President of Tatarstan visits the exposition of “KAMAZ” at the specialized exhibition “ComTrans-2011” in Moscow
15 September 2011, Thursday
President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has visited the exposition of OJSC “KAMAZ” at the exhibition “ComTrans-2011” in Moscow today.
We remind that the international specialized exhibition of commercial transport “ComTrans-2011” is held on the 13-17th of September on the territory of “Crokus-Expo” (Moscow).
Rustam Minnikhanov has acquainted with the exposition of “KAMAZ”, with new examples of automotive engineering, exhibited there, especially with the artic “KAMAZ-5490”. This model is presented in two options - with their own developed cab and with the cab developed together with the company “Daimler AG”. President of the Republic of Tatarstan was accompanied by Director General of OJSC “KAMAZ” Sergey Kogogin.
Rustam Minnikhanov has also looked at the power units of “KAMAZ” and joint venture “Cummins Kama” as well as special vehicles created by offspring and joint ventures on the basis of the KAMAZ understructure – “RariTEK” LLC, OJSC “Tumazinskiy Ready-mix Truck Factory” and “Boshung AG”. All special vehicles are equipped with new restyling cabs which substitute uprated types of cabs. In the opinion of Rustam Minnikhanov, all models should find their consumers in all branches of economics.
Answering the journalists questions, Rustam Minnikhanov has declared that the exhibition “ComTrans-2011” is grand in terms of its market size, and “KAMAZ” is a “diamond of this exhibition”.
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“ComTrans-2011” is a high-profile event in the sphere of commercial transport not only in Europe, but also in the world. The International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) has included “ComTrans” in the official calendar.
Mount of the OJSC “KAMAZ” contains more than 70 objects that give an opportunity to get acquainted with new developments in the sphere of cargo motor industry and estimate the quality of the products of “KAMAZ” company.
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