OREANDA-NEWS. KAMAZ held a conference with the participation of potential suppliers of components from Russia. KAMAZ is actively working on the replacement of imported parts that are used in the manufacture of a new range of vehicles. The participants of exhibition visited the booths with samples of parts to be localized in Russia. The exhibition included 300 foreign-made components for the cabin, which are installed at new vehicles. Demand for trucks (KAMAZ-5490 and KAMAZ-65206, KAMAZ-65207 and other models) is growing continuously, which attracted the attention of Russian suppliers for localization of components, informed the press service of KAMAZ.

"The sales volume of trucks of new generation by 2022 will be about 70 million units”, - predicts the head of the project on localization of components of cars the new model range of KAMAZ, Albert Wiesinger. – Today it is especially important to increase the localization of these forward-looking vehicles, by replacing the imported components to the manufactured ones in Russia. "According to Mr.Wiesinger, the import substitution program will permit to restrain the price growth for trucks of the new model range and to save the increasing demand. Now the ratio of "price-quality" is the main competitive advantage of these vehicles.

Interest in the topic was already shown by the first Russian companies. Among them there are those, which are willing to commit themselves the production of 30 positions. Until the end of April KAMAZ will be visited by representatives of 60 companies, which are interested in cooperation.