow, at ALL-RUSSIAN EXHIBITION CENTRE.

This exhibition annually organized by the state is one of the most important advertising and commercial events of OJSC KAMAZ. Being the largest Russian truck producer, the company is considered by the state as a guarantor of its transport security and is one of 18 strategically important enterprises of the Russian economy. Various modifications of mobile and high-tech chassis and military vehicles of KAMAZ are used by units of all power structures and security services of the state. KAMAZ has been creating and producing them for over 30 years.

KAMAZ presents two modernized models of its all-purpose serial machinery at the Interpolitex 2010 exhibition.

A KAMAZ-43269 armored vehicle (4x4) is produced in ZAO Remdiesel, OJSC KAMAZ’s subsidiary. It was decided to establish it at the beginning of the 80-ies after the leading designers of KAMAZ had visited the areas of limited forces in Afghanistan. Since then, a lot of modifications of this vehicle have been created and used by the state power structures. The armored vehicle is used to escort columns, transport crews and cargoes when executing peacemaking and other special operations instead of an armored personnel carrier, and also as a protected base unit on which models of armament and military equipment can be mounted. It was also used to transport valuable cargoes and radioactive materials.

The KAMAZ-43269 has got great advantages even over the well-known BTR-80 armored personnel carrier: it is 1.6 times cheaper, its life is longer, and labor-intensity by its repair and maintenance is lower. Operating costs of the KAMAZ-43269 are those of an army multipurpose vehicle. It enables to drive a vehicle on public roads without limits. Besides, a driver doesn’t need a special training to operate and maintain the vehicle.

By order of the head of the general tank-automotive command of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation from August 14, 2008, the Armed Forces of the RF were supplied with KAMAZ-43269 base units.

The 4326-A3 special vehicle on KAMAZ-4326-15 chassis (4x4) is meant for transportation of persons taken into custody. Its van body is assembled of sandwich panels with a vandal-proof anti-escape protection hidden from view. There is a room for an escort, one single confinement cell and two mass cells for special squads, a cab with a composing toilet. The total roominess is 31 people.

The van body is equipped with a balanced system of forced ventilation, an SGU Premier alarm loudspeaking installation in a dust- and mud-proof version, a signal-intercommunication system, an autonomous heater of the saloon, and two fire extinguishers. Exterior elements of fasteners located in the cells for special squads and the toilet can’t be dismantled by unauthorized people. Fireproof electric conductors are wired under interior paneling, so they are protected against mechanical damages and very well fastened.

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Awards from President

Today, Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, has visited KAMAZ during his trip to the Republic of Tatarstan.

The Head of the State held a meeting of the Commission for Modernization and Technological Development of Russia’s Economy under the RF President in the company’s general directorate (see photos). He also talked with Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, there.

Then, Dmitry Medvedev visited KAMAZ’s Research and Development Center where he saw the latest models of new civil and military machinery built by specialists of the enterprise.

Later, the RF President awarded members of the KAMAZ-master sports team, the winners of the Dakar-2010 international rally raid. The Order “For Merits to the Fatherland” of the 4th Class was awarded to Semyon Yakubov, the head of the team; pilots Vladimir Chaguin and Firdaus Kabirov; navigator Sergey Savostin. The Order of Friendship was awarded to pilot Ilgizar Mardeev and mechanic of the crew Eduard Nikolaev; the Medal of the Order “For Merits to the Fatherland” of the 1st Class was awarded to navigator Aydar Belyaev and mechanic Andrey Mokeev; the Medal of the Order “For Merits to the Fatherland” of the 2nd Class was awarded to navigator Vyacheslav Mizyukaev and mechanic Andrey Karginov.

The RF President also awarded the Honorary Title “Honoured Transport Worker of the Russian Federation” to Sergey Kogogin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, for his contribution to development of the Russian automobile industry and many years of honest work. In his answer, Sergey Kogogin thanked Dmitry Medvedev for his high appreciation of KAMAZ workers’ labour, the state’s support of the Russian automobile plants during the economic crisis, and his personal concern for development of motor sport in Russia.

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Sberbank Helps KAMAZ Save Energy and Resources

Today, on the 26th of October, Herman Gref, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sberbank of Russia, and Sergey Kogogin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, signed a cooperation agreement between Sberbank of Russia and OJSC KAMAZ in Naberezhnye Chelny.

Under the agreement, the parties will jointly develop financial and credit relations in the sphere of energy effectiveness and energy saving, promote realization of KAMAZ’s energy and recourse-saving projects taking into account the latest achievements of the Russian and foreign companies, within the limits of the federal program till 2020 year.

The subject of the agreement is the parties’ collaboration with the federal executive bodies and public authorities of the RF subjects to get subsidies and state guarantees for the above mentioned projects of KAMAZ. In particular, the first joint measure will be financing of the investment project for decentralized compressed air supply of KAMAZ’s enterprises and subdivisions.

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

MAF – 2010: New Standards of KAMAZ

KAMAZ demonstrates vehicles corresponding to the European quality standards at the International Motor Transport Forum which has opened in Moscow today.

Participants of the forum will see two models of KAMAZ modernized machinery.

First of all, this is a KAMAZ-5308 van with a restyled cab. The unique vehicle equipped with a CUMMINS 6ISBe Euro-3 285 h.p. engine and a ZF gearbox became even more attractive for customers. The payload volume of an articulated lorry consisting of a KAMAZ-5308 vehicle and a center axle trailer is 115 cu m. The producer gives a one-year unlimited mileage warranty on this vehicle, and KAMAZ’s service network offers maintenance on favourable terms (TO-1000 and TO-1 services are provided free of charge).

