KamAZ boasted of a great top secret project
- May 6, 2022
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Recently, the news about the Russian car industry was full of two twists: “urgent import replacement” and “sanctions”. Here the general manager of KamAZ, Sergey Kogogin, touring the
Recently, the news about the Russian car industry was full of two twists: “urgent import replacement” and “sanctions”. Here the general manager of KamAZ, Sergey Kogogin, touring the foundry, focused precisely on the replacement of imported components.
The main question that interested the head of the auto giant was how KamAZ could organize the production of cylinder blocks for a new generation of engines. After all, before they were bought abroad for trucks of the fresh K5 series. It turned out that today the factory can produce parts of its own production in small batches, in addition, there are no complaints about the quality of casting and processing.
“When we used to outsource parts, we now understand clearly: we must strive to do everything alone. In addition, many third-party orders began to appear, Mr Kogogin noted.
In addition, the director of KamAZ boasted of a ‘promising project’. This is a separate multi-year programme, which required the establishment of an ultramodern non-ferrous casting department.
What kind of project, Mr. Kogogin was silent, noting only that its implementation began 3 years ago. Details are likely to follow in the summer, as the commissioning of the necessary equipment has been arranged for July.
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The main question that interested the head of the auto giant was how KamAZ could organize the production of cylinder blocks for a new generation of engines. After all, before they were bought abroad for trucks of the fresh K5 series. It turned out that today the factory can produce parts of its own production in small batches, in addition, there are no complaints about the quality of casting and processing.
“When we used to outsource parts, we now understand clearly: we must strive to do everything alone. In addition, many third-party orders began to appear, Mr Kogogin noted.
In addition, the director of KamAZ boasted of a ‘promising project’. This is a separate multi-year programme, which required the establishment of an ultramodern non-ferrous casting department.
What kind of project, Mr. Kogogin was silent, noting only that its implementation began 3 years ago. Details are likely to follow in the summer, as the commissioning of the necessary equipment has been arranged for July.
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Source: Avto Vzglyad
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