Rustam Minnikhanov visits Peruvian plant producing buses on KAMAZ chassis
27 May 2015, Wednesday
On May 27, during his two-day working visit to Lima, Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited Modasa plant, manufacturing buses on KAMAZ chassis.
Currently, OAO KAMAZ (Kama Automobile Plant) and «KAMAZ LATINOAMERICA» company (Peru) are carrying out the project on producing buses based on KAMAZ-4308 chassis on the sites of Modasa plant (Peru). In 2014, 20 bus chassis were delivered to the plant.
Rustam Minnikhanov and KAMAZ Director General Sergey Kogogin looked around the shop, where the production is carried out. Later on the same day, Acting President of the Republic of Tatarstan had a brief meeting with the heads of Modasa plant. Rustam Minnikhanov assured that the bus produced on KAMZ chassis will be competitive, and he highly appreciated the high technologies used in Modasa plant.
“The collaboration between our companies will serve as an example to other enterprises. In particular, alongside with buses, other transport vehicles may be manufactured in Peru”, he added.
Rustam Minnikhanov outlined that KAMAZ produces vehicles with gas engines that is very essential nowadays. Another example of competitiveness of KAMAZ transport vehicles is Dakar Rally, where they are used every year.
Representatives of Modasa plant, in their turn, said that KAMAZ is known all over the world and they are planning further collaboration with KAMAZ plant.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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