A NEFAZ-52996 bus of the 3rd class appeared on the roads of Russia in time. It is meant for interurban passenger conveyance. A DAF PR 256C engine, a ZF gearbox, a body with a frame, combination ventilation and a frontal heater with a defogger and electronic control (a cabin is heated due to 4 convectors) make NEFAZ-52996 an all-purpose bus effectively operating under the most difficult natural and weather conditions.

To date, KAMAZ vehicles are even more popular among customers. Thanks to the combination of the European quality and the Russian price, it competes not only with the Russian, but also with foreign manufacturers.

Monday, 25 October 2010

KAMAZ Calls Indian Dealers

On Saturday, October 23, the dealers of KAMAZ VECTRA MOTORS LIMITED Russian-Indian Joint Venture (KVML) will attend a conference in the city of Bangalore, India.

The representatives of 12 Indian dealers from 12 states of the country will gather at the conference. The representatives of KAMAZ and suppliers of KVML, companies which finance Indian customers purchasing locally produced KAMAZ vehicles will also participate in the event.

The participants will hear a preliminary report on the performance of KAMAZ VECTRA MOTORS LIMITED for a period from February 2010 and plan a course of the further cooperation at the conference. Ashot Arutyunyan, Director of Marketing and Advertising of OJSC KAMAZ, will bring a presentation of KAMAZ and its products to the Indian colleagues’ attention. The top managers of KVML plan to award the dealers who had distinguished themselves during the latest months in two nominations – “The Company’s First Dealer” and “The Most Dynamically Developing Dealer Company in India”. The second award is likely to go to a dealer from the state of Maharashtra where KAMAZ vehicles are much in demand.

KAMAZ VECTRA MOTORS LIMITED Joint Venture officially launched KAMAZ vehicles production in the city of Hosur on the premises of India’s Vectra Group in February 2010. To date, the joint venture with full capacity of up to 5 thousand vehicles a year produces KAMAZ-6540 right-hand drive vehicles. In the near future, it is planned to master production of KAMAZ-5460 long-haul tractors.

In close cooperation with Vectra Group, KAMAZ has entered dynamically developing segments of India’s auto market where neither local producers nor European and Asian companies can offer affordable and, at the same time, high-quality products for the time being.

Friday, 22 October 2010

KAMAZ Prepares for New Year’s Day

Gifts with a secret will be presented to the company’s employees’ children on the eve of New Year’s Day. Sweets are packed up in a case. Opening it, one can see a KAMAZ against the background of a winter city.

According to Sergey Finkelstein, Director of Special Projects of OOO KAMAZ-Obschepit, just this design of gifts won a tender where 32 kinds of wrappings and 17 confectionery sets were presented by 14 companies from Samara, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Ulyanovsk, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities.

The company will partially pay the cost of the gifts. Large families bringing up three and more children under 18 years old, mothers on maternity and childcare leave (on a leave to attend to a child up to the age of three years), and also families with disabled people will receive the New Year’s gifts for free.

The sweet sets will be presented to 16,600 children on the eve of New Year’s Day; the gifts will also be sold in cafeterias of the enterprises and the company’s organizations.

Thursday, 21 October 2010

KAMAZ-Vostok Starts Working

Today, KAMAZ has opened an assembly plant in Khabarovsk to manufacture vehicles and special machinery bearing the trademark of KAMAZ.

The first KAMAZ assembly facility in Russia has been named OOO KAMAZ-Vostok. The launch ceremony was attended by Vyacheslav Shport, Khabarovsk Territory Governor; Alexander Sokolov, Khabarovsk Mayor; Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ; representatives of administrative districts of the Far Eastern Federal District, and KAMAZ top mangers.

To date, the JV rents areas of about 600 square meters at one of machine-building plants of the Far Eastern regional center and expects to produce 200-250 vehicles a year. The business project of the enterprise provides for the expansion of the production facilities up to 2,000 sq m as the assembly increases in future. Assembly sets delivered from Naberezhnye Chelny will be used for assembly of KAMAZ crew buses, vehicles with crane-manipulators, insulated vans, high-sided trucks and some other vehicles there. The mix of all-purpose parts and units is produced by local enterprises, while some special-purpose auto components will be bought in South Korea.

The work of the JV organized in such a way will lead to a considerable cost reduction of production. Up to now, transportation of outsized vehicles by rail through the whole country greatly reduced the price competitiveness of the vehicles. Besides, timing of KAMAZ’s Far Eastern customers’ orders will be reduced.

As one of the guarantors of Russia’s transportation security, KAMAZ initiated another novelty in the Russian automobile industry having organized the first assembly enterprise on the territory of the country.

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

New Holland Awarded Gold Medals at Agrosalon 2010, Russia

New Holland Agriculture was presented with two awards for engineering innovation by the Agrosalon 2010 Exhibition committee.

Held from the 6th to the 9th of October 2010 at the “Crocus Expo” International Exhibition Center in Moscow, Agrosalon is one of the most important agricultural fairs in Russia, and is attended by leading Russian and foreign agricultural equipment manufacturers.

New Holland Agriculture received two Gold medals recognizing its development of innovative farming technologies with practical benefits on production, for the CSX7000 combine's Opti-Fan™ system and the FR9000 forage harvester's IntelliFill™ system. New Holland has once again confirmed its proven reputation for technical ingenuity to the benefit of Russian farmers.

Opti-Fan™ system takes Gold

The New Holland CSX7000 combine is produced at the Naberezhnye Chelny plant, the manufacturing base of the recently formed industrial joint venture between CNH Global NV and OJSC KAMAZ. It offers large combine capacity in a compact frame coupled with state of the art technology.

Advanced features, such as SmartSieve™, enable the CSX7000 to maintain high productivity levels with low grain loss when working across slopes. Sensors monitor the inclination of the combine and adjust the throw of sieves to ensure that crop flows evenly through the combine and does not gather on the down-slope side.

