Dmitry Medvedev visits production facilities of “Ford Sollers-Naberezhnye Chelny”
2 December 2014, Tuesday
On December 2, during his working visit to the Republic of Tatarstan, Chairman of Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev accompanied by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and other officials visited production facilities of “Ford Sollers-Naberezhnye Chelny”.
Ford Sollers is a joint enterprise of Ford Motor Company and OAO “Sollers” founded in 2011 responsible for production, import, and sale of all Ford products, including cars, spare parts and accessories in Russia.
Production capacity of the plant is 115, 000 per year. The staff number is 1,200 people. The production was launched there today. The first of Russian-American joint production was Ford Ecosport.
According to Ford Sollers Vice-president Adil Shirinov, the components will be supplied by local producers.
The decision about opening the plant was made three years ago.
The Naberezhnye Chelny plant will specialize in manufacturing B-class mass-produced cars.
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