Today, Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, has arrived in Naberezhnye Chelny to participate in an offsite meeting of the RT Government devoted to housing and communal issues and visit production facilities manufacturing KAMAZ vehicles for housing and communal services.

The head of the republic, Sergey Kogogin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, and Rafael Batyrshin, Director General of OOO RariTEK, saw buses running on compressed natural gas (methane). One of the main areas of RariTEK’s activities is to equip special vehicles and buses on KAMAZ chassis with gas engines and also to service such machinery.

The use of compressed natural gas (methane) as automobile fuel is one of the most promising areas of development of trucks and engines for them in the whole world. Foreign governments and businessmen are actively working on replacement of traditional fuel – gasoline and diesel fuel – by alternative fuels. As far back as the beginning of this century, KAMAZ was practically the first company in Russia which mastered production of compressed gas vehicles on its own chassis cooperating with subsidiaries of OAO Gazprom and small- and medium-size enterprises producing separate components of such machinery. It was repeatedly proved that vehicles running on gas fuel enable to fulfill environmental requirements of UNECE much more easily and with fewer costs. Thus, KAMAZ is currently able to start up serial production of Euro-4 machinery on the basis of its automobile engines. There are also prospects of production of engines and vehicles complying with the next levels of international environmental standards.

Then, the RT President Rustam Minnikhanov visited an exhibition of municipal vehicles on KAMAZ chassis which took place in front of the city hall of Naberezhnye Chelny.

Monday, 22 November 2010

Yesterday, a technical conference of the RF Ministry of the Interior and OJSC KAMAZ took place in Naberezhnye Chelny.

The day before, managers and specialists of scientific-and-technical, design, transport and other services of Russia’s MOI – one of KAMAZ’s largest corporative clients – and its regional organizations arrived in Naberezhnye Chelny.

In the morning, the guests visited production facilities of KAMAZ and joint ventures established by KAMAZ and its foreign partners, and also Chelny’s companies cooperating with KAMAZ.

In the afternoon, a plenary meeting was held. Danis Valeev, Design Manager of OJSC KAMAZ – Director of the company’s Research and Development Center, made a presentation of the company’s model range, told about measures taken to improve quality and extend a useful life of KAMAZ trucks. The leading specialists of KAMAZ FINANCE AND TRADING COMPANY told the guests about the product portfolio of OJSC KAMAZ for corporative clients, service and warranty maintenance of KAMAZ vehicles, and the company’s Trade-in and overhaul services which can be used to renew vehicle fleets of Russia’s MOI. Presentations were also made by OAO NEFAZ, OJSC KAMAZ's subsidiary in Bashkortostan; and Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok, the Russian-German joint venture established by KAMAZ together with its strategic partner – Daimler.

In conclusion, a round-table meeting was held where the participants discussed various issues of development of mutually advantageous cooperation between the RF MOI and OJSC KAMAZ.

Friday, 19 November 2010

On November 12, 2010, Sergey Kogogin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, paid a working visit to Naberezhnye Chelny’s enterprise OOO RariTEK servicing brand gas-engine machinery.

The KAMAZ top manager’s main aim was to see achievements in the sphere of production, service and promotion of KAMAZ gas-engine vehicles and prospects of the use of compressed natural gas (methane) as automobile fuel.

The company’s head visited new production facilities: shops and areas of service, repair, technical checkup of vehicles, and assembly of bottle-gas driven vehicles. Then Sergey Kogogin and Rafael Batyrshin, Director General of OOO RariTEK, saw the models of finished products, KAMAZ vehicles and NEFAZ buses, equipped with Euro-4 gas engines.

Friday, 12 November 2010

Yesterday, Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, made a report “On Measures of Support and Development of Domestic Machine-Building in the Volga Federal District” at the interregional party conference of United Russia in Nizhny Novgorod. Read the rest of this entry »

In the fourth stage, the longest one in the race, the participants reached a zone of real “Dakar” sands, and the crews gained their first experience of the marathon race. And again, the stage was started early in the morning with a long connection over 400 km long. It led the participants to desert landscapes and a 320-kilometer-long special leg consisting of two sections. The participants had to use their excellent piloting and navigation skills to pass these legs.  Read the rest of this entry »

Today Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, Chairman of the Board of Association of Russian Automakers Non-Profit Partnership, has made a report at the inter-regional party conference of United Russia “Strategy of Socio-Economic Development of the Volga region till 2020. Program for 2010—2012” in Nizhny Novgorod. Read the rest of this entry »

Three crews of the KAMAZ-master team continue leading the race, the racers of another crew are trying to catch up with their teammates. Read the rest of this entry »

After the first day of the race, four crews on KAMAZ vehicles took the first four positions in the class of trucks. Read the rest of this entry »

The Silk Way 2010 off-road rally raid of the Dakar series with participation of almost all members of the KAMAZ-master team will start in Saint-Petersburg on 11 September. Read the rest of this entry »

A ceremony of presentation of state awards and honorary titles of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan took place in the Palace of Celebrations in Naberezhnye Chelny.

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