The gold-medal winning Opti-Fan™ system takes combine performance on slopes to the next stage, with automatic compensation for continuous uphill or downhill gradients. The fan speed control system senses the combine’s angle of ascent or descent and automatically adjusts the cleaning fan speed to compensate. The operator sets the level-field fan speed and the system reduces the speed when travelling uphill and increases it when travelling downhill to optimise the material layer thickness on the cleaning shoe. No extra work is required from the driver, losses are reduced and the grain sample is improved.

Automatic Trailer Tracking gets Gold

The FR9000’s IntelliFill™ system allows the operator to fill a trailer accurately and with minimal losses, even when visibility is limited. The automatic trailer tracking system uses a specialized 3D camera mounted under the spout to guide the crop flow into the trailer. The system ensures a uniform fill whether the trailer is alongside the forage harvester, or following, in the case of starting new fields.

The spout-mounted sensor creates a distance image of the trailer and its surroundings, based on NIR (Near Infra Red) technology. Unlike conventional mono or stereo camera systems, which have poor depth perception, the New Holland tracking system can accurately position the crop flow to a distance of 20 metres.

The driver benefits from improved operating comfort and safety, and is able to concentrate on the front of the machine and increasing work rate. During long working days, and even in the dark, the automatic spout guidance will consistently reduce spoilage of crop, thus increasing the overall quality of work of the forage harvester.

New Holland Agriculture offers a full line of equipment, which includes the locally built T8000 and T9000 tractors ranging from 325 to 525 hp and the CSX7000 combine harvesters in the 272-300 hp range. Today the brand is market leader in the combine segment and is among the top players in the tractor, tillage and seeding equipment segments.

REFERENCE:

New Holland Agriculture is a global manufacturer and seller of agricultural equipment. Its reputation is built on the success of its customers, cash crop producers, livestock farmers, contractors, vineyards, or groundscare professionals, who can count on the widest offering of innovative products and services: a full line of equipment, from tractors to harvesting, material handling equipment, complemented by tailored financial services from a specialist in agriculture.

A highly professional global dealer network and New Holland’s commitment to excellence guarantee the ultimate customer experience for every customer. More information can be found online at www.newholland.com New Holland is a division of CNH Global N.V. (NYSE:CNH), a majority-owned subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A (FIA..MI).

OJSC KAMAZ is the largest Russian manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks. It takes the 11th place in truck production (of 14 t GVW) and the 8th place in diesel engines production in the world. KAMAZ Group consists of 96 enterprises, 13 of which are the main associated companies. The staff is about 59 000 employees. KAMAZ sales and service network covers all regions of Russia and the CIS, and also traditional outlets. There are 127 dealers and more than 100 firm service car centers. Trucks of GVW from 14 up to 40 tonnes, diesel and gas engines are the major products of OJSC KAMAZ. The trucks are used in the CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America (more than 80 countries).

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

KAMAZ Delivers Dump Trucks to Saratov

Tomorrow, on 20 October, a large batch of KAMAZ road-building machinery will be delivered from Naberezhnye Chelny. Road Administration Authority of Saratov will receive 21 KAMAZ-65115 dump trucks equipped with KAMAZ engines running on natural gas (methane) and conforming to the Euro 4 emission standard.

The dump trucks equipped with KAMAZ gas engines will be delivered to perform a municipal contract of Saratov’s Road Administration Authority. To date, this is the largest batch of road-building machinery with ecological engines conforming to the Euro 4 stage sold on the territory of Russia. The machinery was made ready by experts of RariTEK, OJSC KAMAZ’s official dealer.

The company already delivered KAMAZ vehicles equipped with brand gas engines with electronic control to municipal vehicle fleets. At the beginning of 2010, Krasnodar’s transportation facility received a batch of 32 NEFAZ buses for urban passenger transportation.

OJSC KAMAZ pursues a dynamic policy to build ecological machinery for urban passenger conveyance and road-building facilities of Russia. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan named OJSC KAMAZ one of the winners of Tatarstan’s ECOleader annual contest in 2009. The company became a laureate in the nomination “For Effective Environmental Program”.

Notwithstanding the recession in the world economy, OJSC KAMAZ implements its programs manufacturing and promoting eco-friendly machinery in the Russian market.

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

KAMAZ Returns Its Positions in Kazakhstan

OJSC KAMAZ has managed to maintain its market share under the conditions of recovering economy in the Republic of Kazakhstan. An effective campaign for clearance sale, a high demand for KAMAZ machinery and development of production of KAMAZ-Engineering Joint Venture in Kokshetau enabled KAMAZ to remain the leading player in the region.

After the long crisis, the Kazakh market of 14-40 t GVW vehicles has showed a significant growth since the beginning of 2010. During the first eight months of 2010, the industrial output in Kazakhstan increased by 10.9%. The agricultural sector is also developing: the gross output increased by 2.6%. These tendencies resulted in the increase of freight turn-over. According to non-transportation companies and entrepreneurs involved in commercial transportation, it grew by 11%. As for the volumes of wholesale and retail trade turn-over, they grew by more than 13%.

KAMAZ’s dealers in Kazakhstan offering their customers modernized products had to quickly solve the problem of excess stock resources stored up during the crisis years. The problem was effectively solved in a short term. The main decision was a clearance sale of stock to customers of Kazakhstan on favourable terms.

Cooperation of OJSC KAMAZ with the representatives of a commodity distribution network in Kazakhstan was of primary importance. Due to this well-coordinated work, KAMAZ managed to keep its position, despite a great competition in the market of Kazakhstan both with Chinese and other foreign car producers.

