AMUR Might Host ZIL’s Car Assembly Facility
15 October 2012 (10:04)
October 15, 2012 Governor Evgeny Kuivashev sent a letter to Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, asking to house the car assembly facility of I.A. Likhachev Plant (ZIL) on the premises of AMUR Car Factory, which is currently facing bankruptcy. ZIL has already confirmed the technological feasibility of setting up such a facility in Sverdlovsk Region.
In his letter, the Governor draws the Mayor’s attention to the fact that Sverdlovsk Region Government, Russia’s Industry & Trade Ministry, and Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation signed an agreement in September that provided for the partial relocation of Uralvagonzavod’s facilities at AMUR. Similar negotiations are now being held with Bombardier Corporation.
‘Yet all these measures won’t be sufficient to fully use the factory’s production capacity and give jobs to all the workers. I am asking you to consider the possibility of locating ZIL’s car assembly facilities on the premises of AMUR Car Factory or to establish cooperation between the two enterprises,’ the Governor’s letter says.
Kuivashev pointed out that AMUR had a selection of all-purpose and custom-made machinery as well as railway slidings and all the necessary engineering and facilities infrastructure.
‘If ZIL and Moscow Government decide to partially relocate the production to Novouralsk, this will be a major step on the way to reanimating the plant, creating new jobs, and making the situation in the town stable again,’ says the region’s Industry & Science Minister Vladislav Pinayev.
He says ZIL management has already given the project a preliminary thumbs-up.
‘They said in response to our query that they were willing to consider this proposal,’ Pinayev observed, adding that ZIL’s production facilities are currently located in the center of Moscow, so the issue of relocating the plant elsewhere is a relevant one for Moscow Government.
In his letter, the Governor draws the Mayor’s attention to the fact that Sverdlovsk Region Government, Russia’s Industry & Trade Ministry, and Uralvagonzavod Scientific & Production Corporation signed an agreement in September that provided for the partial relocation of Uralvagonzavod’s facilities at AMUR. Similar negotiations are now being held with Bombardier Corporation.
‘Yet all these measures won’t be sufficient to fully use the factory’s production capacity and give jobs to all the workers. I am asking you to consider the possibility of locating ZIL’s car assembly facilities on the premises of AMUR Car Factory or to establish cooperation between the two enterprises,’ the Governor’s letter says.
Kuivashev pointed out that AMUR had a selection of all-purpose and custom-made machinery as well as railway slidings and all the necessary engineering and facilities infrastructure.
‘If ZIL and Moscow Government decide to partially relocate the production to Novouralsk, this will be a major step on the way to reanimating the plant, creating new jobs, and making the situation in the town stable again,’ says the region’s Industry & Science Minister Vladislav Pinayev.
He says ZIL management has already given the project a preliminary thumbs-up.
‘They said in response to our query that they were willing to consider this proposal,’ Pinayev observed, adding that ZIL’s production facilities are currently located in the center of Moscow, so the issue of relocating the plant elsewhere is a relevant one for Moscow Government.
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