KAMAZ-43118 IS THE MOST POPULAR MODEL OF THE COMPANY’S PRODUCT RANGE

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According to AUTOSTAT analytic agency, the KAMAZ-43118 has been the most popular KAMAZ truck on the Russian market over a period of several years.

In January-November 2021, the sales of the KAMAZ-43118 AWD truck on the Russian market grew by 26% in comparison with 2020 – from 5,691 to 7,176 units. Running second is the KAMAZ-5490 with the performance of 7,132 units, which is a 45% year-over-year increase in the sales of the model (4,919 units in 2020).

Other trucks called-for on the domestic market are the KAMAZ-65115 with a 33% growth in sales, from 4,883 to 6,496 units, and the KAMAZ-6520 (+22.7%, from 3,166 to 3,885 units).

The Russian market of new trucks grew by 38% in 2021 against 2020, as reported by Avtostat Info. In absolute terms, the market grew from 72,683 to 100,196 vehicles.

KAMAZ COMPLETED ANOTHER TRANSACTION FOR DELIVERY OF ELECTRIC BUSES TO MOSCOW

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KAMAZ successfully fulfilled another, the fourth in succession contract for delivery of a batch of electric buses to SUE Mosgortrans.

According to the terms of the contract concluded at the beginning of 2021, the company in batches delivered 350 electric KAMAZ-6282 buses to Moscow. As before, the contract stipulates for 15 years of maintenance of the delivered vehicles till November 30, 2036. To add to this, 2021 saw the first supplies of electric buses assembled at the Sokolniki Car Repair and Construction Plant – KAMAZ’s assembly facility in Moscow. The first buses assembled in Moscow started running on the routes already in June, two months after the assembly had been launched.

To date, one thousand electric buses operate in different regions of Moscow, 750 units of them are made by KAMAZ PTC. They serve 67 city routes. Since the start of their operation, they have travelled more than 60 million km in total and carried more than 150 million passengers. The innovative transport enabled to cut the amount of emissions by 600 thousand tonnes in the capital, and, with account of positive experience of operation of the electric buses, Moscow plans to continue purchasing them.

For its part, KAMAZ preliminarily included the production of 450 electric buses in the 2022 Business Plan and plans to participate in a new tender for their delivery to Mosgortrans. Besides, the engineers of the KAMAZ R&D Center do not stop improving customer properties of the electric bus and have already introduced a number of improvements to raise the quality of passenger service and comfort.

Besides, the company developed an articulated model of the electric bus (an accordion). Nowadays, it is undergoing tests in Moscow on Route t34. In case of a successful test drive, the city intends to purchase such a bus for routes with high passenger flow.

KAMAZ ESTABLISHES IRON CASTING COMPETENCE CENTER

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The iron casting building of the KAMAZ foundry will be transformed into Iron Casting Production Competence Center. The corresponding order was signed by Zhanna Khaliullina, Deputy General Director of KAMAZ PTC for HR Management, Organizational Development and Corporate Governance.

First of all, changes are expected in the production staff. Besides the existing four production departments, there will be a repair department, a quality assurance group, a design and technology department and several other divisions. According to experts, with many facilities added, there will be no additional recruitment of workers. All changes will be introduced with existing human resources redistributed inside the plant.

The next step is to restructure production processes. If earlier the workshops were formed based on the operations performed, thus cutting off one production stage from another, now the divisions will include the entire technological flow – from burdening to fettling. In this case, the divisions will be separated based on the volume of series production.

This process structure is more rational and efficient. It helps unite different departments, focus on a single result and teamwork. All this is reflected in the goals of the project. In addition, the performance indicators of the project include reduced labor costs for the production of iron castings, a lower cost of sound castings, decreased staff turnover, and increased wages for workers.