To date, demand for KAMAZ trucks is growing again. KAMAZ-Engineering is up and running at full capacity. Moreover, the volume of orders is so great that the question is raised to deliver finished trucks from Russia.

According to experts, in 2011, the economy of Kazakhstan will continue developing which will entail the increase of the volume of the truck market by a quarter. It will enable KAMAZ not only to keep its current positions in the region but also to successfully increase its share in the segment of heavy-duty trucks. The Russian vehicle producer continues strengthening its positions in the segments of buses, agricultural and special-purpose machinery.

Monday, 18 October 2010

NEFAZ Develops Successfully

The results for nine months of 2010 are announced by NEFAZ, a subsidiary of KAMAZ. Against the same period of 2009, the enterprise showed a higher performance.

The enterprise manufactured marketable products to the tune of 4,339 million roubles, which is more by 34.9 pct than last year, shipped its customers and rendered services for 4,254 million roubles (the growth made 124.1%). The highest growth in production was achieved in passenger bus (135 pct), crew bus (182.1 pct), bulk and towed vehicle (112.7 pct) manufacturing. All showings are compared to performances of nine months of 2009.

NEFAZ managers note that success of the current year is even clearer against a background of sharply increased prices of metal suppliers: in spite of forecast nine percent, metal practically rose in price by 30%. This jump in prices affected the economy of metal-consuming productions of machine building enterprises, including KAMAZ’s subsidiary and KAMAZ itself. But it was greatly damped down due to the implemented Production System, close cooperation with suppliers of components and materials. Economy measures turned out to be a real cost saving of 153.7 million roubles. As a result, NEFAZ worked for nine months with profits. The workers’ average wage grew by 54 pct in comparison with last September. NEFAZ plans to keep its growth in the fourth quarter of this year as well and to ship no less than 800 NEFAZ buses to the Russian regions this year.

Friday, 15 October 2010

KAMAZ Vehicles on Roads of Tajikistan

The largest Russian truck producer continues penetrating into the markets of Central Asia. The exposition of KAMAZ is presented at the TajikBuild-2010 Trade Show which has opened in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, today.

KAMAZ demonstrates a number of modernized vehicles designed for construction and passenger transportation there.

KAMAZ offers constructors several modernized models of special machinery – a rear dumper on KAMAZ-6520 chassis, a high-sided KAMAZ-65117 vehicle, and a NEFAZ-4208-11-13 shift bus on KAMAZ-43114 chassis (6x6).

Political stability and economic expansion in Tajikistan made for OJSC KAMAZ’s stronger positions in Tajikistan. Having recovered from consequences of the long economic crisis, Tajikistan revives becoming a more active player internationally. Among most dynamically developing industries are the country’s construction industry and geological prospecting.

To date, KAMAZ takes up a predominant position in the market of the republic. The share of the Russian company is 32% of the whole Tajik truck market. In all, the fleet of KAMAZ trucks in Tajikistan numbers more than 5 thousand units, which is over 60% of the republican trucks. The main operator realizing KAMAZ products is RTSP Autocenter of KAMAZ, the company’s official dealer in Dushanbe.

The main buyers of KAMAZ products in the market are the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Defense, the Border Service, the Tajik private enterprises of various forms of property, and also foreign companies working in the republic in the sphere of construction and geological prospecting. The Russian large companies – Federal Grid Company, the current successor of RAO UES of Russia, and GAZPROM – made their contribution to KAMAZ’s expansion.

Thursday, 14 October 2010

KAMAZ is Leader as Before

KAMAZ summed up the results of its sales for three quarters of 2010.

For the first ten months of 2010, about 19.8 thousand KAMAZ vehicles were realized in the Russian market, which is by 35% more than its performance in 2009.

KAMAZ holds its leading positions in the Russian market in a segment of trucks over 14 t GVW. To date, its share in this segment makes up 52%. The company increased its share in a segment of 8-14 t GVW trucks to 13.7%.

OJSC KAMAZ successfully promotes its products in foreign markets. From January to September 2010, 2,700 KAMAZ vehicles were sold in foreign markets.

KAMAZ-43114 and KAMAZ-65115 families are in popular demand both in the Russian market and abroad. Besides, foreign customers like vehicles of the KAMAZ-53215 series.

The number of sold spare parts for KAMAZ vehicles has also grown. For the period under consideration, the company managed to realize spare parts to the tune of over 5.7 billion roubles, which is by 31% more than last year. An even greater progress is in sales of diversification products which increased by 65.5% in comparison with last year.

As usual, summer months turned out to be the most “fruitful” for sales managers. A sales peak fell on July. But sales grew in September, too. So, the company’s analysts pin their hopes on the last months of 2010.

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Ecological KAMAZ

Yesterday, Andrey Yashin, Director General of Certification Association Russian Register-Povolzhye OOO, presented the certificate of compliance of OJSC KAMAZ’s Environmental Management System with the ISO 14001:2001 standard to Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of KAMAZ.

According to the results of a re-certification audit of KAMAZ’s Environmental Management System (EMS) conducted by Certification Association Russian Register, it complies with the ISO 14001 international standard.

The current ecological situation and its trends make it necessary to search for new solutions of environmental problems of industrial production. Efficient environmental management systems should be implemented at industrial enterprises.

Taking this into account, OJSC KAMAZ passed on to new principles of environmental protection management based on ISO 14001:2004 in 2007. The Environmental Management System of OJSC KAMAZ controls influence of various production factors on the environment, helps ensure ecological safety of the enterprise.

