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By Alexander Ostashov, Editor
Fastener, Adhesives, Tools and … Magazine
www.fastinfo.ru
Tractor assembly
SDF starts assembly in Russia
started in Tambov SAME DEUTZ-FAHR (SDF), producer of agricultural equipment, announced the
opening of a production facility for its own machinery in Russia.
Agrotechmash-T has begun assembly of TERRION ATM
Future investments are expected to exceed 20 million euros within five years.
3180 and ATM 5280 agricultural wheeled tractors at
The facility is to be located in the Moscow region. The company plans to start
the Tambovmash production area in Tambov. production in the first half of 2009. The project plan is for assembly of mid-range
Assembly equipment was delivered from Saint and high power tractors organised in three stages. Initially assembly would
Petersburg in September. Installation of painting
complete tractors imported from Germany with the addition of some local
equipment finished in November completing the tractor
components. The second phase will see more local content but major components
assembly line. The plant has started work with planned
continuing to be sourced from Germany. Eventually basic assembly would be carried
initial output of 40-50 tractors.
out using mainly locally sourced parts although some assemblies would continue to
The plant also plans to organise assembly of the
be brought in from Germany.
TERRION combine harvesters of the Finnish company
“We always considered the Russian market as the one of those posessing the
highest potential and attraction for investments”, commented the general director
Campo. Working to full capacity the Agrotechmash-T is
of SDF, Mr Massimo Bordi. He said the main scenario of activities, aimed at
expected to assemble 4,000 wheeled tractors per year.
improving the competitiveness of the company, would be in line with market
The tractors were designed jointly with the German
positioning already established in Europe and the USA, as well as the active
company ATM United Technologies GmbH. Fasteners are
promotion of the company in the developing markets of Russia, China and India.
supplied to the line using an E-KANBAN system,
According to the vice-president of SDF, Mr Franchesco Carocca, the goal of the
designed and installed by Partner Pack Company
project in Russia is to achieve 20% localisation of production by the first half 2009,
(St. Petersburg). with the longer term aim of achieving primary production of 1,000 tractors per year
by 2011, followed by further growth. In 2008 the SDF representative office in Russia
expected to sell 300 tractors to the CIS countries. In 2013 the company plans to
Recession hits
reach a total sales volume of 1,500 tractors per year.
Russian metals Bizon plans agricultural machinery assembly
industry hard
The Bizon Company (Rostov) has announced that it plans to start assembling
foreign brands of agricultural machinery in 2009.
Reports published by the Rosmetiz Association The planned assembly capacity could reach ten thousand units per year. Agricultural
indicate that Russian industrial production in
and technological holding Bizon is a large supplier of local and foreign agricultural
November and December 2008 will have declined
machinery in the South Federal District of the Russian Federation. The company is a
by 15 to 20%.
representative of over 100 producers of agricultural machinery and supplies to over
This prognosis was provided by
BFM.ru, based on
twelve thousand agricultural companies. It has experimental plants in Zarya Dona and
work by analysts. According to BFM, one cause of the
Krasnogurtskoye in the Rostovskaya Region.
recessionary pressures is problems in the metallurgy
industry.
“Metallurgy will pull other industrial sectors down
KAMAZ may start assembly in Cuba
with it, particularly power industry, as well as the
extractive industries,” one analyst was reported to KAMAZ has confirmed it is looking at opening an assembly production with a
say. capacity 500 machines per year in Cuba.
BFM.ru expects that the fall in the metals industry “For the further development of our automobile business in Cuba and strengthening
during the last two months of the year could be as of our positions in the market, KAMAZ in conjunction with Cuba is considering
much as 40%. This includes not only reductions in the establishing a trade and service company for sales, service, minor and major repairs of
export of metal products, but also a fall in domestic KAMAZ machines, as well as an assembling production with a capacity 500 machines
and internal demand, with distribution warehouses per year”, the company says.
overstocked and interruption of investment projects In 2008, 203 KAMAZ machines were delivered to Cuba within the limits of the
at metallurgical enterprises. Russian credit agreement.
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