Rustam Minnikhanov: Tatarstan is interested in the production of Ford vehicles in SEZ Alabuga

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met in Moscow with representatives of top management of Ford and Sollers. The parties discussed the preparation of a project to manufacture Ford cars Ford on the territory of the special economic zone Alabuga.

In February, Sollers and Ford Motor Company signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture in Russia. It is assumed that the joint venture will include production facilities of companies in Vsevolozhsk (Leningrad region), as well as in Naberezhnye Chelny and the special economic zone Alabuga (Tatarstan). Manufactured will be passenger cars and light commercial vehicles Ford.

Today, the Sollers company is one of the largest resident companies of the special economic zone Alabuga. During the meeting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the Tatarstan leadership is interested in developing the project. He also stressed that Alabuga has everything for the implementation of the new automotive production. Rustam Minnikhanov said that the SEZ has the capacity to create autocomponent production.

In addition, he reminded, that another project for the production of automotive glass and mirrors (ZAO Tarkio Russ Glass ") is unfolding in Alabuga. The Tatarstan President offered to explore all possibilities of using the Alabuga platform and discuss details of the project to build Ford cars in the coming months and to meet at the special economic zone.