The Environmental Management System introduced at OJSC KAMAZ helps the enterprise meet environmental requirements. It enables to save energy and resources, including those allocated for nature-conservative measures, due to a more effective resource management. The EMS helps increase the assessed value of the key assets of the enterprise, improve the enterprise management system, and attract highly skilled specialists. Implementation of the system enables to expand a product market, thanks to compliance with the international standards, and ensures ecological safety of production which attracts foreign investors.

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Students and KAMAZ are Inseparable

On the initiative of Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, students of Machine Building Educational Cluster KAMAZ-KSTU (MBEC KAMAZ-KSTU) made an excursion to several enterprises of the company.0

The main task of this educational project (KAMAZ has been realizing it for already three years) is a vocational training of personnel specially for subdivisions and organizations of OJSC KAMAZ. The project provides for a basic professional training and a higher occupational education; a practice- and problem-oriented training with the use of modern teaching methods, and also with the account taken of KAMAZ’s requirements to young designers’ and technologists’ competence. Just because of this, the top manager of the corporation decided to get to know its future workers better and to acquaint them with the latest achievements of the leader of the Russian automobile industry.

The first-, second- and third-year students of MBEC KAMAZ-KSTU visited an assembly department of trial production of Research and Development Center KAMAZ. Danis Valeev, Design Manager of OJSC KAMAZ, Director of R&D Center, told the guests about a restyled cab, the further developments of KAMAZ vehicles, and also – about modern methods of product designing.

Then, the students were invited to the automobile plant where they met with the managers of the cluster and departments of OJSC KAMAZ. They asked a great number of questions mainly concerning the problems of employment, simultaneous mastering of the university’s educational program and acquiring of practical skills at the plant, organization of an educational process. To add to this, students not only asked questions, but also expressed their opinion how to improve the work of the cluster.

The finale of the event was a meeting with Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ. The students asked the company’s top manager questions about competition between KAMAZ and the Chinese producers, promotion of KAMAZ’s new models, in-depth training courses organized for the company’s employees abroad, and Sergey Kogoghin’s recipe for success.

Summarizing the results of the meeting, Director General thanked the students for their active participation. The author of the most interesting question was awarded with a souvenir.

The representatives of the company were glad that, even wording their questions, the students, despite their age and course, don’t separate themselves from KAMAZ and are willing to link their future with it. And it means that the decision to establish Machine Building Cluster KAMAZ-KSTU made by the managers of OJSC KAMAZ and Sergey Kogoghin two years ago was right.

Monday, 11 October 2010

KAMAZ at Golden Autumn

KAMAZ participates in the final part of the Golden Autumn exhibition held at the All-Russian Exhibition Center in Moscow.

AgroTech-Russia 2010 is an international specialized exhibition of agricultural machinery where KAMAZ presented new and serial models of its heavy trucks. It will work from today to Monday inclusive. From October 1 to 4, agricultural exhibitions and advertising-and-commercial events of Golden Autumn were held. They were opened with the participation of Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the RF. The organizers planned to demonstrate various agricultural vehicles in the finale of the exhibition. This time, AgroTech-Russia 2010 gathered the world’s best producers of diverse vehicles for the Russian agriculture. There was also an exposition of KAMAZ’s partner – CNH – jointly with which two enterprises – industrial and commercial ones – had been established in Naberezhnye Chelny.

KAMAZ’s mini range of models is mainly targeted at large producers and carriers of agricultural products.

Demonstrating the best Russian long-haul tractor, KAMAZ-5460 (4x2), KAMAZ assures its customers that this high-powered and multipurpose long-hauler will be indispensable in vehicle fleets of transport workers, in particular, engaged in long-distance transportation of agricultural products.

An ACPT-9,5 (56274-02.00) tank truck on KAMAZ-651153052-78 chassis is intended for transportation of milk. A heat-insulated tank on the chassis of the tractor and the same tank on a trailer contain 18 thousand liters in sum. There is an opportunity to install a pumping plant to pump up the contents of the tanks. Pipes for filling and discharge are protected against frosting in winters. The tank truck is safe to operate, equipped with handrails and comfortable grounds with a perforated surface which helps avoid sliding under any climatic conditions.

A combination of a SZAP-4538 truck tractor and a SZAP-8538-01 tipper trailer is based on KAMAZ-6520 chassis (6x4). The total length of the combination transporting 35 tonnes of net load is 20 meters (20+15). The total volume of platforms is 43 cubic meters (2x21.5).

KAMAZ also presents two kinds of special-purpose agricultural trailers produced by Trailer KAMAZ Inc. (Stavropol) at this exhibition. A SZAP-95151 tipper six-wheel semitrailer with a side unloading can transport goods with a permissible mass of 30 tonnes, and its body (with sides 300 mm high) has a volume from 32.7 to 47.3 cubic meters. This vehicle is good for corn and root crops transportation. A SZAP-9328K semitrailer is meant for transportation of living birds in cages of any size (by a client’s order). It can carry loads up to 26 tonnes heavy. The volume of the platform with a tent is 91 cubic meters.

Friday, 08 October 2010

KAMAZ for Kazakhstan’s Oil & Gas Industry

KAMAZ trucks and special vehicles are presented at the 18th Kazakhstan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (KIOGE 2010) held in Almaty on these days.

KIOGE is Kazakhstan’s annual exhibition and conference devoted to production, processing, and further use of oil-and-gas products. The Atakent exhibition center accommodated products presented by tens of the Russian, Kazakhstan and other foreign companies, including vehicles on KAMAZ chassis specially prepared by OAO KAMAZ-Engineering, KAMAZ Trade Company in Kazakhstan and dealers of KAMAZ in Kazakhstan for the exhibition. These are a TZA-10 aircraft fueller and a high-sided truck with a crane-manipulator (the both are on KAMAZ-53215 chassis), a mobile auto repair shop on KAMAZ-43118 chassis – also with a crane-manipulator, two vehicles with an all-purpose body of a normal size (a box van), and also a mobile habitable module (all of them are on KAMAZ-43118 chassis).

