KAMAZ sold marketable products and rendered services to the tune of 10.3 billion roubles in November and 87 billion roubles for the first 11 months of the year. In terms of prices and conditions of 2010, it is 32% up on the same period last year. By the way, the results of November are 30-40% higher than those of October.

As of the beginning of December, total sales volumes of KAMAZ trucks have made 39,873 units since the beginning of the year (with no account taken of resale) – year-over-year 40% increase. Thus, KAMAZ is confidently approaching the 40 thousandth mark of this performance – the result which the company managed to achieve only three times under modern market conditions (in 2006—2008). For 11 months, the company has sold 34,200 trucks on the Russian market – by 9,250 units more as compared with the corresponding figures from a year earlier (+37%). In the first 11 months of 2011, the foreign market saw a rapid growth of OJSC KAMAZ’s market share (a 59% yoy increase).

The KAMAZ vehicles production unit has made about 42.8 thousand vehicle sets since the beginning of the year, which is by 11.7 thousand units, or 38%, more than for the first 11 months of 2010. The KAMAZ engine production unit has also greatly increased the output volume of its main products: the mother vehicles assembly conveyor and customers of the Engine Plant have received 46,724 engines and power units for 11 months, which is by 10,700 units, or 30%, more than for the same period of last year.

The useful capacity of the mixing drum of the new model ABS-58146R is 6 cubic meters. It’s driven by an independent engine D-242 made in the Republic of Belarus. A hydraulic drive of the superstructure made by TZA is completed with reliable components made by European producers.

The all-wheel drive chassis KAMAZ-43118, on which the model of the inclined-axis mixer 58146R will be mounted, features high cross-country capability, grip of the wheel, which will enable to successfully use the new inclined-axis mixer under severe climatic conditions in regions of Siberia and the Far North.

The new inclined-axis mixer is currently being tested on a proving ground. In the event of successful test completion, the mass production of the new product will be launched.

KAMAZ-Metallurgy OJSC is constantly improving the product quality with the help of new technologies. The use of new fluxes reducing pore formation in casts enabled to eliminate internal and external defects when casting cylinder heads. To date, the foundry began to develop nano-additives modifying alloy cast iron. This work is conducted jointly with RUSNANO.

In addition, KAMAZ-Metallurgy OJSC introduced and implemented one of the company’s largest kaizen projects: a die casting department was moved from the forge plant to a precision steel casting shop. This step made it possible to save money and optimize energy resources which were used to light and heat empty industrial areas of the foundry. To date, the forge plant doesn’t have to document a license for non-core production by order of Gostekhnadzor of the RF. This license should be documented every five years, and it costs 20 million roubles. This year, the company also plans to save 96 million rubles at the expense of the production of the new product range – 17 forged pieces of sparingly alloyed steels for KAMAZ axles.

Due to a technical re-equipment process and the use of a new furnace made by Aichelin, Austria, the engine plant greatly increased the quality of heat treatment of parts, reduced production costs and increased productivity. The enterprise is completing a project to produce transfer cases for all-wheel drive vehicles KAMAZ-6522. The enterprise successfully localized mechanical and heat treatment of details for ZF KAMA JV and CUMMINS KAMA JV. To date, it is not required to analyze products abroad: laboratories of the technological center were recognized complying with requirements of ZF and Cummins companies and received access to production control.

Kama Press and Stamping Plant produced more than 200 items of welding and die tooling for restyling of KAMAZ vehicles. A great amount of preparatory work was done to strengthen the framework of the cab in accordance with ECE 29.02 (specifying requirements on occupant survival space after a front pendulum impact and a roof crush test). Four welding lines were upgraded at the factory, new stamps and additional welding units were made.

The automobile plant implemented a large-scale project «Lighthouse» which started a year ago. Its main objective is to optimize technological processes of the plant introducing standards of the operating system of the German partner Daimler. As a result, labor productivity was increased by 49%, and an economic effect of the project amounted to 629 million rubles already within a period of its realization.

KAMAZ attaches importance to participation in specialized exhibitions where achievements of Russian producers of military and special-purpose machinery are demonstrated annually. Being Russia’s largest truck producer, the company is considered by the state as a guarantor of its transport safety. OJSC KAMAZ is one of 18 strategically important enterprises of the Russian economy. Various modifications of mobile and high-tech KAMAZ chassis and vehicles are used in sub-units of all power structures and security services of the state. The company has gained 30 years of experience in the sphere of their development and production. KAMAZ is currently designing vehicles of the new generation.

KAMAZ will present two vehicles at the Interpolitex’2011 exhibition: KAMAZ-43269 “Vystrel” and KAMAZ-53501 with a multilift system ML6.01.

The total length of the route is 3.5 thousand kilometers, half of which has already been passed. The racing vehicles have already visited such cities as Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Ufa, Orenburg, and Samara.

The racers got a warm welcome in Samara. Since the main aim of the race is to attract attention of regional and municipal authorities to advantages of the use of gas as automobile fuel, a round-table meeting was organized in the city to discuss the topic “Methane is motor fuel for municipal vehicles”. It is natural that OJSC KAMAZ participates in Blue Corridor and the round-table meeting, as the company’s interests coincide with those of organizers of the race.

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Wednesday, 26 October 2011

BRAND NEW ARMORED KAMAZ-43118, 6X6, OFF-ROAD, BALLISTIC PROTECTION LEVEL B6 (GOST 5), 32 PASSENGER CHAIRS, A/C

The conference organized to increase competitiveness of Russian enterprises and organizations was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan. It gathered more than 200 people – managers of enterprises, representatives of ministries, educational and public institutions of Russia, Tatarstan, Chuvashia, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara Oblasts.

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According to Klaus Merz, Director of Export Finance, Credit Suisse Bank, who participated in the signing of the agreement, this is only the first step they took in their supposedly long-term cooperation with KAMAZ’s daughter enterprise. Klaus Merz emphasized that the agreement was signed due to their successful partnership, as well as high reputation and expertise of the managers of KAMAZ Financial Services GmbH and OJSC KAMAZ.

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It should be recalled that OJSC KAMAZ participates in the contest of the European Foundation of Quality Management (EFQM). According to Director of Quality of OJSC KAMAZ Alexander Abramenko, the competition allows the companies to understand their strong and weak points, use the results of self-evaluation to further improve their activities, and ensure transparency of reports for interested parties, including public authorities, in accordance with their requirements. In addition, it will provide top managers with enough adequate information for timely and effective decision-making, and help them correctly predict the future of their companies. The contest also has a positive impact on the image: according to its results, the company receives a certain degree of perfection.

According to AUTO-Consulting Information-Analytical Group, having sold 247
vehicles in July, the Russian automaker took 44.67% of the Ukrainian market in
the segment of heavy trucks. Moreover, KAMAZ pressed its competitors in the
sector of trucks with a carrying capacity of 8-16 tons, in which it took 42.86%
at the end of July.

The main models which are popular in Ukraine are still agricultural trucks
KAMAZ-45142, KAMAZ-45143, and KAMAZ-45144. In July, they took 39.24% of the
whole Ukrainian market of trucks with a payload of over 16 tons. These models
are chosen by Ukrainian agricultural holdings and farmers who usually actively
buy vehicles in summer. In July, customers also bought high-sided trucks
KAMAZ-53215 and KAMAZ-65117, heavy trucks KAMAZ-65115 and KAMAZ-6520, KAMAZ
chassis on which Ukrainian plants produce special equipment.

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