To date, over 83 thousand KAMAZ trucks are used in Kazakhstan. 1,050 KAMAZ vehicles were sold in the country in 2009, which made up 59% of the total sales volume in the segment of heavy-duty trucks. OAO KAMAZ-Engineering – the Russian-Kazakhstan joint venture assembling KAMAZ vehicles in Kokshetau – makes a great contribution to promotion of KAMAZ production in the market of Kazakhstan. This is the only full-fledged assembly of trucks in Kazakhstan. Thanks to the JV, that country became the largest exporter of KAMAZ vehicles, and KAMAZ turned into the absolute leader of Kazakhstan’s auto market before the crisis. During five years of functioning, the JV assembled more than 4,900 KAMAZ vehicles. The 5-thousandth vehicle is expected to be produced already this year.

Thursday, 07 October 2010

American Masterclass for KAMAZ Managers

A delegation from Cummins Inc., the USA, is on a three-day visit to KAMAZ. Today the guests have acquainted KAMAZ top managers and HR-managers with Cummins’ Operating System and Employment Management System.

The masterclass “Operating System” was given by Mark Osowick, Executive Director – Human Resources, Components Businesses & India Area Business at Cummins Inc., to the employees of OJSC KAMAZ’s subdivisions engaged in a personnel policy. Speaking about four primary activities of the corporation, Mark Osowick gave a detailed account of a conception of drawing workers into a production activity, paid attention to standardization of processes, and emphasized that the personnel is of primary importance to the whole production.

Later, the KAMAZ top managers, heads of organizations, services, centers, and departments of the company participated in a workshop on “Employment Management”. They considered the issues of workers’ employment level detection, transaction processes, and processes influencing employment there. Mark Osowick told about peculiarities of planning, performance management, and corporate social responsibility, gave examples from the Cummins HR-managers’ practice.

It is planned to implement the methods and systems voiced during the masterclass and the workshop at the enterprises of OJSC KAMAZ for development of the company’s Production System.

Wednesday, 06 October 2010

KAMAZ Workers’ Kind Hearts

Implementing its charitable project “Kind Heart”, the staff of Leasing Company KAMAZ Inc. congratulated pensioners under their patronage on the Day of Older Persons.

Such events have already become a good tradition: in December, the “Kind Heart” project will be three, and the leasing company will be 8 years old. Welfare aid is rendered to 50 pensioners and disabled persons of the city half of which are labour veterans of KAMAZ. The employees of the leasing company paid the persons under their care a new visit, celebrating the ten-day festival of older persons which traditionally lasts from October 1 to 10, and presented gift sets to them.

Tuesday, 05 October 2010

KAMAZ Participates in TIR

OJSC KAMAZ presents its products at the Trucks International Review’2010 (TIR) exhibition held from October 5 to 8 in Kiev, Ukraine.

OJSC KAMAZ presents revised models of the most popular vehicles for the time being, including a NEFAZ-42111 special bus (4x4) on KAMAZ-4326 chassis, a right-side unloading bulk grain lorry on KAMAZ-6520 chassis, and a van on KAMAZ-4308-1063 chassis (4x2) equipped with a cargolift and meant for transportation of manufactured goods.

To date, a fleet of KAMAZ vehicles in Ukraine numbers over 75,000 units. According to AUTO-Consulting Information Analysis Group, in the first half-year of 2010, a share of KAMAZ products in the Ukrainian market among trucks with payload of over 16 t formed 31% which is by 3.2% more compared with the same period in 2009. KAMAZ’s share in the market among trucks with carrying capacity from 8 to 16 t made 17.2% in the first half-year 2010, so the Russian company sees a growth in 7.9% in this segment of the market compared with the first half-year of 2009.

At present, KAMAZ’s distribution and service network in Ukraine includes 9 dealers and 10 authorized service centers and continues developing.

During the last years, OJSC KAMAZ managed to move its production to a new level. The enterprise uses a quality management system in accordance with DSTU (National Standards of Ukraine) ISO 9001-2001. Restyled KAMAZ vehicles with an improved design rank with machinery produced by the worldwide leaders in truck engineering.

Tuesday, 05 October 2010

Youth Day at KAMAZ

Yesterday, the managers of the company and its subdivisions met with young specialists who had been employed during the year at KAMAZ.

180 new employees of KAMAZ met with the managers of the plants and departments – Yury Gerasimov, Director General of KAMAZ-Diesel; Vladimir Abramov, Head of KAMAZ-Metallurgy; Ildus Bayanov, Director of Automobile Plant; and Danis Valeev, Design Manager, Director of Research and Development Center of KAMAZ. The specialists of the enterprises familiarized the new workers with production departments and exhibits of factory museums.

In the course of the meetings, the KAMAZ young workers learned about the company’s current programs for young specialists. Employees under 30 years form a quarter of the whole personnel that is 11.7 thousand people, over 8 thousand of them are factory workers. This July, a new program named “The Youth” was approved. Like a program of strategic development of the whole company, it is planned for the next three years. 7 specialists and 32 volunteers develop the youth movement at KAMAZ. During the last years, young KAMAZ workers participated in many All-Russian and republican forums and competitions: “Engineer of the Year”, “50 Best Innovative Ideas for Tatarstan”, “Seliger-2010”, etc. Many of them were awarded titles of laureates and diplomas there.

KAMAZ has always supported and will support initiative, talented and creative young people. The company regularly organizes corporate contests for the youth. The KAMAZ young people’s 11 completed and 11 realized projects have already yielded an economic effect to the tune of almost 4 million roubles; it’s planned to bring the economic effect up to 5 million roubles by the end of 2010. The amount of compensation for these projects made 590 thousand roubles. The labor contract of OJSC KAMAZ for 2009-2010 assigns social safeguards and benefits for its young workers and provides for a considerable sum of money to organize cultural and recreative sports events.

The Youth Day at KAMAZ was closed by a meeting with Director General Sergey Kogoghin which lasted more than an hour. The issues discussed there mainly concerned development and prospects of both KAMAZ as a whole and specifically each plant and subdivision. According to the top manager, “KAMAZ has a promising future, and those who join us will contribute to a worthy and large-scale business”, and these words obviously inspired the young people.

Tuesday, 05 October 2010

KAMAZ is ECOleader 2009

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan named OJSC KAMAZ one of the winners of the ECOleader annual republican competition according to the results of 2009.

The company was awarded the title of a laureate in a nomination “For Effective Environmental Program” among enterprises of nationwide significance.

The ECOleader contest was established by the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan in 2004. Winners are chosen by a commission in several categories, contestants are divided into the following groups: large- and small-scale enterprises of the republic, municipal enterprises, state reserves, wildlife preserves, and the media. Competitors should have a resource-saving and environmental protection program, introduce resource-saving technologies, take measures to reduce permissible emissions and wastes generation, and pay eco-taxes in time.

KAMAZ has participated in the ECOleader competition since 2006, and every year it wins in this or that category of the contest. In 2009, the company was also awarded a diploma of the second degree of the EcoWorld National Environmental Award in the category “Environmental Policy”.

ZAO Chelnyvodokanal, a subsidiary of OJSC KAMAZ, became the winner of the republican competition in the nomination “For Effective Environmental Management” among municipal enterprises. This is not the first success of Chelnyvodokanal at republican competitions. The enterprise services not only KAMAZ and Naberezhnye Chelny, but also other cities of Tatarstan’s Zakamye Region.

Tuesday, 05 October 2010

LC KAMAZ Trains Its Partners

According to the corporate program for development of OJSC KAMAZ’s dealer network, Leasing Company KAMAZ organized trainings for envoys of its dealers – employees of their sales departments.

10 people from 6 entities of the leasing company’s dealer network – ZAO MRO Tekhinkom (Moscow Oblast), OAO RIAT, OOO Uralkam (Chelyabinsk), OAO RaRiTEK (Naberezhnye Chelny), OOO Temir-Teks (Sverdlovsk Oblast), OOO Naberezhnochelninsky autocenter KAMAZ – attended these short-term refresher courses.

The training program included the issues of cooperation of parties executing leasing contracts, peculiarities of the current product lines for customers using leasing services. The sellers acquired practical skills in the sphere of express-evaluation of clients’ financial condition on the basis of their accounting and financial records. In conclusion, they visited the mother assembly conveyor of KAMAZ. It should be recalled that KAMAZ FINANCE AND TRADING COMPANY had formerly organized the similar training courses for their dealers.

Monday, 04 October 2010

Daimler-KAMAZ JV Starts Assembling Mercedes-Benz Trucks in Russia

On 30 September 2010, assembly of the first Mercedes-Benz truck was launched in Russia. The first truck assembled at the production line of Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok in Naberezhnye Chelny is Mercedes-Benz Actros 1841 LS – the leader of the brand in the segment of international transportation.

Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok, a joint venture between Daimler AG and OJSC KAMAZ, was established in early 2010 as a general importer of Mercedes-Benz trucks and special-purpose vehicles to Russia. Its priority tasks were not only to expand the dealer network and the network of authorized service partners, but also to organize assembly of Mercedes-Benz trucks in Russia.

Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok chose a production site in Naberezhnye Chelny to carry out the last task. During 10 months, the operating personnel were trained in Germany, original equipment enabling to assemble up to 4,500 vehicles a year was bought and constructed. On September 30, the assembly line was launched.

"This is a milestone in the history of Mercedes-Benz,” said Boris Billich, chief executive officer of Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok, “for the first time, a Mercedes-Benz vehicle is produced in Russia. It shows how much we are interested in boosting our share of the Russian market. This is also an important landmark in the history of cooperation of shareholders of OJSC KAMAZ and Daimler AG who combined their efforts to strengthen positions of Mercedes-Benz trucks in Russia."

The model line of trucks which will be assembled at the plant of Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok in Russia is almost unlimited. Besides Actros and Axors, the plant will produce Mercedes-Benz Ategos and specialized Zetros and Unimog trucks, when demand is strong enough. It also plans to launch the production of restyled Axor and Atego trucks as early as 2011; these trucks were presented at the IAA-2010 exhibition in Hannover.

Trucks assembled in Russia will be of high quality, just like those produced at plants of Germany or Turkey. Jan Bredack, technical director of Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok, said, “Mercedes-Benz has been successfully assembled vehicles in more than 50 countries for 40 years. It makes us confident that the well trained employees and 100% original components will enable to comply with high quality standards of Mercedes-Benz.”

According to Konstantin Kogoghin, director of sales and marketing of Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok, conformity to quality standards is the main principle of the company: “We seek not only to increase the quantity of products, but also to improve the quality of our dealers’ and service partners’ work. And we are sure that, producing vehicles in Russia, we will be able to satisfy our clients’ requirements even better.”

REFERENCE:

MB Trucks Vostok OOO

The joint venture of Daimler AG and OJSC KAMAZ – Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok – was established in 2010 as a general importer of Mercedes-Benz trucks and special vehicles, and also Mercedes-Benz and Setra buses to Russia. The company markets Mercedes-Benz trucks via a dealer network which numbers 20 official dealer centers in the largest Russian regions. Competent maintenance is offered by 32 authorized service centers on the territory of the RF, and also the largest network of service stations in Europe operating round-the-clock seven days a week.

Mercedes-Benz Actros 1841 LS

This is a truck tractor designed for operation as part of a combination up to 44 tonnes GVW. The vehicle has a V-shaped 6-cylinder engine with a maximum output of 408 hp and a torque of 2,000 Nm. High-tech electronic systems and a 12-speed gearbox Mercedes PowerShift with a fully automated gearshift system, as well as a cab equipped with an air-conditioner, a hot-air heater, a refrigerator and two comfortable berths make Actros 1841 LS one of the most comfortable, safe and effective trucks in the segment of international transportation.

Monday, 04 October 2010

JSC RZD and OJSC KAMAZ Sign Cooperation Agreement

On Saturday, 2 October 2010, Mr. Vladimir Yakunin, President of JSC Russian Railways, and Mr. Segrey Kogogin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, signed an agreement on cooperation in Nizhnekamsk.

JSC RZD uses a wide range of machinery mounted on chassis manufactured by KAMAZ to repair railway tracks.

The agreement on cooperation between JSC RZD and OJSC KAMAZ is the first step to organize maintenance of such vehicles at KAMAZ service centers. According to the agreement, contracts are to be worked out and signed between JSC RZD and KAMAZ service centers to provide maintenance, regular and capital repair.

The signed document also includes agreements on sales of spare parts and diversification of products, vehicles of OJSC KAMAZ, and special vehicles on KAMAZ chassis delivered to JSC RZD.

Monday, 04 October 2010

KAMAZ Revives Market

By the end of September 2010, KAMAZ has fulfilled the plan for vehicle sets production 100%.

The units of a single technological cycle hit the ground running: 3,631 vehicle sets, including 3,348 trucks, were made in the first working month after the personnel’s corporate leave. The month’s plan for vehicle sets production is 100% fulfilled. In all, 23,910 units have been produced since the beginning of the year, as many as for the whole year of 2009. Besides, spare parts were produced to the tune of 506.5 million roubles in September – by 37 million more than it had been planned, even though the plan had been increased in view of customers’ needs. KAMAZ-Diesel produced and shipped its customers 4,203 engines and power units (+242 units in addition to those planned) in September. Over 28.2 thousand units were manufactured for three quarters.

Dealers, service centers, corporate and other customers of KAMAZ received spare parts for the sum of more than 7.1 billion roubles this year, including products for 937 million roubles during the past month.

Even briefly surveying production of various vehicle families and models, one can see the signs of a market revival and a growth of demand for KAMAZ vehicles. Thus, an “anti-crisis” line of modernized vehicles (KAMAZ-65115, -65116, -65117, -65111) which assumed the leadership just during the past downswing holds its positions to date, too. Over 1,200 units of these models were produced in September – by 9% more than in July before the leave. However, production of higher capacity vehicles (about ten models on the basis of KAMAZ-6520) considerably increased during this period of time. Almost 500 units of these heavy vehicles, which, as a rule, create market trends and influence the company’s financial-and-economic performance, were produced in September – by 15% more than in July. Output of all-wheel-drive vehicles (KAMAZ-43118, -43114, etc.) in the month under review also proves that customers’ demand for KAMAZ’s main products is growing.

Friday, 01 October 2010

We Pay Respect to Elderly People…

The International Day of Older Persons will be celebrated on Friday.

Concern for elderly people has always been an inseparable part of KAMAZ’s social policy. To date, more than 6,700 pensioners work at the automobile plant. The number of non-working pensioners – our former employees – is over 22.5 thousand people. According to the Social Package of OJSC KAMAZ, they are given 11.3 million roubles in 2010 as a targeted social assistance. Veterans’ council functions actively.

It should be noted that the pensioners of KAMAZ live an eventful life. Many of them attend courses of computer literacy at the third generation university. Design and psychology are the most popular courses of the university. Pensioners create their clubs, celebrate holidays and organize competitions at plants. They don’t miss the city’s events either. A recent triumph at the contest “Supergrandma-2010” witnesses to this fact.

At their own expense, subdivisions and companies of OJSC KAMAZ organize charitable events for pensioners – they conduct amateur concerts, tea parties, red carpet meetings with the city’s authorities, organize trips to recreation centers, and present sanatorium vouchers.

Friday, 01 October 2010

KAMAZ on Tatami Again

Today, a traditional judo youth championship – the 24th tournament for KAMAZ’s prizes and the 18th team meeting of judoists “All Stars of Tatarstan” is held in Naberezhnye Chelny’s Olympiysky sports complex.

Year in, year out, these tournaments are organized at the end of September or at the beginning of October in honour of a professional holiday – the Machine Builder’s Day; and OJSC KAMAZ is their main sponsor. The first such meeting on a tatami of the Olimpiysky sports complex was held as far back as 1977, but, in the 90-ies, the tradition was interrupted for the whole ten years (from 1992 to 2001). Tournaments were recommenced in 2002 on the initiative of Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ – in the first year after he had been appointed to this position. Sergey Kogoghin is the USSR Master of Sports in Judo and Sambo, and in the 80-ies he was a member of Tatarstan’s team.

As before, the current tournaments gathered many talented sportsmen aged 14-16: 110 judoists arrived in Naberezhnye Chelny from Izhevsk, Magnitogorsk, Sterlitamak, Tuymazy, Chelyabinsk, Uralsk (Kazakhstan), and also – Tatarstan’s cities and regional centers where this kind of the Eastern martial art is cultivated.

All day long, the Japanese words very well known to all judo-lovers are heard in the main sports hall of the Olimpiysky complex.

The tournaments will be closed with a face-off meeting of Tatarstan’s judo stars tomorrow.

Friday, 01 October 2010